Saint Mary’s cruises to blowout triumph
Landale has 23 points, 10 boards against UNC Asheville; Krebs nets 22
Jock Landale and Tanner Krebs combined for 45 points as Saint Mary’s defeated North Carolina Asheville 95-69 on Friday, pushing its win streak to six games as it readies to open West Coast Conference play.
The Gaels (11-2) shot 52 percent from the floor with 15 3-pointers and outrebounded UNC Asheville 40-24. Landale scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. He has seven double-doubles this season including five in a row. Krebs scored 22 points on 6-for-12 shooting from behind the 3-point arc. Emmett Naar had 12 assists to go with seven points.
A pair of Landale free throws gave the Gaels a 15-5 lead before the game was four minutes old, and they led 56-29 as Krebs closed out the first half with a 3-pointer.
Ahmad Thomas scored 22 points and Macio Teague 18 for UNC Asheville (7-6),
which was just 2 of 11 from distance. The Bulldogs upended Cal 58-53 the last time they traveled to Cal, in 1988.
DUQUESNE 67, USF 65 >> Mike Lewis II scored 20 points and Duquesne stopped the Dons in the final seconds in an opening-night victory at the Las Vegas Classic.
Duquesne (9-3) went ahead to stay at 64-62 on Tarin Smith’s three-point play with 1:11 left and Eric Williams Jr.’s dunk extended the lead to four with 16 seconds left. Matt McCarthy quickly answered with a three-point play for USF (7-5), Lewis hit 1 of 2 free throws a second later and that gave San Francisco a chance to tie or go ahead on the final play.
But Chase Foster missed a jumper with three seconds left and Duquesne won its seventh straight.
Lewis had 18 points in the second half including 11 during a 12-4 run that gave the Dukes a 52-41 lead. The Dons scored 12 straight to take their first lead of the second half at 56-55 and led again at 60-59 and 62-61.
Williams had 15 points and Smith scored 10 for the Dukes.
McCarthy finished with 19 for the Dons. Souley
Boum added 14 and Foster 13.
ASU 104, PACIFIC 65 >> Led by its dynamic guards, the No. 3 Sun Devils (12-0) dominated from the start against the Tigers, extending the best start in school history.
“TV doesn’t do justice how good their guards are,” Pacific coach Damon Stoudamire said. “They put so much pressure on you.”
XAVIER 77, NORTHERN IOWA 67>> J.P. Macura scored 15 points and the No. 9 Musketeers hung on to beat the Panthers for their seventh straight win.
Trevon Bluiett scored 12 points with seven rebounds for the Musketeers (12-1), who went on an 11-2 run down the stretch, highlighted by a 3 by Bluiett, to break open a tie game.
Macura’s breakaway dunk and 3 in the final 95 seconds left sealed it for Xavier, which shot 12 of 23 from 3-point range.
OKLAHOMA 104, NORTHWESTERN 78 >> Trae Young had 31 points and 12 assists to help the No. 17 Sooners defeat the Wildcats.
TCU 86, WILLIAM & MARY 75 >> Alex Robinson scored a season-high 23 points and the No. 15 Horned Frogs set a school record with their nation-leading 17th consecutive win.
UCLA
SUSPENSIONS EXTENDED >> The Bruins extended the suspensions of freshmen Jalen Hill and Cody Riley through the end of the season as a result of their admitted shoplifting during the team’s trip to China in November.
LiAngelo Ball was suspended with Riley and Hall but his father took him out of school and he is now playing professionally in Lithuania.
Oregon
NCAA ALLEGES INFRACTIONS >> The NCAA alleges Oregon committed infractions in four athletic programs, including the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Men’s coach Dana Altman and women’s coach Kelly Graves are accused of exceeding the NCAA limit of four coaches by allowing other staff members to participate in team activities during practice.