Richmond shocks Kentucky at Rupp
Richmond 76, No. 10 Kentucky 64: Blake Francis and Nathan Cayo powered Richmond (2-0) to the program’s first road victory over an Associated Press top-10 team, rallying in the second half to beat host Kentucky (1-1) on Sunday.
The Spiders had been 0-25 against top 10 teams and trailed 36-30 just after halftime.
Francis and Cayo each finished with 18 points, many coming during a series of small scoring runs that pushed Richmond ahead.
A 9-0 burst gave the Spiders the lead, and a 7-0 stretch made it 58-46 with 7:43 remaining.
No. 2 Baylor 86, Washington 52: Jared Butler scored 20 points and Baylor (2-0) won again without coach Scott Drew, beating Washington (0-1) in Las Vegas.
Assistant coach Jerome Tang is directing the Bears with Drew in a 10-day isolation period after testing positive for COVID-19.
No. 11 Creighton 69, North Dakota State 58: Christian Bishop scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half, Antwann Jones fueled the decisive run in the first half, and host Creighton opened the season with a victory over North Dakota State (0-3).
Jones scored nine of his 11 points in succession as Creighton turned an early deficit into a lead, and Bishop had nine points in the first five minutes of the second half as the Bluejays went up by 23 points.
No. 17 Houston 64, No. 14 Texas Tech 53: Marcus Sasser scored 17 points playing close to home, Quentin Grimes added 15 and Houston (3-0) never trailed in a victory over Texas Tech (2-1) in a neutral-site Texas meeting. Sasser, whose career high of 26 points came at SMU in Dallas as a freshman last season, was 5 of15 from the field as the Cougars overcame 35% shooting at Dickies Arena. That’s where they are set to play in the American Athletic Conference tournament this season near downtown Fort Worth and not far from the Dallas suburb where Sasser grew up.
No. 18 Arizona State 100, Houston Baptist 77: Marcus Bagley scored 21 points, fellow freshman Josh Christopher added 17 and Arizona State (2-1) used a huge first-half run to rout Houston Baptist (0-2).
The Sun Devils played without starting guard Alonzo Verge for unspecified reasons in their home opener.
No. 23 Ohio State 74, UMass-Lowell 64: Duane Washington Jr. scored 21 points, including a key late 3-pointer, and Ohio State (2-0) rallied three times from a second-half deficit to defeat UMass-Lowell (1-2).
No. 24 Rutgers 70, Hofstra 56: Ron Harper Jr. had 15 points and nine rebounds, Jacob Young had 17 points and host Rutgers (3-0) beat Hofstra (0-1).
No. 25 Michigan 81, Oakland 71 (OT): Isaiah Livers scored 22 points and Hunter Dickinson had all 19 of his points after halftime, helping No. 25 Michigan (2-0) outlast Oakland (0-4) in overtime.