Jones lifts Texas A & Mover Mississippi

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M, sparked by one spectacular dunk, overcame the loss of two key guards in a 71-60 victory over Mississippi on Saturday.

Jamal Jones, who started his career at Ole Miss before transferring, led the Aggies with 21 points; Jarvis Summers paced the Rebels with 18. Ole Miss star guard Marshall Henderson finished with 16 points.

Meanwhile, the Aggies played without senior Fabyon Harris and freshman Shawn Smith, who’ve traded out starts at shooting guard for much of the season.

HOUSTON 89, TEMPLE 79

TaShawn Taylor scored 24 points, and the Cougars picked up a rare road win with a victory over the Owls in Philadelphia.

It was UH’s third road of win of the season.

Dalton Pepper led Temple with 24 points.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE 65 RICE 41

Shawn Jones had 15 points, and the Blue Raiders rebounded from their first loss in eleven games to lead wire-to-wire in a blowout of the Owls in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Ross Wilson led Rice with had eight points and seven rebounds.

SMU 70 CENTRAL FLORIDA 55

Markus Kennedy scored 18 points, and the No. 23 Mustangs took another step toward their first NCAA Tournament berth in 21 years with a victory over the Knights in Dallas.

TEXAS SOUTHERN 86 ALABAMA ST. 66

D’Aris Scarver scored 21 points, and D’Angelo Scott grabbed 17 rebounds as the Tigers walloped the Hornets at H&PE Arena.

Luther Page scored 14 points for Alabama State.

ALABAMA A&M72 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M65

Nicholas West scored 19 points with four rebounds and six blocks as the Bulldogs defeated the Panthers in Prairie View.

Montrael Scott led Prairie View A&M with 15 points.

ST. THOMAS 96, BACONE 76

Nate McAnelly scored 19 points, Deric Dudley had 17, and Bryan Kaase added 14 points and 12 rebounds as the Celts cruised past the Warriors in Muskogee, Okla.

Matt Qualls led Bacon with 21 points

WEST VIRGINIA 81, TCU 59

Eron Harris scored 18 as the Mountaineers beat the Horned Frogs in Morgantown, W.Va.

TEXAS A&M-CC 65 HOUSTON BAPTIST 45

John Jordan had 22 points as the Islanders overwhelmed the Huskies in Corpus Christi.