No. 2 Louisville gets past USC Upstate
No. 2 Louisville 76, USC Upstate 50: Ryan McMahon made consecutive 3pointers and Dwayne Sutton and Darius Perry had one each during a secondhalf surge that rallied No. 2 Louisville past USC Upstate 76-50 Wednesday night.
Jordan Nwora had two 3s among his 28 points.
The Cardinals finished 51% from the field and have shot above 50% in each game this season.
Bryson Mozone’s 14 points on four 3s led Upstate (1-5), which was 9 of 24 from long range.
No. 5 North Carolina 75, Elon 61: Armando Bacot had season highs of 22 points and 14 rebounds, fellow freshman Cole Anthony flirted with North Carolina’s first triple-double in 19 years and the fifth-ranked Tar Heels beat Elon 75-61 on Wednesday night.
Anthony finished with nine points, 10 rebounds and a season-high eight assists for North Carolina (4-0), which hasn’t had a player with a triple-double since Brendan Haywood and Jason Capel each did it 10 days apart in December 2000.
Marcus Sheffield scored 19 points for the Phoenix.
No. 16 Memphis 68, Arkansas-Little Rock 58: Precious Achiuwa had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 16 Memphis beat Arkansas-Little Rock 68-58 Wednesday night after star freshman James Wiseman was cleared by the NCAA to return to the court Jan. 12.
Markquis Nowell led the Trojans (3-2) with 16 points, while Ben Coupet Jr. added 12 points.
No. 20 Tennessee 76, Alabama State 41: Jordan Bowden scored 16 points to lead four Tennessee players in double figures Wednesday night as the 20th-ranked Volunteers trounced Alabama State 76-41 for their 29th straight home victory.
Lamonte’ Turner added 13 points and six assists for Tennessee. Turner is averaging 8.5 assists this season and entered the night ranked second among all Division I players in that category.
Yves Pons scored 11 points and John Fulkerson added 10 for Tennessee. Alabama State’s Tobi Ewuosho led all scorers with 17 points.
Top 10 women
No. 9 Maryland 88, George Washington 54: Taylor Mikesell scored 19 points and Maryland dominated neighboring rival George Washington from the outset.
Shakira Austin had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Terrapins (4-1), who built a 16-point lead in the first quarter and cruised to the finish.
Tori Hyduke played 34 minutes and led GW with 12 points, all of them on shots from beyond the arc.