Category: NCAA Basketball

No. 25 North Carolina senior guard Seth Trimble is out indefinitely after suffering a broken left forearm during a workout on Sunday. The school said a timetable for Trimble's return will be determined following surgery this week. “So sad for Seth,” North Carolina coach Hubert Davis said in a statement.

Maybe it was Tom Izzo's plan, maybe he stumbled into it. But big nights from Cam Ward and Jordan Scott lifted Michigan State basketball over Arkansas.

North Carolina is now 4-5 and needs to win two of its final three games to make a bowl.

The Spartans (2-0) grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and converted them into 18 points, a staple of Tom Izzo’s program for 31 seasons.

Jalen Warley and Braden Huff each scored 13 points for Gonzaga (2-0) and the duo combined to grab 17 rebounds. Freshman point guard Mario Saint-Supry finished with eight points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals. Nijel Pack led Oklahoma (1-1) with 20 points and Xzayvier Brown scored 19.

Richie Saunders scored 20 points, freshman and top recruit AJ Dybantsa had 17 points and eight rebounds, and No. BYU never trailed in a 98-53 win over Holy Cross on Saturday night. Five BYU players scored in double figures, including Robert Wright III with 15 points as the Cougars (2-0) shot 62% from the field and committed only six turnovers.

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch gives his initial thoughts on the Spartans' performance in a win against Arkansas on Saturday night.

Freshman Cam Ward had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Coen Carr scored 15 points and had seven rebounds and No. 22 Michigan State beat No. 14 Arkansas 69-66 on Saturday night in a matchup of Hall of Fame coaches. The Spartans (2-0) grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and converted them into 18 points, a staple of Tom Izzo's program for 31 seasons.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer combined to score or assist on Duke's first 15 points Saturday.

Kingston Flemings scored 20 points, Joseph Tugler added 15 points and eight rebounds and No. Houston defeated Towson 65-48 on Saturday. Flemings finished 8 of 10 from the field, and Tugler shot 7 of 14.

Kingston Flemings scored 20 points, Joseph Tugler added 15 points and eight rebounds and No. 2 Houston defeated Towson 65-48 on Saturday. Milos Uzan had 11 points and six assists for the Cougars, who forced 18 turnovers and converted them into 22 points. Jack Doumbia had 16 points and seven rebounds, Dylan Williamson added 13 points and Tyler Tejada finished with 11 points and eight rebounds for Towson (1-1).

Cameron and Cayden Boozer had already gotten a taste of playing for Duke at its famously rowdy campus arena in exhibition and fan events. On Saturday, the twin brothers — considered among the nation's top incoming freshmen to the college ranks — had a strong start in their first official game at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the sixth-ranked Blue Devils beat Western Carolina 95-54. “I just love the fact they both are incredibly impactful, but they’re also on their own journey of becoming really good players and really helping us,” coach Jon Scheyer said of the sons of former Duke and NBA player Carlos Boozer.

Nate Ament scored 23 points to lead No. Tennessee to a 95-56 victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday. Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 20 points and J.P. Estrella came off the bench to finish with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Volunteers (2-0).

Freshman Cameron Boozer had 25 points in his first regular-season home game as sixth-ranked Duke beat Western Carolina 95-54 on Saturday. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward added eight rebounds, five assists and a block in 23 minutes for the Blue Devils (2-0), who opened the season Tuesday with a home-state win against Texas in Charlotte for the first-ever Dick Vitale Invitational. The preseason Atlantic Coast Conference favorite had no trouble against a team picked to finish seventh in the Southern Conference, pushing its lead to double figures just 7 minutes in and leading by 24 at halftime.

Labaron Philon scored 25 points and No. 15 Alabama passed an early season non-conference test with a 103-96 victory over fifth-ranked St. John’s on Saturday afternoon.