Domask, Shannon Jr. lead 2nd-half surge by Illinois for win over FAU
NEW YORK » Marcus Domask scored 33 points and Terrence Shannon Jr. had 31, both career highs, as No. 20 Illinois shot 63% and surged ahead in the second half for a 98-89 victory over No. 11 Florida Atlantic in the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday night.
Playing in this event for the second consecutive year, the Fighting Illini (7-1) won their fifth straight game thanks to Domask and Shannon, who combined for 47 points after halftime and were a combined 25 of 35 from the field.
Domask shot 15 of 21 and surpassed his previous career high of 32 points set last season when he played for Southern Illinois. Shannon went 10 for 14 and hit nine of 11 free throws.
Vladislav Goldin scored a career-best 23 points before fouling out in the final minute for Florida Atlantic (7-2), which made it first appearance at Madison Square Garden since beating Tennessee and Kansas State in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament in March to reach its first Final Four.
Johnell Davis added 19 points as the Owls shot 48%.
Jonas Aidoo scored a career-high 17 points and Tennessee (5-3) beat George Mason (72) to stop a three-game skid.
(19) OKLAHOMA 72, PROVIDENCE 51 » Javian McCollum scored 19 points, Milos Uzan had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Oklahoma (8-0) limited Providence (7-2) to 20 second-half points.
The Sooners (8-0) scored 40 points in the paint, forced 15 turnovers and out-rebounded the Friars 40-23.
(17) TENNESSEE 87, GEORGE MASON 66 »
AJ Storr matched a season high with 22 points and Steven Crowl scored a season-high 18 points, leading Wisconsin (7-2, 1-0 Big Ten)
(23) WISCONSIN 70, MICHIGAN STATE 57 »
past Michigan State (4-4, 0-1).
The Badgers have won six straight and didn’t trail for a second straight game, including a win over then-No. 3 Marquette.
The Spartans got off to a bad start and struggled to make 3-pointers. Tyson Walker scored 22 points and Archbishop Carroll All-Delco A.J. Hoggard had 14 points, seven assists and two turnovers for Michigan State.
DELAWARE 87, XAVIER 80 » Jalun Trent had 27 points in Delaware’s victory against Xavier (4-5).
Trent added seven rebounds and six assists for the Fightin’ Blue Hens (6-3). Jyare Davis was 8 of 19 shooting (1 for 4 from 3-point range) to add 19 points. Cavan Reilly had 17 points and shot 5 for 9 (5 for 7 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free throw line.
Haverford School All-Delco Christian Ray had six points and seven rebounds for Delaware.
Women
(8) COLORADO 95, UT-ARLINGTON 74 » Frida Formann scored 23 points and matched a school record for 3-pointers in a game with seven as Colorado (9-1) never trailed in beating UT Arlington 95-74 (1-8).
(12) OHIO STATE 85, OHIO 45 » Emma Shumate had career highs of six 3-pointers and 22 points as Ohio State (7-1) won its seventh straight game beating Ohio U. (24).
Taylor Thierry added 15 points, Cotie McMahon added 14 and Rebeka Mikulasikova 13 for Ohio State.
(21) WASHINGTON STATE 69, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 64 » Astera Tuhina scored 18 points, Bella Murekatete added 15 and Washington State (10-1) ended South Dakota State’s (4-3) home winning streak at 16 games.
Eleonora Villa finished with 13 points for Washington State, which is off to its best start since the 1978-79 season.