W. Virginia upsets No. 15 Connecticut
Taz Sherman scored 23 points and host West Virginia held on for a 56-53 victory over No. 15 Connecticut on Wednesday night.
The Mountaineers (8-1) were terrible at the freethrow line but made enough in the closing minute to beat a ranked opponent in their first try this season.
Sean McNeil, who missed West Virginia’s last game with a sore back, added 16 points for the Mountaineers.
Short-handed Connecticut (8-2) was held to a season low in points.
No. 11 Arizona 94, Wyoming 65: Bennedict Mathurin had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Kerr Kriisa added 17 points and Arizona (8-0) dominated Wyoming early, leading by 31 points at the half.
No. 19 Michigan State 75,
at Minnesota 67: Gabe Brown, Malik Hall and Tyson Walker scored 15 points apiece for Michigan State in the first Big Ten opener for Minnesota coach Ben Johnson and the 27th for Spartans coach Tom Izzo. Brown had three threepointers as the Spartans (8-2, 1-0) went 10 for 21 from long range against a Gophers team that entered the game with the best threepoint defense in the nation at 23.1% allowed. at No. 20 Florida 85, North Florida 55: Colin Castleton had a career-high 26 points and eight rebounds, Myreon Jones added 14 points and Florida ended a two-game skid.
at No. 21 Ohio State 85,
Towson 74: Kyle Young scored 18 points, Justin Ahrens had 16 points on five three-pointers and Ohio State held off Towson.
at No. 22 Wisconsin 64,
Indiana 59: Johnny Davis scored 23 points and made a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:18 left to help Wisconsin erase a 22-point deficit.
at No. 24 Brigham Young 82, Utah State 71: Alex Barcello scored 17 points to lead BYU.