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Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson carry Rockets past Mavericks
Alperen Sengun paired 26 points with 11 rebounds, Amen Thompson chipped in 27 points, and the Houston Rockets fended off the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 110-102 on Monday.,Sengun helped the Rockets get late separation with a pair of free throws and a spinning eight-footer down the stretch. His pas...
SMU's balanced offense attack sinks Tarleton State
Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 21 points, including 3-of-3 on 3-pointers, and five players scored in double figures to lead SMU to an 96-76 victory over Tarleton State in Dallas the season opener for both teams Monday night., ,B.J. Edwards and Boopie Miller each added 20 points for SMU, which shot 56% from...
Cade Cunningham carries Pistons past Ja Morant, Grizzlies
Cade Cunningham scored 19 of his season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter and the visiting Detroit Pistons led wire to wire in a 114-106 victory Monday night over the Memphis Grizzlies.,Isaiah Stewart added season highs of 26 points and 14 rebounds to go along with four blocks for Detroit.,Jaren ...
Kuol Atak, Oklahoma speed past Saint Francis in second half
Kuol Atak scored 18 points -- all in the second half -- to lead Oklahoma to a season-opening 102-66 win over Saint Francis on Monday in Norman, Okla.,The Sooners trailed early in the second half before starting a 32-3 run to put the game away.,Atak scored 13 of his points during a span of just more ...
Cade Tyson scores 30 as Minnesota easily defeats Gardner-Webb
Cade Tyson scored 30 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field, including 4-for-8 from beyond the arc, as Minnesota coasted to an 87-60 win over Gardner-Webb on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Jaylen Crocker-Johnson added 13 points and 14 rebounds for Minnesota (1-0), which won its first game with Nik...
No. 20 Auburn hangs on to take down Bethune-Cookman in OT
No. 20 Auburn needed overtime to avoid a stunning upset in Steven Pearl's head-coaching debut on Monday, as the Tigers held off visiting Bethune-Cookman, 95-90.,With Auburn (1-0) leading 81-78, Elyjah Freeman fouled Bethune-Cookman's Arterio Morris on a 3-point attempt with less than a second remain...
No. 7 Michigan scores 69 in first half, crushes Oakland
Morez Johnson scored 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field to help lead No. 7 Michigan to a 121-78 season-opening win over in-state foe Oakland on Monday in Ann Arbor. ,Johnson was one of seven players who scored in double-figures for the Wolverines.,Trey McKenney made 6 of 8 shots from 3-po...
Mekhi Mason's double-double leads Wake Forest over American
Mekhi Mason scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in his first game for Wake Forest as the Demon Deacons beat visiting American 88-74 in Monday night's season opener in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Tre'Von Spillers also pumped in 20 points to go with eight rebounds, while Juke Harris posted 18 points. Myl...
New Orleans has big first half, stuns TCU 78-74
Coleton Benson drained four 3-pointers en route to a 24-point night, Jakevion Buckley added 13 points and nine assists and New Orleans stunned TCU 78-74 on Monday in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Privateers (1-0) didn't look like a team that went 4-27 a season ago. New Orleans outshot TCU 49.1% to 38.8% fr...
Malik Reneau, Shelton Henderson guide Miami past Jacksonville
Malik Reneau scored a game-high 20 points as Miami defeated Jacksonville 86-69 on Monday at Coral Gables, Fla., in the season opener for both teams.,Hurricanes freshman Shelton Henderson -- a five-star recruit -- scored 10 of his 15 points in the first half. Miami's Ernest Udeh Jr. scored 14 points ...
No. 17 Illinois hits 17 3s, smokes Jackson State
Ben Humrichous and Tomislav Ivisic scored 21 points to lead six players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to a 113-55 victory over Jackson State on Monday night in Champaign, Ill.,Playing without starters Mihailo Petrovic (hamstring) and Andrej Stojakovic (knee), the Fighting Illini jumped...
Cameron Carr steadies Baylor for opening night win vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
After a slow start, the Baylor Bears turned things into high gear to wrap up an opening night win over the visiting UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros in a 96-81 win Monday in Waco, Texas.,The Bears were paced by four players scoring double figures with Cameron Carr (28) and highly-touted freshman Tounde...
Marquette shakes off rusty start to beat Albany
Chase Ross scored 15 points and dished five assists to lead Marquette to a season-opening 80-53 victory over Albany on Monday night in Milwaukee.,Eleven players who touched the floor scored for Marquette, with Zaide Lowery adding 13 and Damarius Owens scoring 11. Marquette shot 41.4% from the floor ...
Labaron Philon leads No. 15 Alabama to easy win over North Dakota
Labaron Philon scored a career-high 22 points and added eight assists to lead No. 15 Alabama to an easy 91-62 victory over North Dakota on Monday night in the season opener for both teams in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Houston Mallette added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Crimson Tide. Amari Allen regist...
Kelvin Sampson earns 800th win as No. 2 Houston bests Lehigh
On an opening night in which they unfurled a Final Four banner from the rafters of the Fertitta Center, Kelvin Sampson earned his 800th career win and second-ranked Houston handled visiting Lehigh 75-57 on Monday night.,Over a 36-year career coaching at Montana Tech, Washington State, Oklahoma, Indi...
Maple Leafs complete furious comeback to stun Penguins
Bobby McMann scored the go-ahead goal in the third period Monday as the Toronto Maple Leafs wiped out a three-goal deficit to defeat the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3.,Pittsburgh led 3-0 after two periods before Toronto scored three goals in a span of 3:24 early in the third. McMann scored Toront...
So far, so good as DePaul thumps Chicago State in opener
NJ Benson scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as host DePaul rolled to a 92-62 season-opening victory over Chicago State on Monday night in Chicago.,Layden Blocker also scored 16 and CJ Gunn added 12 points. Both joined Benson as the three key returners for the Blue Demons, who made half of the...
John Blackwell (31), No. 24 Wisconsin put away Campbell
John Blackwell scored 31 points and Nick Boyd added 21 as No. 24 Wisconsin pulled away for a 96-64 victory over Campbell on Monday night in the season opener for both teams in Madison, Wis.,Campbell, which trailed by 15 early in the second half, rallied within 67-62 on two free throws by Chris Field...
Milan Momcilovic scores 29 as No. 16 Iowa State routs Fairleigh Dickinson
Milan Momcilovic scored 29 points on 11-for-16 shooting, including 7-for-10 shooting from beyond the arc, and No. 16 Iowa State cruised to an 88-50 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Monday night in Ames, Iowa.,Tamin Lipsey added 18 points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals for Iowa State (1-0...
Jusuf Nurkic scores in final second, Jazz hang tough to beat Celtics
Jusuf Nurkic scored with 0.6 seconds to play to give the visiting Utah Jazz a 105-103 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.,Jaylen Brown was called for an offensive foul while Boston was trying to inbound the ball following Nurkic's basket, which prevented the Celtics from attempting a fi...