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David Joplin had 27 points and 10 rebounds as No. 18 Marquette pulled away down the stretch to beat George Mason 82-63 on Friday night in front of a festive, all-student crowd. The game had a tense moment in the final minute as Marquette's Ben Gold drove to the basket and got fouled hard by Woody Newton. It appeared Newton's elbow hit Gold in the face.

BJ Freeman scored 17 points and Arizona State beat Santa Clara 81-74 in the first game of a neutral-site Friday night doubleheader at Lee's Family Forum. Freeman made a key 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to extend Arizona State's lead to 78-71. Adam Miller scored 16 and freshman Jayden Quaintance had 12 rebounds to go with five points and three assists for the Sun Devils (2-0).

Sahara Williams scored 14 points for the Sooners (2-0), who led 44-27 at halftime and 90-48 midway through the fourth quarter. Payton Verhulst added 13 points, and Skylar Vann had eight points and 10 rebounds. Beers, a transfer center from Oregon State, made 11 of 16 field goals.

Reserve Rodney Rice scored 26 of his career-high 28 points in the first half, Jakobi Gillespie added 13 points and Maryland shattered Mount St. Mary's 86-52 on Friday night. Rice shot 10 of 14 including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Selton Miguel scored 11 points and Julian Reese just missed a double-double scoring nine points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Tamar Bates scored 17 points, Mark Mitchell added 16 and Missouri defeated Howard 77-62 on Friday night. Missouri (1-1) led by 12 at halftime but it took a late second-half run to put the game away. The Tigers' lead was only 61-57 after Howard's Marcus Dockery drilled a 3-pointer with 4 1/2 minutes to go in the second half.

Mark Sears scored 19 points and No. 2 Alabama survived an upset scare on Friday, beating Arkansas State 88-79. The game was tied with seven minutes left before Alabama scored 11 of the next 13 points, three of them from Sears at the free throw line. Labaron Philon, Clifford Omoruyi and Grant Nelson each scored 12 points for the Crimson Tide (2-0) but only combined for one 3-pointer.

Jarvis Moss' 24 points helped Radford defeat William & Mary 89-77 on Friday night. Moss had six rebounds for the Highlanders (1-1). Ibu Yamakazi scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 6, including 4 for 4 from beyond the arc.

Trey Autry led George Washington over Hampton on Friday night with 14 points in an 82-54 victory. Autry shot 4 of 6 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 5 from the line for the Revolutionaries (2-0). Gerald Drumgoole Jr. shot 5 of 12 from the field, including 1 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 3 from the line to add 13 points.

LJ Thomas scored 29 points and secured the victory with a layup with 46 seconds remaining as Austin Peay knocked off Butler 68-66 on Friday night. Thomas added eight rebounds for the Governors (2-0). Sai Witt scored nine points while going 4 of 7 and 1 of 4 from the free-throw line.