Month: November 2021

CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Devin Booker and Jae Crowder scored 17 points each, Chris Paul added 15 points and 12 assists and the Phoenix Suns dominated the Memphis Grizzlies 119-94 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory. Mikal Bridges had 13 points as the defending Western Conference champion Suns controlled

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Kevin McCullar scored a career-high 24 points and Texas Tech defeated Grambling 88-62. Davion Warren added 19 points for the Red Raiders. Bryson Williams had 16 points and both he and McCullar led with nine rebounds apiece. Danya Kingsby led Grambling with 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including three 3-pointers. Texas

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Pete Nance scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and sparked a big run to open the second half as Northwestern turned back High Point 95-60. Nance, the son of 13-year NBA veteran Larry Nance, scored 14 points in a 19-7 run to open the second half and the Wildcats turned a

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Keegan Murray scored a second straight career-high, putting up 25 points to lead Iowa in an 89-57 romp past Kansas City. The sophomore, who scored 24 points in the season opener against Longwood, scored 14 of his points in the first eight minutes of the second half to break the

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Monty Scott scored 28 points as Eastern Michigan edged past Illinois State 103-98 in double overtime. Bryce McBride added 23 points for the Eagles. Antonio Reeves led the Redbirds with a career-high 32 points.

CLINTON, S.C. — Winston Hill converted two free throws with six seconds left in overtime to lift Presbyterian past VMI, 73-72. Rayshon Harrison hit back-to-back jumpers to pull the Blue Hose even at 63-63 and force overtime, then scored six straight points for Presbyterian to give them a 71-70 advantage with 1:19 left.

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lu Dort stole the ball from De’Aaron Fox, then drove and made a layup with 1.7 seconds left to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 105-103 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. Sacramento’s Buddy Hield, the former University of Oklahoma star, missed a

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Darius Days and Tari Eason each scored 17 points and LSU pulled away in the second half to beat Texas State 84-59. LSU (2-0) had a 37-32 halftime lead and Texas State (1-1) closed to 49-47 with about 13 minutes to play. Brandon Murray’s 3-pointer sparked a 14-2 run and

ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Devoe scored 17 points, Jordan Usher had a double-double, and Georgia Tech defeated Stetson 77-52. Devoe made 3-of-5 3-pointers and added seven assists and five rebounds, continuing his strong play in the first week of the season. He scored 26 points, making 4-of-6 3-pointers, in a season-opening loss to Miami (Ohio)

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Tanner Groves scored 21 points, including a pair of dunks and a pair of 3-pointers, and Oklahoma erupted for 63 second-half points to defeat the University of Texas San Antonio 96-44. Fourteen Sooners reached the scoring column against UTSA, including Elijah Harkless, Marvin Johnson and Umoja Gibson with 10 points each.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Mike Bothwell scored 30 points, including five in overtime, and Furman beat Louisville 80-72, snapping the Cardinals’ 59-game home winning streak in the month of November. Garrett Hien added 18 points and Alex Hunter 17. Louisville had slow starts to start the game and the second half but was able to

By JUSTIN FERGUSON Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 23 points and brought down 10 rebounds and No. 22 Auburn overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Louisiana-Monroe 93-65 Friday night. Smith hit 7 of his 12 shots from the field, including 3 3-pointers. K.D. Johnson scored 18 points and Chris Moore added

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored 26 points and Jaden Shackelford had 23 to  lead No. 14 Alabama to a 104-88 victory over South Dakota State.The Crimson Tide parlayed several second-half flurries into a comfortable win after the Jackrabbits kept it to within one early.They couldn’t keep up

HOUSTON (AP) — Marcus Sasser scored 26 points, Kyler Edwards added 18 points and six rebounds, and No. 15 Houston routed Rice 79-45. Sasser finished 8 of 16 from the field and connected on 5 of 9 on 3-pointers as the Cougars jumped out to a 44-15 halftime lead. Sasser scored 16 points in the