Mullins lifts Rice past UIW in season opener
Chris Mullins had 15 points and Travis Evee and Max Fiedler each added 12 as Rice beat Incarnate Word 68-53 on Friday at the McDermott Center in the opener for both teams.
Keaston Willis lead all scorers with 22 points for the Cardinals, while Drew Lutz added 11.
SAN FRANCISCO 61 (4) VIRGINIA 60
Jamaree Bouyea’s 19 points helped the Dons score the biggest upset of the young college basketball season and the program’s biggest win in decades,.
USF (2-1) used a late 8-0 run to stun the Cavaliers in the Homelight Classic, part of the “Bubbleville” event at the Mohegan Sun arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Marquette transfer Sam Hauser missed a 3-pointer in the final seconds that would have won the game for the Cavaliers.
(14) TEXAS TECH 84 SAM HOUSTON STATE 52
Georgetown transfer Mac McClung scored 18 points to lift the Red Raiders (2-0) in Lubbock.
Zach Nutall had 14 points for Sam Houston State.
(1) GONZAGA 90 AUBURN 67
Drew Timme had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Corey Kispert scored 25 points as the Bulldogs rolled at the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers (Fla.) TipOff.
Allen Flanigan scored 20 points to lead Auburn (1-1).
(6) KANSAS 94 SAINT JOSEPH’S 72
Christian Braun scored 30 points as the Jayhawks pulled away at the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers TipOff.
Ochai Agbaji, whose foul trouble proved costly in an opening 102-90 loss to No. 1 Gonzaga, added 18 points.
(5) IOWA 103, SOUTHERN 76
Luka Garza scored 41 points, missing just one shot, as the Hawkeyes won at home.
Ashante Shivers led Southern (0-2) with 13 points.
(7) WISCONSIN 92 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 58
Micah Potter scored 19 points as the Badgers overwhelmed the visiting Golden Lions.
Wisconsin (2-0) scored the first 25 points, hitting 10 of its first 13 shots, before Kshun Stokes scored on a floater from the lane for Arkansas-Pine Bluff with 10:05 left in the first half.
(8) ILLINOIS 77, OHIO 75
Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points and Kofi Cockburn had 13 points and 11 rebounds as the host Illini improve to 3-0
Jason Preston scored 31 points for Ohio (2-1). Ben Vander Plas added 20 points.
(15) WEST VIRGINIA 70 WESTERN KENTUCKY 64
Derek Culver scored 15 points and the Mountaineers overcame a 10-point second-half deficit in the final of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Hilltoppers cut it to four points on former St. Anthony star Charles Bassey’s layup with 59 seconds left but got no closer.
(17) HOUSTON 68 BOISE STATE 58
Quentin Grimes had 25 points and eight rebounds as the Cougars won in the Southwest Showcase in Houston.
Rayj Dennis scored 18 points to lead the Broncos in their opener.
(22) UCLA 107 PEPPERDINE 98 (3OT)
Tyger Campbell and Jules Bernard hit 3-pointers early in the third overtime, and Chris Smith added a 3-point play to finish with 26 points and help the Bruins survive in San Diego.
Senior guard Colbey Ross had 33 points to became Pepperdine’s career scoring leader.
(24) RUTGERS 96 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 75
Ron Harper Jr. had a career-high 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc, and Jacob Young had 24 points and seven assists as the Scarlet Knights won at home.
Women
(9) UCLA 98
CAL STATE FULLERTON 49
Charisma Osborne scored 31 points as the host Bruins won the teams’ season opener that was delayed two days.
The teams were supposed to meet Wednesday, but the game was called off after an 80-minute delay because the Titans’ COVID-19 test results hadn’t come back.
GULF COAST SHOWCASE
Angel Reese and Diamond Miller each scored 20 points as No. 12 Maryland opened the season with a 94-72 victory at the tournament at Fort Myers, Fla. In other games at the tournament, No. 12 Arkansas beat Wake Forest 98-82, and No. 24 Missouri State stomped Florida Gulf Coast 74-49.