College Basketball | Top 25 results | Thursday
Top 25 Men
No. 7 Marquette 84, St. Thomas 79
MILWAUKEE — Oso Ighodaro scored 21 points, Tyler Kolek had 12 points and 10 assists, and No. 7 Marquette hung on to beat St. Thomas (Minnesota).
Marquette (9-2) got all it could handle from a Summit League program in its third season in Division I. The Golden Eagles, who were 25½-point favorites according to Fan Duel Sportsbook, led by one point with three minutes left, and the Tommies (6-5) kept it competitive until the final seconds.
Kolek went 6 of 6 on free throws over the final 1:03.
Drake Dobbs scored 14 points, Kendall Blue 13, Ben Nau 12, Carter Bjerke 11 and Parker Bjorklund 10 for St. Thomas. Kam Jones had 13 points, Chase Ross 11 and David Joplin 10 for Marquette.
No. 23 Wisconsin 75, Jacksonville State 60
MADISON, Wis. — Steven Crowl had 19 points and nine rebounds, Tyler Wahl added 16 points and Wisconsin beat Jacksonville State.
Wahl scored the first eight points for the Badgers (8-3), who never trailed as they bounced back from last Saturday’s 98-73 loss at No. 1 Arizona.
KyKy Tandy scored 16 points for Jacksonville State (4-7). Marcellus Brigham Jr. came off the bench to score 10 first-half points for the Gamecocks, but he didn’t score after halftime.
Top 25 Women
No. 10 Baylor 99, Delaware St. 37
WACO, Texas — Aijha Blackwell and Bella Fontleroy both had 14 points and 11 rebounds, leading six Baylor players in double-figure scoring as the 10th-ranked Bears beat Delaware State 99-37 on Thursday in their final regular-season game at the Ferrell Center.
The Bears (8-0) will be in the new Foster Pavilion when they play their next home game against TCU in their Big 12 home opener on Jan. 3. Baylor played games for 35 years in the Ferrell Center, where it has a 437-100 record during a stretch that included three national championships and 13 Big 12 regular-season titles.
If Baylor is a host team for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament in March, the Ferrell Center would be used for those games.
Sarah Andrews added 12 points, while Jana Guytenbeek, Madison Bartley and Yaya Felder chipped in with 10 apiece. Baylor outrebounded Delaware State 65-26 and had four players with double-figure rebounds, with Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Dre’una Edwards each grabbing 10.
Ja’Naiah Perkins-Jackson and Tyshonne Tollie each had 10 points for Delaware State (2-8). Tollie was 5-of-6 shooting but fouled out while playing only 14 minutes. Perkins-Jackson was 3-of-17, including two made 3-pointers in 31 minutes.