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LJ Cryer, No. 17 Houston dominate poor-shooting Butler
LJ Cryer scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Emanuel Sharp finished with 16 points as the 17th-ranked Houston Cougars rolled over the visiting Butler Bulldogs 79-51 on Saturday.,Cryer scored 10 of the Cougars' opening 14 points in the second half to help Houston (5-3) seize control en ...

No. 17 Houston bids to step up defensively vs. Butler
After a pair of losses at the inaugural Players Era Festival in Las Vegas dropped No. 17 Houston sharply down the national rankings, the Cougars will look to extend their 25-game home-court winning streak when they host Butler on Saturday in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.,Houston (4-3) opened the seaso...

Bryce Hopkins returns, helps Providence handle BYU
Jabri Abdur-Rahim highlighted his 19-point night with four 3-pointers while Bryce Hopkins added 16 points in his season debut as Providence cruised past visiting BYU 83-64 in the Big East-Big 12 Battle on Tuesday.,The Friars (6-3) broke a three-game losing streak by shooting 59.5 percent from the fi...

San Diego State pulls off OT upset of No. 6 Houston
Miles Byrd scored 18 points and San Diego State upset No. 6 Houston with a 73-70 overtime win in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.,Jared Coleman-Jones scored 16 points, Pharaoh Compton scored 13 off the bench and Nick Boyd scored all 12 of his point...

San Diego State pulls off OT upset of No. 6 Houston at Players Era Festival
Miles Byrd scored 18 points and San Diego State upset No. 6 Houston with a 73-70 overtime win in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.,Jared Coleman-Jones scored 16 points, Pharaoh Compton scored 13 off the bench and Nick Boyd scored all 12 of his point...

No. 15 Wisconsin moves to 8-0, pulls away vs. Chicago State
John Tonje scored a game-high 22 points as No. 15 Wisconsin pulled away from feisty Chicago State in the second half for a 74-53 win in Madison, Wisc., on Saturday.,Nolan Winter had 12 points and six rebounds and Steven Crowl had nine points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blcks for Wisconsi...

No. 6 Houston, San Diego State out to leave Vegas with win
No. 6 Houston and San Diego State are set to meet in the third-place game of the Players Era Festival on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Each team participating in the event is receiving $1 million in NIL money. Per media reports, the champion would win an extra $500,000; the team that places third will win ...

BYU speeds away from North Carolina State in second half
Richie Saunders scored 13 points to lead a balanced effort by BYU in a 72-61 victory over North Carolina State on Friday afternoon in the consolation game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,BYU (6-1) was held well below its scoring average of 90.0 points per game, but the Cougars hit ...

Unbeaten No. 15 Wisconsin takes on winless Chicago State
Wisconsin looks to build on its best start in a decade when the 15th-ranked Badgers host winless Chicago State on Saturday afternoon in Madison, Wis.,Wisconsin (7-0) hasn't played since Sunday's 81-75 victory over Pittsburgh in the Greenbrier Tip-Off tournament. The Badgers are off to their best sta...

BYU bids for bounce-back performance vs. NC State
BYU and North Carolina State will look to rebound from their first losses of the season when they square off Friday afternoon in the third-place game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,In Thursday's tournament opener, the Wolfpack (5-1) lost 71-61 to No. 13 Purdue in a rematch of thei...

No. 19 BYU clinging to Big 12 hopes entering finale vs. Houston
After back-to-back losses essentially eliminated BYU from College Football Playoff contention, the Cougars must win their season finale against Houston on Saturday in Provo, Utah, and then hope for favorable scenarios to unfold to clinch a spot in the Big 12 title game and keep its slim CFP hopes al...

Jaylen Murray (28 points), No. 23 Ole Miss top BYU in OT
Jaylen Murray scored a career-high 28 points to lead No. 23 Ole Miss to a 96-85 overtime victory over BYU on Thursday in the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego, Calif.,Murray, who hit 10 of 14 shots, forced overtime with a tough game-tying bucket late in regulation and then tallied nine point...

No. 23 Ole Miss, BYU put unbeaten marks on the line
BYU and Ole Miss will face their stiffest tests of the season on Thanksgiving Day when they square off in the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,The No. 23 Rebels (5-0) and Cougars (5-0), who are on the verge of being ranked in the Top 25, come into Thursday's evenly matched contest with und...

No. 6 Houston goes cold in OT as No. 9 Alabama prevails
Mark Sears scored a season-best 24 points and No. 9 Alabama held Houston to two points in overtime while notching an 85-80 victory over the No. 6 Cougars on Tuesday night in the Players Era Festival at Las Vegas.,Aden Holloway scored 14 points, Grant Nelson added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Latrel...

Five-star center Chris Cenac Jr. commits to Houston
Chris Cenac Jr., the top center in the Class of 2025 according to the ESPN100, has committed to play for the Houston Cougars.,The five-star recruit announced his decision Tuesday via the Bleacher Report's B/R App.,Cenac previously said he wouldn't make his decision until the spring, but his stock so...

Houston fires offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay
The Houston Cougars fired offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay on Tuesday with one game left on the schedule.,The Cougars (4-7, 3-5 Big 12) rank last among 134 FBS schools in scoring at 13.6 points per game, and last in the conference in total offense with 291.5 yards per game.,Head coach Willie Fritz...

No. 6 Houston, No. 9 Alabama to collide at Players Era Festival
Alabama reached the Final Four last season and Houston achieved the same milestone three years earlier.,And both teams are among the early favorites to make a deep run in this season's NCAA Tournament.,So it goes that two of the best programs in the nation will share the same court on Tuesday night ...

BYU hopes to cap homestand on high note vs. MVSU
BYU will try to add to its undefeated start to the season Saturday night when it concludes a five-game homestand against Mississippi Valley State in Provo, Utah.,The Cougars (4-0) won their first four games at the Marriott Center by an average of 28 points. Most recently, BYU earned a 95-71 come-fro...

Joseph Tugler, Emanuel Sharp help No. 7 Houston hammer Hofstra
Joseph Tugler scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting off the bench while Emanuel Sharp made all five of his three-point attempts, leading No. 7 Houston to a wire-to-wire 80-44 victory over visiting Hofstra on Friday night. ,Sharp finished with 16 points and is now 11-of-15 from 3-point range this seaso...

New Mexico upends No. 18 Washington St. in final minute
Quarterback Devon Dampier rushed for a 1-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left Saturday night and New Mexico rallied from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter to upset No. 18 Washington State 38-35 in Albuquerque.,Dampier gained 193 yards on 28 carries and scored three times as the Lobos improved t...