Gonzaga cruises past Loyola Marymount
LOS ANGELES — Filip Petrusev scored 16 points, Corey Kispert had 15 and No. 1 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 87-62 on Saturday.
It was the Bulldogs’ 31st straight regular-season win in West Coast Conference play, tying them with the San Francisco squads led by Bill Russell and K.C. Jones for the second-longest streak in conference history. Pepperdine has the record at 32.
Gonzaga (18-1, 4-0) put five players in double figures. Ryan Woolridge scored 13, and Admon Gilder added 12.
Eli Scott paced Loyola Marymount (7-10, 1-2) with 20 points.
DUKE 90, WAKE FOREST 59
Tre Jones scored 23 points to lead host Duke to the runaway victory.
Cassius Stanley added 16 points for the Blue Devils (15-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 53 percent from the field.
AUBURN 82, GEORGIA 60
Samir Doughty had 17 points, and host Auburn shot 53 percent from the field in the win.
The Tigers (15-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) surged with a 40-13 run after falling behind early to the Bulldogs (10-5, 0-2), a stretch that extended into the second half.
INDIANA 66, OHIO ST. 54
Devonte Green scored 19 points, Rob Phinisee had 13 in his first start of the season, and host Indiana handed Ohio State its fourth straight loss.
The Hoosiers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) earned their second straight win despite going 20 for 36 at the line. Phinisee had four of the team’s 11 steals.
Andre Wesson scored 15 points for Ohio State (11-5, 1-4),
LOUISVILLE 67 NOTRE DAME 64
Jordan Nwora scored 20 points, and Louisville edged Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
Reserve guard Ryan McMahon scored 17 points for the Cardinals (13-3, 4-1 ACC), who won their second straight. Dwayne Sutton had 10 points and 14 rebounds.
John Mooney had 15 points and 19 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (10-6, 1-4).
KENTUCKY 76, ALABAMA 67
Immanuel Quickley scored the game’s final five points and finished with
19, and host Kentucky topped Alabama for its 1,000th Southeastern Conference victory.
The Wildcats (12-3, 3-0), who are 1,000-281 overall in SEC play, led by 15 early in the second half before a cold stretch allowed the Crimson Tide to climb within 63-60 with just over five minutes remaining. But Quickley stepped up down the stretch.
Herbert Jones had 18 points for the Crimson Tide (8-7, 1-2).
DAYTON 88 MASSACHUSETTS 60
Obi Toppin scored 16 points before leaving with an ankle injury early in the second half, and the Flyers pulled away for the win in Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10) took control right away, building a 20-point lead, and remained unbeaten at home.
Toppin got tangled with Samba Diallo at midcourt and went down hard at 15:13 of the second half.
UMass (7-9, 1-2) never recovered from the Flyers’ opening surge. Tre Mitchell led the Minutemen with 16 points.
VILLANOVA 80 GEORGETOWN 66
Villanova’s Saddiq Bey hit eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points in Philadelphia.
Bey, a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward, was 10 for 15 from the floor, including 8 of 10 on 3-pointers. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl scored 14 points, and Collin Gillespie had 11 for the Wildcats (12-3, 3-1 Big East).
Qudus Wahab led Georgetown with 13 points. The Hoyas (11-6, 1-3) missed 11 of 16 3-pointers.
SYRACUSE 63 VIRGINIA 55 (OT)
Buddy Boeheim scored nine of his 14 points in overtime and Syracuse got the win on the road.
The Orange scored 20 points in the extra period after netting just 19 in the second half.
Freshman Joe Girard had 19 points for Syracuse (9-7, 2-3 ACC), and Elijah Hughes had 18.
WISCONSIN 58 PENN ST. 49
Micah Potter scored 18 of his career-high 24 points in the first half and grabbed 13 rebounds, leading Wisconsin to the victory in State College,
Pa.
Brad Davison had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Badgers (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten), who bounced back nicely after losing 71-70 to Illinois on Wednesday night.
It was a successful start to a key stretch for Wisconsin, which hosts No. 12 Maryland on Tuesday night and visits No. 8 Michigan State on Friday.
Lamar Stevens had 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Nittany Lions (12-4,
2-3).