College Baskeball Roundup: Monday’s other games

NIT

Dayton 55, Illinois St. 48

NORMAL, Ill. — Dayton went on a 17-0 second-half run to break open a close game. Brian Roberts led Dayton (23-10) with 16 points. The Flyers trailed 32-28 with 17:03 left before Illinois State (25-10) went more than 10 minutes without scoring. The Redbirds missed 12 straight shots before Dinma Odiakosa’s basket with 6:38 left ended the drought. Odiakosa led the Redbirds with 14 points. Illinois State closed the gap to 51-47 with 57 seconds left, but couldn’t get closer. Dayton freshman forward Chris Wright, who had been out since Jan. 9 with a broken bone in his right ankle, scored eight points. Roberts sank 4-of-6 attempts from 3-point range. Osiris Eldridge, who led Illinois State by averaging 16 points a game, made his first shot, a 3-pointer, before missing his next 13 attempts. Eldridge finished with 10 points. Eldridge sat out the final 9:25 of the first half after picking up his second foul. Illinois State did most of its damage inside in the first half, outscoring the Flyers 18-6 in the paint as the Redbirds had 10 assists on their 12 baskets.

CBI

Virginia 80, Old Dominion 76

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Sean Singletary scored six points in the waning seconds to give Virginia the victory. A 3-pointer by Singletary with six seconds left tied the score at 75-75. Singletary then hit a layup and hit a free throw after a steal with four seconds left to give Virginia the lead for good at 78-75. Singletary finished with 22 points. Mamadi Diane had 14 points for Virginia and Jamil Tucker scored 11. Brian Henderson led Old Dominion with 26 points.

Bradley 79, Ohio 73

PEORIA, Ill. — Andrew Warren scored 16 of his game-high 22 points, and Jeremy Crouch had 13 of his 15 points after the break, as Bradley (19-15) used a 21-3 burst to overcome a 63-49 deficit with 9:09 remaining. Leon Williams led Ohio (20-13) with 20 points and 13 rebounds and Bubba Walther scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, for the Bobcats.

Associated Press