Cardenas carries SJSU to victory in Paradise Jam
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Alvaro Cardenas scored 23 points to lead San Jose State to a 7152 victory over Hampton on Monday in the fifthplace game of the Paradise Jam.
The Spartans (4-2) had to overcome a 33-29 halftime deficit against the Pirates (2-4).
Tibet Gorener scored 15 points and Myron Amey Jr. contributed 12 points while adding five rebounds and three steals for San Jose State.
NO. 7 TENNESSEE 73 SYRACUSE 56
Dalton Knecht scored 17 points and Josiah-Jordan James and Jonas Aidoo each recorded a doubledouble to lead the Volunteers over the Orange in the opening round of the Maui Invitational at Honolulu.
Tennessee (4-0) shot 50% (13 of 26) from the field in the second half to pull away from the Orange (3-1), who shot 35% (21 of 60) for the game.
Knecht, one of three fifth-year players for Tennessee, had 15 points by halftime. He left the game at the 10:20 mark of the second half with an apparent left leg injury, but returned to the contest in the closing minutes.
James had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Aidoo had 14 points with 11 boards.
Chris Bell scored 16 points and Judah Mintz had 15 to lead Syracuse.
KANSAS STAYS AT NO. 1
Kansas' comeback win in a marquee matchup kept the Jayhawks firmly entrenched atop the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll on Monday while Miami climbed to its highest ranking in nearly five years.
The Jayhawks stayed at No. 1 and Miami climbed to No. 10 to replace a tumbling Florida Atlantic in the only major change at the top of the rankings.
Kansas (3-0) rallied from 14 down to beat Kentucky in last week's Champions Classic, led by a huge game from transfer Hunter Dickinson in its lone game of the week.
Women CAL 76, FLORIDA A&M 38
Leilani McIntosh hit five 3-pointers while scoring 25 points to lead the unbeaten Golden Bears to an easy victory at Tallahassee, Fla.
Marta Suarez added 16 points for Cal (5-0) and Ugonne Onyiah pulled down 18 rebounds.
MARYLAND’S RUN ENDS
Maryland's 13-year run in the Associated Press women's basketball poll has come to an end after a week that saw more chaos in the Top 25.
The Terrapins had been ranked for 251 consecutive weeks — the second longest active streak behind No. 6 Connecticut — before falling out on Monday. Maryland had been in every poll since the start of the 2010-11 season, but lost to the Huskies by 32 on Thursday before edging Syracuse on Sunday. It was the sixth-longest run ever in the AP Top 25.
South Carolina remained the No. 1 team, becoming the unanimous choice this week.