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Tahj Staveskie scored 21 points as Cleveland State beat Youngstown State 80-72 on Saturday. Staveskie shot 7 for 17 (4 for 10 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Vikings (12-6, 6-1 Horizon League). Dylan Arnett added 15 points while shooting 6 of 8 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line while they also had 12 rebounds.

The UConn men's basketball team bounced back from a loss to Villanova earlier in the week with a 68-60 win at Georgetown.

PJ Haggerty scored eight of his 25 points in the final 2:34 and No. 19 Memphis held off East Carolina 74-70 on Saturday. Haggerty shot 7 for 16 from the field and was perfect on 10 free throws, including both ends of a 1-and-1 with 9.7 seconds left to preserve the victory. Tyrese Hunter added 14 points and Dain Dainja scored 10 as Memphis (13-3, 3-0 American Athletic Conference) won its fourth straight.

Alex Karaban scored 19 points, Solo Ball added 15, and No. 9 Connecticut bounced back Saturday from its first conference loss of the season to beat Georgetown 68-60. The Huskies (13-4, 5-1 Big East), who fell 68-66 at Villanova on Wednesday, have not lost back-to-back league games since January 2023. Curtis Williams Jr. had 15 points for the Hoyas (12-4, 3-2), who have dropped 20 consecutive games against ranked teams since winning the 2021 Big East tournament.

Chase Hunter scored 25 points, including five of Clemson's 13 3-pointers, and the Tigers defeated Florida State 77-57 on Saturday. The Tigers made all five of their shots in the first four minutes of the second half and their 13-2 run stretched a seven-point halftime lead to 18 points at 49-31. Jerry Deng made a layup and a 3-pointer and Malique Ewin hit two free throws to get FSU within 58-47 near the nine-minute mark but the Seminoles scored only two points in the next four minutes.

Johni Broome suffered a “significant sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn's win over South Carolina on Saturday, and Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said his team's leading scorer will have an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Broome, a 6-foot-10, 240-pound fifth-year senior and preseason Associated Press All-American who is considered a contender for national player of the year, landed on the foot of a South Carolina defender and rolled his left ankle while going for a rebound in the second half of Auburn's 66-63 Southeastern Conference win. “He’s got a significant sprain,” Pearl said.

Reed Bailey's 23 points helped Davidson defeat Fordham 74-64 on Saturday. Bailey also contributed six rebounds for the Wildcats (12-4, 2-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Connor Kochera scored 20 points while going 8 of 14 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 2 for 3 from the line and added six rebounds.

A few possessions into Duke’s game against Notre Dame, Cooper Flagg noticed something on offense: The Irish were leaving him wide open in the corner. Over and over he did, and it’s exactly what Duke needed against a pesky opponent. Flagg poured in an ACC freshman record 42 points, including four key free throws in the final minute, four 3-pointers and another sensational dunk, to help the Blue Devils hold off the Irish 86-78 on Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium.