Arizona’s bench rescues Wildcats vs. UCLA

TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona coach Sean Miller believes in playing his bench players early and often in the nonconference season. He does it for games like Saturday. Reserve guard Gabe York had 13 points and reserve center Dusan Ristic had 12 when the No. 7 Wildcats blew a 14-point lead but recovered to defeat UCLA […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Utah State 85, Fresno State 79

Freshman guard Julion Pearre scored a career-high 19 points, helping Utah State beat Fresno State 85-79 on Saturday night at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah. Junior guard Darius Perkins also scored 19 points for Utah State (16-10, 9-5 Mountain West Conference), which has won four in a row. Freshman forward David Collette had […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Gonzaga erase deficit for 21st straight win

MORAGA, Calif. — Gonzaga coach Mark Few suggested Kyle Wiltjer’s 45-point game in Thursday’s victory over Pacific affected him adversely in the early stages of Saturday’s game against St. Mary’s. “He was pressing,” Few said. “I think that 45-pointer messed with his head.” Wiltjer denied that was the case, but whatever the problem, Wiltjer scored […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Arkansas 65, Mississippi State 61

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Four players scored double digits for No. 18 Arkansas, which tallied 23 points off 23 turnovers as the Razorbacks snuck by Mississippi State 65-61 on Saturday. Mississippi State (12-15, 5-9 SEC) led 51-46 after guard Fred Thomas hit a 3-pointer with about nine minutes left. Arkansas (22-5, 11-3) then turned up the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Kansas 81, TCU 72

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Junior forward Perry Ellis recorded a game-high 23 points Saturday, including a thunderous dunk off a lob feed with 6:45 remaining, to help No. 8 Kansas hold off TCU 81-72 in Allen Fieldhouse. Ellis, who missed an off-balance layup five days earlier at the final buzzer in a one-point loss at West […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Duke 78, Clemson 56

DURHAM, N.C. — Senior guard Quinn Cook’s 27 points and freshman forward Justise Winslow’s 20 helped make up for the absence of Jahlil Okafor as fourth-ranked Duke, playing without its leading scorer and rebounder, defeated Clemson, 78-56, on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Winslow had 17 first-half points and Cook, who made 11-of-18 shots from […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Notre Dame 87, Boston College 70

BOSTON — Bonzie Colson made the most of his homecoming on Saturday. The freshman forward, a New Bedford, Mass. native, finished with a team-high 16 points and six rebounds off the bench as No. 10-ranked Notre Dame swept the hardwood edition of the Holy War with a 87-70 victory over Boston College in front of […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Xavier 73, Butler 56

CINCINNATI — Sophomore guard Myles Davis scored 18 points, helping Xavier strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume with a 73-56 victory over 19th-ranked Butler on Saturday at Cintas Center. Freshman forward Trevon Bluiett added 11 points for the Musketeers (18-10, 8-7 in the Big East Conference), who were coming off an emotional win over crosstown rival […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Oklahoma outlasts tougher Texas Tech in OT

LUBBOCK, Texas — Isaiah Cousins admitted 17th-ranked Oklahoma thought Texas Tech would go without much of a fight, just as the Red Raiders did less than a month ago in a 46-point loss in Norman. But the Sooners got all they could handle from the Red Raiders on Saturday before outlasting Tech’s upset bid in […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021