Kentucky rebounds from loss to Duke
Keldon Johnson and Immanuel Quickley each scored 15 points, Nick Richards grabbed 19 rebounds and No. 2 Kentucky rallied in the second half to beat visiting Southern Illinois 71-59 on Friday night.
The Wildcats (1-1) bounced back from Tuesday night’s 118-84 shellacking by No. 4 Duke, but had to work hard in the second half to overcome the Salukis (0-1).
Richards’ rebounding provided the biggest lift as Kentucky dominated Southern Illinois 48-19 on the glass. He had as many boards as the Salukis’ combined total, surpassing his previous best of 15 last season against Fort Wayne. The Wildcats also shot 47 percent after halftime and limited Southern Illinois to 1-for-7 shooting from three-point range. #6 and Tennessee 10 65: rebounds Grant Williams 87, to lead Louisiana-Lafayette the had host 31 points Volunteers (2-0) past the Ragin’ Cajuns (1-1). #7 Nevada 83, Pacific 61: Caleb Martin scored all of his 22 points in the second half as the host Wolf Pack (2-0) defeated the Tigers (1-1). Anthony Townes scored 13 points to lead Pacific. #8 North Carolina 116, Elon 67: Cameron Johnson and Nassir Little scored 21 points apiece as the Tar Heels (2-0) overwhelmed the host Phoenix (1-1). #11 Auburn 88, #25 Washington 66: Chuma Okeke had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Samir Doughty added 18 points to lead the host Tigers (2-0) past the Huskies (1-1). Jaylen Nowell scored 16 points to lead Washington. #12 Kansas State 56, Kennesaw State 41: Barry Brown and Makol Mawien each scored 15 points to lead the (1-1). Buffalo Massinburg rebounds who second (0-1) #14 host Oregon closed in overtime. half, Wildcats 99, and with had beat #13 81, the Eastern 43 a West the (1-0) visiting 15-4 points Mountaineers Virginia run past Washington Bulls and to the end 14 (1-0), 94: Owls the CJ 47: and (2-0) against Freshman 12 bolted rebounds the Eagles to Bol a and 35-15 Bol (0-2). the had halftime host 23 points Ducks lead #15 59: Isaiah Virginia Wilkins Tech scored and 87, Nickeil Gardner-Webb 21 points Alexander-Walker apiece the Runnin’ as the host Bulldogs Hokies (0-2). (1-0) defeated #18 Peay Mississippi 67: Quinndary State Weatherspoon 95, Austin scored 21 points and Nick Weatherspoon added 19 as the host Bulldogs (1-0) downed the Governors (1-1). Other Top 25 games: Moses Brown and Kris Wilkes scored 17 points apiece to pace No. 21 UCLA (2-0) to a 91-80 win over visiting Long Beach State (0-1) . ... David Skara scored 16 points to help No. 22 Clemson (2-0) win 71-51 over visiting North Carolina Central (0-1) . ... Naz Reid scored 29 points and Tremont Waters had 21 points and 10 assists as No. 23 LSU (2-0) won 97-91 over visiting North Carolina-Greensboro (1-1). Other games: Gary Blakston scored 30 points to lead Prairie View (1-0) to an 81-64 win over host Santa Clara (0-1). Keshawn Justice scored 15 points to lead the Broncos . ... Luguentz Dort scored 25 points as host Arizona State (2-0) prevailed 80-52 over McNeese State (0-2) . ... Jim Calhoun, a Hall of Fame coach who led UConn to three national titles before retiring in 2012, returned to the bench at age 76 and led Division III St. Joseph (Conn.) to a season-opening 79-74 win over William Paterson in Hartford, Conn. WOMEN
Notre Dame rolls in season opener
Arike Ogunbowale scored 30 points as top-ranked Notre Dame opened its national-title defense with a 103-58 victory over Harvard in the season opener for both teams.
Ogunbowale, who hit two buzzer-beaters in the women’s Final Four last spring, made 10 of 21 field-goal attempts and all nine free-throw tries s in 25 minutes.
Jessica Shepard added 28 points and Brianna Turner had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Irish. #3 Asia Louisville Durr scored 75, 24 Chattanooga points as visiting 49: Cardinals (2-0) beat the Mocs (1-1). Other top-10 games: Teaira McCowan had 12 points and 12 rebounds as No. 6 Mississippi State (2-0) won 72-44 over Virginia, spoiling Tina Thompson’s debut as the Cavaliers’ coach . ... Destiny Slocum and Mikayla Pivec scored 15 points apiece to help No. 8 Oregon State (1-0) win 79-54 over visiting Cal Poly (1-1) . ... Taylor Mikesell scored 18 points and Shakira Austin added 12 points and 21 rebounds as No. 9 Maryland (1-0) won 93-36 over visiting Coppin State (0-2). Other games: Shannon Powell scored 17 points to lead host USF (1-0) to an 85-63 win over San Jose State (0-2), which was paced by Analyss Benally’s 14 points .... Sydney Raggio scored 24 points to lead five St. Mary’s players in double figures as the host Gaels (1-0) won 90-84 over Wyoming (1-1) . ... Aari McDonald scored 22 points and Cate Reese added 21 as host Arizona (1-0) rolled 71-46 over Idaho State (1-1).