College Basketball Roundup Recaps of Tuesday’s men’s and women’s games

MEN

No. 22 LSU 85, Memphis 76

BATON ROUGE, LA.

Skylar Mays scored 19 points, transfer Kavell Bigby-Williams added a career-high 14, and No. 22 LSU held off a relentless effort by first-year coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis squad. Each of LSU’s three freshmen starters — Naz Reid, Ja’Vonte Smart and Emmitt Williams — scored 11 points. Williams also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Tigers (3-0), who trailed briefly with about 13 minutes to go before surging ahead for good with a pivotal 12-1 run that included back-to-back 3s by Mays and Reid. Memphis freshman Tyler Harris was 6 of 13 on 3s and finished with 20 points in his second collegiate game. Jeremiah Martin scored 15 points and Kyvon Davenport had 10 for Memphis (1-1), which remained within single digits for most of the game.

WOMEN

No. 13 Iowa 104, Western Kentucky 67

BOWLING GREEN, KY.

Megan Gustafson scored 29 points, making all 13 of her shots, Makenzie Meyer made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points and No. 13 Iowa beat Western Kentucky. Gustafson became the second player in program history to surpass 1,000 career rebounds with six boards in the first half. She scored 12 straight Iowa points spanning the third-quarter break. Hannah Stewart added 14 points for Iowa (3-0), which has its highest ranking since the Feb. 16, 2016. Raneem Elgedawy and Alexis Brewer each scored 14 points — with 26 coming in the first half — for Western Kentucky (0-3).

No. 23 California 70, BYU 52

PROVO, UTAH

Asha Thomas scored 17 points, Kristine Anigwe had 16 points and 12 rebounds and No. 23 California used a big fourth quarter to beat BYU. BYU was within 54-50 with 5:39 remaining in the fourth but Anigwe scored six points during a 10-0 run with two minutes left. Kianna Smith added 16 points for California (3-0). Thomas made two free throws with 45 seconds left in the fourth to reach 1,000 career points. Paisley Johnson led BYU (1-1) with 14 points and Shaylee Gonzales added 13.

Associated Press