Rice lifts NMSU to a win over Colorado State

Virginia Tech knocks off No. 3 Michigan State

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Jabari Rice matched his career high with 21 points as New Mexico State defeated Colorado State 78-70 in overtime in the Cayman Islands Classic on Monday.

Rice missed a potential game-winning corner 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation, but then he took over by scoring 12 points in the extra period. The Aggies defense also held the Rams to 10 points in the final 5 minutes.

Trevelin Queen had 19 points for New Mexico State (3-3), which never trailed. Shunn Buchanan added eight rebounds.

Nico Carvacho had 18 points for the Rams (3-3). Isaiah Stevens added 17 points, and David Roddy had 11 points and seven rebounds.

VIRGINIA TECH 71, No. 3 MICHIGAN STATE 66: In Lahaina, Hawaii, Landers Nolley II hit a crucial 3-pointer in the final minute and scored 22 points, helping Virginia Tech outlast the Spartans at the Maui Invitational.

Virginia Tech (6-0) had low expectations — at least outside the program — in coach Mike Young’s first season in Blacksburg, picked to finish 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll.

The Hokies worked through a back-andforth second half before going up 10 with 4½ minutes left. Michigan State fought back to pull within one, but Nolley responded with a 3 for a 68-64 lead with 47 seconds left.

Virginia Tech made just enough free throws down the stretch to earn a spot in Tuesday’s semifinal against Dayton.

Michigan State (3-2) trailed 32-28 at halftime after preseason All-American Cassius

Winston was limited to eight minutes due to two fouls.

Winston helped sparked a late run, but the Spartans couldn’t finish it off. Aaron Henry led Michigan State with 18 points and Winston was held to seven on 2-of-8 shooting.

No. 4 KANSAS 93, CHAMINADE 63: In Lahaina, Hawaii, Devin Dotson scored 19 points, Udoka Azubuike added 15 despite early foul trouble and Kansas cruised to a victory over Division II Chaminade at the Maui Invitational.

The Jayhawks (4-1) jumped on the Silverswords (2-1) with a huge early run and never let up, shooting 55% while making 12 of 29 from 3-point range. Kansas scored 36 points off Chaminade’s 27 turnovers and had a 50-22 advantage in the paint.

Isaiah Moss had 13 points for the two-time Maui champion Jayhawks, who move on to face UCLA or BYU in Tuesday’s semifinals.

No. 10 OHIO STATE 71, KENT STATE 52: In Columbus, Ohio, Kaleb Wesson scored 17 points and Ohio State recovered after a furious second-half rally from Kent State to pull away for a win.

The Buckeyes (6-0) led by as many as 17 points early in the second half. But the Golden Flashes (5-1) rallied to tie it midway through the second half. Ohio State then answered with 17 straight points to regain control.

No. 17 TENNESSEE 58, CHATTANOOGA 46: In Knoxville, Tenn., Lamonte’ Turner had 17 points and 12 assists as Tennessee beat Chattanooga to extend the longest active home winning streak in Division I to 30 games.

Tennessee (5-0) hasn’t lost at ThompsonBoling Arena since a 94-84 defeat to Auburn on Jan. 2, 2018.

Matt Ryan and David Jean-Baptiste each scored nine points for Chattanooga (3-3), which shot 33.9%.

No. 20 VCU 78, ALABAMA STATE 62: In Richmond, Va., Marcus Evans scored 25 points and VCU closed the first half on a big run in a victory against Alabama State.

Evans had 18 points in the first half, including 10 during the 26-7 burst that gave VCU (6-0) a 46-28 lead.

Tobi Ewuosho scored 17 points and Kevion Stewart 14 for Alabama State (0-5).

NEVADA 77, BOWLING GREEN 62: In St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jazz Johnson had 25 points as Nevada topped Bowling Green in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

Jalen Harris added 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Wolf Pack.

Lindsey Drew had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Nevada (5-3).

Daeqwon Plowden had 13 points for the Falcons (5-2).

SAN DIEGO STATE 62, TENNESSEE STATE 49: In San Diego, Malachi Flynn scored 11 points and Yanni Wetzell added 10 for San Diego State, which beat Tennessee State to remain undefeated.

The Aztecs are 6-0 for the first time since 2010-11, when Kawhi Leonard led them to a 20-0 start and into the Sweet 16. Tennessee State is 3-3.

AP POLL: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team when his top-ranked Blue Devils knocked off California and Georgetown on back-to-back nights to win the 2K Empire Classic.

He will have a chance to add to his 218-34 mark this week.

That’s because the Blue Devils (6-0) solidified their tight grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll Monday. They received 53 first-place votes from the 65-member media panel that regularly covers college basketball, easily outdistancing second-place Louisville.

The Cardinals avoided Akron’s upset bid

Sunday to remain No. 2 in the poll, receiving seven first-place votes. Michigan State was third with four No. 1 votes and Kansas was fourth.

Maryland jumped North Carolina to round out the top five, while Virginia received the only other first-place vote and was seventh. Gonzaga, Kentucky and Ohio State filled out the top 10.

Women

No. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE 74, MARQUETTE 68: In Milwaukee, Jordan Danberry scored 20 points and Mississippi State held off a late surge from Marquette to remain unbeaten.

The Bulldogs (6-0) led by just one at halftime but seemed to take control of the contest late in the third with a 12-0 run that put them ahead, 52-47 with 2:17 left in the quarter.

Spingola scored 18 points while King and Selena Lott had 16 each for Marquette (4-2).

AP POLL: Arizona’s Adia Barnes has her team headed in the right direction in her fourth year coaching at her alma mater.

The Wildcats earned their first ranking in 15 years on Monday, entering The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll at No. 24.

“It means a lot,” she said. “All the players I recruited two to three years ago off a vision have seen it come into fruition. It’s coming. We first got here we were so bad. I had to sell a vision of what I wanted to do. They believed.”

The Wildcats are off to their best start in 20 years, winning their first six games, and are ranked for the first time since Dec. 6, 2004.

While Arizona was a newcomer to the poll, the top 10 teams remained unchanged. Oregon led the way with 28 of the 30 firstplace votes.