Category: NCAA Basketball

Brenen Lorient scored 17 points off of the bench to lead North Texas past Appalachian State 68-64 on Friday night. Lorient added five rebounds and three blocks for the Mean Green (8-3). Atin Wright scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 8, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc.

Dan Skillings Jr. scored 17 points and Jizzle James added 14 as No. 19 Cincinnati ended No. 22 Dayton's five-game winning streak 66-59 on Friday night. Simas Lukosius added 13 for the Bearcats (9-1), who have won three straight. Malachi Smith and Nate Santos each scored 13 for the Flyers (10-3), who committed a season-high 17 turnovers.

Mouhamed Sow's 25 points helped Saint Peter's defeat Delaware 72-64 on Friday night. Sow went 11 of 14 from the field for the Peacocks (5-5, 0-2). Bryce Eaton added 15 points while shooting 5 for 14, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc while they also had seven rebounds.

Corey Hadnot II's 17 points helped Purdue Fort Wayne defeat Defiance 103-52 on Friday night. Hadnot went 7 of 11 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Mastodons (9-4, 2-1 Horizon League). Chris Morgan scored 16 points and added six steals.

Joe Nugent's 20 points helped Holy Cross defeat Siena 78-70 on Friday night. Nugent went 6 of 10 from the field (6 for 9 from 3-point range) for the Crusaders (7-5). Max Green added 15 points while going 6 of 11 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) while they also had six assists.

Robert Smith scored 26 points as Delaware State beat Alabama State 83-80 in the Chris Paul HBCU Classic at the Mohegan Sun on Friday night. Smith shot 9 for 15, including 7 for 11 from beyond the arc for the Hornets (7-6). Martez Robinson scored 23 points while going 8 of 16 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range, and 6 for 8 from the line and added six rebounds.

Nick Spinoso had 22 points in Pennsylvania's 79-66 win against Rider on Friday night. Spinoso also contributed six rebounds for the Quakers (4-7). Ethan Roberts scored 20 points while shooting 7 for 13 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line and added eight rebounds and five assists.

Georgia Amoore scored 20 of her 23 points in the second half, Amelia Hassett added 16, including a clutch 3-pointer with 30.1 seconds to go, and No. Kentucky held on to defeat Belmont 84-78 on Friday night. The Wildcats saw a 12-point lead with barely three minutes to go shrink to 79-76 with 53 seconds left after Tuti Jones and Kendal Holmes hit back-to-back 3 pointers.

The Beacons rallied from a 22-point deficit with just under seven minutes remaining.

Hayden Hefner had 19 points and fellow guard Manny Obaseki scored 13 as No. 12 Texas A&M defeated Houston Christian 77-45 on Friday. The Aggies (10-2) built a double-digit lead with 6:50 remaining in the first half on a tip-in by Jaelyn Lee and never glanced back. Houston Christian shot a season-worst 2 of 20 from the 3-point line.

Tied at 73-all, Western Michigan's Donovan Williams came up short on a 3-pointer from the corner and McNair grabbed the rebound with about four seconds left before racing the other way for a one-footed runner at the horn. Cooper Schwieger scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half for the Beacons (6-5). Jefferson Monegro scored 13 points while going 4 of 15 from the floor, including 0 for 3 from 3-point range, and 5 for 9 from the line.

Greta Kampschroeder scored a career-high 23 points and made five 3-pointers to help No. 20 Michigan beat Akron 96-55 on Friday. Kampschroeder guided Michigan to a 51-29 lead at halftime after making five 3-pointers and setting a career high with 17 points. Akron had 16 turnovers, that Michigan turned into 17 points, and 12 made field goals by halftime.

Arkansas assistant Chuck Martin preview press conference ahead of the Razorbacks' game against North Carolina A

The Butler Bulldogs host the UConn Huskies this Saturday at noon in a Big East men's basketball thriller on Peacock.

The Tar Heels have a 5-5 record in non-conference play. North Carolina leads the ACC averaging 40.9 points in the paint. Seth Trimble leads the Tar Heels with 6.5.