American teams turned in four wins on Tuesday night, with No. 20 Cincinnati and SMU each extending their home court winning streaks to 32 and 31 games, respectively. The two streaks are the longest active stretches in the country.
No. 11 Wichita State and UCF also collected wins on the evening.
No. 11/11 Wichita State 89, Arkansas State 80
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Samajae Haynes-Jones came off the bench to score 27 points and spur No. 11 Wichita State past feisty Arkansas State 89-80 on Tuesday night.
Haynes-Jones, who had scored a combined one point in his last three games, had 18 second-half points for the Shockers (9-2), whose lead was trimmed as low as four in the final 3 minutes.
Landry Shamet scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half for Wichita State, while Darral Willis added 14.
Deven Simms scored 30 points for Arkansas State (4-8), a 29-point underdog. Ty Cockfield had 16 points for the Red Wolves.
The Shockers trailed 57-48 with 17:11 remaining before rallying behind Haynes-Jones and Shamet.
Arkansas State fired its way to a 50-44 halftime lead, marking the third straight home game in which the Shockers allowed at least 50 first-half points.
The Red Wolves shot 62.1 percent in the half and were 10 of 16 from the 3-point line, including a missed desperation shot at the buzzer. Simms (15 points) and Cockfield (13 points) were a combined 10 of 15 from the field in the half.
No. 20/22 Cincinnati 77, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 49
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) -- Coming off its best game, No. 20 Cincinnati wanted to keep the momentum going against an overmatched opponent. The Bearcats did it for a half.
Cane Broome matched his season high with 17 points Tuesday night as Cincinnati rolled to a 77-49 victory over winless Arkansas-Pine Bluff, extending the nation's longest home-court winning streak. They were coming off a 77-63 win at UCLA, their best showing yet.
They'd hoped for more in their encore.
"Last night all I talked to our guys about is we can't take two steps back," associate head coach Larry Davis said. "We played really well against UCLA. We can't now go out and because our opponent is somebody with less talent, we can't turn the ball over, we can't not rebound the ball. That's the constant battle."
The Bearcats had 15 turnovers and 14 offensive rebounds, fewer than they'd expected against a much smaller opponent. They got up by 34 points early in the second half and coasted.
"It's hard to come out when you're up 30 and try to get back in the groove," Broome said. "We've got to get better at that."
Even though they didn't get many style points, the Bearcats (10-2) extended their streak. They have won 32 straight home games on two courts. They're playing this season at BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University while their on-campus arena is renovated. They went 18-0 at Fifth Third Arena last season.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-13) took another lopsided loss as part of its brutal season-opening stretch. The Golden Lions have yet to play a home game. They've lost their last four games by 27, 26, 22 and 28 points, hoping the games prepare them for Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
"They put a lot of pressure on us, and it helped us get used to that," coach George Ivory said. "We're not going to see that kind of pressure in conference, that size and athletic ability, but it was good for us to play them and learn something from it."
Cincinnati pulled ahead 26-2 as the Golden Lions missed seven of eight shots, committed nine fouls and had 11 turnovers. It was 43-16 at halftime, with Arkansas-Pine Bluff shooting 26 percent.
Jacob Evans III added 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds for Cincinnati, which dominated the boards 42-28. Travon Harper led the Golden Lions with 16 points.
UCF 74, Stetson 55
DELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Tacko Fall had 18 points and 11 rebounds, A.J. Davis added 11 points, 10 boards and UCF beat Stetson 74-55 on Tuesday night for its 18th straight win in the series dating to 2002.
UCF led 42-35 at halftime and opened the second half on a 13-0 run, with seven points from Fall, for a 20-point lead.
Dayon Griffin scored 13 points and Terrell Allen had a career-high nine assists for UCF (8-3). Fall, who picked up his fourth foul with 9:17 remaining, made 8 of 9 shots in just 16 minutes.
Fall had six points and seven rebounds in the opening eight minutes as UCF led 13-10. He finished the half with eight points and nine boards as UCF held a 42-35 advantage. UCF shot 62.1 percent in the first half, including 5 of 8 from distance, and outrebounded Stetson 21-11.
Divine Myles had 14 points and six rebounds for Stetson (7-7). Abayomi Iyiola added 10 points.
#rv/-- SMU 84, Cal Poly 64
DALLAS (AP) -- Ben Emelogu II did not miss, knocking down all five 3-pointers, another field goal and both free throws to amass 19 points as SMU dominated Cal Poly, 84-64 to win its 31st straight home game Tuesday night.
Shake Milton was 4 of 8 from behind the three-point arc, grabbed eight boards and dished six assists for the Mustangs. Overall SMU was 15 of 28 from behind the arc, hitting 53.6 percent of their shots from long range.
SMU coach Tim Jankovich has not lost in 34 career games at Moody Coliseum, posting the second-best home start by a head coach in NCAA history.
The Mustangs built a 14-point lead by halftime and galloped home from there. Ethan Chargois and Jahmal McMurray each added 13 points for SMU (10-3).
Victor Joseph and Jakub Niziol each scored 12 points for Cal Poly (4-8).
#rv/-- Oklahoma State 71, Tulsa 59
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Kendall Smith scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half to help lead Oklahoma State to a 71-59 victory over Tulsa on Tuesday night.
Three days after scoring 23 points in a win over then-No. 19 Florida State, Jeffrey Carroll recorded his first double-double of the season, with 14 points and 11 rebounds, for Oklahoma State (9-2).
Junior Etou scored 18 points and had six rebounds for Tulsa (7-5), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Sterling Taplin added 14 points for the Golden Hurricane.
Tulsa led for most of the opening half and by as much as eight early on. The Golden Hurricane went up 25-18 when Etou sank two free throws with 3:47 left, but Oklahoma State responded with a 20-5 run over the next five minutes to seize the advantage early in the second half.
Tulsa pushed back with a 13-5 run of their own over a five-minute span to regain the lead at 43-42 when Curran Scott knocked down a 3-pointer from the right corner with 13:13 remaining.