OHIO and HORIZON \ Thursday’s games

Kent St. 73, UNC-Greensboro 62.

KENT — Tyree Evans came off the bench for 21 points, leading four Kent St. players in double-digits. The Spartans (1-7) were ahead 32-29 at the half, but Kent State went on a 16-3 run early in the second period and UNC-Greensboro never had the lead again. Evans scored 10 during the run, including two of his five 3-pointers. Brandon Parks had 17 points, Al Fisher scored 11 and Chris Singletary added 10 points, 10 assists and eight steals for the Golden Flashes (5-5). Anthony Simpson had 11 rebounds. Kendall Toney scored 14, including four 3-pointers, for the Spartans. Elhanan Bone had 10 rebounds. The Spartans shot 21-of-56 for 37.5 percent from the field, and went 11-of-13 on free throws. Kent State shot 29-of-56 for 51.8 percent from the field and hit 9-of-14 free throws.

Cincinnati 75, Mississippi State 63

CINCINNATI — Deonta Vaughn led a crushing first-half run, and Cincinnati had one of its best days from behind the 3-point arc, setting up a victory over Mississippi State in the first of two games matching Big East and Southeastern Conference teams. Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury made the trip despite being hospitalized earlier in the week for a viral infection. He had a look of anguish on his face as the Bulldogs got shredded in the first half. Cincinnati (8-2) made a season-high 12 3-pointers, nine of them in the first half. Jarvis Varnado scored a career-high 24 for Mississippi State (7-4).

Horizon

Oakland, Mich. 79, Wis.-Green Bay 76, OT

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Erik Kangas 3-pointer with 52 seconds left in overtime lifted Oakland. Kangas came off a screen, got the ball in the corner and fired his 3-pointer over Green Bay’s Terry Evans, who had blocked Kangas’ shot at the end of regulation to preserve the tie. That gave Oakland a 75-73 lead. The Golden Grizzlies (7-5) then made 4-of-4 free throws in the final 23.2 seconds to hand the Phoenix (6-4) its first home loss of the season.

Associated Press