No. 9 Baylor pounds Xavier
WACO — Manu Lecomte scored 24 points, and No. 9 Baylor took over in the second half in a 76-61 victory over No. 7 Xavier on Saturday.
Johnathan Motley added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Bears (80), who have beaten three Top 10 teams in the same season for first time.
Xavier was up 51-50 when Edmond Sumner, who had 19 points, hit a 3-pointer with 11:15 to play. The Musketeers then went almost nine minutes before making another field goal.
Lecomte, the former Miami transfer, put Baylor ahead to stay with two free throws. By time he made a jumper with 3:36 left, it capped a 21-2 run to put the Bears up 71-53. HOUSTON 105 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M61
Rob Gray Jr. made four 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Damyean Dotson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Cougars ran away with a victory over the Panthers at Hofheinz Pavilion.
Devin Davis added 14 points for the Cougars (6-1), who came into the game off an 84-69 loss at LSU on Tuesday after opening the season with five straight victories.
Zachary Hamilton and Shaquille Preston hit 3-pointers in the first two minutes to give Prairie View A&M (2-6) a 6-4 lead, but Houston used a 20-1 run to kill any upset threat. TEXAS TECH 85, RICE 84
Anthony Livingston made three free throws with 2.4 seconds left to give the Red Raiders a victory over the Owls in Lubbock.
Rice’s Connor Cashaw missed two free throws with 13 seconds left before Livingston attempted a 3-pointer in traffic and was fouled.
Livingston score a career-high 33 points for Texas Tech (7-1).
Rice (6-2) was led by Marcus Evans’ 27 points. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 74 TEXAS SOUTHERN 70
Mike Rodriguez converted four free throws in the final 1:11 to lift the Salukis to a come-frombehind win over the Tigers in Carbondale, Ill.
Dulani Robinson’s 3-pointer with 1:30 left gave Texas Southern the lead, 70-68. Robinson was whistled for a foul with 1:11 left, sending Rodri- guez to the line for two free throws. After making the first, Texas Southern was whistled for a technical foul, and Armon Fletcher converted one of two from the line, after which Rodriguez returned to hit the second of two. Rodriguez added two more from the line with eight seconds left.
Zach Lofton scored 26 points on 11-of-18 shooting for Texas Southern (4-4). TCU 77, ARKANSAS ST. 54
Vlad Brodziansky scored 18 points, including seven straight for the Horned Frogs in a key second-half stretch, and TCU (8-0) remained unbeaten under Jamie Dixon with a win over the Red Wolves in Fort Worth.
Dixon, the former TCU player who was Pittsburgh’s coach the past 13 seasons, is the first Frogs coach to ever win his first eight games. SAM HOUSTON ST. 91 LSU-SHREVEPORT 59
Cameron Delaney shot 5-of-6 from long distance for 19 points as the Bearkats (5-3) dominated the second half to roll over the NAIA Pilots in Huntsville. ST. THOMAS 69 SOUTHERN (N.O.) 54
Bryon Makel scored 21 points, and the Celts (3-6) defeated the Knights at Jerabeck Gym. RICE 60 INCARNATE WORD 43
Shani Rainey scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, and the Owls (5-2) beat the Cardinals (0-6) in San Antonio. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M75 SAM HOUSTON ST. 65
Jeronia Allen scored 23 points, Alexus Parker added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Panthers (4-4) defeated the Bearkats (0-8) in Prairie View. ARKANSAS 66 TEXAS TECH 60
Recee’ Caldwell’s gamehigh 29 points were not enough to keep the Lady Raiders (4-3) from falling to the Razorbacks in the opening game of the SEC/ Big 12 Challenge in Fayetteville, Ark. ST. THOMAS 69 SOUTHERN (N.O.) 68
Kanisha Clark had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Celts (3-3) edged the Knights at Jerabeck Gym.
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