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Samet Yigitoglu’s double-double helps SMU beat Pitt
Samet Yigitoglu racked up 17 points and 10 rebounds as SMU continued its impressive start to its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a wire-to-wire 83-63 victory over struggling Pitt on Tuesday in Dallas., ,The Mustangs (19-5, 10-3 ACC) have won five straight games and were in charge ...
No. 8 Texas A&M uses 22-0 run to rally past Georgia
Solomon Washington scored a season-high 17 points off the bench Tuesday to help No. 8 Texas A&M rally for a 69-53 win over visiting Georgia in Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas.,Henry Coleman III added 13 points and Wade Taylor IV chipped in 12 for the Aggies (19-5, 8-3 SEC), wh...
No. 2 Alabama rolls past Texas to 7th straight win
Jarin Stevenson scored a career-high 22 points to help No. 2 Alabama cruise to a 103-80 victory over Texas on Tuesday night in a Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.,Aden Holloway and Mark Sears added 18 points apiece for the Crimson Tide (21-3, 10-1 SEC), who have won seven straight games...
Hot-shooting USC extends Penn State's losing streak
Desmond Claude scored 16 points and dished eights assists in his return from a knee injury as Southern California sent Penn State to its sixth consecutive loss in a 92-67 rout on Tuesday in Los Angeles.,The Trojans (14-10, 6-7 Big Ten) returned home from an 0-2 road trip to Northwestern and Purdue l...
No. 17 Kansas finally puts away sliding Colorado
Hunter Dickinson finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, Zeke Mayo had 13 points and eight, respectively, and No. 17 Kansas beat the Colorado Buffaloes 71-59 in Lawrence, Kan., on Tuesday night.,Dajuan Harris and KJ Adams scored 10 points apiece for the Jayhawks (17-7, 8-5 Big 12).,Sebastian Ranc...
No. 18 Marquette downs DePaul to halt three-game skid
Kam Jones had 19 points and Stevie Mitchell added 17 as 18th-ranked Marquette snapped a three-game skid with a 68-58 Big East victory over DePaul on Tuesday in Milwaukee.,David Joplin pulled down 10 rebounds and Mitchell added seven to pace the Golden Eagles to a 44-36 edge on the boards and a 15-2 ...
Dug McDaniel, Kansas State edge No. 13 Arizona
Dug McDaniel had 24 points and five steals, including a pivotal one in the waning seconds, to lead Kansas State to a 73-70 victory Tuesday night over No. 13 Arizona at Manhattan, Kan.,Kansas State (13-11, 7-6 Big 12) has won six straight games, four of them against ranked opponents.,Arizona (17-7, 1...
Pistons embarrass Bulls, 132-92
Reserve Malik Beasley scored 24 points and Cade Cunningham added 20 points and seven assists to guide the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 132-92 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday.,The Pistons never trailed while shooting 53.1 percent from the field. Their biggest advantage was 49 points.,Detroit ha...
Illinois snaps UCLA's 7-game winning streak
Freshman point guard Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as Illinois snapped UCLA's seven-game winning streak with an 83-78 Big Ten victory Tuesday night in Champaign, Ill.,Jakucionis, one of 20 players named Tuesday to the John Wooden Award late midseason wat...
Karl-Anthony Towns scores 40 as Knicks top Pacers
Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 40 points and 12 rebounds, Josh Hart added a season-high 30 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 128-115 on Tuesday in Indianapolis.,Hart also had 10 rebounds and five assists while shooting 12 of 16 from the field. Miles McBride added 15 points for New...
Raptors notch rare road win vs. slumping 76ers
Scottie Barnes collected 33 points and 10 rebounds and Immanuel Quickley added 23 points, lifting the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 106-103 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Barnes made 10 of 16 shots from the floor and Quickley sank 7 of 11 attempts for the Raptors, who snapped a four...
No. 3 Florida rallies to 81-68 win over No. 22 Mississippi State
Denzel Aberdeen scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures on Tuesday night as No. 3 Florida overcame a halftime deficit in a 81-68 win over No. 22 Mississippi State in Starkville. ,Walter Clayton stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Gators (21-3, ...
No. 15 Kentucky holds on for victory over No. 5 Tennessee
Ansley Almonor and Otega Oweh scored 13 points each for short-handed No. 15 Kentucky, as the Wildcats withstood a second-half charge from No. 5 Tennessee to beat the Volunteers 75-64 in a SEC showdown Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.,Almonor and Oweh were among four players to score in double-figures...
Jizzle James, Cincinnati get even with Utah
Jizzle James scored 14 of his team-leading 25 points in the second half as host Cincinnati pulled away for an 85-75 Big 12 win over Utah on Tuesday night.,Aziz Bandaogo added a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Josh Reed added 13 points for Cincinnati.,Reed's layup bounced several ti...
Egor Demin, BYU eke out victory at West Virginia
Egor Demin scored 10 of his 16 points in the final 6:11 as BYU made a late run to outlast West Virginia 73-69 on Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va.,In addition to Demin's late heroics, Mihailo Boskovic made a game-clinching three-point play with nine seconds left as BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12) snapped a two-ga...
No. 10 Iowa State uses strong start to second half to top UCF
Keshon Gilbert scored 15 points, Joshua Jefferson added 13 points and eight rebounds and No. 10 Iowa State beat Central Florida 77-65 on Tuesday night in Orlando. ,Iowa State (19-5, 9-4 Big 12) outscored the Knights 45-35 after halftime to run away with the contest. The Cyclones opened the second ha...
No. 1 Auburn pulls away in second half to beat Vanderbilt
Denver Jones scored a game-high 21 points as No. 1 Auburn pulled away for an 80-68 win over Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference matchup on Tuesday night in Nashville, Tenn.,Chaney Johnson racked up 20 points off the bench on 9-of-10 shooting, and Johni Broome scored 17 points, 15 in the second...
Jizzle James, Cincinnati gets even with Utah
Jizzle James scored 14 of his team-leading 25 points in the second half as host Cincinnati pulled away for an 85-75 Big 12 win over Utah on Tuesday night.,Aziz Bandaogo added a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Josh Reed added 13 points for Cincinnati.,Reed's layup bounced several ti...
No. 20 Michigan edges No. 7 Purdue in battle for first place
Danny Wolf had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan to a 75-73 win over No. 7 Purdue in a battle for first place in the Big Ten on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich., ,Roddy Gayle came off the bench to score 14 points and grab seven rebounds, and Vladislav Goldin and Tre Donaldson each score...
Matthew Cleveland's career game powers Miami past Syracuse
Senior Matthew Cleveland scored a career-high 32 points and finished with five assists to lead Miami to a 91-84 victory over Syracuse on Tuesday in Coral Gables, Fla.,The Hurricanes (6-18, 2-11 Atlantic Coast Conference) secured its second ACC victory in its past three tries after losing the previou...