College Basketball | Top 25 results | Wednesday
Top 25 Men Miami 95, No. 16 Clemson 82
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Nijel Pack scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half, Matthew Cleveland and Norchad Omier each added 23 and Miami beat No. 16 Clemson to improve to 9-0 at home.
Kyshawn George and Bensley Joseph each added 12 for the Hurricanes (11-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Pack scored 13 of Miami’s points in a 21-6 run that gave the Hurricanes a ninepoint lead with 10 minutes left.
Joseph Girard III scored 18 points and PJ Hall scored 17 before fouling out for Clemson (11-2, 1-1). Chase Hunter scored 16 for the Tigers — who led by six at the half, by eight early in the second half.
Miami pulled away in the second half, making 12 of 14 shots in an 11-minute stretch and shooting 21 for 28 in the final 20 minutes.
Seton Hall 61, No. 23 Providence 57
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dre Davis scored 17 points and Kadary Richmond added 16 points as Seton Hall defeated Providence.
Save for a brief stretch in the second half, the Pirates (9-5, 2-1 Big East) held the lead over the final 28 minutes. Dylan Addae-Wusu finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Al-Amir Dawes also added 12 points.
Josh Oduro led Providence (11-3, 2-1) with a game-high 23 points while Devin Carter had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Bryce Hopkins, the Friars’ secondleading scorer, needed to be helped off the court after going down near midcourt with 14:59 remaining. He did not return.
Top 25 Women No. 6 Baylor 71, No. 23 TCU 50
WACO, Texas — Bella Fontleroy scored 16 of her 21 points in a big second-half comeback for Baylor, which beat TCU in a matchup of undefeated Big 12 teams in the Bears’ first game at their new arena.
Sarah Andrews finished with 16 points — 13 after halftime — for Baylor (13-0, 2-0 Big 12), while Yaya Felder scored 13. Dre’Una Edwards had 10 rebounds.
Sedona Prince had 20 points and 10 rebounds for TCU (14-1, 1-1) and Madison Conner had 11 points while missing all six of her 3-point attempts. Both came in averaging more than 21 points a game, making the Frogs the only team with two 20-point scorers.
No. 10 Texas 74, Texas Tech 47
LUBBOCK, Texas — Aaliyah Moore and Deyona Gaston both had their first double-doubles of the season and No. 10 Texas got off to a quick start and rolled past Texas Tech.
Moore had 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds. Gaston scored 17 on 8-of-13 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Madison Booker also had 18 points for the Longhorns (14-1, 1-1 Big 12 Conference), who bounced back from their first loss in a big way.
Bailey Maupin scored 16 for the Red Raiders (12-3, 1-1), who came in averaging 73.6 points a game.
No. 11 Kansas St. 72, Houston 38
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ayoka Lee had 27 points with 11 rebounds and Kansas State held Houston to 14 second-half points.
Kansas State (14-1, 2-0 Big 12) led 2924 at halftime then used runs of 20-0 in the third quarter and 14-0 in the fourth to blow it open.
Serena Sundell scored 13 points and Zyanna Walker had 12 for the Wildcats. Gabby Gregory had nine assists.
Laila Blair led Houston (9-4, 0-2) with 17 points.
No. 12 UConn 94, No. 21 Creighton 50
OMAHA, Neb. — Led by red-hot Paige Buecker’s 24 points, UConn crushed its second straight ranked conference opponent and its fourth Top 25 team, rolling over Creighton.
Bueckers finished 8-of-12 shooting, including 4 of 5 3-pointers and made all four of her free throws. She also had seven assists, five rebounds and four steals with just one turnover. She is 8 of 11 behind the arc in her last two games.
Aaliyah Edwards had 16 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth doubledouble in seven games and the two freshmen who have helped the Huskies get back on track, Ashlynn Shade and KK Arnold, had 18 and 17 points, respectively.
Emma Ronsiek had 13 points and Lauren Jensen added 12 for the Bluejays (10-3, 1-2), who were outrebounded 45-29 and shot just 25%. A team that averages nine 3s and 75 points a game were just 4 of 24 from long range.
St. John’s 57, No. 19 Marquette 56
NEW YORK — Unique Drake scored 24 points, including the final nine for St. John’s, in the Red Storm’s win over Marquette.
Drake’s jumper with 1:21 left in the game gave St. John’s (8-7, 2-1 Big East) its first lead in the second half. It was the final basket of the game.
Frannie Hottinger led Marquette (122, 1-2) with 15 points and Liza Karlen added 14. The Golden Eagles turned it over 23 times.
No. 24 West Virginia 68, Cincinnati 53
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kyah Watson scored 14 points, Jordan Harrison added 13 and West Virginia (13-0, 2-0 Big 12) is off to the second-best start in program history, matching the 2017-18 team
JJ Quinerly and Lauren Fields each scored 12 points for West Virginia. Harrison, coming off a career-high 21 points against Kansas, made three of West Virginia’s seven 3-pointers.
Jillian Hayes had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Cincinnati (8-5, 0-1). The Bearcats’ five losses this season have come against teams ranked in the Top 25 poll.