UCONN EXTENDS NONCONFERENCE WIN STREAK

Tristen Newton scored 22 points to lead No. 6 Uconn to a 107-67 rout of visiting Stonehill College on Saturday.

Freshman Stephon Castle had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the defending national champions, who have won 19 consecutive nonconference games, which includes last season’s run through the NCAA Tournament.

Donovan Clingan added 16 points in 17 minutes; Alex Karaban scored 15 points; and Cam Spencer added 12 for the Huskies (2-0).

Jackson Benigni had 22 points to lead Stonehill (1-2), which is in its second year of Division I basketball.

No. 7 Houston 82, Texas A&m-corpus Christi 50: J’wan Roberts had 17 points

Uconn’s Tristen Newton, who had 22 points, shoots as Stonehill’s Nathan Mcgill defends on Saturday.

and nine rebounds and L.J. Cryer added 15 points to lead host Houston (2-0) over Texas A&m-corpus Christi (1-1).

No. 8 Creighton 89, North Dakota State 60: Trey Alexander scored 21 points for host Creighton (2-0) in its win over North Dakota State (1-1).

West

Arizona State 63, Texas Southern 52: Frankie Collins scored 13 points and Kamari Lands scored 12 as host Arizona State (1-1) beat Texas Southern (0-2).

UNLV 71, Stetson 55: Luis Rodriguez scored 15 points for UNLV (1-1) in a win over visiting Stetson (1-1).

Kent State 79, Fresno State 69: Jalen Sullinger scored 17 points as host Kent State (2-1) beat Fresno State. Xavier Dusell led the way for the Bulldogs (1-1) with 18 points.

Bradley 70, Utah State 66 (OT): Darius Hannah’s dunk with 2:12 left in overtime gave Bradley (2-0) the lead for good. Great Osobor scored a game-high 22 for the visiting Aggies (1-1).

Wyoming 80, Cal Poly 66: Cam Manyawu scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds as the host Cowboys (2-0) beat Cal Poly (1-2) despite 25 points from Jarred Hyder.

Santa Clara 82, St. Francis (Pa.) 59: Carlos Marshall Jr. scored 25 points as Santa Clara (2-0) defeated the visiting Red Flash (0-3).

Women’s Top 25

Marquette 71, No. 23 Illinois 67: Jordan King had 19 points with clutch free throws late and host Marquette (2-0) beat Illinois (1-1).

AP