Unranked Florida Gulf Coast shocks No. 7 Florida Atlantic
Dunk City has pulled off another surprise.
A decade or so removed from making the Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed, Florida Gulf Coast made a splash again Saturday night — this time taking down a Florida Atlantic team that made the Final Four last season and was ranked No. 7 in the country this week.
Zach Anderson scored 21 points, Dallion Johnson added 18 and the Eagles beat the visiting Owls 7268. FAU became the highest-ranked opponent FGCU has beaten in its history; that “Dunk City” crew beat then-No. 8 Georgetown in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tourney.
FGCU (6-9) never trailed in the game's final 34 minutes. The Eagles came into the game as 17-point underdogs and needed overtime to beat NAIA member Florida Memorial last week.
Vladislav Goldin scored 21 points for FAU (10-3) — a team that beat then-No. 4 Arizona last weekend.
NO. 2 KANSAS 86, WICHITA ST. 67 » Hunter Dickinson had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and the Jayhawks routed the Shockers (8-5) in Kansas City, Mo. in the first matchup between the in-state rivals in nearly nine years.
Kevin McCullar Jr. scored 20 points for the Jayhawks (12-1), who have won 25 straight games in December.
Kansas and Wichita State first played in 1908, but, despite being separated by just 161 miles, the schools have met only 16 times over the years, including a pair of NCAA Tournament games.
NO. 3 HOUSTON 81, PENN 42 » L.J. Cryer scored 16 points and Jamal Shead had 14, leading the host Cougars to the runaway win over the Quakers (8-6).
Cryer scored 12 points in the first half as Houston (130) jumped to an 18-0 lead and led 39-17 at the break. Cryer scored his 1,000th career collegiate point between Baylor and Houston on a 3-pointer with 14:15 left in the first half.
The Cougars forced 22 turnovers, which they converted into 25 points. Houston also held a 42-28 rebounding advantage.
NO. 10 MARQUETTE 72, NO. 22 CREIGHTON 67 » Sean Jones and Tyler Kolek each scored 15 points and the Golden Eagles tied a Big East record with their 20th consecutive home conference victory.
The only other Big East teams to win 20 straight home games were Pittsburgh from 2002-04, Notre Dame from 2006-09 and Marquette from 2012-14.
Marquette (11-3, 2-1) has won 19 straight home games overall.
Creighton (9-4, 0-2) lost for the third time in four games.
NO. 14 BYU 94, WYOMING 68 » Trevin Knell and Noah Waterman each scored 17 points, leading the Cougars to the home win.
Waterman also had eight rebounds for BYU, and Atiki Ally Atiki had 14 points and eight boards.
The Cougars (12-1) scored 16 points off turnovers and knocked down 14 3-pointers in their fourth straight win.
Sam Griffin led Wyoming with 25 points. The Cowboys (7-6) lost their 14th straight game in the series with BYU.
NO. 16 DUKE 106, QUEENS 69 » Jared McCain scored a season-high 24 points, and the host Blue Devils beat the Royals (6-9) for their fourth consecutive victory.
Duke (9-3) also got a big game from Kyle Filipowski, who had 19 points and five blocked shots. Mark Mitchell added 10 points and eight rebounds.
NO. 20 JAMES MADISON 82, TEXAS STATE 65 » T.J. Bickerstaff had 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, leading the Dukes (13-0, 1-0
Sun Belt) at home over the Bobcats (6-7, 0-1).
James Madison is 13-0 for the first time in program history.
Women
Caitlin Clark became the Big Ten's all-time assist leader and fourth-ranked Iowa beat visiting Minnesota (11-2, 1-1 Big Ten).
Clark had 10 assists, giving her 904 in her career. She also scored 35 point for Iowa (13-1, 2-0).
Clark, who recorded her sixth double-double of the season and 49th of her career, moved into fifth place all-time on the NCAA Division I career scoring list with 3,149 points. She also became the first Division I player — man or woman — to have 3,000-plus points, 900 or more assists and 800 or more rebounds in a career.
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 73, EAST CAROLINA 36 » Kamilla Cardoso had 12 points and 10 rebounds and the visiting Gamecocks (12-0) routed the Pirates.
Danae McNeal, the leading scorer for ECU (7-4), came in averaging 19.5 points. But she missed her first eight shots and finished with five points on 2-for-16 shooting.
NO. 10 BAYLOR 85, NO. 5 TEXAS 79 » Jada Walker scored 19 points and the Bears (120) opened Big 12 play with a road win over the Longhorns, who played their first game without injured point guard Rori Harmon.
Baylor has won 14 in a row at Texas (13-1).
Longhorns freshman Madison Booker had 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in taking over the point-guard duties for Harmon, who was lost for the season when she tore a knee ligament in practice this week.