Butler hosts Williams and Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) at Butler Bulldogs (9-2) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wisconsin faces Butler after Serah Williams scored 20 points in Wisconsin's 66-64 win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The Bulldogs are 5-0 in home games.

Bennett and UMKC host Kansas

UMKC Kangaroos (3-7) at Kansas Jayhawks (8-1) Lawrence, Kansas; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMKC faces Kansas after Emani Bennett scored 23 points in UMKC's 67-50 loss to the Idaho State Bengals. The Jayhawks have gone 5-0 at home.

Hampton hosts Miller and East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates (4-4) at Hampton Pirates (2-4) Hampton, Virginia; Thursday, 11 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina visits Hampton after Khia Miller scored 24 points in East Carolina's 60-43 victory against the Elon Phoenix. The Hampton Pirates are 1-2 on their home court.

Fresno State faces BYU, seeks to stop 4-game slide

Fresno State Bulldogs (3-6, 0-1 MWC) at BYU Cougars (6-2) Provo, Utah; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -27.5; over/under is 155.5 BOTTOM LINE: Fresno State enters the matchup with BYU as losers of four straight games. The Cougars are 5-0 on their home court.

Mekhi Mason scores 23 to help Washington pull away for 87-69 victory over Eastern Washington

Mekhi Mason scored a season-high 23 points and Washington pulled away in the second half to beat Eastern Washington 87-69 on Tuesday night. Mason made 7 of 11 shots with five 3-pointers and he scored 15 after halftime to help the Huskies (7-3) turn a seven-point lead into a rout, improving to 5-1 at home. Great Osobor totaled 16 points for Washington, which was coming off losses to former Pac-12 rivals UCLA and USC to begin the trio's first season in the Big Ten Conference.

Behind Okerke, Cornell tops Cal for first win against the ACC since 1951

AK Okereke scored 24 points and Cooper Norad scored 21 points and Cornell withstood a furious second-half rally by Cal and beat the Golden Bears 88-80 on Tuesday. Nazir Williams added 18 points and Jake Fiegen 11 for the Big Red (7-3), which beat an Atlantic Coast Conference team for the first time since December 1951, four years before the debut of Disneyland. Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 21 points to lead the Golden Bears.

Duke slogs through quick-turnaround win

This one, like most of the others, didn’t cost them in the final result — No. 4 Duke beat Incarnate Word 72-46 on Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The problem within, though, is the Blue Devils (8-2) can’t quite put a finger on why it’s become a trend. It took Duke until the second half to seemingly settle into Tuesday night’s game.