Syracuse leaves no doubt vs. Bonnies
Syracuse hit seven of its first eight shots to take a commanding 17-2 lead to start the game and cruised to an 81-47 win over St. Bonaventure on Saturday by shooting a season-high 58 percent.
Tyus Battle, who last season had his worst shooting game of the year against St. Bonaventure (3-for-18), scored 10 of the first 12 points for the Orange (9-4) and hit all eight of his field-goal attempts en route to a game-high 21 points. He also had six steals. Elijah Hughes had 16 points, freshman Buddy Boeheim had a career-high 12 points and Marek Dolezaj, starting his second straight game at center, added nine. princeton 67, Arizona
State 66: Richmond Aririguzoh sank two free throws with 24.8 seconds remaining and Princeton held on to stun No. 17 Arizona State, a week after the Sun Devils had beaten thenno. 1 Kansas on the same floor.
Tennessee 96, Tennessee Tech 53: Grant Williams scored 25 points and went 10-for-11 from the floor to lead a strong shooting performance for No. 3 Tennessee.
Kansas 86, Eastern Michigan 63: Udoka Azubuike scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his return from an ankle injury, and No. 5 Kansas cruised to a win over Eastern Michigan.
Nevada 86, Utah 71: Caleb Martin scored a career-high 33 points, Jordan Caroline added 17, and No. 6 Nevada beat Utah.
Michigan State 88, Northern illinois 60: Cassius Winston matched a career-high with six 3-pointers and scored 24 points, leading Michigan State to win over Northern Illinois.
Auburn 95, North Florida 49: Bryce Brown scored 18 points and made five 3-pointers, and No. 12 Auburn raced to a victory over North Florida. Ohio State 82, High point 64: C.J. Jackson scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Kaleb Wesson added 17 points as No. 13 Ohio State won.
North Carolina 82, Davidson 60: Cameron Johnson scored 17 points, Luke Maye had 11 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 14 North Carolina won.
Western Kentucky 83, Wisconsin 76: Dalano Banton nearly had a triple-double and Western Kentucky topped
No. 15 Wisconsin.
Kentucky 71, Louisville 58: Tyler Herro had a career-high 24 points, Keldon Johnson added 15 and No. 16 Kentucky beat Louisville.
Mississippi State 103, BYU 81: Aric Holman scored a career-high 28 points and Quinndary Weatherspoon had 27, leading No. 19 Mississippi State past BYU.
Buffalo 87, Canisius 72: CJ Massinburg scored 22 points and Nick Perkins added 18 to help Buffalo close out its nonconference schedule with a victory over Canisius.
Houston 80, NJIT 59: Corey Davis Jr. scored 19 points, Dejon Jarreau had 13 and No. 22 Houston remained undefeated.
iowa 72, Bryant 67: Tyler Cook scored 19 points with 12 rebounds and 24th-ranked Iowa held off lowly Bryant.
Women
Stanford 69, Cal Statenorthridge 43: Maya Dodson scored a career-high 16 points and blocked three shots to lift No. 6 Stanford.
Oregon State 92, Cal State-bakersfield 52: Mikayla Pivec had a perfect day shooting, scoring a career-high 22 points with 10 rebounds, and No. 11 Oregon State triumphed.
Texas 104, Northwestern State 66: Destiny Littleton scored 22 points, one of three Texas players to set career highs, and the No. 13 Longhorns had their highest scoring game of the season.
Kentucky 71, Sacred Heart 43: Maci Morris scored 17 points, freshman guard Rhyne Howard had a career-high 15 rebounds and No. 18 Kentucky coasted.
Creighton 85, Depaul 82: Brooke Kissinger hit a career-best six 3-pointers on her way to a career-high 20 points and Creighton stunned No. 19 Depaul.
Gonzaga 78, Loyola Marymount 53: Zykera Rice scored 15 points to lead a balanced attack and No. 20 Gonzaga dominated the second half.
Marquette 85, providence 46: Natisha Hiedeman scored 25 points, Erika Davenport had a career-high 20 rebounds in her double-double and No. 22 Marquette cruised.
Texas A&M 84, UT Rio Grande Valley 61: Ciera Johnson scored 17 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds and No. 23 Texas A&M had its first undefeated December in 10 seasons.