College Basketball

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gibson Jimerson had 28 points in Saint Louis’ 95-44 victory against Avila on Sunday night. Jimerson shot 9 of 17 from the field, including 6 for 11 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Billikens (1-1). Kellen Thames scored 16 points while going 7 of 11 from the field and …

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half, Elisa Mevius made a layup with 22 seconds left and Oregon blew a 16-point fourth-quarter lead before the Ducks beat No. 12 Baylor 74-72 Sunday night to snap a 14-game losing streak against ranked opponents. Oregon (3-0), which is 1-5 all-time against the Bears, …

HONOLULU (AP) — Tanner Christensen had 20 points in Hawaii’s 80-69 victory over San Jose State on Sunday night at the Rainbow Classic. Christensen also contributed eight rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (2-0). Tom Beattie scored 16 points while going 6 of 9 from the floor, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the free-throw …

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Obi Agbim’s 24 points helped Wyoming defeat Tennessee State 81-66 on Sunday night. Agbim went 10 of 13 from the field (4 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Cowboys (2-0). Jordan Nesbitt added 15 points while shooting 6 for 12 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 2 of 5 from the free-throw line while …

Nov. 10—One week into the season is far too soon for sweeping talent assessments, you say? Sorry, I’m going on record with this: Gonzaga’s portal-gem guard Khalif Battle has already offered evidence that he’s on his way to becoming one of the most dynamic and exciting players the Zags have had in a long time. Maybe a real long time. …

Nov. 10—Sixth-ranked Gonzaga expected a big-time scare from the Big 12 Conference during the opening week of the college basketball season. The Zags probably figured it would probably come from the first team on their nonconference calendar, with significantly lower odds it would come from the second. After a 38-point blowout of eighth-ranked Baylor in Monday’s season opener, the real …

Nov. 10—Here are three observations from No. 6 Gonzaga’s 88-80 win over Arizona State. Huff leads bench brigadeGonzaga’s first three players off the bench — Braden Huff, Michael Ajayi and Dusty Stromer — came up big again in the first half for the second straight game. The trio combined for 23 of Gonzaga’s 38 first-half points and contributed beyond the …

Nov. 10—Michael Ajayi is just two games into his senior season at Gonzaga, but it’s clear he’s going to make a serious run at becoming the team’s rebounding and floor-burn leader. Ajayi’s shot wasn’t falling Sunday as often as it usually does, but he connected on a key first-half 3-pointer and a layup that bumped GU’s lead to 75-71 with …

Nov. 10—Kingston Flemings, one of the top point guards in the 2025 class, trimmed Gonzaga and two other schools from his list of finalists. The 6-foot-3 Flemings will decide between the Big 12 Conference’s Texas Tech and Houston, he told 247sports. Flemings will announce his decision Thursday. Flemings had Gonzaga, Arkansas and Texas in his top five in August, but …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Te-Hina Paopao scored 23 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley chipped in with 18 points off the bench and No. 1 South Carolina passed its first big test of the season with a 71-57 victory over ninth-ranked North Carolina State on Sunday in the Ally Tipoff at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center. Together Paopao and Fulwiley were 18 of 30 from …

Everyone knows that LeBron James skipped college to go straight into the NBA back in 2003. It has worked out extremely well for him, as he has become one of the greatest players in basketball history and is still going strong in his 22nd pro season. But there is something to be said about the experience of playing college basketball, …

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Braden Huff scored 21 points off the bench and Ryan Nembhard tallied 13 points and 11 assists as No. 6 Gonzaga hung on for an 88-80 victory over Arizona State on Sunday. Huff went 9-for-13 from the field and missed only two 2-point attempts for the Bulldogs (2-0), who won their 21st straight home opener. Khalif …

Game Preview | Yale vs. #14 Purdue | Life after Jacobsen (Photo by © Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images) Purdue’s 2-0 start is overshadowed by loss of true freshman center. The news was announced on Sunday that talented freshman, Daniel Jacobsen, will likely be out for the season with a fractured tibia suffered a minute into Purdue’s second game of the season. …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 24 points, Steven Ashworth added 15 points on five 3-pointers and No. 15 Creighton rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson 96-70 Sunday evening. The victory gave coach Greg McDermott win No. 327 in 15 seasons at Creighton, tying Dana Altman for the program’s most coaching wins. Kalkbrenner was coming off a 49-point game against UT-Rio …

Alabama basketball’s non-conference gauntlet gets a little tougher this week. After surviving Arkansas State, 88-79, on Friday, the Crimson Tide return to Coleman Coliseum to welcome McNeese State for game No. 3 of the 2024-25 season. McNeese (1-1) will be back in Tuscaloosa for the first time since November of 2001, when then-coach Mark Gottfried’s Alabama defeated the Cowboys, 90-61. …

Nov. 10—ALAMOSA, Colo. — The UTPB men’s basketball team was dealt a 95-88 loss to Adams State Sunday at the South Central Region Challenge. The Falcons (1-1) only trailed 34-31 at the half and both teams continued to keep things close in the second half. UTPB was led in scoring by Dario Domingos’ 17 points while Alex Matthews had 15 …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Cam Carter and Jordan Sears each scored 18 second-half points Sunday and LSU used a 34-11 second-half run to erase a double-double deficit and beat Alabama State 74-61. Carter, a Kansas State transfer, made 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points. Sears, who was scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting in the first …

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bent Leuchten had 18 points in UC Irvine’s 80-60 win against Northern Iowa on Sunday. Leuchten added eight rebounds for the Anteaters (3-0). Justin Hohn added 13 points while finishing 6 of 10 from the floor while he also had five rebounds. Devin Tillis had 11 points and finished 5 of 8 from the field. …

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Mount St. Mary’s graduate transfer Dakota Leffew came off the Georgia bench to hit 5 of 10 from beyond the arc and score 23 points as the Bulldogs rolled to a 92-64 win over Texas Southern in the Peach Tree Classic on Sunday. The only Georgia shooter to convert from beyond the arc in the season-opening …

Arizona State Sun Devils guard Alston Mason (1) shoots the ball against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Nolan Hickman (11) in the first half at McCarthey Athletic Center on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. Entering Sunday’s game as an 18.5-point underdog at Gonzaga, the Arizona State Sun Devils took the No. 6 Bulldogs to the wire but fell 88-80 on Sunday. Basheer Jihad …

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Valentino Pinedo hit the second of two free throws with a second left to lift St. Francis (PA) to a 65-64 win over Campbell on Sunday. Aaron Talbert scored 18 points, hitting 5 of 10 from the field, including 4 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 5 from the line for the …

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Zaay Green scored 24 points to lead five in double figures and No. 24 Alabama rolled past Troy 94-71 on Sunday. The Crimson Tide (3-0) scored 25 points in each of the first two quarters and led 50-33 at halftime. They made eight 3-pointers in the first half and 10 for the game. Aaliyah Nye (14 …

Mitch Mascari scored 26 points to lead the Drake men’s basketball team to a 66-51 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sunday at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs are 2-0 to start the Ben McCollum era. Their next game is Saturday at home vs. Florida Gulf Coast. All but two of Mascari’s points came from beyond the arc as he …

Through three games of the 2024-25 season, the Wisconsin Badgers have found a star in transfer wing John Tonje. UW’s offense took a blow after the departure of top scorer A.J. Storr this offseason. With questions surrounding Wisconsin’s No. 1 offensive option looming ahead of this season, Tonje has appeared to fill the void. Against Holy Cross, Montana State and …

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Addy Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Audi Crooks had 17 points and 11 boards to lead No. 8 Iowa State in an 84-56 win over Southern on Sunday. Brown has had a double-double in two of the first three games and 12 times in her career. It was Crooks’ first double-double of the …