#AmericanHoops Scoreboard
UCF 65, Massachusetts 62
Temple 70, Penn 62
#rv/-- Houston 105, Prairie View 61
East Carolina 69, North Carolina Central 56
Ole Miss 85, Memphis 77
George Washington 68, USF 67
Little Rock 72, Tulsa 62
UCF 65, Massachusetts 62
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- Nick Banyard made a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left, sending UCF to a 65-62 win over UMass on Saturday.
Banyard got the offensive rebound off teammate A.J. Davis' missed go-ahead layup attempt with four seconds left, dribbled to the top of the key and made an off-balanced shot for the game winner.
Donte Clark's 3-pointer tied the game at 62 for UMass with 14 seconds left.
UCF (6-1) led 29-28 at the break and extended the advantage to as many as seven points in the second half, but the Knights couldn't pull away. Two free throws from Tanksley Efianayi put UCF up 56-50 with 4:18 remaining, but UMass's Tyrn Flowers hit a 3-pointer 12 seconds later to pull the Minutemen to 56-53.
Efianayi shot 7 of 11 from the field and 8 of 11 from the line en route to a career-high 24 points. Banyard finished with 10 points and nine rebounds.
Flowers led UMass (5-2) with 20 points, and Luwane Pipkins added 16.
Temple 70, Penn 62
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Shizz Alston Jr. scored 14 points, Ernest Aflakpui added 11 points and 11 rebounds and Temple held off Penn 70-62 on Saturday.
Down eight with 2:55 to play, the Quakers scored six points, pulling within 64-62 on an AJ Brodeur layup with 1:16 to play. Quinton Rose answered with a layup and Penn, which had made 15 of 16 free throws, missed the front end of a one-and-on. Alston followed with two free throws with 26 seconds left. Penn missed a 3 and Obi Enechioyia closed with out with a dunk.
Enechioyia and Alani Moore II, who had four 3-pointers, each had 12 points for the Owls (6-2) with Moore adding seven assists.
Matt Howard hit four 3s and scored 19 points for Penn (2-4) and Brodeur added 17 with seven rebounds.
Temple led by 31-22 at the half after racing to a 21-4 lead and was up by 15 in the second half.
#rv/-- Houston 105, Prairie View 61
HOUSTON (AP) -- Rob Gray Jr. made 4 of 4 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Damyean Dotson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Houston ran away with a 105-61 win over Prairie View A&M on Saturday night.
Devin Davis had 14 points, Armoni Brooks 12 and Wes VanBeck 10 for the Cougars (6-1), who came into the game off an 84-69 loss at LSU on Tuesday after opening the season with five straight victories.
Zachary Hamilton and Shaquille Preston hit 3-pointers in the first two minutes to give Prairie View A&M (2-6) a 6-4 lead, but Houston used a 20-1 run to kill any upset threat. The Cougars led 47-29 at halftime and by as many as 45 points in the second half.
East Carolina 69, North Carolina Central 56
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Caleb White scored 20 points and East Carolina cruised to a 69-57 victory over North Carolina Central on Saturday night.
The Pirates (7-2) have won five of their last six games, and travel to No. 6 Virginia on Tuesday.
White was 8 of 15 from the floor and made four 3-pointers. Jeremy Sheppard had 13 points and three 3-pointers. B.J. Tyson chipped in eight points and has 1,007 for his career. Tyson is the 28th player in the program with 1,000 career points.
Patrick Cole scored 16 points on 5-of-18 shooting, and had five assists to lead NC Central (5-3). Rashaun Madison and Dajuan Graf added 11 points apiece.
The Pirates had a 10-point lead at halftime. The Eagles cut the deficit to 37-31 early in the second quarter but didn't get closer.
Houston outrebounded Prairie View A&M 50-24 and shot 55.2 percent from the field compared to the Panthers' 37 percent.
George Washington 68, USF 67
WASHINGTON -- Collin Smith sank a 3-pointer with three seconds to play and a Jaren Sina steal with a second left sealed a 68-67 win for George Washington over South Florida on Saturday.
The Colonials were trailing 67-63 with 46 seconds left to play when Smith was fouled then hit two from the line to pull George Washington to within two, 67-65. Then he sank the winning 3-pointer after getting the assists from Matt Hart to put the Colonials on top 68-67 with three seconds remaining. On the fast break, Sina stole the ball from South Florida's Jahmal McMurray in the final second to preserve the win.
Smith, a freshman, finished with a career-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Tyler Cavanaugh added 16 points and five rebounds.
South Florida led 35-32 at the break and was up 61-55 with 6:28 left in the second period.
McMurray led the Bulls (4-3) with 16 points.
Ole Miss 85, Memphis 77
OXFORD, Miss. -- Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy leaned into the microphone at his postgame press conference, flashed a smile and whispered softly.
"Coaches aren't supposed to say this out loud, especially on a game this early in the season, but this was a must win for us," said Kennedy, after his Rebels defeated Memphis 85-77 on Saturday.
Sebastian Saiz proved to be the decisive factor, scoring 20 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. The Rebels made good use of the free-throw line, finishing 28 of 33 (85 percent), including 17 consecutive conversions in the final eight minutes.
Deandre Burnett scored 19 points and Cullen Neal added 12 for the Rebels (6-2), who used a 20-3 run in the second half to wipe out a 66-61 deficit.
"We played hard and I was proud of the effort," Memphis coach Tubby Smith said. "We had that one stretch where we just blew up. It began when we fouled a 3-point shooter and you can't do that. We've got to play smarter, but Ole Miss made plays when they had to. Credit them."
Memphis (6-2) was led by K. J. Lawson with 17 points, while Markel Crawford and Jeremiah Martin had 16 and 14 points, respectively. The Tigers used a 24-5 surge early in the second half to build a 62-57 lead with 9:50 left, but could not match Ole Miss in the final eight minutes.
Ole Miss was 25 of 58 (43 percent) from the field, while Memphis finished 26 of 61 (43 percent). The Tigers were 19 of 29 (66 percent) from the line and outrebounded Ole Miss 38-37, led by Dedric Lawson and Crawford with six apiece.
Little Rock 72, Tulsa 62
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Marcus Johnson Jr. scored 16 points as the University of Arkansas Little Rock won its third straight, outpacing Tulsa 72-62 on Saturday.
Johnson was 5 of 12 from the field and 4 of 5 from the line for the Trojans (6-2). Lis Shoshi added 15 points and eight rebounds and Oliver Black chipped in nine points off the bench.
Tulsa jumped to a 27-18 lead midway through the first period but an Andre Jones dunk and a Johnson 3-pointer contributed to a 13-0 run that put the Trojans on top 31-27 with 4:55 to go before the break. Shoshi hit a 3 with four seconds left to make it 45-31 at intermission.
Tulsa got as close as 56-52 midway through the second period but UALR soon recovered its double-digit advantage.
Jaleel Wheeler scored a career-best 17 points with four assists and six rebounds for the Golden Hurricane (3-3).