Category: NCAA Basketball

Jaden Seymour led East Tennessee State with 23 points and Quimari Peterson sealed the victory with a layup with 29 seconds left as the Buccaneers took down Furman 72-69 on Sunday. Seymour added five rebounds for the Buccaneers (13-10, 6-4 Southern Conference). Peterson scored 16 points, going 4 of 15 from the floor, including 3 for 8 from 3-point range, and 5 for 6 from the line.

Londynn Jones added 13 points and Lauren Betts had 11 assists for the Bruins (21-0, 9-0 Big Ten), who outscored the Golden Gophers 46-25 in the second half. Amaya Battle scored 21 points for Minnesota (18-5, 6-5). Grace Grocholski added 12 points and eight rebounds.

Anquan Hill had 24 points and 10 rebounds in Sacred Heart's 74-72 win over Manhattan on Sunday. Mekhi Conner hit a 3-pointer to give Sacred Heart a 74-71 lead with 18 seconds remaining. Will Sydnor missed a 3 for Manhattan with nine seconds to go and the Pioneers held on from there.

Will Riley scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and No. 18 Illinois rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Ohio State 87-79 on Sunday. Morez Johnson Jr. had 14 points and 15 rebounds, Kylan Boswell had 14 points, Tomislav Ivisic had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 10 points for the Illini (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten), who went on a 15-point run over a five-minute stretch late in the second half. Devin Royal scored 29 points — 19 in the first half — for Ohio State (13-9, 5-6), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Javon Small scored 19 points to go with nine assists and West Virginia beat Cincinnati 63-50 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak. Small, who averages 19.1 points and leads the Big 12 Conference in scoring, shot 6 of 14 from the field and made four 3-pointers. Joseph Yesufu didn't miss, shooting 4 of 4 from long range and 6 of 6 overall from the field to finish with 16 points for West Virginia (14-7, 5-5).

West Virginia looked to break multiple trends on Sunday, including slow starts, poor shooting, and most importantly, three losses in their last three games. The Mountaineers broke the most important trend of them all, the final result, as they beat Cincinnati 63-50 to help break their three-game losing streak from Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. West Virginia (14-7, 5-5 Big 12) was able to have a much better start on Sunday than they had in their previous three games.

Genesis Bryant made two free throws with 6.3 seconds left to give Illinois its first-ever victory over No. 14 Maryland, 66-65 on Sunday. The Illini were 0-17 previously against the Terrapins, and Maryland led by one after Shyanne Sellers scored inside with 13.9 seconds remaining. Bryant then drove to the basket and drew a foul before calmly making both free throws.

Paige Bueckers scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half as No. 6 UConn routed Butler 101-59 on Sunday to extend its Big East regular-season winning streak to 32 games.

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Two facts best put USC's 70-64 upset win over No. 7-ranked Michigan State on Saturday into perspective. The Spartans hadn't lost since Nov. 26, reeling off 13 straight wins to climb to the top of the Big Ten standings. The Spartans never led once Saturday against the Trojans.

Paige Bueckers scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half as No. 6 UConn routed Butler 101-59 on Sunday to extend its Big East regular-season winning streak to 32 games. Azzi Fudd and Ashlynn Shade each had 13 points while KK Arnold had 12 on 6-of-6 shooting and four steals. Kilyn McGuff had 17 points and Riley Makalusky added 10 points for Butler (12-12, 2-9).

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