Category: NCAA Basketball

Brant Byers' 17 points off of the bench and Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 84-69 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory. Byers shot 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the RedHawks (12-4, 4-0 Mid-American Conference). Peter Suder scored 15 points while shooting 4 of 8 from the field and 7 for 8 from the line.

Markhi Strickland had 18 points and Western Michigan beat Kent State 94-83 on Tuesday night to snap an eight-game slide. Strickland shot 6 of 9 from the field and 6 for 10 from the line for the Broncos (4-12, 1-3 Mid-American Conference). Javaughn Hannah scored 17 points and added five rebounds.

Malik Dia’s 23 points, 19 rebounds and two blocks led No. 21 Mississippi to a 74-64 win over No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday. Sean Pedulla scored 12 points and had three steals and Matthew Murrell scored 11. Jaylen Murray and Jaemyn Brakefield both scored 13 points off the bench for Ole Miss (15-2, 4-0 Southeastern Conference).

Joe Bamisile had 23 points in VCU's 78-62 victory over Saint Louis on Tuesday night. Bamisile shot 8 of 17 from the field, including 4 for 9 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line for the Rams (13-4, 3-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Jack Clark added 12 points while going 5 of 9 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) while he also had five assists.

Trey Thomas' 22 points helped Bowling Green defeat Buffalo 79-61 on Tuesday night. Thomas shot 8 for 18 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Falcons (7-9, 2-2 Mid-American Conference). Marcus Johnson added 21 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor, including 3 for 7 from 3-point range, and 6 for 6 from the line while he also had nine rebounds.

Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. Auburn beat No. Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.

J'Vonne Hadley scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Chris Bell made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead Syracuse (8-9, 2-4). Eddie Lampkin Jr. had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Ryan Conwell scored 16 of his 34 points in the final five minutes as Xavier beat Villanova 69-63 on Tuesday night. Conwell converted a four-point play with 1:40 remaining to give Xavier a 59-58 lead and begin a personal 9-0 run. He also made four straight free throws in the final 20 seconds.

Johni Broome went down with an ankle injury on Saturday, and has been sidelined indefinitely.

ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi projects Arkansas as his 'First Team Out' of the NCAA Tournament.

Georgia enters this week battling through five straight games against AP Top 25 opponents in the SEC.

The 18-year-old made Atlantic Coast Conference history with third-ranked Duke to win the AP's top weekly honor for the second time this season. The 6-foot-9 freshman forward scored 42 points in Saturday's victory over Notre Dame to set an ACC freshman single-game record. It was the best scoring output by a Blue Devils player since Danny Ferry had a program-record 58 points at Miami in December 1988, and it was the most by a Duke player at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1976.

Texas and Oklahoma thought they were leaving the toughest basketball league in the country, only to land right in the middle of this season's version. The Longhorns and Sooners both left the Big 12 after last season when that league had a reputation as the roughest, toughest conference out there. The Longhorns (11-5) and Sooners (13-3) are both 0-3 in league play heading into their rivalry matchup Wednesday night, and the Sooners dropped out of the rankings this week from No. 17.

The No. 19 Illinois Fighting Illini go head-to-head with the Indiana Hoosiers at 7 PM ET tonight on Peacock.

The Badgers are on a five-game win streak entering tonight's matchup, which is part of a busy night on Peacock.