San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
Virginia Tech beats Villanova in overtime
Keve Aluma scored 22 points, Nahiem Alleyne added 20 and Virginia Tech upset No. 3 Villanova 8173 in overtime Saturday night in a bubble tournament in Uncasville, Conn.
Tyrece Radford added eight points and 13 rebounds for the Hokies (20). They didn’t know they would be playing the nation’s thirdranked team until early Friday morning.
Collin Gillespie scored 18 of his 25 points in the first half for Villanova (21). Caleb Daniels added 17 points, and Jeremiah RobinsonEarl finished with 14.
Virginia Tech took the lead at 6462 with 1.3 seconds remaining on a traditional threepoint play by Aluma, who scored on a beautiful assist from Cartier Diarra in the lane, and then unintentionally made the free throw. Villanova’s Justin Moore then drew a charge on Justyn Mutts on the inbounds play and Moore’s two foul shots sent the game into overtime tied at 64.
Mutts made up for that mistake by scoring the first five points in extra time and the Hokies never relinquished the lead, outscoring the Wildcats 179 in the extra frame.
The Hokies were supposed to face Temple on Saturday, but the Owls were forced to pause team activities for two weeks on Thanksgiving after a positive coronavirus test in the program. That meant canceling not only Saturday’s game, but a contest that had been scheduled for Thursday at Villanova.
That left both the Hokies and the Wildcats at the Mohegan Sun looking for a game.
Santa Clara 73, Nicholls State 57: Josip Vrankic collected game highs of 28 points and 15 rebounds as the hosts captured the Bronco Invitational title with a victory at Leavey Center. Vrankic hit 9 of 19 shots from the field for the Broncos (3-0). The Colonels fell to 2-1. Keshawn Justice added 14 points and six rebounds for Santa Clara. Center Jaden Bediako had eight points and 10 rebounds, while Christian Carlyle contributed eight points and eight boards.
#2 Baylor 112, Louisiana-Lafayette 82: MaCio Teague scored 21 points and the Bears won their delayed season opener in Las Vegas. Baylor, which adjusted its opening schedule after coach Scott Drew tested positive for the coronavirus, shot 45-for-80 (56.3%) from the floor, including 15-for-27 (55.6%) from 3-point range. Cedric Russell led the Ragin Cajuns (0-1) with 26 points.
#9 Duke 81, Coppin State 71: Freshman Jalen Johnson had 19 points, 19 rebounds and four blocks to help the Blue Devils overcome a turnover-filled performance and beat the Eagles in the delayed season opener for both teams in Durham, N.C. The 6-foot-9 Johnson made all eight of his shots from the field, including a 3-pointer, and both of his free throws while also tallying five assists.
#13 Michigan State 80, Notre Dame 70: Aaron Henry had 14 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and three assists to help the Spartans beat the Fighting Irish. Michigan State (2-0) closed the first half with a 17-0 run over seven-plus minutes and scored the first nine points of the second half to take a 22-point lead.
USC 76, Montana 62: Drew Peterson scored 13 points as the host Trojans got points from all 10 of their players. Peterson joined the Trojans (2-0) this season after transferring from Rice, where he played two years. Evan Mobley followed up his 21-point, nine-rebound college debut on Wednesday with 11 points and six rebounds.