USA Basketball beats Bahamas 97-74, moves closer to AmeriCup berth

USA Basketball is on the brink of qualifying for next year's AmeriCup tournament. Javonte Smart scored 21 points, Jahmi'us Ramsey scored 19 and the U.S. never trailed in a 97-74 win over the Bahamas in an AmeriCup qualifying game Monday night. The U.S. improved to 3-1 in qualifying, and one more win in either of their two remaining qualifying games — not until February — will clinch a spot in AmeriCup, which is the championship of the FIBA Americas region.

Strong’s late 3 lifts Boston College past Missouri State, 76-74 in Cayman Islands semifinal

Elijah Strong knocked down a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left in overtime to lift Boston College to a 76-74 win over Missouri State on Monday night to advance to the championship game of the Cayman Islands Classic. The Eagles will face Boise State, which held off South Dakota State 83-82, in Tuesday's title game. Dez White hit a pair of free throws and knocked down a jumper and Michael Osei-Bonsu added a jumper as the Bears took a 70-64 lead to open overtime.

Stonehill wins 67-65 over East Texas A&M

Scooter Williams Jr. made a layup to give East Texas A&M a two-point lead with 13 seconds to play and the fouled Todd Bogna, who made two free throws to make it 65-all with 2.2 seconds remaining. Stinson stole the ball, was fouled and hit the go-ahead free throws.