Category: NCAA Basketball

Murrell made six 3-pointers, four in the first half and Ole Miss never trailed.

Braden Smith had 31 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 25 as No. 7 Purdue beat Iowa 90-81 on Tuesday night.

L.J. Cryer scored 18 points, Milos Uzan added 17 points and No. Houston rebounded from its first Big 12 loss of the season with a 72-63 win over Oklahoma State on Tuesday night. J'Wan Roberts had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Terrance Arceneaux had 10 points for Houston (18-4, 10-1 Big 12), which shot 42% and went 8 of 21 on 3-pointers.

L.J. Cryer scored 18 points, Milos Uzan added 17 points and No. 5 Houston rebounded from its first Big 12 loss of the season with a 72-63 win over Oklahoma State on Tuesday night. J’Wan Roberts had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Terrance Arceneaux had 10 points for Houston (18-4, 10-1 Big 12), which shot 42% and went 8 of 21 on 3-pointers. The Cougars lost to Texas Tech 82-81 in overtime on Saturday, and improved to 31-2 after a loss since Feb. 1, 2017.

Braden Smith was the best player on the floor all night against Iowa, leading Purdue to a crucial road conference win with 31 points.

Marcus Johnson scored 22 points as Bowling Green beat Northern Illinois 84-77 on Tuesday night to end its five-game losing streak. Johnson also had 13 rebounds and three steals for the Falcons (8-14, 3-7 Mid-American Conference). Trey Thomas scored 17 points while shooting 4 for 13 (4 for 9 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds and five assists.

AP) — Doctor Bradley scored 13 points and UAPB surprised Texas Southern 69-68 on Tuesday night for its first Southwestern Athletic Conference win of the season. The Tigers missed two shots attempts in the final seconds to end it. Bradley's layup with 1:59 left gave the Golden Lions (4-18, 1-8) a 67-66 lead they never gave up.

Bennett Stirtz's 23 points helped Drake defeat Murray State 55-45 on Tuesday night and extend its winning streak to nine games. Stirtz shot 9 of 16 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Bulldogs (21-2, 11-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Tavion Banks added 16 points while going 7 of 10 and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line while they also had five rebounds.

At a time when most of his contemporaries have left the game, the 72-year-old Pitino just keeps winning big.

Kadary Richmond had 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as No. 12 St. John’s beat No. 11 Marquette 70-64 on Tuesday night in their showdown for first place in the Big East.

Corey Washington's 21 points and 10 rebounds helped Wichita State defeat Charlotte 66-58 on Tuesday night. Quincy Ballard scored 12 points added 13 rebounds for the Shockers (12-10, 2-7 American Athletic Conference). A.J McGinnis went 4 of 6 from the field (2 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with 10 points.

The sixth-ranked Gators ruled Clayton out about an hour before the opening tip. Denzel Aberdeen is expected to start in his place. Clayton rolled his ankle late in the first half of a lopsided loss at then-No. 8 Tennessee on Saturday.

One bright spot in the Arkansas (13-8, 2-6) basketball season has been the play of freshman forward Karter Knox, who has seen his game grow since he stepped on campus. It was slow going for Knox when the season started, but in recent games he has become more of a factor in the Razorbacks' game plan. More than just spotting up as a 3-point shooter, Knox is learning to become an "attack dog."

The Associated Press national player of the week in men's college basketball for Week 13 of the season: The 6-foot-7 senior guard came up big in a pair of wins against ranked Illinois and Oregon teams in the Big Ten. He first had 27 points, a season high eight rebounds and four assists in an overtime win against then-No. Illinois, a performance that included him scoring eight straight in the extra period.

Since then, Ivisic has scored seven points (Georgia), 10 points (Oklahoma) and 14 points (Kentucky), respectively. According to associate head coach Kenny Payne, Ivisic's improvement has been the result of evolvement offensively. "I think Z is getting better," Payne said Tuesday.