Free throws get Louisville over hump vs. Michigan St.

LOUISVILLE 82,

NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 78, OT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ryan McMahon made two free throws with 7.1 seconds remaining in overtime before Jordan Nwora made another from the line with 3.1 seconds left to seal it as Louisville upset No. 9 Michigan State 82-78 on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

McMahon scored all seven of his points in the extra session from the line to finish with a career-high 24. Nwora’s clinching free throw followed his three-pointer with 2:05 left that gave the Cardinals (4-2) the lead for good.

Louisville needed just about every point to hold off the Spartans (5-2), who had a chance to get close with Joshua Langford (15 points) at the line. But he missed the first of two free throws with 4.2 seconds left and failed to hit the rim on an intentional miss, a violation that gave Louisville the ball and led to Nwora’s free throw.

In other Top 25 games Tuesday, Caleb Martin had 21 points, twin brother Cody Martin scored 20 and No. 5 Nevada (7-0) beat Loyola-Chicago (4-3) 79-65 in an NCAA Tournament rematch. … Myreon Jones scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half to lead Penn State (4-2) to a 63-62 upset victory over No. 13 Virginia Tech(5-1).

SEC MEN Georgia dominates

Sophomore Nicolas Claxton scored 16 points and claimed a career-high 15 rebounds in Georgia’s 84-51 win over in-state foe Kennesaw State in Athens, Ga.

Rayshaun Hammonds added 14 points for Georgia (4-3). Jordan Harris came off the bench to score 10.

Kennesaw State (1-7) got 12 points from Ugo Obineke, 11 from Tyler Hooker and 10 from Bryson Lockley.

The Bulldogs won the rebounding battle, 53-35, and limited the Owls to an abysmal 28 percent shooting.

In other SEC games Tuesday, Noah Locke scored a career-high 18 points, Deaundrae Ballard added 15 and Florida (4-3) handled North Florida (2-5) 98-66 in Gainesville, Fla. … Freshman Aaron Nesmith enjoyed career highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Vanderbilt (5-1) played its first full game without star point guard Darius Garland in a 120-85 rout of Savannah State (3-6) in Nashville, Tenn. It was the most points scored by the Commodores since scoring a school-record 130 against Ole Miss in 1970. … Quinton Rose scored 18 points to lead four Temple players with 10 or more points as the Owls improved to 6-1 with a 79-77 victory over Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Mark Smith scored a game-high 19 points in the loss for the Tigers (3-3).

SWAC MEN CINCINNATI 105, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 49

Justin Jenifer scored 13 points, Keith Williams added 12, and six Cincinnati Bearcats reached double figures as they set a season high for scoring while flattening the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.

Trevon Scott and Cane Broome each scored 11 points for Cincinnati (6-1), which easily extended its winning streak to six games before a crowd of 8,513.

Cincinnati guard Jarron Cumberland finished with 10 points and a teamhigh six assists before sitting out the second half.

Rashawn Fredericks also scored 10 for the Bearcats, who reached triple figures for the first time since scoring 107 against Savannah State and 102 against Western Carolina in the first

two games of last season.

Trevor Banks, Terrance Banyard and Cameron Posey each scored eight points to lead UAPB (2-5). Golden Lions’ guard Martaveous McKnight, who went into the week ranked fourth in the country with an average of 28.0 points per game, finished with a season-low seven, going 2 of 11 from the field.

Cincinnati took control with a 10-0 run for a 13-3 lead less than four minutes into the game. Cumberland sparked the run with back-to-back three-pointers.

The Golden Lions went 10:19 between their first and second field goals, and they had more turnovers than points until McKnight broke free for a layup on a give-and-go with 8:21 left in the first half, cutting the Bearcats’ lead to 35-12.

SUN BELT WOMEN ARKANSAS STATE 74, MURRAY STATE 63

Arkansas State University had three players score 10 or more points Tuesday to overcome Evelyn Adebayo’s game-high 18 points as the Red Wolves defeated the Racers at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro.

The Red Wolves (2-4) shot 41.7 percent (26 of 60) from the floor, including 7-of-16 shooting behind the three-point line. They were outrebounded 42-39, but the Red Wolves held a 28-18 advantage in points in the lane and turned 23 turnovers into 12 points while outscoring the Racers’ bench 36-8.

Akasha Westbrook led ASU with 12 points and 8 rebounds, while Peyton Martin and Starr Taylor added 10 points each. Macey Turley had 15 points for Murray State (3-2), and Lex Mayes chipped in with 13.