Texas A&M women cruise; Marquette men pull upset
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No. 10 Texas A&M99, Sam Houston State 69
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Aaliyah Wilson scored 17 points, and Texas A&M rolled past Sam Houston State.
The Aggies (7-0) shot 59.7% from the field and had five players score in double figures. N’dea Jones had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Ciera Johnson finished with 12 points. Kayla Wells scored 11 points, and Jordan Nixon had 10.
Faith Cook scored 12 points for Sam Houston State (2-2), which hit 13 of 25 3-pointers.
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Top 25 men Marquette 89,
No. 9 Creighton 84
OMAHA, Neb. — D.J. Carton scored a careerhigh 20 points, and Greg Elliott and Dawson Garcia combined for 23 of their 28 in the second half to lead Marquette.
The Golden Eagles (5-2, 1-0 Big East) came back from a 12-point deficit to take a lead and then held off a couple of late comeback bids by the Bluejays (4-2, 0-1).
Mitch Ballock went 8 of 13 on 3-pointers and had a season-high 26 points to lead Creighton.
No. 19 Rutgers 74, Maryland 60
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Ron Harper Jr. scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half, and Rutgers won its Big Ten opener for the first time in school history.
The Scarlet Knights (5-0, 1-0) broke open a tight game with a 10-0 run that made it 50-38 with 11:49 left. Myles Johnson started and ended the spree with dunks, and Harper contributed a 3-pointer.
Donta Scott scored 20 and Eric Ayala added 12 for Maryland (4-2, 0-1), which finished in a tie atop the conference last season.