College basketball | T25 results | Monday
No. 3 Houston 83, Oral Roberts 45
HOUSTON — Tramon Mark scored a career-high 23 points, Marcus Sasser added 19 points and a career-best seven rebounds, and No. 3 Houston beat Oral Roberts.
Mark had 19 points and Sasser scored 15 in the first half as Houston (3-0) built a 51-24 lead. The duo combined to shoot 15 of 28 for the game.
Houston shot 52% and outrebounded the Golden Eagles 5230. The Cougars held a 42-8 advantage in points in the paint.
DeShang Weaver scored 12 points, and Connor Vanover had 11 points and five rebounds for the Eagles (1-2).
No. 5 Baylor 95, N. Colorado 62
WACO, Texas — LJ Cryer scored 20 points, and Baylor coach Scott Drew earned his 400th victory with the Bears.
Adam Flagler finished with 13 points with 10 assists. He made 3-pointers to start and end an early 13-0 run that put Baylor (3-0) ahead to stay after Northern Colorado took its only lead.
Baylor is 400-222 under Drew, who has 420 wins overall including his one season as Valparaiso’s head coach.
Daylen Kountz, the Big Sky leading scorer last season with 21.2 points a game, had 19 points for Northern Colorado (1-2). Matt Johnson had 14 points.
No. 10 Creighton 94, Holy Cross 65
OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 17 of his 22 points in the first half, and Ryan Nembhard had a career-high 12 assists.
The 7-foot-1 Kalkbrenner made all 10 of his shots from the field — seven were dunks. He gave fans a treat when he launched, and made, a rare 3-pointer before the Bluejays (3-0) went to the locker room with a 52-27 lead at halftime.
Arthur Kaluma and Ben Shtolzberg had 13 points apiece for the Bluejays.
Bo Montgomery matched his career high with 21 points for the Crusaders (1-2). Gerrale Gates added 16 points.
Northwestern St. 64, No. 15 TCU 63
FORTH WORTH, Texas — Ja’Monta Black scored 25 points, Demarcus Sharp added 19 and Northwestern State rallied from 12 points down.
Isaac Haney had 10 rebounds for the Demons (2-2).
Chuck O’Bannon Jr. had 12 points and Micah Peavy scored 10 for the Horned Frogs (2-1), who were without leading scorer Mike Miles Jr. (left knee and ankle injury).
Sharp’s floating jumper with 1:12 left put the Demons ahead 64-63. TCU’s struggles from earlier in the half returned as O’Bannon and Jakobe Coles put up shots that were off in the final minute.
No. 19 Illinois 103, Monmouth 65
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Terrence Shannon Jr. had a career-high 30 points, powering Illinois to the victory.
Freshman guard Jayden Epps scored a season-high 21 points and Dain Dainja finished with 15 points on 7-for9 shooting for the Illini (3-0).
Andrew Ball scored 13 points to lead Monmouth (0-3), and Jack Collins added 12.
Illinois made its first five shots — four of them 3s — and hit nine of its first 12 shots to sprint out to a 24-9 lead. It was a sharp contrast from a 1-for-18 start from the field in a win over Kansas City last Friday.
Illinois led 63-33 at halftime after shooting 76.7% in the first half.
No. 23 Texas Tech 64, Louisiana Tech 55
LUBBOCK, Texas — Kevin Obanor and De’Vion Harmon each scored 15 points to lead Texas Tech to the win.
The Red Raiders (3-0) used a late 14-1 run to take control after the Bulldogs closed to 39-37 with 14:05 remaining. Louisiana Tech never got closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Cobe Williams led Louisiana Tech (1-1) with 16 points, and Kenny Hunter added 10.
Texas Tech shot 23 for 46 from the field and 7 for 18 from long distance.