Shooting struggles costly for Cardinal
Cold shooting continued to plague Stanford at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, as the Cardinal missed 18 of its first 23 field goal attempts in a 72- 49 loss to Florida on Thursday in a consolation bracket game in the Bahamas.
It was the second straight year the Cardinal (2-3) met the Gators (3-2) on Thanksgiving day. Last year the Cardinal lost 108-87 to then-No. 7 ranked Florida at the PK80 Invitational in Portland.
Wednesday, Cormac Ryan scored 12 points to lead the Cardinal, who trailed 32-13 at halftime after turning the ball over 13 times and shooting 22 percent from the field. That was on the heels of shooting 27.1 percent from the field in a 59- 45 loss to Wisconsin. The 45 points were the fewest by a Stanford team in three years.
Stanford concludes the tournament in the seventh-place game at 4 p.m. (Pacific) against Middle Tennessee State. NO. 4 VIRGINIA 66, DAYTON 59 » De’Andre Hunter matched his career high with 23 points to help fourth-ranked Virginia hold off Dayton 66-59 on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals.
Hunter made a 3-pointer with 53.1 seconds left and Virginia protecting a 60-56 lead. It turned out to provide just enough cushion to keep the Cavaliers (5- 0) in control and send them into the championship game today against No. 25 Wisconsin.
NO. 6 NEVADA 96, TULSA 86 » Nevada passed its first challenge away from home this season thanks to Jordan Caroline and the Wolf Pack’s free-throw shooting.
Caroline had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Nevada made 35 of 42 free throws in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Nevada (5- 0) will face Massachusetts in the championship game tonight. Massachusetts beat Southern Illinois 84- 62.
Caleb Martin added 21 points and six rebounds for the Wolf Pack, making all 10 of his free throws. Jazz Johnson had 20 points on 5- of-7 shooting from 3-point range. TEXAS 92, NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA
89 » Kerwin Roach II had a career-high 32 points with seven assists and six steals to lead Texas (5- 0) into the final of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Roach and North Carolina freshman Coby White went back and forth all game. White had 33 points, but he missed a 3-pointer that would have put the Tar Heels (5-1) ahead with 1:01 left. NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 87, NO. 17
UCLA 67 » Cassius Winston had 19 points and seven assists to help the Spartans reach the final of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Nick Ward scored 16 points, Joshua Langford had 14 and Josh McQuaid had 11 for Michigan State (4-1).
Kris Wilkes had 15 points to lead UCLA (4-1). VILLANOVA 83, CANISIUS 56 » Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree had 15 points and 13 rebounds and the defending national champion Wildcats stopped a two-game skid in the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World.
Phil Booth also scored 15 points for the Wildcats (3-2), who went from No. 8 to out of the Top 25 after losing to Michigan 73- 46 in a rematch of last season’s championship game and losing 76- 68 in overtime to Furman last week. SETON HALL 82, GRAND CANYON 75 » Myles Powell scored a career-high 40 points to lead Seton Hall to a first-round win in the Wooden Legacy.
Women
NO. 1 NOTRE DAME 81, GONZAGA
65 » Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points and No. 1 Notre Dame rolled in the first game of the inaugural Vancouver Showcase.
Brianna Turner added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Notre Dame (4- 0). The Fighting Irish dominated in the paint, outscoring the Bulldogs 56-32 and finishing with 29 defensive rebounds. NO. 2 UCONN 90, MISSISSIPPI 50 » Katie Lou Samuelson scored a season-high 22 points in the Paradise Jam as the Huskies (3- 0) extended their regular-season winning streak to 118 games. NO. 11 TENNESSEE 78, CLEMSON 66 » Meme Jackson made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Lady Vols (4- 0) in the Junkanoo Jam.