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Varner helps UT Rio Grande Valley hold off Seattle, 79-72

February 15, 2020

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Lesley Varner II scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Texas Rio Grande Valley held off Seattle to earn a 79-72 win on Saturday night.Morgan Means hit a 3 with 1:23 left to pull Seattle within three, 73-70, but Varner...

Nzekwesi lifts Oral Roberts over South Dakota 94-80

February 15, 2020

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Emmanuel Nzekwesi had 23 points and 12 rebounds as Oral Roberts defeated South Dakota 94-80 on Saturday night. Deondre Burns added 21 points for the Golden Eagles.Max Abmas had 17 points for Oral Roberts (14-12, 7-6 Summit League)....

Fobbs scores 14 points, Towson defeats James Madison 63-48

February 15, 2020

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Brian Fobbs had 14 points and nine rebounds as Towson defeated James Madison 63-48 on Saturday night.Allen Betrand had 12 points for Towson (16-11, 9-5 Colonial Athletic Conference). Dennis Tunstall added eight rebounds and...

Mooney leads UC Davis over CS Northridge 110-98

February 15, 2020

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Joe Mooney had 29 points as UC Davis topped Cal State Northridge 110-98 on Saturday. Stefan Gonzalez added 20 points for the Aggies.Mooney hit 7 of 9 3-pointers.Ezra Manjon had 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for UC...

The Latest: Miami’s Derrick Jones Jr. wins slam dunk contest

February 15, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Saturday night at NBA All-Star weekend. (all times local):9:45 p.m.Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. celebrated his 23rd birthday by winning the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, edging Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon in...

Alexander’s 24 lead No. 23 Creighton in 93-64 rout of DePaul

By ERIC OLSON | February 15, 2020

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The good times rolled for Creighton at the start of the second half against DePaul.There was Ty-Shon Alexander feeding Damien Jefferson for a lob dunk. There was Jefferson doing the same for Christian Bishop a minute later, and on...

Murray, Larsson lift Incarnate Word past New Orleans 67-66

February 15, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Lutz registered 19 points and seven assists and Marcus Larsson threw down the winning dunk with one second remaining as Incarnate Word edged New Orleans 67-66 on Saturday night.New Orleans led 64-61 with one minute remaining,...

Bandoumel’s 3-pointer in OT lifts SMU over No. 20 Houston

February 15, 2020

DALLAS (AP) — Practice paid off for SMU’s Emmanuel Bandoumel on Saturday.Bandoumel hit an off-balance 3-point shot with 30 seconds remaining in overtime, and SMU held on to upset No. 20 Houston 73-72.“I was a little bit off-balance,” he said....

Kirkwood leads Harvard past Columbia 77-73 in 2OT

February 15, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Noah Kirkwood had a season-high 22 points plus 10 rebounds as Harvard stretched its home win streak to eight games, narrowly defeating Columbia 77-73 in double overtime on Saturday night.Kirkwood's 3-pointer with 1:11 left in the second...

Johnson leads Louisiana-Lafayette over Troy 81-77

February 15, 2020

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 20 points as Louisiana-Lafayette edged past Troy 81-77 on Saturday night.Tirus Smith had 17 points and eight rebounds for Louisiana-Lafayette (11-16, 6-10 Sun Belt Conference). P.J. Hardy added 15 points. Mylik Wilson...

Southern ends skid while continuing UAPB’s drought

February 15, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Skyler Baggs scored 19 points and Amel Kuljuhovic and Lamarcus Lee each scored 10 and Southern beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73-49 on Saturday.Eleven different Jaguars entered the scoring column. Southern (10-15, 7-5 Southwestern...

Utomi lifts USC to 70-51 victory over Washington State

By DOUG PADILLA | February 15, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daniel Utomi scored a season-high 23 points and the Southern California defense did the rest in a 70-51 victory Saturday night over Washington State.Ethan Anderson scored 12 points while Isaiah Mobley had nine points and 11 rebounds...