Category: Basketball

Kaleb Banks scored 21 points to help Tulane defeat Charlotte 83-68 on Tuesday in an American Athletic Conference opener. Banks had five rebounds for the Green Wave (7-7). Rowan Brumbaugh added 19 points while going 6 of 14 from the floor, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and 6 for 9 from the line.

Jahsean Corbett totaled 13 points and 10 rebounds to help Duquesne defeat Rhode Island 67-55 on Tuesday. David Dixon added 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks for the Dukes (6-8, 1-0 Atlantic 10 Conference).. Tre Dinkins had 11 points.

Malachi Smith scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Dayton beat La Salle 84-70 on Tuesday in an Atlantic 10 Conference opener. Smith also contributed five rebounds and six assists for the Flyers (11-3). Amael L'Etang scored 12 points and added five rebounds and five assists.

Chaz Lanier scored 24 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee to a 67-52 victory over stubborn Norfolk State on Tuesday. The Volunteers (13-0), off to the second best start in program history, got 10 points from Zakai Zeigler, Cade Phillips and Jordan Gainey. Igor Milicik had 10 rebounds.

Melvin Council Jr. scored the game-winning layup with three seconds remaining and finished with 20 points to lead St. Bonaventure past VCU 77-75 on Tuesday, upping the Bonnies' win streak to seven. Council also had eight rebounds for the Bonnies (13-1, 1-0 Atlantic 10 Conference). Noel Brown scored 20 points, shooting 8 of 13 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free-throw line.

Gibson Jimerson scored 33 points to lead Saint Louis over Fordham 88-63 on Tuesday. Jimerson also contributed eight rebounds for the Billikens (8-6, 1-0 Atlantic 10 Conference). Robbie Avila scored 19 and grabbed five rebounds.

Darius Johnson had 24 points, Keyshawn Hall scored 22 and UCF upped its win streak to six after holding on for an 87-83 victory over Texas Tech on Tuesday in a Big 12 Conference opener. Johnson made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 19 seconds after the Knights (10-2) saw an 18-point second-half lead shrink to one. UCF used a 24-12 run in the first 10 minutes of the second half to turn an eight-point halftime lead into a 71-53 advantage.

Hunter Sallis scored 23 points, Tre'Von Spillers had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Wake Forest beat Syracuse 81-71 on Tuesday. Wake Forest started the game on a 17-2 run before having its lead trimmed to 36-34 at halftime. Syracuse started the second half on an 11-3 run to take a six-point lead.

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.