Category: Basketball

Xavier Musketeers (4-2) at Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-5) Ypsilanti, Michigan; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Michigan plays Xavier after Sisi Eleko scored 31 points in Eastern Michigan's 72-61 loss to the Detroit Mercy Titans. The Eagles have gone 0-3 at home.

Austin Peay Governors (2-4) at Florida Atlantic Owls (5-2) Boca Raton, Florida; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Florida Atlantic hosts Austin Peay trying to extend its four-game home winning streak. The Owls have gone 4-0 at home.

George Mason Patriots (6-1) at Navy Midshipmen (6-1) Annapolis, Maryland; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: George Mason visits Navy after Kennedy Harris scored 26 points in George Mason's 66-56 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. The Midshipmen have gone 2-1 in home games.

Memphis Tigers (2-4) at East Tennessee State Buccaneers (3-4) Johnson City, Tennessee; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Memphis plays East Tennessee State after TI'lan Boler scored 20 points in Memphis' 87-83 loss to the Murray State Racers. The Buccaneers are 2-1 in home games.

Cornell Big Red (3-5) at Northwestern Wildcats (2-3) Evanston, Illinois; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern takes on Cornell after Taylor Williams scored 22 points in Northwestern's 73-64 victory against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers. The Wildcats have gone 1-3 at home.

Owen Koonce scored 30 points, Isaac Jessup scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half and Cal Poly rallied late to beat Stanford 97-90 on Saturday night. Jessup hit consecutive 3-pointers during a 10-2 surge to give Cal Poly its first lead since the opening minutes of the game, 79-78, with 4:58 remaining. Stanford regained the advantage on the next possession and then later tied it 84-all on Maxime Raynaud's layup with 1:50 left.

Parsa Fallah scored 25 points as Oregon State beat UC Davis 90-57 on Saturday. Fallah shot 11 of 14 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Beavers (5-2). Michael Rataj scored 21 points while shooting 6 for 10 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and added 11 rebounds.

Nate Bittle scored the winning shot on a putback dunk with 4.4 seconds left to lead undefeated Oregon to an 83-81 win over No. 9 Alabama Saturday night in the championship game of the Players Era Festival. Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 22 points off the bench to lead the Ducks (8-0), and Bittle had 19 on the night. Alabama's Aden Holloway made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 81-78 with 26 seconds left.

The basketball world has paid tribute to the Big East icon, who won 526 games in 24 seasons as leader of the program.

In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca. The excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s rousing Final Four run in 1985, died at 99 on Saturday, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday. The university said it was notified by a family member that Carnesecca died in a hospital, surrounded by loved ones.

Tedrick Washington Jr.'s 28 points helped Southeast Missouri State defeat Kansas City 80-59 on Saturday night. Washington added five rebounds for the Redhawks (3-4). Brendan Terry added 14 points and six rebounds.

Julius Thedford scored 19 points off of the bench to lead Western Kentucky over Marshall 90-82 on Saturday night. Thedford shot 6 for 8 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 7 from the free-throw line for the Hilltoppers (4-3). Tyrone Marshall scored 18 points while going 6 of 9 from the floor, including 3 for 6 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the line and added five rebounds.