TUESDAY’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES
Marquette pulls ‘Shaka’ with rout of No. 6 Bears
MILWAUKEE — Olivier-maxence Prosper scored 24 points and Marquette capitalized on a dominant start from its defense to roll past No. 6 Baylor 96-70 on Tuesday night in the Big 12-Big East Battle.
Marquette (6-2) raced to a 51-25 halftime lead thanks to a 24-0 edge in points off turnovers. Baylor (5-2) already had a season-high 16 turnovers by halftime and finished with 20.
The margin never dropped below 22 points in the second half.
This was the highest-ranked team Marquette has beaten under second-year coach Shaka Smart. Marquette owns a
7-6 record against AP Top 25 teams under Smart.
■ No. 1 Houston 100, Norfolk State 52: At Houston, Marcus Sasser scored 25 points, Tramon Mark added 16 points and the Cougars dominated in their first game as the top-ranked team in nearly 40 years. Houston, which was playing as the No. 1 team for the first time since March 14, 1983, donned their 1980s throwback uniforms. Houston (7-0) was 17 of 33 on 3-pointers, including going 10 of 18 in the first half against Norfolk State (5-3).
■ No. 3 Virginia 70, Michigan 68: At Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jayden Gardner made a go-ahead jumper with 39.9 seconds left and blocked Jett Howard’s 3-point shot just before the buzzer, allowing the Cavaliers to hold on in the ACC/BIG Ten Challenge. Reece Beekman led Virginia (6-0) with 18 points. Hunter Dickinson led all scorers with 23 for Michigan (5-2).
■ No. 16 Illinois 73, Syracuse 44: At Champaign, Illinois, Coleman Hawkins had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as the Illini rolled in the ACC/BIG Ten Challenge. Neither team shot well, but Illinois (6-1) hit 6 of its 15 3-point attempts in the second half to send the Orange (3-4) home with their third straight loss.
■ No. 19 Kentucky 60, Bellarmine 41:
At Lexington, Kentucky, Antonio Reeves scored 18 points to pace the Wildcats. Jacob Toppin had 12 points and CJ Fredrick finished with 11 as Kentucky (5-2) overcame a slow start against the Knights (2-6).
■ No. 22 Maryland 79, Louisville 54: At Louisville, Kentucky, Donta Scott scored 18 points and the Terrapins made five consecutive 3-pointers to open the second half in a runaway victory over the winless Cardinals in the ACC/BIG Ten Challenge. The Terrapins (7-0) led throughout, including 37-26 at halftime. El Ellis scored 15 points for the Cardinals (0-7).
Mountain West
■ No. 24 San Diego State 72, UC Irvine 69: At San Diego, Micah Parrish hit a 3-pointer from the left corner with 2.4 seconds left to give the Aztecs a comefrom-behind win. Nathan Mensah scored 18 points to lead San Diego State, which was looking to rebound after consecutive defeats to Arizona and Arkansas at the Maui Invitational last week. DJ Davis scored 28 points to lead the Anteaters (6-2).
■ Boise State 55, Cal State Northridge 46: At Boise, Idaho, Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 19 points as the Mountain West Broncos (5-2) beat the Matadors (1-5).
Women’s Top 10
No. 1 South Carolina 73, No. 15 UCLA 64: At Columbia, South Carolina, Aliyah Boston had 18 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks as the Gamecocks rallied from 10 points down to beat the Bruins. Boston took a hard fall in the second half of a win over Hampton on Sunday, but she started and played 35 minutes against the Bruins (7-1) to help the Gamecocks (7-0) overcome a 31-21 deficit right before halftime to win their 17th straight over a ranked opponent.
■ No. 8 Iowa State 93, Southern Illinois-edwardsville 43: At Ames, Iowa: Lexi Donarski scored 22 points as the Cyclones (6-1) rebounded from their first loss of the season and routed the Cougars (0-6).