Balanced Maryland powers its way past Oakland
No. 7 Maryland 80, Oakland 50: Darryl Morsell led a balanced attack with 14 points, and host Maryland (3-0) used a strong defensive effort to power past Oakland (3-2).
Anthony Cowan Jr. contributed 11 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Terrapins, Aaron Wiggins scored 10 and Jalen Smith added eight points and seven rebounds.
After opening with lopsided victories at home against Holy Cross and Rhode Island, Maryland is off a 3-0 start for the sixth year in a row. The Terps are 33-6 at home over the past two-plus seasons.
Xavier Hill-Mais led Oakland with 18 points. The Golden Grizzlies shot 36.5%, were outrebounded 40-30 and went 6 for 15 at the foul line.
No. 9 Virginia 60, Columbia 42: Mamadi Diakite and Jay Huff scored 13 points each and host Virginia (3-0) beat Columbia (1-3).
Kihei Clark added 10 points for the Cavaliers, who led 31-17 at halftime and substituted liberally throughout the second half. Walk-on Chase Coleman and redshirt freshman Francisco Caffaro each scored the first points of their college careers late in the game.
No. 10 Villanova 78, Ohio 54: Saddiq Bey scored 19 points and Justin Moore added 18 to lead host Villanova (2-1) past Ohio (3-1).
Villanova broke the game open with a 27-4 run in the final 6:36 of the half, turning a one-point deficit into a 43-21 lead. Bey and Moore combined for 9-for-12 shooting and 4 of 6 from beyond the 3point line for 26 points.
The Wildcats finished 14 of 31 from long range. Ohio shot 3 of 20, with its first conversion from Ben Vander Plas three minutes into the second half.
No. 13 Memphis 102, Alcorn State 56: Lester Quinones had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Precious Achiuwa added 20 points, sending host Memphis (3-1) to a romp over Alcorn State (1-3).
Top recruit James Wiseman was sidelined because of eligibility issues, but Memphis hardly missed him in bouncing back from its first defeat of the season, an 82-74 loss to Oregon on Tuesday night.
Tennessee 75, No. 20 Washington 62: Jordan Bowden scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half, Lamonte Turner had 16 points and Tennessee (3-0) upset host Washington (2-1).
Yves Pons scored 15 points, John Fulkerson had 14 and Turner added seven rebounds and eight assists as the Volunteers improved to 3-0 and handed Washington its first loss in three games this season.
No. 23 LSU 75, Nicholls State 65: Darius Days had a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds to help host LSU (2-1) beat Nicholls State (2-2).
Emmitt Williams added 11 points and a season-best 12 boards for the Tigers.
No. 25 Colorado 71, San Diego 53: D’Shawn Schwartz scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, helping No. 25 Colorado run past scrappy San Diego.
Lucas Siewert and McKinley Wight IV each chipped in 11 points for the Buffaloes (2-0), who avenged losses to the Toreros (2-3), of the West Coast Conference, in each of the last seasons.
Women’s top 10
No. 1 Oregon 99, Texas Southern 63: Texas Southern had its uniforms stolen before the game and any hope of an upset over host Oregon vanished quickly as Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard were their usual dominant selves Saturday in leading No. 1 Oregon to a win.
The Tigers’ game jerseys were in a black duffel bag according to police that was taken from a downtown hotel conference room. They were forced to wear practice uniforms with some players having taped numbers to the back of their maroon tops.