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Cameron Boozer scored 18 factors and No. 3 Duke held on to beat No. 1 Michigan 68-63 in a much-anticipated nonconference showdown Saturday evening in Washington, D.C.Isaiah Evans racked up 14 factors, Caleb Foster offered 12 factors and Patrick Ngongba II turned in 11 factors for Duke (25-2). Boozer grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, a part of the Blue Devils 13-rebound benefit on the boards (41-28), and likewise distributed a game-high seven assists.Yaxel Lendeborg posted 16 of his 21 factors within the first half for Michigan (25-2), which had an 11-game win streak snapped. Morez Johnson Jr. completed with 13 factors and Aday Mara notched 10 factors on 4-of-4 taking pictures via foul bother, however the Wolverines ended at 40% from the sphere, together with 6-for-25 from 3-point vary (24%).
Earlier within the day, the NCAA Event choice committee’s bracket preview listed Michigan and Duke, respectively, as the highest two total seeds. Attendance was introduced at 20,537, making it the biggest turnout for a neutral-site sport this season.No. 4 Arizona 73, No. 2 Houston 66
Reserve Anthony Dell’Orso matched his season excessive of twenty-two factors to steer the Wildcats, handing the Cougars their first dwelling lack of the season and second since they joined the Massive 12 in 2023-24.
Arizona (25-2, 12-2 Massive 12) took sole possession of the convention lead with the win over Houston (23-4, 11-3), which has misplaced two straight after a six-game successful streak.
Jaden Bradley had 17 factors and 4 assists for the Wildcats, whereas Ivan Kharchenkov added 16 factors and 9 rebounds. Kingston Flemings led Houston with 17 factors, eight rebounds and 4 assists.
No. 5 UConn 73, Villanova 63
Alex Karaban scored eight of his 12 factors within the second half because the Huskies posted a win over the Wildcats in Philadelphia.All 5 starters scored between 9 and 12 factors for the Huskies (25-3, 15-2 Massive East), who bounced again properly from a 91-84 loss to Creighton. Tarris Reed Jr. was 5-of-5 from the sphere for 11 factors, whereas Braylon Mullins pitched in 10 factors.Tyler Perkins scored 15 factors to tempo the Wildcats (21-6, 12-4), who had received six straight video games since dropping to UConn final month. Matt Hodge chipped in with 13 factors for the Wildcats, whereas Acaden Lewis scored 11 factors — all within the first half.
No. 23 BYU 79, No. 6 Iowa State 69
AJ Dybantsa recorded 29 factors, 10 rebounds and 9 assists to steer the Cougars to an upset of the Cyclones in Provo, Utah.
Kennard Davis Jr. scored 17 factors for the Cougars (20-7, 8-6 Massive 12), who improved to 11-2 at dwelling. Mihailo Boskovic added a career-best 13 factors for BYU.
Tamin Lipsey scored 19 factors and Jamarion Batemon added 14 off the bench for Iowa State (23-4, 10-4), which was coming off consecutive High-10 wins over then-No. 9 Kansas and No. 2 Houston.Cincinnati 84, No. 8 Kansas 68
Moustapha Thiam collected 28 factors and eight rebounds to steer the Bearcats over the Jayhawks in a Massive 12 Convention showdown in Lawrence, Kan.
Baba Miller contributed 18 factors, eight assists and 7 rebounds, and Jalen Celestine added 14 factors and eight boards for Cincinnati (15-12, 7-7 Massive 12).
Flory Bidunga led Kansas (20-7, 10-4) with a double-double of 18 factors and 12 rebounds however could not stop the Jayhawks from taking their most lopsided loss to an unranked workforce in Invoice Self’s 23-year teaching tenure.
No. 9 Nebraska 87, Penn State 64
Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 33 factors and the Cornhuskers acquired again on observe with a win over the Nittany Lions in Massive Ten play in Lincoln, Neb.
Sandfort was 11-of-17 from the sphere, making a career-best 8 of 14 threes so as to add to the varsity file for 3s in a season with 98. Braden Frager had 15 factors and Sam Hoiberg added 11 factors and a career-high 10 assists for the Cornhuskers (23-4, 12-4 Massive Ten), who earlier Saturday have been projected as a No. 3 seed by the NCAA Event choice committee.
The Nittany Lions (11-17, 2-15) acquired 13 factors apiece from Kayden Mingo and Ivan Juric, with Juric including 10 rebounds. The Nittany Lions shot 42.1% however made solely 4 of 20 3-pointers, taking their ninth double-digit loss in convention play.
UCLA 95, No. 10 Illinois 94 (OT)Donovan Dent drove the size of courtroom for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to present the Bruins an electrical extra time victory over the Illini in Los Angeles.Dent had 14 factors and a career-high 15 assists in serving to the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Massive Ten) halt a two-game slide. Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 factors earlier than fouling out for UCLA. Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 factors, Trent Perry had 17 and Xavier Booker tallied 16 on 7-of-8 taking pictures off the bench for UCLA. Skyy Clark had 10 factors.Keaton Wagler had 19 factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists, and Tomislav Ivisic scored 16 factors for the Illini (22-6, 13-4), who misplaced for the third time of their previous 5 video games. Ben Humrichous had 15 on 5 3-point baskets off the bench for Illinois. Kylan Boswell added 13 factors and backup Zvonimir Ivisic had 11.
No. 11 Gonzaga 71, Pacific 62Graham Ike scored 20 factors to interrupt a faculty file because the Bulldogs held off the pesky Tigers in Spokane, Wash.Davis Fogle added 18 factors off the bench, Emmanuel Innocenti scored 13 and reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 10 for the Bulldogs (27-2, 15-1). Ike scored 20 or extra factors for a ninth consecutive sport, eclipsing the mark of eight set by each Adam Morrison and Derek Raivio in 2006.Justin Rochelin and Elias Ralph scored 12 factors apiece for Pacific (17-13, 8-9). TJ Wainwright added 10 whereas Rochelin grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.
No. 12 Florida 94, Ole Miss 75
Alex Condon scored 24 factors because the Gators received their seventh consecutive sport by defeating the Rebels in Oxford, Miss.
Thomas Haugh added 20, and Xaivian Lee collected 11 factors and 10 assists. Florida (21-6, 12-2 Southeastern Convention) received for the twelfth time in 13 video games, taking pictures 57.1% from the ground and holding a 39-24 rebounding edge.
Malik Dia scored 24 factors and Ilias Kamardine added 14 to steer Ole Miss (11-16, 3-11), which misplaced its ninth consecutive sport.
No. 13 Texas Tech 100, Kansas State 72
Donovan Atwell scored 21 of his game-high 26 factors within the first half because the Crimson Raiders overcame a Tuesday loss and a season-ending harm to star ahead JT Toppin to mud the Wildcats in Lubbock, Texas.
Christian Anderson added 21 factors and 9 assists for Texas Tech (20-7, 10-4 Massive 12), whereas LeJuan Watts hit for 19 factors. Luke Bamgboye contributed 12 because the Crimson Raiders shot 54.8% from the sphere, together with 13-of-28 (46.4%) from 3-point vary.
PJ Haggerty scored 17 factors for the Wildcats (11-16, 2-12) and Nate Johnson added 15 nevertheless it wasn’t practically sufficient to earn Kansas state a second straight win beneath interim coach Matthew Driscoll. He took over final Sunday after the college fired coach Jerome Tang for criticizing gamers after a current loss to Cincinnati.
No. 14 Virginia 86, Miami 83
Likelihood Mallory made three free throws with 3.6 seconds left and the Cavaliers prolonged their successful streak to eight with a win over the Hurricanes in Charlottesville, Va.Reserve Jacari White led six gamers in double figures with 17 factors for Virginia (24-3, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Convention), which improved to 13-1 at dwelling.
Sam Lewis had 15 factors, De Ridder scored 14, Mallory and Johann Grunloh every tallied 12 and Malik Thomas had 10 factors for Virginia. Tre Donaldson and Shelton Henderson led Miami (21-6, 10-4) with 18 factors apiece.
No. 16 North Carolina 77, Syracuse 64
Henri Veesaar scored 19 factors in his return to the lineup the Tar Heels notched a street win over the Orange.
North Carolina (21-6, 9-5 ACC) improved to 2-1 since star freshman Caleb Wilson fractured his hand. The workforce’s first two video games with out Wilson coincided with a two-game absence by Veesaar (lower-body harm and sickness), however the heart returned on this one to shoot 9 of 13 from the sphere to go together with three blocks.
Syracuse (15-13, 6-9) had solely two double-digit scorers — JJ Starling with 22 factors and Tyler Betsey with 10.
No. 17 St. John’s 81, Creighton 52
Dylan Darling scored 17 factors because the Crimson Storm prolonged their successful streak to 13 with a wire-to-wire victory over the Bluejays in New York.
St. John’s (22-5, 15-1 Massive East) moved a sport forward of UConn for the convention lead. St. John’s is on its longest successful streak since 1985. The Crimson Storm are also additionally on a 13-game successful streak in convention video games.
Bryce Hopkins notched a double-double for the second straight sport by accumulating 15 and 10 rebounds. Fedor Zugic led Creighton with 9 factors.
Tennessee 69, No. 19 Vanderbilt 65
The Volunteers, behind 17 factors from Ja’Kobi Gillespie and 13 from Nate Ament, scored a street upset of the Commodores in SEC play earlier than a sellout crowd in Nashville.
The Volunteers (20-7, 10-4) shot 43.1% from the ground and outrebounded the smaller Commodores 39-30 in successful their fourth consecutive sport and handing Vanderbilt its second straight loss. Ament’s contested, mid-range jumper with 54 seconds left gave Tennessee the lead for good, and Gillespie canned two free-throw makes an attempt within the remaining 13.2 seconds.
Tyler Tanner led Vanderbilt with 16 factors, and the Vols held Tyler Nickel — who entered the sport averaging 14.7 factors — to a few.
No. 20 Arkansas 94, Missouri 86
Billy Richmond III scored 21 factors, Darius Acuff Jr. added 20 and the Razorbacks overcame an early eight-point deficit for a victory over the Tigers in Fayetteville, Ark.
Reserve Malique Ewin had 16 factors and eight rebounds whereas Meleek Thomas had 14 factors and eight rebounds for Arkansas (20-7, 10-4 SEC).Mark Mitchell scored 26 factors, Trent Pierce had 22 and Shawn Phillips Jr. added 11 factors for Missouri (18-9, 8-6), which had received 4 of 5.
No. 21 Louisville 87, Georgia Tech 70
After a tough loss at SMU earlier this week, the Cardinals scorched the Yellow Jackets in a wire-to-wire dwelling victory.
Mikel Brown Jr. scored 19 factors, together with three made 3-pointers, to steer Louisville(20-7, 9-5 ACC). J’Vonne Hadley had 17 factors, Ryan Conwell scored 15 factors and 4 assists and Isaac McKneely added 14.
Georgia Tech (11-17, 2-13) dropped its ninth straight. Baye Ndongo led the best way for the Yellow Jackets with 17 factors and a game-high seven rebounds.
No. 25 Alabama 90, LSU 83
Aden Holloway had 17 factors and 4 assists whereas Aiden Sherrell posted his second straight double-double with 12 factors and 10 rebounds because the Crimson Tide defeated the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
Amari Allen added 16 factors and 6 rebounds for the Crimson Tide (20-7, 10-4 SEC), who received their sixth straight sport. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line and scored 14 factors off the bench, whereas London Jemison contributed 12 factors and 6 rebounds.
Marquel Sutton, who got here in averaging 18 factors in his final three outings, had 21 factors for the second consecutive sport to steer the Tigers (14-13, 2-12), who dropped their fifth straight to fall to 1-6 at dwelling in SEC play.
–Area Degree Media
