Category: NCAA Basketball

Andrew Carr scored all of his 14 points in the first half, Otega Oweh added 13 and No. 10 Kentucky handled Brown 88-54 Tuesday. Oweh had 11 points after halftime, including seven in the first five minutes of the second half to put the Wildcats (11-2) up 52-32 with 15:38 remaining. Amari Williams and Koby Brea each added 13 points.

Javon Small hit the go-ahead free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining, and short-handed West Virginia held on after blowing an 18-point second-half lead to beat seventh-ranked Kansas 62-61 in an intense Big 12 opener for both teams Tuesday. Eduardo Andre had 15 points and Small finished with 13 for the Mountaineers (10-2, 1-0), who built a 38-20 lead despite missing two of their three leading scorers to injuries, only to watch Kansas (9-3, 0-1) use a 15-2 run to get back in the game. Zeke Mayo, who led the Jayhawks with 27 points, converted a three-point play to tie the game 61-all with 16 seconds left.

West Virginia’s trip to Kansas seemed doomed from the start. Dealing with a plane malfunction as well as without two of their primary starters, WVU did not have a pregame shootaround and was also without Tucker DeVries for the fourth consecutive game, as well as Amani Hansberry. The Mountaineers led by as many as 18 before they had their lead erased in the closing seconds of regulation.

Elijah Saunders scored 22 points, Isaac McKneely had 15 points and four 3-pointers, and Virginia rallied in the second half to beat NC State 70-67 on Tuesday. Blake Buchanan gave Virginia a 67-55 lead with 5:02 remaining but the Cavaliers did not make another field goal the rest of the way. NC State grabbed an offensive rebound on three straight possessions to begin a 10-1 run to get within 68-65 with 1:08 left.

After a poor shooting performance in the first half, Arkansas freshman point guard Boogie Fland flipped a switch in the second, which willed the No. 23 Arkansas Razorbacks (11-2, 0-0 SEC) to a 92-62 win over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (4-10, 1-2 Horizon) on Monday night at Bud Walton Arena. Fland finished the game with 24 points total — 23 of which came in the second half — to go along with six assists and two rebounds. "My teammates found me, it changed the game," Fland said after the game.

A New Year's Eve meeting between the Red Storm and the Blue Jays.

The Seton Hall Pirates take on the Xavier Musketeers today at 2 PM ET on Peacock.

UNC Greensboro Spartans (7-6) at Wofford Terriers (6-7) Spartanburg, South Carolina; Wednesday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UNC Greensboro visits Wofford after Donovan Atwell scored 21 points in UNC Greensboro's 105-50 win over the Virginia-Lynchburg Dragons. The Terriers are 4-0 on their home court.

Bradley Braves (11-2, 2-0 MVC) at Indiana State Sycamores (8-5, 2-0 MVC) Terre Haute, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Bradley visits Indiana State after Darius Hannah scored 21 points in Bradley's 81-75 overtime victory over the Valparaiso Beacons. The Sycamores have gone 4-1 in home games.

VMI Keydets (6-7) at East Tennessee State Buccaneers (7-6) Johnson City, Tennessee; Wednesday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: East Tennessee State plays VMI after Quimari Peterson scored 30 points in East Tennessee State's 73-66 loss to the UMKC Kangaroos. The Buccaneers have gone 6-1 in home games.

Davidson Wildcats (10-3) at George Mason Patriots (9-4) Fairfax, Virginia; Tuesday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Patriots -6.5; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: Davidson visits George Mason after Connor Kochera scored 34 points in Davidson's 86-64 victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles. The Patriots are 8-1 in home games.

Saint Louis Billikens (7-6) at Fordham Rams (8-5) New York; Tuesday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Billikens -1.5; over/under is 153.5 BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis visits Fordham after Gibson Jimerson scored 28 points in Saint Louis' 78-57 victory against the William Woods Owls. The Rams have gone 6-1 in home games.

St. John's Red Storm (11-2, 2-0 Big East) at Creighton Bluejays (8-5, 1-1 Big East) Omaha, Nebraska; Tuesday, 4 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Storm -1.5; over/under is 154 BOTTOM LINE: Creighton plays St. John's after Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 23 points in Creighton's 86-79 victory against the Villanova Wildcats.

Rhode Island Rams (11-1) at Duquesne Dukes (5-8) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rams -2.5; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island faces Duquesne after Javonte Brown scored 21 points in Rhode Island's 85-79 victory against the Temple Owls. The Dukes are 3-4 in home games.

The Tar Heels have gone 1-0 against ACC opponents. North Carolina is second in the ACC scoring 86.5 points per game and is shooting 47.6%. Louisville is shooting 42.8% from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points lower than the 42.9% North Carolina allows to opponents.