Rice’s offense slips in loss at Texas St.

SAN MARCOS — Nijal Pearson made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points to help Texas State roll to a 74-60 victory over Rice on Wednesday night.

Pearson was 9-of-16 from the floor. Eric Terry added 11 points, and Tre’Larenz Nottingham had 10 for Texas State (6-1), which has won four in a row.

Chris Mullins scored 12 points and Quentin Millora-Brown had 10 for Rice (3-5). The freshmen duo combined for 8-of-13 shooting from the field while the rest of the team shot 11 of 40 (27.5 percent).

SYRACUSE 72, OHIO ST. 62

Tyus Battle scored 20 points, and Elijah Hughes added 18 to help the Orange upset the No. 16 Buckeyes in the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge at Columbus, Ohio.

VIRGINIA 76, MARYLAND 71

Kyle Guy scored 18 points, and the No. 4 Cavaliers combined effective outside shooting with their usual stout defense to slip past the 24th-ranked Terrapins in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at College Park, Md.

MICHIGAN 84 NORTH CAROLINA 67

Charles Matthews had 21 points and seven rebounds, and the No. 7 Wolverines rolled to a victory over the No. 11 Tar Heels in Ann Arbor, Mich.

FLORIDA ST. 73, PURDUE 72

Trent Forrest forced a turnover with 16 seconds left and drove the lane to hit a pull-up jumper with 5.2 seconds left as the No. 15 Seminoles stormed back to beat the No. 19 Boilermakers in Tallahassee, Fla.

AUBURN 99 SAINT PETER’S 49

Anfernee McLemore and Bryce Brown each scored 19 points as the No. 8 Tigers rolled past the Peacocks in Auburn, Ala.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN 81 SAM HOUSTON ST. 65

Larry Austin Jr. scored 23 points, distributed seven assists and collected six rebounds, and the Chippewas beat the Bearkats in Huntsville.

Chad Bowie led Sam Houston State (3-5) with 21 points.

Women TEXAS 98, UTSA 54

Danni Williams scored 22 points, and the No. 10 Longhorns rolled to a victory over the visiting Roadrunners in a tuneup for their big weekend matchup with No. 6 Mississippi State.

Freshman Audrey Warren had 13 points and five rebounds for Texas (7-0) in her third career start.

Marie Benson scored 14 points to lead UTSA (3-5).

CONNECTICUT 99 DEPAUL 63

Napheesa Collier scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the No. 2 Huskies routed the 16thranked Blue Demons in Hartford, Conn.

FLORIDA GULF COAST 76 HOUSTON 71

Angela Harris scored a season-high 16 points, but she couldn’t prevent the Eagles from beating the Cougars in Fort Myers, Fla. UH fell to 3-5.