Category: NCAA Basketball

Isaac McKneely scored 23 points and made all six of his 3-point attempts to help Virginia beat Villanova 70-60 on Friday night as part of the Hall of Fame Series. Virginia is 3-0 under interim coach Ron Sanchez after three-time national coach of the year Tony Bennett retired. McKneely made his first six shots of the game, including four 3-pointers.

Blue Devils have a get-right game against Wofford before reentering gauntlet of a non-conference schedule

Urban Klavzar will make his collegiate debut when the 20th-ranked Gators visit Florida State.

Arkansas junior wing Adou Thiero seems to be hitting his stride in his race now in his third year of college basketball, as he's outpacing his previous two seasons by a significant margin. The Kentucky transfer is averaging 17.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.3 assists per game through three contests with the Razorbacks, which doubles his point average from a season ago so far. Thiero has scored double-digit points twice, including a 24-point performance against Baylor on Saturday and 19-point performance against Troy on Wednesday.

Michigan faces TCU, which made NCAA tournament for 3rd straight year in 2023-24, but returns just one player from that roster under coach Jamie Dixon.

Temple Owls (3-0) at Boston College Eagles (1-1) Boston; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -1.5; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: Temple faces Boston College after Zion Stanford scored 23 points in Temple's 69-61 win against the Drexel Dragons. Boston College finished 20-16 overall a season ago while going 10-6 at home.

East Tennessee State Buccaneers (2-1) at Davidson Wildcats (2-0) Davidson, North Carolina; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Davidson takes on East Tennessee State after Reed Bailey scored 24 points in Davidson's 91-85 victory against the Bowling Green Falcons. Davidson finished 9-7 at home a season ago while going 15-17 overall.

Virginia Cavaliers (2-0) vs. Villanova Wildcats (2-2) Baltimore; Friday, 5 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -4.5; over/under is 129.5 BOTTOM LINE: Villanova takes on Virginia in Baltimore, Maryland. Villanova went 18-16 overall with a 7-5 record in non-conference games during the 2023-24 season.

Northwestern State Demons (1-2) at Rice Owls (2-1) Houston; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern State visits Rice after Micah Thomas scored 20 points in Northwestern State's 73-57 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners. Rice went 11-21 overall last season while going 6-10 at home.

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (1-3) at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (2-1) Fort Wayne, Indiana; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne hosts Southern Indiana after Rasheed Bello scored 31 points in Purdue Fort Wayne's 91-69 win against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. Purdue Fort Wayne finished 11-5 at home a season ago while going 23-13 overall.

Trenton McLaughlin had 22 points in Northern Arizona's 60-57 win over Pacific on Thursday. McLaughlin had six rebounds for the Lumberjacks (3-1). Jayden Jackson scored 12 points and added five rebounds.

Dionte Bostick's 13 points off of the bench helped lead New Mexico State to an 83-82 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday. New Mexico State led throughout and saw a 21-point second-half lead reduced to one but held on for the win. Bostick shot 4 for 7 and 5 of 7 from the free-throw line for the Aggies (3-0).

Freshman reserve Joson Sanon hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points, Basheer Jihad added 18 points and Arizona State defeated Grand Canyon 87-76 on Thursday night. The game was played at the Phoenix Suns' Footprint Center as part of the Hall of Fame series of high-profile matchups at neutral sites. Sanon had 13 points in the first half, helping the Sun Devils (3-1) take a 41-40 lead.

Cam Carter scored 20 points against his former team, freshman Vyctorius Miller added 15 points and LSU beat Kansas State 76-65 on Thursday night. Carter, who spent his sophomore and junior seasons with Kansas State, was 6 of 11 from the field, including three made 3-pointers. Dug McDaniel drove the baseline for an open layup and made a steal at the other end, leading to his fast-break layup to cut Kansas State’s deficit to 56-46 with 9:14 remaining.

Abou Ousmane and Brandon Newman both scored 18 points, combining to shoot 15 for 19, and Oklahoma State held off Southern Illinois 85-78 on Thursday night in the Cowboys' 3,000th men's basketball game. Davonte Davis gave Oklahoma State an 80-62 lead with 4:23 but the Cowboys did not make another field goal the rest of the way as Southern Illinois got as close as four points with 24 seconds left. Arturo Dean made two free throws with 19 seconds left for a six-point lead and Southern Illinois turned it over for the 18th time at the other end.