Arizona State wins 12th straight game
TEMPE, ARIZ. » Shannon Evans II scored 21 points and Tra Holder added 19 as No. 3 Arizona State dominated Pacific from the start and won, 104-65.
The Sun Devils (12-0) have been plagued by slow starts in recent games, needing to turn on their guard-driven firepower to pull away from opponents.
Arizona State jumped on Pacific (5-8) early and didn’t let the Tigers up, building a 10-point lead in the opening minutes and expanding it from there to extend the best start in school history.
Miles Reynolds and Jack Williams had 13 points each to lead Pacific, which went 3 for 17 from the 3-point arc. (9) XAVIER 77, NORTHERN IOWA 67 » J.P. Macura scored 15 points and Xavier (12-1) hung on for its seventh straight win.
Trevon Bluiett scored 12 points with seven rebounds for the Musketeers), who went on an 11-2 run down the stretch, highlighted by a 3 by Bluiett, to break open a tie game.
Bennett Koch had 26 points for the Panthers (8-4). (11) WICHITA STATE 75, FLORIDA GULF COAST 65 » Landry Shamet scored 23 points for Wichita State (10-2). Shamet was 8 of 12 from the field while the rest of his team went 14 of 44.
Brandon Goodwin scored 20 points to lead Florida Gulf Coast (7-7), and Zach Johnson had 19. Goodwin and Johnson were a combined 15 of 38 from the field.
Among the most notable developments was the season debut of Markis McDuffie, a 6-foot-8 junior who led the Shockers in scoring and rebounding last season. McDuffie missed the first 11 games recovering from a stress fracture in his left foot that required surgery. (13) VIRGINIA 82, HAMPTON 48» Kyle Guy had 15 points, DeAndre Hunter had 14 and Ty Jerome added 10 for Virginia (11-1). The Cavaliers held Hampton (59) to 20.6 percent from the field in the second half and bounced back from a cold start on the offensive end. (15) TCU 86, WILLIAM & MARY 75» Alex Robinson scored a seasonhigh 23 points and TCU (12-0) set a school record with its nationleading 17th consecutive win.
Jaylen Fisher had 17 of his career-high 21 points in the second half to send TCU into conference play unbeaten for the second time in four seasons. (17) OKLAHOMA 104, NORTHWESTERN 78 » Trae Young had 31 points and 12 assists for Oklahoma (10-1).
Young made 9 of 16 shots, including 8 of 13 3-point attempts.
o won their eighth straight. The Sooners have scored at least 90 points in eight of their 11 games. (21) TEXAS TECH 74, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 47 » Zach Smith scored 16 points in his first game since not getting to start because of a violation of team rules for Texas Tech (11-1).