Jackson, UTSA beat Our Lady of the Lake
UTSA guard Jhivvan Jackson scored 27 points and forward Jacob Germany notched a double-double as the Roadrunners rolled to a 102-70 win against NAIA opponent Our Lady of the Lake on Sunday in the Convocation Center.
Jackson hit 10 of 15 shots from the field and 3 of 7 from beyond the arc, while Germany dropped in 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting with 12 rebounds.
The Roadrunners limited the Saints (1-6) to 32.9 percent shooting. Ruben Monzon, Jordan Embry and Ethan White led OLLU with 14 points each.
UTSA (3-3) is still searching for its first win against a Division I opponent and hosts Lamar at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
NORTHWESTERN 79 NO. 4 MICHIGAN ST. 65
Boo Buie scored a career-high 30 points and the Wildcats beat the Spartans for the first time in almost a decade.
Pete Nance added 15 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in Northwestern’s biggest victory since its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017.
Northwestern (4-1) stopped a 12-game slide in the series.
NO. 19 RUTGERS 91 NO. 13 ILLINOIS 88
Ron Harper Jr. scored 28 points, Jacob Young added 24, and the host Scarlet Knights
overcame a double-digit first-half deficit to beat the Illini.
Ranked in the preseason Top 25 for the first time since 19781979, Rutgers is trying to end a 30-year NCAA Tournament drought.
The Scarlet Knights were poised to make the March Madness for the first time since 199091 last year before COVID-19 canceled the NCAA Tournament.
Illinois (5-3, 1-1), came into the season as one of the favorites to win the Big Ten. Rutgers has to be in that group now.
Ayo Dosunmu led Illinois with 22 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists.
NO. 9 CREIGHTON 76 CONNECTICUT 74 (OT)
Christian Bishop scored 19 points and the Bluejays used a 9-0 run in the extra frame to secure a win over the host Huskies in Connecticut’s first conference game since returning to the Big East.
Mitch Ballock added 13 points for the Bluejays (6-2, 2-1 Big East). Denzel Mahoney had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
James Bouknight scored a career-high 40 points for the Huskies (3-1, 0-1), who were playing for the first time in 17 days because of coronavirus-related issues.
Women
NO. 10 TEXAS A&M 57, RICE 53
Aaliyah Wilson scored 16 points, including a key basket late, as the Aggies outlasted the Owls at College Station.
Nancy Mulkey made two free throws to get the Owls within a point with less than a minute remaining. But Wilson made a jump shot moments after that to make it 56-53 and Ciera Johnson added a free throw with 3 seconds left to secure the victory.
Jasmine Smith had 18 points to lead Rice (4-1) as the Owls lost for the first time this season.
The win is the eighth straight victory in the series for Texas A&M (8-0).
NO. 4 NORTH CAROLINA ST. 78 MIAMI, FLA. 47
Elissa Cunane scored 13 of her 18 points during the Wolfpack’s explosive first quarter, and the Wolfpack pulled away for a win at Raleigh, N.C.
Kai Crutchfield added 14 points and Jakia Brown-Turner and Kayla Jones each had 10 points for N.C. State (8-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).
NO. 6 ARIZONA 77, UTAH 60
Aari McDonald scored 19 points to lead the Wildcats to a victory at Salt Lake City.
Niyah Becker scored 13 points to lead the Utes (2-4, 1-4 Pac-12).