Martin scores 15 as UConn rolls
Albany Academy grad Jackson adds 9 points, 8 rebounds in victory
Tyrese Martin had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 23 UConn beat Binghamton 87-63 on Saturday.
Adama Sanogo scored 12 points for the Huskies (4-0). Jordan Hawkins had 11, and Albany Academy alum Andre Jackson finished with nine points and eight rebounds, including a dunk that helped spark a 9-0 Huskies run.
Cooperstown High graduate Tyler Bertram led Binghamton (1-3) with 15 points. Ogheneyole Akuwovo scored 12.
Villanova 71, Tennessee 53:
Jermaine Samuels scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 5 Villanova eased to a win over No. 17 Tennessee in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament. Collin Gillespie and Brandon Slater also scored 14 points and Justin Moore added 13 for the Wildcats (3-1), who had a 20-point lead at halftime.
Purdue 93, North Carolina 84:
Sasha Stefanovic scored 23 points and Jaden Ivey put up 22 points to go along with his 10 rebounds as No. 6 Purdue beat No. 18 North Carolina in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament. Trevion Williams added 20 points for Purdue (4-0), which has scored at least 90 points in all four of its games this season.
Texas 79, San Jose State 45:
Timmy Allen scored 17 points, and No. 8 Texas defeated San Jose State. Baylor 86, Stanford 48: LJ Cryer scored 21 points and James Akinjo had 11 points with a career high-tying 11 assists, leading No. 9 Baylor to a victory over Stanford.
Colgate 100, Syracuse 85: Jack Ferguson hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points and Colgate beat Syracuse to snap a 54-game losing streak to the Orange. Nelly Cummings also had six 3-pointers and finished with 18 points and seven assists. Oliver Lynch-Daniels added 12 points while Jeff Woodward was effective inside against the Syracuse zone with 10 rebounds and nine points. Glens Falls graduate Joseph Girard III led Syracuse (2-1) with 27 points, including five 3-pointers. Buddy Boeheim scored 19 points, but only four in the second half. Jimmy Boeheim added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Syracuse shot 44%.
Women
South Carolina 88, Buffalo 60: Aliyah Boston scored 19 of her 23 points in the first half and top-ranked South Carolina beat Buffalo in the opening round of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. Kamilla Cardoso, who transferred from Syracuse in April, had her best game of the young season for the Gamecocks, adding 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. The 6-foot-7 ACC freshman of the year last season complemented Boston well. Dyaisha Fair led Buffalo (1-1) with 22 points. UConn 88, Minnesota 58: Christyn Williams scored a career-high 31 points, and No. 2 UConn beat Minnesota in the inaugural women’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. Evina Westbrook added 16 points for the Huskies (2-0), who led 31-30 midway through the second quarter before closing the half on a 16-5 run. Williams, who made 12 of her 14
shots, scored the first nine points of that burst. The Huskies kept the spurt going in the third, scoring the first 16 points of the quarter.
Indiana 67, Quinnipiac 59: Grace Berger scored 17 points as No. 4 Indiana rallied past Quinnipiac. Indiana (4-0) finished with four starters scoring in double figures, including Ali Patberg with 12, and Nicole Cardano-Hillary and Mackenzie Holmes each with 10. Mackenzie DeWees scored 15 points and Mikala Morris added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Quinnipiac (2-2). Oregon 98, Oklahoma 93: Nyara Sabally scored 20 of her career high 30 points after halftime to help ninthranked Oregon rally from 11 down and beat Oklahoma in the first round of the women’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. The 6-foot-5 Sabally went 11-for-19 from the floor while also finishing with 11 rebounds, three blocks and four assists in a dominating effort in the paint for the Ducks (3-0). That included a floater in the lane that started the gameturning 9-0 burst in the final 2 minutes that finally pulled Oregon free against a guard-heavy Oklahoma team that was quick to push the action and even quicker to catch-and-fire from behind the arc.
Louisville 61, Washington 53:
Kianna Smith and Liz Dixon each scored 13 points for No. 10 Louisville.
The Cardinals (3-1) led by as much as 16 late in the third quarter, but had to hold off a late charge by the Huskies to win their third straight.
Michigan 69, Central Michigan 45: Emily Kiser had 16 points and eight rebounds, Danielle Rauch scored 13, and No. 13 Michigan beat Central Michigan without star Naz Hillmon. Hillmon, who averaged 23.9 points and 11.4 rebounds last season, didn’t make the trip with Michigan due to a nonCOVID illness.
Oregon State 82, CSU Bakersfield 51: AJ Marotte scored 19 points with four 3-pointers, and No. 15 Oregon State beat CSU Bakersfield.
South Florida 77, Syracuse 53:
Bethy Mununga had a season high 18 points with 12 rebounds to help No. 23 South Florida beat Syracuse in the first round of the women’s Battle 4 Atlantis. The Bulls (3-1) advanced to Sunday’s semifinals to face No. 2 Connecticut, which beat Minnesota in Saturday’s opener and first game of the inaugural women’s tournament at the Atlantis resort.
Virginia Tech 84, Campbell 39:
Elizabeth Kitley scored 16 of her 28 points in the first half to lead No. 25 and undefeated Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech has started 5-0 for the sixth straight season, all under coach Kenny Brooks.