Mitchell, Texas rout Arkansas-Pine Bluff
AUSTIN — Tre Mitchell scored 14 points and No. 17 Texas held Arkansas-Pine Bluff without a basket for nearly 12 minutes to start the game in coasting to a 63-31 victory Tuesday night.
A run of four consecutive 3-pointers capped by a long shot from the left wing from Mitchell opened a 17-1 Texas lead, and the Longhorns (7-2) were in complete control over the Golden Lions (1-11).
The Longhorns held the Golden Lions to 31 percent shooting and scored 23 points off 20 ArkansasPine Bluff turnovers.
NO. 2 DUKE 103 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 62
AJ Griffin scored 19 points as the host Blue Devils (8-1) cruised.
MEMPHIS 92 NO. 6 ALABAMA 78
DeAndre Williams scored 20 points and was one of five to score in double figures for the host Tigers (6-4).
NO. 13 AUBURN 70 NORTH ALABAMA 44
Walker Kessler had 14 points, Jabari Smith and Devan Cambridge scored 13 apiece, and the Tigers (9-1) improved to 2-0 during coach Bruce Pearl’s two-game suspension.
NO. 18 TENNESSEE 96 USC UPSTATE 52
Olivier Nkamhoua had 21 points and eight rebounds to lead the host Volunteers (8-2), who scored the first 13 points and weren’t challenged.
NO. 19 LSU 89 NORTHWESTERN STATE 49
Tari Eason had 18 points, and the Tigers improved to 10-0 for the first time in 22 years.
NO. 25 TEXAS TECH 75 ARKANSAS STATE 62
Kevin McCullar scored 21 points, and the host Red Raiders celebrated their return to the national rankings.
The Red Raiders (8-1), national finalists in 2019, were coming off a fivepoint overtime victory against then-No. 13 Tennessee that got them ranked in the Associated Press’ Top 25 for the first time under first-year coach Mark Adams.
LOUISIANA-MONROE 82 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 69
In Nacogdoches, Latrell Jossell scored a career-high 28 points for the Lumberjacks (8-3), whose fourgame win streak came to an end.
NORTH TEXAS 65 SAM HOUSTON 55
In Denton, Savion Flagg scored 20 points for the Bearkats (3-7), who fell behind 36-26 at halftime and couldn’t recover.
TEXAS SOUTHERN 70 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 60
In Edinburg, Brison Gresham had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Tigers (2-7), who won their second in a row.