Abron is shaping up as TCU stymies HBU

FORT WORTH — For TCU coach Trent Johnson, it wasn’t about the career-high 19 points his senior Devonta Abron posted Thursday night.

The positive in the Horned Frogs’ 90-63 victory over Houston Baptist was Abron proving he is in basketball shape.

“It was nice to see Devonta play 22 minutes and show some glimpses of getting back into basketball shape,” Johnson said. “I’m not worrying about the scoring because he had a bigger size mismatch. I’m talking about being able to run the floor and get into shape.”

The senior came off the bench in 28 games for the Horned Frogs (2-0) last season, averaging 2.9 points.

“I saw him out there hedging on balls and able to recover and run the floor and those kind of things,” Johnson said.

Anthony Odunsi had 14 points for HBU (1-2).

CLEMSON 76, TSU 66

Jaron Blossomgame led Clemson with 22 points en route to a 20-point victory over Texas Southern at Greenville, S.C.

Clemson (3-0) built an eight-point lead with just under 16 minutes to play and never trailed.

Texas Southern (0-3) led 33-31 at halftime behind 7-of-17 shooting from 3-point range but was outscored 21-4 over the first 10 minutes of the second half.

Malcom Riley led TSU with a game-high 23 points.

TEXAS A&M 95, A&M-CC 70

Tonny Trocha-Morelos scored a career-high 15 points as the Aggies defeated the visiting Islanders.

Trocha-Morelos opened with 6-of-6 shooting, including three 3-pointers for 3-0 Texas A&M.

UTAH 73, TEXAS TECH 63

Lorenzo Bonam scored a season-high 20 points to help the No. 16 Utes hold off the Red Raiders in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff in San Juan.

Jordan Loveridge added 18 points for Utah, which squandered much of a 12-point, first-half lead but kept turning away every comeback bid from Texas Tech (1-1) to stay in front. Devaugntah Williams scored 13 points to lead the Red Raiders.

ARIZONA 88, BOISE ST. 76

Gabe York scored a career-high 23 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead four players in double figures and the No. 12 Wildcats pulled away in the second half to beat the Broncos for their 41st consecutive home-court win.

VIRGINIA 82, BRADLEY 57

Anthony Gill scored 16 points, Malcolm Brogdon had 13 and the No. 6 Cavaliers bounced back from their first loss of the season with a victory over the Braves at the Charleston (S.C.) Classic.

Women

BAYLOR 66, S. FLORIDA 63

Niya Johnson had 10 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the fifth-ranked and 3-0 Lady Bears held on to beat the No. 19 Bulls at Waco to advance to the preseason WNIT championship game.

Courtney Williams had 23 points for South Florida (2-1) but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.

LONG BEACH ST. 47 HOUSTON 41

The Cougars fell behind by 11 at the end of the first quarter and never could catch up in a non-conference loss to the 49ers at Hofheinz Pavilion.

Alicia Smith and Jessieka Palmer each scored eight points for UH (0-2).