college basketball roundup Wednesday’s Top 25 games

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No. 9 Baylor 79, Sam Houston St. 45

WACO, TEXAS

Reserve King McClure scored 14 points and Baylor remained unbeaten. Baylor shot 46.4 percent from the field, including 13 for 31 from 3-point range. On the other end, Sam Houston State missed its first 13 shots while Baylor opened the game on a 10-0 run. The Bears (7-0) limited the Bearkats to 28.6 percent shooting and blocked 11 shots. Al Freeman had 13 points for the Bears, and Ishmail Wainright added 12. Their big frontline players, Jo Lual-Acuil and Johnathan Motley, dominated the boards with 14 rebounds apiece. Sam Houston State (4-3) came in averaging 81.7 points per game, but never got into a rhythm.

No. 14 Louisville 71, No. 15 Purdue 64

LOUISVILLE, KY.

Ray Spalding and Mangok Mathiang each scored 11 points and Donovan Mitchell contributed seven critical points down the stretch to help Louisville hold off Purdue in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Seeking a rebound from their second-half collapse against Baylor in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship when they lost a 22-point lead, the Cardinals held Purdue to a season-low 36 percent shooting but needed key baskets in the final minutes as the Boilermakers cut a 51-33 deficit to four with 14.4 seconds left. Ryan McMahon’s 3-pointer with 4 minutes remaining helped along with Mathiang’s layup with 2:30 left, but Mitchell’s late scoring including a 3 helped the Cardinals (6-1) escape with their first win over Purdue since 1996. Caleb Swanigan had 14 points and 11 rebounds and P.J. Thompson had 13 points, but the Boilermakers (5-2) had their four-game winning streak stopped along with a conference-record seven-game winning streak in the Challenge.

No. 16 Arizona 85, Texas Southern 63

TUCSON, ARIZ.

Lauri Markkanen scored 19 points and hit five 3-pointers, helping Arizona bounce back from its first loss of the season with a rout of Texas Southern. Arizona (6-1) had no letdown after losing to Butler last week, jumping on the Tigers (4-3) from the opening tip. The Wildcats built a 13-point lead in the opening 5 minutes and were up 19 by halftime, cruising to the 37th straight non-conference win at McKale Center. Kobi Simmons had 15 points and Kadeem Allen finished with 14 points and seven assists for Arizona. Markkanen had six rebounds and five assists.

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No. 8 Florida State 75,

Minnesota 61

MINNEAPOLIS

Nicole Ekhomu scored 16 points and Ivey Slaughter had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help Florida State beat Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Reserve center Chatrice White added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Seminoles (7-1). They have won their six straight. Florida State outrebounded Minnesota 51-32, including 23 offensive rebounds — leading to 18 second-chance points. Kenisha Bell scored 17 points for the Gophers (4-3).

No. 16 West Virginia 94, Morehead State 53

MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

Lanay Montgomery scored a career-high 23 points and had 18 rebounds and six blocks for West Virginia. Montgomery became the second player in program history with 20-plus points, 18-plus rebounds and five-plus blocks in a single game. The other was Georgeann Wells in 1984. Tynice Martin added 17 points for West Virginia (8-0). Miranda Crockett had 18 points for Morehead State (5-3).

No. 19 Florida 74, Wofford 51

OCALA, FLA.

Ronni Williams scored a career-high 26 points and had 11 rebounds for Florida. The Gators (5-1) rebounded from a 73-68 loss at Northwestern. Cairo Booker scored nine points for Wofford (3-3).

No. 20 Syracuse 75, Michigan State 64

SYRACUSE, N.Y.

Alexis Peterson had 27 points, six rebounds and five steals in Syracuse’s victory in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge game. Brittney Sykes had 15 points, and Briana Day added 12 for the Orange (5-3). Tori Jankoska had 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Michigan State (6-2).

No. 21 Colorado 112, Southeastern Louisiana 54

BOULDER, COLO.

Kennedy Leonard scored 19 points and Colorado tied the fifth highest-scoring total in program history. Leonard had 14 points in the first half to help Colorado (7-0) take a 52-23 lead. Charliee Dugas led Southeastern Louisiana (2-4) with 12 points

No. 22 Tennessee 86, Tennessee State 36

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Jaime Nared had 16 points and 10 rebounds before sitting out tyhe fourth quarter in Tennessee’s blowout victory. Diamond DeShields added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee. The Vols (4-2) avoided ther first three-game skid since February 1986. Maxine Beard had seven points for Tennessee State (1-5).

Southern California 66, No. 25 Texas A&M 62

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

Kristen Simon had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Sadie Edwards scored 18 points in Southern California’s victory.

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