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No. 19 Illinois holds on to beat Minnesota 59-51

By TERRY TOWERY | January 30, 2020

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andres Feliz scored 17 points while Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn added 13 each as No. 19 Illinois held on to beat Minnesota 59-51 on Thursday night.It was the seventh consecutive win for the Fighting Illini (16-5, 8-2 Big Ten)....

Morehead St. beats SE Missouri 90-74

January 30, 2020

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Jordan Walker and Djimon Henson scored 21 points apiece as Morehead State defeated Southeast Missouri 90-74 on Thursday night.Henson also had eight rebounds. Tyzhaun Claude had 15 points for Morehead State (10-12, 4-5 Ohio Valley...

Taylor leads E. Kentucky past UT-Martin 99-86

January 30, 2020

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Ty Taylor scored a season-high 27 points as Eastern Kentucky beat UT Martin 99-86 on Thursday night. Tre King and Jomaru Brown added 22 points each for the Colonels. King also had five steals.Michael Moreno had eight rebounds for...

Burns lifts Winthrop over Charleston Southern 77-60

January 30, 2020

D.J. Burns had a career-high 23 points as Big South Conference leader Winthrop stretched its win streak to 11 games, getting past Charleston Southern 77-60 on Thursday night.Burns shot 11 for 14 from the field.Josh Ferguson had 13 points and 11 rebounds...

Warren leads Florida Gulf Coast past Jacksonville, 63-61

January 30, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Warren scored seven points in the final three-and-a-half minutes, including a jumper with five seconds left to give Florida Gulf Coast a 63-61 win over Jacksonville on Thursday night.Warren hit a 3 with 3:24 left to put...

Hofstra knocks down 15 3-pointers in 86-63 rout of Elon

January 30, 2020

ELON, N.C. (AP) — Eli Pemberton had 26 points as Hofstra routed Elon 86-63 on Thursday night.Desure Buie had 18 points and 11 assists for Hofstra (16-7, 7-3 Colonial Athletic Conference). Isaac Kante added 16 points and Jalen Ray had 14 as Hofstra hit...

Hammond’s buzzer beater sends SC Upstate past Presbyterian

January 30, 2020

CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Everette Hammond scored 21 points and his 3-pointer as time expired gave South Carolina Upstate a 77-74 win on Thursday.Tommy Bruner led the Spartans with 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting. USC Upstate (9-13, 4-5 Big South Conference)...

DeBerry leads Purdue Fort Wayne’s 3 parade over N. Dakota

January 30, 2020

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Marcus DeBerry had a career-high 23 points and Purdue Fort Wayne beat North Dakota 72-68 on Thursday night.DeBerry made 7 of 8 3-pointers. He's the first Mastodon to make seven in a game since Mo Evans did it against Division...

Beaudion, Patton lead Cleveland State past IUPUI 72-62

January 30, 2020

CLEVELAND (AP) — Craig Beaudion and Torrey Patton totaled 18 points and five rebounds apiece and Cleveland State defeated IUPUI 72-62 on Thursday night.Patton added four assists for the Vikings (9-14, 5-5 Horizon League), who shot 38% from the floor...

Ferguson sparks UIC to a 90-83 overtime win at Youngstown St

January 30, 2020

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Tarkus Ferguson scored six of his 10 points in overtime as Illinois-Chicago opened the second half of the Horizon League schedule by erasing a nine-point second-half deficit and beating Youngstown State 90-83 in overtime on Thursday...

Taylor’s late block helps preserve FAU win over W. Kentucky

January 30, 2020

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Jailyn Ingram scored 16 points and his layup with 21 seconds left served as the game winner and Florida Atlantic beat Western Kentucky 69-65 on Thursday.Cornelius Taylor blocked Taveion Hollingsworth's layup attempt with seven...

Fields Jr. scores 21 as Radford tops Longwood 67-55

January 30, 2020

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Travis Fields Jr. had a season-high 21 points as Radford topped Longwood 67-55 on Thursday night.Fields sank 9 of 13 shots from the floor, including half of his six 3-point tries, for the Highlanders (12-9, 7-2 Big South Conference)....