#AmericanHoops Scoreboard
#25/23 Cincinnati 119, Fairleigh Dickinson 68
Memphis 99, Oklahoma 94 (ot)
Temple 68, NJIT 63
Houston 83, UT-Rio Grande Valley 58
Tulsa 74, Texas State 59
#16/15 South Carolina 77, USF 66
#25/23 Cincinnati 119, Fairleigh Dickinson 68
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Senior Kevin Johnson scored a career-high 18 points as No. 25 Cincinnati rolled to the highest-scoring game of coach Mick Cronin's 11-year career, 119-68 over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday
Jacob Evans added 17 points and five other Bearcats reached double figures as Cincinnati (9-2) bettered it previous season-high margin of victory for the second straight game, a 38-point romp over Texas Southern on Tuesday.
Stephan Jiggetts scored 24 points to lead the Knights (2-9), who have lost seven straight and eight of nine.
Johnson matched his career high by halftime, scoring 15 points as the Bearcats built a 41-point lead before settling for a 65-26 halftime advantage. Evans also scored 15 points in the first half.
That was the most points for Cincinnati in any half since scoring 68 in the first half against DePaul on Feb. 5, 1998.
Cincinnati took the lead for good after Mike Holloway was whistled for a flagrant foul with 17:02 left in the first half. Evans made two free throws and Troy Caupain scored to complete a four-point possession that snapped a 6-6 tie.
The 119 points scored set an American Athletic Conference record, as did the Bearcats' 44 field goals.
Memphis 99, Oklahoma 94 (ot)
NORMAL, Okla. (AP) -- Dedric Lawson scored 26 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season, and Jeremiah Martin added a season-high 25 points as Memphis rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit for a 99-94 overtime victory over Oklahoma on Saturday.
Markel Crawford added 20 points, and KJ Lawson scored 19 points and hauled in 13 rebounds for Memphis (8-3), which trailed by 11 points with 14 minutes to play.
"To come into a Big 12 house against Oklahoma -- a Big 12 powerhouse -- it's great for us and the confidence of our guys to see that we can get these type of wins when we need it," Lawson said. "This is what we need to get us going toward January."
In matchup between the only two coaches in NCAA history to take five different teams to the NCAA Tournament, Memphis (8-3) scored 52 points in the paint, 32 of which came in the second half, and took their first lead of the game with less than a minute to play.
"That's the strength of our team. We're an inside-out team," Lawson said. "It's either going through me or other guys attacking and going to the hole. That's our style of play at the end of the day, just attacking."
Memphis shot 87.5 percent (28-for-32) from the free-throw line, including 13-for-13 in the final minute of regulation and overtime.
Oklahoma guard Jordan Woodard, who finished with 22 points, banked in a game-tying 3-pointer with 0.6 remaining to send the game into overtime. Jordan Shepherd scored 18 points in the first start of his career, and Jamuni McNeace had 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Christian James added 15 points for Oklahoma (6-4), which has now lost three of its past four games."We gave up a lot of buckets right at the rim," Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. "You can't afford to do that against a good ball club. Just too many at the rim, too many in the paint: We have to do a better job of getting it out of there."
Temple 68, NJIT 63
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Obi Enechionyia scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Temple edged NJIT 68-63 on Saturday.
Enechionyia was 5 of 11 from the field for the Owls (8-4). Daniel Dingle added 11 points including three 3-pointers and Shizz Alston Jr. had 10 points including a layup that put Temple up for good with under a minute to play.
NJIT took a 41-37 lead on a Damon Lynn 3-pointer early in the second period after trailing Temple 31-30 at the break. The Owls answered with a 16-4 surge with the help of 3-pointers by Enechionyia and Alani Moore II to go back on top 53-45 with 7:00 to play. NJIT tied it up at 63 with 56 seconds left but didn't score after that, allowing Temple to finish with a layup and two free throws by Alston and a foul shot by Moore.
Lynn led the Highlanders (5-8) with 25 points, including seven 3s.
Houston 83, UT-Rio Grande Valley 58
HOUSTON (AP) -- Damyean Dotson scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Houston beat the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 83-58 on Saturday night.
It was the third double-double in the last four games for Dotson who was 8 of 13 from the field including six 3-pointers for the Cougars (8-2). Rob Gray Jr. added 16 points and five rebounds, Danrad Knowles had 14 points and Armoni Brooks chipped in 10 off the bench.
A Knowles dunk sparked a 10-0 surge midway through the first half that gave Houston a 26-10 lead with 9:59 to go in the period. Dotson drained three 3-pointers in the final 2:47 to help stretch it to 39-26 at the break.
In the second period, a dunk by Gray made it 60-38 with 11:35 to go and the Cougars cruised to the win.
Antonio Green scored 11 and grabbed five rebounds for the Vaqueros (5-9).
Tulsa 74, Texas State 59
TULSA, Okla. -- Sterling Taplin had 13 points and Tulsa raced away in the second half for a 74-59 win over Texas State on Saturday night.
Jaleel Wheeler added 10 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Golden Hurricane (5-4), who had a 12-2 run to lead 51-41 on Pat Birt's 3-pointer with 12:16 left.
Nijal Pearson's layup with 5:23 left cut the deficit to 60-52 for the Bobcats (5-5), but Tulsa answered with a 6-2 burst and led by double digits from there.
Lawson Korita added 12 points, Birt scored 11 and Will Magnay 10. Tulsa outrebounded Texas State 23-10 in the second half.
The Bobcats had their largest lead at 12-5 with 14:34 left in the half and stayed in front until Wheeler's 3 with 2:47 left gave Tulsa a 30-29 lead.
Bobby Conley led Texas State with 19 points, Ojai Black scored 14, Pearson 12 and Kavin Gilder-Tilbury 10.
#16/15 South Carolina 77, USF 66
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- PJ Dozier scored 11 of his 23 points in the closing minutes and No. 16 South Carolina shrugged off cold shooting to pull away to a 77-66 victory over South Florida on Saturday.
The Gamecocks (9-1) rebounded from their only loss of the season while improving to 2-1 without leading scorer and rebounder Sindarius Thornwell, who has been suspended indefinitely for violating athletic department policy.
Duane Notice of the Gamecocks scored 14 of his 15 points in the second half after missing all eight shots he took before the break.
Jahmal McMurray led USF (5-4) with 25 points. Malik Fitts had 12 points and Geno Thorpe finished with 11 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls, who led 37-31 at halftime.
South Carolina began the second half with a 17-9 burst to take a 48-41 lead. Dozier and Notice keyed the initial surge and Dozier took over down the stretch, when the Gamecocks led by as many as 13.