Ayala, Russell lead Terrapins past Vermont
No. 21 Maryland 68, Vermont 57: Eric Ayala and Fatts Russell each scored 22 points, and host Maryland rallied to defeat Vermont.
Ben Shungu scored a career-high 27 points and Isaiah Powell added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Catamounts (1-1), who have not defeated a Big Ten team since 1977.
Maryland is off to a 3-0 start for the eighth consecutive season.
The Terrapins trailed by nine in the first half and 39-32 early in the second before Ian Martinez’s 3-pointer finished a 12-2 run that gave them the lead for good with 12:48 left.
Maryland struggled to fully put away Vermont until late. Ayala and Russell combined for nine points during a 10-0 run in the final minutes to push the lead to 13. Shungu scored 20 points in the first half, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute to give the Catamounts a 36-32 lead at the break.
Vermont forward Ryan Davis had eight points on 3-of-12 shooting. Davis was last season’s America East player of the year but missed the Catamounts’ opening victory Thursday at Northern Iowa.
No. 6 Michigan 77, Prairie View A&M 49: Eli Brooks scored 15 points, Caleb Houstan added 13 points, and Michigan cruised to a victory over Prairie View A&M.
Hunter Dickinson scored 11 points and added 10 rebounds for the Wolverines (2-0), who improved to 16-2 in regular season nonconference games under third-year coach Juwan Howard.
William Douglas had 15 points for the Panthers (0-3) in an event organized by Coaches vs. Racism, a nonprofit dedicated to ending systemic racism in sports. Both teams toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Friday.
Prairie View, an HBCU located about 50 miles northwest of Houston, was picked to finish second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference this season. The Panthers are 44-5 in the SWAC over the last three seasons.
No. 9 Duke 67, Campbell 56: Four Blue Devils scored in double figures as host Duke held off Campbell.
Paolo Banchero led Duke (3-0) with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, seven rebounds, a steal and a block.
Ricky Clemons and Cedric Henderson Jr. each scored 18 points apiece for the Camels. Henderson also had 11 boards, helping Campbell outrebound Duke 34-31.
Campbell (2-1) built a 10-point lead in the first half while Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr. was being checked out for a potential knee injury.
When Moore reentered the game at the 13:02 mark, Duke embarked on a 2511 run to close out the first half, heading into intermission with a four-point advantage. During that stretch, Moore had eight points on 3-of-6 shooting, two steals and a rebound.
Moore finished the game with 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals – one night after getting Duke’s fifth triple-double in program history.
Duke never trailed in the second half, and used an 11-4 run to build a 13-point lead. No. 12 Memphis 90, North Carolina
Central 51: Freshman Emoni Bates scored 15 points and Landers Nolley added 12 to help host Memphis defeat North Carolina Central.
Jalen Duren and Lester Quinones added 10 points each. Duren also had 10 rebounds for the Tigers (2-0), who have won both of their first two games in dominating fashion.
Eric Boone had 11 points to lead the Eagles (0-2), who shot 26.2% and were 3 of 25 from 3-point range – missing all 14 of their 15 long-range shots in the second half. N.C. Central committed 26 turnovers.
Similar to the Tigers’ opening win against Tennessee Tech, Memphis controlled the pace and its defense pestered the Eagles up and down the court.
No. 16 Arkansas 86, Gardner-Webb 69: Connor Vanover scored 19 points and helped lead a big run that ended the first half to send host Arkansas over Gardner-Webb.
Vanover had eight points during a 27-5 burst. The Razorbacks (2-0) turned a six-point deficit into a 16-point halftime lead.
JD Notae had nine of his 18 points during the run. Vanover also had seven points while playing just 17 minutes.
Arkansas shot 13 of 27 from 3-point range. Devo Davis added 10 points and six assists for the Razorbacks.
Julian Soumaoro scored 20 points and Lance Terry and Kareem Reid each had 16 for the Runnin’ Bulldogs (0-2).
No. 24 UConn 89, Coppin State 54: Adama Sanogo kept up his sharp shooting, tying his career high with 20 points as host UConn won.
R.J. Cole added 16 points and Tyrese Martin 15 for the Huskies (2-0).
Sanogo made 10 of 13 shots and had nine rebounds. The sophomore forward is shooting 19 for 24 this season.
Alex Rojas, playing his first game for Coppin State (0-4), had nine points for the Eagles. Tyree Corbett also scored nine.
The Huskies hit their first eight shots in a season-opening win over Central Connecticut State on Tuesday. In their second game, it was the opposition that started rather quickly.
Coppin State made four of its first five shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, to take a 10-6 lead.
UConn responded by scoring 14 straight points, the first four by Cole and the next eight by Martin. An alley-oop from Jalen Gaffney to Akok Akok completed the run.
Gaffney finished with 11 points and eight assists.
UConn played at the XL Center, its first game at its secondary home arena since an 81-65 win over Central Florida on Feb. 26, 2020.
The Huskies played all of their home games at their on-campus arena in Storrs, Gampel Pavilion, in the 2020-21 season because of the pandemic.