Category: NCAA Basketball

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Freshman Ace Bailey totaled 20 points and 10 rebounds and Rutgers beat UCLA 75-68 on Monday night, ending the Scarlet Knights’ three-game losing streak by extending the Bruins’ skid to four.

Marcus Tankersley and Jalyke Gaines-Wyatt both scored 13 to help Alcorn State hold off Alabama State 67-65 on Monday night. Tankersley added six rebounds for the Braves (2-14, 2-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Davian Williams had 11 points.

Dillon Bailey scored 19 points as Wofford beat Furman 81-62 on Monday night. Bailey added six rebounds for the Terriers (9-8, 3-1 Southern Conference). Corey Tripp added 16 points and six rebounds.

Matt Rogers and Elijah Stephens scored 19 points apiece to lead American University to a 73-54 victory over Loyola Maryland on Monday night. Rogers shot 8 for 16, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Eagles (9-9, 3-2 Patriot League). Stephens made 8 of 12 with three 3-pointers and added five assists.

Tae Davis scored 26 points, Markus Burton added 20 and Notre Dame beat Boston College 78-60 on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Notre Dame (8-9, 2-4 ACC) picked up its first win since a 91-62 outcome on Dec. 22 against Le Moyne before losses to Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State and then-No. Duke.

Leading scorer Tyler Bilodeau scores only six points, all on free throws, and the Bruins suffer their fourth consecutive loss.

Freshman Derik Queen scored 18 of his season-high 27 points in the second half, Rodney Rice added 21 points and Maryland beat Minnesota 77-71 on Monday night. Ja'Kobi Gillespie sank a 3-pointer from the corner with 13 minutes left in the second half to give Maryland its first lead, 49-46, since it was 14-13. Queen scored six straight Maryland points for a 60-53 lead.

Head to Peacock Tuesday, January 14 for a three-game slate of Big East and Big Ten action.

Michigan and Michigan State basketball continued their charges up the rankings after a combined 4-0 week.

Auburn has been No. 1 only once before in the AP Top 25, during a three-week stint in January and February of 2022, and is the third team to sit atop the poll this season.

Iowa State survived a scare at Texas Tech, and Cooper Flagg broke a freshman scoring record at Duke last week.

There's a new No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll. Auburn takes the top spot after SEC rival Tennessee fell at Florida last week.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer said versatile forward Maliq Brown will miss “an extended period of time” because of a knee sprain.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer said versatile forward Maliq Brown will miss “an extended period of time” because of a knee sprain. The Syracuse transfer played only briefly in the first half of Saturday’s win against Notre Dame. Brown went down and grabbed his knee briefly but hopped up before checking out of the game roughly 20 seconds later.

It was a ninth straight win and fifth in a row to open Big Ten play as No. 14 Michigan State basketball beat Northwestern but showed some flaws late.