Times Standard (Eureka)

Terry’s double-double helps Stanford stay undefeated

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Tyrell Terry had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Stanford whipped Oklahoma 73-54 in the Hall of Fame Classic on Monday night in Kansas City, Mo.

Spencer Jones finished with 13 points and Oscar Da Silva had 11 to go with nine rebounds.

The Cardinal scored the first 17 points of the game, including nine from Terry. It took six minutes for the Sooners to score their first points.

Oklahoma scored the next 10 points, cutting the deficit to just seven midway through the first half. It never got any closer.

Terry had 16 points and nine rebounds in the first half when the Cardinal (7-0) led 37-24.

Austin Reaves had 17 points for the Sooners (5-1).

Both shot 38% but the Cardinal had 10 3-pointers and was 13 of 19 from the foul line while Oklahoma made four treys and was just 4 of 13 at the line.

The Cardinal outscored the Sooners 15-0 on secondchan­ce points and had a 5132 rebounding advantage.

Stanford faces Butler for the Hall of Fame Classic title tonight.

NO. 3 SPARTANS LOSE >> Landers Nolley II hit a big 3-pointer in the final minute and scored 22 points, helping Virginia Tech hold off No. 3 Michigan State 7166 at the Maui Invitation­al in Lahaina, Hawaii.

The teams grinded through a back-and-forth second half. The Hokies (60) — projected 14th out of 15 ACC teams in the league’s preseason poll — went up 10 with 4 ½ minutes left before Michigan State (32) fought back within one.

Nolley responded with a 3 for a 68-64 lead with 47 seconds left, and Virginia Tech made enough free throws down the stretch to earn the marquee win in coach Mike Young’s first season.

Virginia Tech will face Dayton in today’s semifinals.

NO. 17 TENNESSEE CONTINUES HOME STREAK >> Lamonte’ Turner had 17 points and 12 assists as Tennessee beat Chattanoog­a 58-46 to extend the longest active home winning streak in Division I to 30 games.

Tennessee (5-0) hasn’t lost at Thompson-Boling Arena since a 94-84 defeat to Auburn on Jan. 2, 2018.

ARKANSAS WINS WITH 3 LATE IN OVERTIME >> Mason Jones banked in a 3-pointer from the right wing with one-tenth of a second left in overtime, helping Arkansas stay unbeaten with a 62-61 victory over Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Georgia Tech took its first lead since the midway point of the first half on James Banks’ short turnaround jumper with 22.3 seconds remaining, but Arkansas did not call timeout before Jones launched 25-footer to send the Yellow Jackets to their second straight loss.

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