Category: Basketball

Joe Bamisile scored 25 points as VCU beat Colorado State 76-68 on Saturday night. Bamisile added nine rebounds for the Rams (9-2). Max Shulga scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds.

Kobe Magee had 17 points in Drexel's 77-70 victory over Albany on Saturday night. Magee added five rebounds for the Dragons (7-4). Jason Drake scored 14 points while going 5 of 6 and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.

Gainey scored on a driving layup as time expired and finished with a career-high 23 points.

Owen Aquino had 28 points and 10 rebounds to lead Liberty over North Carolina A&T 83-74 on Saturday night for the Flames' seventh victory in a row. Zach Cleveland added 12 points, five rebounds and seven assists for the Flames (10-1). Jay Maughmer had 12 points.

Hunter Erickson hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 18 points, Gabe Madsen added 15 points and seven assists as Utah beat Radford 81-63 Saturday night. Lawson Lovering scored 12 for Utah (7-2). Truth Harris hit a 3-pointer to give Radford a 3-2 lead with 18:11 left in the first half but Lovering answered with a layup 36 seconds later and the Runnin' Utes led the rest of the way.

Kentucky shot 58%, including 70% before halftime, but needed every basket to stay clear of the Cardinals.

Asa Newell scored 17 points, including a three-point play with 17 seconds left, to help Georgia beat Grand Canyon 73-68 on Saturday night at Holiday Hoopsgiving. Tyrin Lawrence and Blue Cain scored 10 points. Collin Moore hit a 3-pointer, Ray Harrison added two free throws and then stole the ball from Cain and fed Jakobe Coles for a layup that made it 66-63 with 1:32 remaining.

RJ Melendez had a season-high 18 points and Josh Hubbard added 16 to lead No. 25 Mississippi State to a 66-63 win over McNeese State in a neutral-site game on Saturday. Melendez made two free throws with nine seconds remaining in regulation to give Mississippi State (9-1) a 66-61 lead that it held on to. Joe Charles led McNeese State (5-5) with 19 points while Sincere Parker finished with 16.

Video of Arkansas coach John Calipari's postgame press conference after the Arkansas Razorbacks win over UCA.

Ayoka Lee scored 16 and blocked four shots and No. 13 Kansas State dominated the second half in a 74-48 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday night in the second-annual Bill Snyder Classic. Lee made 4 of 5 shots from the floor and 8 of 12 free throws to help the Wildcats (11-1) run their win streak to six. Jaelyn Glenn scored 15 on 5-for-9 shooting from 3-point range with three steals for Kansas State.

Matt Cross scored 16 points and tied a career-high with 16 rebounds and SMU used a strong second half to win its fifth straight game, beating LSU 74-64 on Saturday in the Compete 4 Cause Classic at the Comerica Center. It was Cross' third double-double of the season. B.J. Edwards and Samet Yigitoglu each scored 12 and reserve Chuck Harris scored 11 for the Mustangs (9-2).

Isaiah Watts' 20 points helped Washington State defeat Missouri State 91-78 on Saturday night. Watts had seven rebounds for the Cougars (9-2). Dane Erikstrup scored 20 points, going 6 of 7 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 6 for 8 from the free-throw line.

Jordan Gainey pushed Tennessee to a 66-64 win over Illinois on Saturday night.