Category: NCAA Basketball

Keith Jones and Erin Coleman take some shots as the mascots of Drexel, La Salle, Penn, St. Joe's, Temple and Villanova visits NBC10's studio Tuesday morning to promote Big 5 Spirit Day.Big 5 mascots in studio to hype up Philly college basketball tip-off originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

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Kansas Jayhawks (2-0) vs. Michigan State Spartans (2-0) Atlanta; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jayhawks -5.5; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: Michigan State will face No. Kansas at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Villanova Wildcats (2-1) at Saint Joseph's (PA) Hawks (1-1) Philadelphia; Tuesday, 5 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -2.5; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: Villanova takes on Saint Joseph's (PA) after Eric Dixon scored 22 points in Villanova's 91-54 win against the NJIT Highlanders. Saint Joseph's (PA) went 14-3 at home a season ago while going 21-14 overall.

Drexel Dragons (2-0) at Temple Owls (2-0) Philadelphia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Owls -6.5; over/under is 141 BOTTOM LINE: Drexel visits Temple after Kobe Magee scored 28 points in Drexel's 73-56 victory against the Colgate Raiders. Temple went 16-20 overall last season while going 5-9 at home.

Nate Calmese scored 18 points as Washington State beat Idaho 90-67 on Monday night. Calmese added three steals for the Cougars (3-0). LeJuan Watts added 16 points while going 7 of 11 from the field while they also had 14 rebounds.

Gytis Nemeiksa's 18 points off of the bench helped lead Hawaii to a 76-66 victory over Pacific on Monday night at the Rainbow Classic. Nemeiksa added 10 rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (3-0). Marcus Greene added 18 points while shooting 6 for 12 (0 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line while they also had seven rebounds.

UCLA men's basketball handily defeats Boston University 71-40, but the team is plagued by many of the same issues that led to its loss to New Mexico.

Eric Dailey Jr. and Lazar Stefanovic scored 13 points each and UCLA defeated Boston University 71-40 on Monday night. The Bruins (2-1) fell out of the AP Top 25 earlier in the day after losing to New Mexico on a neutral court last week. UCLA's defense forced 28 turnovers which led to 36 points by the Bruins.

N.J. Benson scored 15 points off of the bench to lead DePaul over Mercer 95-64 on Monday night. Benson shot 5 of 9 from the field and 5 for 6 from the foul line for the Blue Demons (3-0). David Skogman added 13 points while going 5 of 9 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) while he also had five rebounds.

Stevie Mitchell scored 17 points and No. 15 Marquette capitalized on an early 21-0 run to defeat a pesky Central Michigan team 70-62 on Monday night. Kam Jones and Chase Ross each added 12 points for the Golden Eagles, and Ben Gold had 10. Jones also had eight assists, five rebounds and three steals.

Boopie Miller scored 21 points with seven assists, B. J. Edwards had 17 points, and SMU defeated UNC-Greensboro 81-68 on Monday night. Miller scored 13 points in the second half and the Mustangs (3-0) pushed a six-point halftime lead to 14 points halfway through the period. After an unusual stretch of nearly five minutes in which all 14 points were scored at the free-throw line, Malik Henry threw down a dunk that got Greensboro within 65-54.