Category: NCAA Basketball

SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (2-11, 0-4 OVC) at Eastern Illinois Panthers (7-6, 4-0 OVC) Charleston, Illinois; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Illinois hosts SIU-Edwardsville after Lalani Ellis scored 23 points in Eastern Illinois' 70-60 win over the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The Panthers have gone 5-0 in home games.

Oklahoma State Cowgirls (12-2, 2-1 Big 12) at Cincinnati Bearcats (9-4, 1-2 Big 12) Cincinnati; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma State visits Cincinnati after Stailee Heard scored 24 points in Oklahoma State's 75-66 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks. The Bearcats have gone 6-1 at home.

TCU Horned Frogs (15-1, 3-0 Big 12) at Kansas Jayhawks (11-3, 1-2 Big 12) Lawrence, Kansas; Wednesday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. TCU faces Kansas after Madison Conner scored 29 points in TCU's 81-66 win against the Cincinnati Bearcats.

Austin Peay Governors (6-7, 1-1 ASUN) at North Alabama Lions (7-6, 2-0 ASUN) Florence, Alabama; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: North Alabama hosts Austin Peay after Charity Gallegos scored 20 points in North Alabama's 73-57 victory against the Jacksonville Dolphins. The Lions are 4-2 on their home court.

Zaire Hayes had 24 points to lead Texas Southern to a 71-66 victory over Grambling in overtime on Monday night. Hayes shot 8 for 15 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Tigers (4-11, 1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Kavion McClain added 11 points and five assists.

Devin Royal had 19 points and Bruce Thornton scored five of his 18 in a second overtime as Ohio State rallied to beat Minnesota 89-88 on Monday night. Thornton hit a 3-pointer for Ohio State (10-5, 2-2 Big Ten Conference) to begin the second extra period, Aaron Bradshaw followed with a three-point play and Ques Glover capped a 7-0 run with a layup to give the Buckeyes the lead for good. Minnesota (8-7, 0-4) had a chance to win in the first overtime, but Mike Mitchell Jr. — a 91% free-throw shooter — missed twice with six seconds left and the Golden Gophers leading 73-71.

Crowl hit 8 of 11 shots with two 3-pointers on the way to his first double-double of the season.

Noah Reynolds scored 19 points and Vasean Allette added 11 for TCU (8-6, 1-2). The Horned Frogs shot 43% but struggled from deep, finishing 3 of 18 on 3s. TCU: The Horned Frogs need more production from their bench.

Julian Mackey scored 22 points and Houston Christian beat Stephen F. Austin 83-73 on Monday night. Mackey shot 7 for 13 from the floor, including 4 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 5 from the free-throw line for the Huskies (5-10, 2-2 Southland Conference). Elijah Brooks totaled 13 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals.

DJ Richards had 20 points to help McNeese defeat Northwestern State 92-69 on Monday night. Richards shot 6 for 9 (6 for 7 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Cowboys (10-5, 4-0 Southland Conference). Sincere Parker scored 18 points and had three steals.

Jalen Myers scored 20 points as Norfolk State beat Delaware State 73-64 on Monday night. Myers added nine rebounds for the Spartans (11-7, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Sin'Cere McMahon scored 15 points while shot 2 for 4 from beyond the arc and 9 of 10 from the free-throw line.

The Pitt Panthers team picked up a pair of ACC wins last week to bring their record to 3-0 in league play. Jeff Capel’s team owns a 12-2 overall record, and perhaps now enters its biggest week of the season to date. The Panthers also host an upstart Louisville team for a big home game on Saturday.

While UCLA, Southern Cal, Notre Dame and Ohio State all recently returned key players, Connecticut and South Carolina are now facing the potential of playing without stars.

Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball.

The Arkansas Razorbacks (11-3, 0-1 SEC) fell back out of the AP College Basketball Top 25 on Monday. The drop out of the rankings comes after Arkansas split its games last week. The Hogs took a 92-62 win over Oakland to finish the non-conference slate, but were thrashed 76-52 on the road by No.