Men's Basketball

The American Today: No. 22/NR SMU remains undefeated with 98-44 win over UNH

Standings


Results

UCF 88, Illinois-Chicago 58 Recap Box Score
Memphis 80, Southeast Missouri State 65  Recap Box Score
No. 22/NR SMU 98, New Hampshire 44 Recap Box Score
South Carolina 81, USF 63 Recap Box Score
Wisconsin 76, Temple 60 Recap Box Score
Georgia Tech 76, Tulane 68 Recap Box Score
Oral Roberts 70, Tulsa 68 Recap Box Score


Highlights

- UCF's bench scored exactly half of the team's total points in their 88-58 win over Illinois-Chicago at CFE Arena. Senior Daiquan Walker led the Knights with 21 points, while junior Justin McBride added 14. A.J. Davis added 12 points for the Knights, while Tacko Fall added 10. The Knights tallied 13 total blocks on the night, which is tied for third in UCF single-game history. Staphon Blair, Chad Brown and Fall each swatted three shots.

- Freshman Dedric Lawson scored a career-high 28 points on 12-for-18 shooting and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Memphis men's basketball team past Southeast Missouri State 80-65 at FedExForum. Senior Shaq Goodwin finished with 20 points and six boards, while Ricky Tarrant added with 15 points and 10 assists. Junior Avery Woodson chipped in 10 points and a career-high six assists. The Tigers (31-of-64) shot 48 percent from the field and limited SEMO to 24-for-60 (40 percent) for the game. Memphis had a 38-35 edge in rebounds and turned 14 turnovers into 21 points.

- Senior Keith Frazier led No. 22/NR SMU (6-0) with 23 points and a season-high eight rebounds, in a 98-44 victory over New Hampshire. Frazier tied his career-high in scoring and broke his career record for 3-pointers in a game, with six. Freshman Shake Milton added 20 points for the Mustangs, who led 50-20 at halftime after shooting 60 percent from the field, to the Wildcats' 23.3 percent. SMU closed the game on a 28-3 run over the final nine minutes.

- USF fell to South Carolina, 81-63 at Colonial Life Arena, despite outscoring the Gamecocks by 13 points in the second half. Senior center Jaleel Cousins recorded his fourth double-double of the season, with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Nehemias Morillo also contributed 13 points, followed by Jahmal McMurray with 11. Ruben Guerrero added nine points and 10 boards for the Bulls.

- Temple cut a second-half 18-point deficit to five, but were unable to rally for a win as the team fell to Wisconsin, 76-60. Senior Jaylen Bond led Temple's three double-digit scorers with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. Levan Shawn Alston Jr. finished with 11 points on 3-of-5 shooting for the Owls, while also grabbing five rebounds. Fellow freshman Trey Lowerounded notched 10 points, including a pair of from behind the arc.

- Tulane was unable to overcome the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, falling 76-68 at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse. Senior Louis Dabney led the Green Wave with 15 points, while redshirt junior Malik Morgan put up 14 points. Dylan Osetkowski was Tulane’s leader on the boards, grabbing 11 while adding seven points.

-  Oral Roberts knocked down a shot with 01.9 seconds left to defeat Tulsa, 70-68 at Donald W. Reynolds Center.. Senior Shaquille Harrison led the Hurricane with 18 points and eight rebounds, followed by 12 points each from senior James Woodard and junior Pat Birt.

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