Garza, Hawkeyes make quick work of Huskies
Luka Garza scored 23 points and Joe Wieskamp added 20 to help No. 3 Iowa beat Northern Illinois 106- 53 on Sunday.
Garza, who came into the game leading the nation in scoring, added eight rebounds while playing just 20 minutes as coach Fran McCaffery used his reserves for much of the second half.
The lone unanimous selection to the Associated Press preseason All- American team, Garza was eight for 10 from the f ield and is shooting 69.1% for the season. Wieskamp played 19 minutes.
Iowa ( 6- 0), which came in ranked second in the country in scoring at 99.4 points per game, had its third game of 100 or more points. The Hawkeyes have scored 50 or more points in five consecutive halves. Iowa had a 25- 2 first- half run that included a stretch of 15 consecutive points.
at No. 4 Michigan State
109, Oakland 91: Gabe Brown scored a career- high 20 points and Michigan State used a 13- 0 run early in the second half to pull away from Oakland. Rashad Williams scored 23 of his 36 points in the f irst half for Oakland, his second straight huge game against a big- name opponent. The Golden Grizzlies ( 0- 7) trailed by one shortly after halftime before Michigan State ( 6- 0) quickly pushed the lead into double digits.
at No. 11 West Virginia 87,
No. 19 Richmond 71: Miles McBride scored 20 points and West Virginia used a hot- shooting f irst half to beat Richmond. Taz Sherman added 15 points and Sean McNeil and Oscar Tshiebwe each had 12 for the
Mountaineers ( 5- 1), who made 10 straight shots during an 18- 1 run at the end of the first half for a 52- 30 halftime lead. Tyler Burton had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Richmond ( 4- 1).
at No. 22 Ohio State 67, Cleveland State 61: Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and Ohio State held off Cleveland State. Coming off a road victory at Notre Dame on Tuesday, the Buckeyes ( 5- 0) struggled to put away the Vikings ( 0- 3). C. J. Walker added 16 points and freshman Zed Key had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
at No. 23 Arizona State
71, Grand Canyon 70: Remy Martin hit a three- pointer with nine seconds left and scored 31 points, lifting Arizona State past Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon ( 4- 1) rallied from an eight- point deficit to take a 70- 68 lead in the f inal minute on consecutive three- pointers by Jovan Blacksher Jr. and Alessandro Lever. Arizona State ( 4- 2) called a timeout after Lever’s three and worked the ball around to Martin in the corner. He made the shot and Blacksher’s f inal attempt rimmed out.