UH hammers Saint Louis for 7th consecutive victory

ST. LOUIS — Rob Gray was 13-of-13 from the freethrow line and finished with 24 points, and Devin Davis scored 17 on 7-of-8 shooting to help Houston beat Saint Louis 77-58 on Saturday night for its seventh win in a row.

It is Houston’s longest win streak since the Cougars (8-1) won seven straight in the 2012-13 season. They beat the Billikens in St. Louis for the first time since 1990 and snapped a six-game skid against their former Conference USA rival.

Five different Houston players scored during an 11-0 run that made it 25-20 with nearly six minutes left in the first half and the Cougars led the rest of the way. Davell Roby answered with a layup, but Saint Louis missed its next 10 field-goal attempts, and Gray hit a jumper to give Houston a 45-30 lead with 14 minutes to go.

The Billikens (4-5) trailed by double figures the rest of the way. BAYLOR 105, RANDALL 82

Nuni Omot scored 30 points while Jo Lual-Acuil and freshman Tristan Clark notched doubledoubles, leading the No. 23 Bears over the Saints in Baylor’s return to Fort Hood.

Lual-Acuil had 19 points and 16 rebounds, Clark added 16 points and 11 boards, and King McClure scored 23 for the Bears (7-2), who had lost two straight games. It was the third straight year Baylor had played at the sprawling Army post about an hour from the Waco campus.

Trey Sneed scored 29 points for Randall (5-9), a small Oklahoma school in the National Christian College Athletic Association. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 81 RICE 62

Kevon Harris scored a career-high 31 points, and the Lumberjacks forced 27 turnovers to rout the Owls in Nacogdoches.

Harris was 11-of-19 from the floor and made a career-best eight 3-pointers. Shannon Bogues had 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting and made all six of his free throws for Stephen F. Austin (9-1), which has won five straight and is 7-0 at home.

Robert Martin and Connor Cashaw each had 13 points to lead Rice (2-7), which has lost five of its last six games. UTSA 87 HOUSTON BAPTIST 71

Freshman Keaton Wallace made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 24 points, and Byron Frohnen added 18 to spark the Roadrunners (6-5) to a victory over the Huskies in San Antonio.

Freshman David Caraher notched career highs of 30 points and 16 rebounds for Houston Baptist (3-7). LAMAR 112 HOWARD PAYNE 56

Josh Nzeakor and reserve Nick Garth scored 18 points apiece, and the Cardinals doubled up the Division III Yellow Jackets in Beaumont.

Colton Weisbrod finished with 17 points and seven rebounds for Lamar (8-1), which upped its winning streak to five and is off to its best start since the 1992-93 season. TCU 84, NEVADA 80

Jaylen Fisher scored 20 points, and the No. 20 Horned Frogs defeated the 22nd-ranked Wolf Pack in the Hall of Fame Basketball Classic late Friday night at Los Angeles, improving to 10-0 extending its nation’sbest winning streak to 15 games. HUSTON-TILLOTSON 85 ST. THOMAS 77

Ray Edwards scored 23 points, and the Rams defeated the Celts at Jerabeck Gym.

Bryon Makel scored 18 points to lead St. Thomas (5-4, 0-2 Red River Athletic Conference).