Northwestern State no match for Gonzaga; Baylor dominant COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SPOKANE, Wash. — Corey Kispert scored 27 points and No. 1 Gonzaga beat Northwestern State 95-57 on Monday night in the Bulldogs’ home opener.
Anton Watson scored 15 points for Gonzaga (5-0), while Jalen Suggs added 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
Carvell Teasett scored 16 points and Jairus Roberson 12 for Northwestern State (1-8), which is picked to finish near the bottom of the Southland Conference.
Kispert made 10 of 13 shots and added seven rebounds in the first meeting between the teams.
Gonzaga has won 32 consecutive regular-season home openers since losing to Boise State in 1988.
■ No. 2 Baylor 99, Arkansas-pine Bluff
42: At Waco, Texas, Freshman guard LJ Cryer scored 15 points to lead five players in double figures for the Bears (6-0). Shaun Doss Jr. finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Golden Lions (1-8).
■ No. 8 Tennessee 102, Saint Joseph’s
66: At Knoxville, Tennessee, Victor Bailey scored 18 points to lead six Volunteers (5-0) who scored in double figures. Ryan Daly topped the Hawks (0-5) with 13 points and Dahmir Bishop scored 12.
■ No. 21 Florida State 72, Gardner-webb 59: At Tallahassee, Florida, Anthony Polite had a career-high 15 points and Balsa Koprivica added a season-best 14 for the Seminoles (5-1). Lance Terry had 23 points for the Runnin’ Bulldogs (14), who did not score in the final 2:42.
■ No. 24 Virginia Tech 84, Longwood 58: At Blacksburg, Virginia, Jalen Cone scored 18 points off the bench on 5 of 15 from the floor to lead the Hokies. Leslie Nkereuwem paced Longwood (1-7) with 10 points. MOUNTAIN WEST
■ Utah State 107, San Jose State 62:
At Logan, Utah, Justin Bean had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Aggies (4-3, 1-0 MW). Richard Washington scored 20 points on 50 percent shooting from the field for the Spartans (1-3, 0-1).
■ Boise State 77, New Mexico 53: At Boise, Idaho, Derrick Alston Jr. had 20 points and six rebounds and Rayj Dennis had 16 points for the Broncos (5-1, 1-0 MW). Makuach Maluach scored 12 points for the Lobos (3-1, 0-1). WOMEN
■ No. 1 Stanford 61, No. 10 UCLA 49:
At Los Angeles, Francesca Belibi dunked the ball and had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinal (7-0, 4-0 Pac12), which survived its closest game of the season. Michaela Onyenwere had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Bruins (5-2, 3-2).
■ No. 8 Oregon 69, Washington State
65: At Pullman, Washington, Nyara Sabally had 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Ducks (7-0, 5-0 Pac-12), who extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 26 games, dating to last season. Charlisse Leger-walker scored 20 points for the Cougars (3-1, 2-1).