King’s big second half topples Texas
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Jordan King scored 17 of her 25 points after halftime while Marquette held third-ranked Texas to 31 percent shooting to beat the Longhorns 68-61 in Saturday's first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
It marked the highestranked opponent the Golden Eagles have beaten in program history.
The Golden Eagles (4-0) led this one by 13 in the third quarter, then held on when the Longhorns (1-2) made a push back in the game. Texas twice managed to get within a single point, only to see the 5-foot-11 King respond each time to keep her team in control.
She opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer and a layup after the Longhorns had gotten to within 42-41, then came through with a jumper and a pair of free throws when the Longhorns climbed again to within a single point at 47-46.
She also made 6 of 7 free throws after halftime, including four in the final two minutes as Texas repeatedly tried to take the lead.
Sonya Morris scored 13 points to lead Texas, which again played without star Rori Harmon due to an injury that has left her day-to-day.
Marquette's Liza Karlen snagged the final rebound and held the ball as the clock expired, then hugged teammates on the court as the players on the bench ran out to midcourt to join them. Moments later, several members of the Golden Eagles had made their way into the stands to hug and celebrate with fans, family and friends who made the trip to the Atlantis resort.
GONZAGA 79
NO. 6 LOUISVILLE 67
Eliza Hollingsworth scored 18 points while Kaylynne Troung had a big performance in overtime to help the Bulldogs upset the Cardinals in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Truong scored 10 of her 16 points in the OT for the Bulldogs (4-0), who dominated the extra period in the second straight top-10 upset of the tournament's evening slate.
NO. 11 TENNESSEE 94 RUTGERS 54
Rickea Jackson scored 26 points while Jordan Horston added 12 in her return from injury as the Volunteers beat the Scarlet Knights in the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Tennessee (2-2) was off to its first 1-2 start since the 1981-82 season. But the Volunteers made 13 of their first 21 shots to have Rutgers (3-2) doubled up at 38-19 midway through the second quarter.
DRAKE 80
NO. 22 NEBRASKA 62
Katie Dinnebier had 18 points and six assists, Maggie Bair added 17 points and nine rebounds, and the Bulldogs upset the Cornhuskers in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sarah Beth Gueldner had 16 points and four 3-pointers for Drake (2-1).
Men’s games
NO. 21 DAYTON 60 ROBERT MORRIS 51
DaRon Holmes II scored 18 points and the Flyers shook off a loss at unranked UNLV with a win victory over the coldshooting Colonials in Dayton, Ohio.
Mustapha Amzil came
off the bench to add 12 points for Dayton (3-1), which shot 42.1 percent from the field, compared with 34.5 percent for Robert Morris.
Enoch Cheeks scored 15 points and Josh Corbin added 12 to lead Robert Morris (2-2), which had won two straight games.
The Colonials pulled to within six, 41-35, on Corbin's 3-pointer with 12:41 left in the game, but Dayton regained command with a 7-0 run that started with back-to-back dunks by Toumani Camara and Holmes before Amzil connected on a 3-pointer with 7:59 remaining.
RICE 96
WESTERN MICHIGAN 88
Travis Evee scored 31 points and added six assists as the Owls beat the Broncos at home.
Rice (3-2) had a 20point night from Quincy Olivari, and Max Fiedler added 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists against Western Michigan (1-3).
SMU 55, EVANSVILLE 47
Zhruic Phelps scored 15 points as the Mustangs beat the Purple Aces in Dallas.
Phelps added five rebounds for SMU (2-2). Zach Nutall scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Efe Odigie finished 4 of 10 from the floor to finish with 10 points, while adding 11 rebounds.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 84 HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 77
Andrei Savrasov scored 15 points, one of five Eagles in double figures in a road win over the Huskies.
Bonke Maring led Houston Christian (1-4) with 24 points and added four rebounds. Brycen Long added 22 points for the Huskies.
MIAMI 74, PROVIDENCE 64
Norchad Omier had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Hurricanes to a win over the Friars for coach Jim Larrañaga's 700th victory.
Isaiah Wong had 18 points, three rebounds, three steals, three assists and three turnovers for Miami (4-0).
Nijel Pack added 11 points.
Bryce Hopkins led Providence (3-1) with 16 points.
SYRACUSE 76 NORTHEASTERN 48
Orange coach Jim Boeheim reached his 1,000th career victory with a win over the Huskies.
Joe Girard had a gamehigh 21 points and five 3-pointers for the Orange (2-1). Jesse Edwards added 19 points and seven rebounds and freshman Judah Mintz scored 18 points.