College basketball | Top 25 results | Friday
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Myreon Jones scored 11 of his 21 points in the first half and No. 23 Penn State routed Central Connecticut.
Izaiah Brockington scored 11 points and Lamar Stevens added 10 for the Nittany Lions (10-2), who won as a ranked team for the first time in 23 seasons.
It was Penn State’s third straight win and 12th in a row at home dating to last season.
Ty Outlaw had 14 points for the Blue Devils (0-12), who trailed for all but 53 seconds and by as many as 32 with just over six minutes to play.
Women
No. 11 Texas A&M 60, Georgia Tech 48
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Chennedy Carter scored 21 points for her fourth straight 20-plus game and Texas A&M beat Georgia Tech in the Puerto Rico Coqui Classic.
Ciera Johnson added 15 points for Texas A&M (10-1).
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen led Georgia Tech (8-2) with 16 points.
No. 16 DePaul 83, Loyola of Chicago 76
CHICAGO — Chante Stonewall had 25 points, eight rebounds and four steals to help DePaul hand Loyola Chicago its first loss of the season.
DePaul (10-2) took the lead for good at 74-72 on Sonya Morris’ 3-pointer with 3:07 left in the game. That sparked a 10-1 run capped by Lexi Held’s 3-pointer with 25 seconds left for an 81-74 lead. Morris finished with 17 points, and Held had 11.
No. 17 Gonzaga 64, No. 20 Missouri State 52
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Jenn Wirth had 14 points and seven rebounds, Katie Campbell added 11 points for Gonzaga.
The Bulldogs (11-1) used a 19-4 run, capped by Jessie Loera’s layup with 32 seconds left in the third quarter, to pull away to the largest lead of the game at 49-32. Brice Calip had 15 points for the Bears (9-2).
Syracuse 77,
No. 19 Michigan State 63
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Gabrielle Cooper scored 11 of her 19 points in the first quarter to help Syracuse beat No. 19 Michigan State in the Florida Sunshine Classic.
Emily Engstler had 13 points, 17 rebounds and five assists Kiara Lewis finished with 18 points, six rebounds and five assists and Maeva DjaldiTabdi added 16 points for Syracuse (6-4).