No. 4 Louisville gets past Indiana State
No. 4 Louisville 91, Indiana State 62: Jordan Nwora scored 21 points, Dwayne Sutton added 14 and Louisville shot 59% from the field to run past Indiana State on Wednesday night.
Nwora, a junior forward, finished 5 of 10 shooting for his third consecutive game of 20 points or more. Sutton and Steven Enoch each grabbed 10 rebounds as Louisville owned the glass 42-21. The Cardinals shot above 50% for the third consecutive game.
Tyreke Key led the Sycamores (0-2) with 20 points including four 3-pointers, two of which came during a 14-2 early second-half run that got them within 51-40.
No. 11 Texas Tech 103, Houston Baptist 74: Freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey scored 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting, TJ Holyfield had 21 points on 9of-10 field goals and Texas Tech beat Houston Baptist.
The Red Raiders (3-0) had four players score in double figures while shooting 60% overall from the field (40 of 67).
Jalon Gates had 21 points with five 3pointers to lead Houston Baptist. Ian DuBose added 20 points.
No. 18 Ohio State 76, No. 10 Villanova 51: Duane Washington Jr. had 14 points and four other players scored in double figures as Ohio State started hot and ran over Villanova.
D.J. Carton and Luther Muhammad each had 11 points.
Jermaine Samuels had 14 points and Cole Swider had 11 for the Wildcats (1-1.
VCU 84, No. 23 LSU 82: Marcus Santos-Silva had 17 points and 11 rebounds and VCU turned 26 turnovers by No. 23 LSU into 37 points in an 84-82 victory Wednesday night.
The Rams (3-0), whose contract with former coach Will Wade mandated he bring his new team to the Siegel Center or have his school pay $250,000, improved to 5-2 against ranked opponents on their home court.
Top 10 women
No. 8 Maryland 70, James Madison 68: Shakira Austin scored 21 points and Ashley Owusu made a layup with four seconds left to help Maryland rally from a 19-point fourth-quarter and beat James Madison.
Trailing by 19 points early in the final period, Austin’s jumper capped a 28-6 run for the Terrapins, who used full court pressure to get back in the game. Austin’s shot gave Maryland a 68-66 lead with 1:20 left. After both teams couldn’t score over the next minute, Lexie Barrier hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to tie the game.
No. 1 Oregon 109, Utah State 52: Sabrina Ionescu surpassed 2,000 career points and fell just short of a 19th tripledouble as Oregon routed Utah State.
Ioenscu became the fourth Oregon player to reach the 2,000-point plateau. She had a scary moment in the third quarter when she was fouled driving to the basket and fell, putting a hand on the back of her right leg.
No. 4 UConn 64, Vanderbilt 51: Megan Walker scored 25 points, and the fourth-ranked UConn Huskies beat Vanderbilt in the program’s first game at Memorial Gym since 1992.
The Huskies (2-0) now have won six straight against Vanderbilt (2-1) after dropping the first two between these programs. This was much closer than last year when UConn beat Vanderbilt 80-42 at Mohegan Sun Arena.
No. 6 South Carolina 75, Dayton 49: Freshman Zia Cooke scored 27 points as South Carolina’s young, quick guards controlled the pace, and the Gamecocks followed their big win at Maryland by dominating Dayton. deficit