UConn and Tulane picked up wins in American Athletic Conference men's basketball action on Sunday (Nov. 24).

Tulane 65, Utah 61 - Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) -- Tulane won two games in Myrtle Beach this week - or, half as many as the Green Wave won all of last season.

Teshaun Hightower scored 16 points and hit the go-ahead layup with a minute left, and Tulane rallied past Utah 65-61 on Sunday in the fifth-place game of the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

K.J. Lawson added 14 points and Jordan Walker finished with 12 to help the Green Wave (5-1), who trailed by eight points with 4 1/2 minutes left and continued their turnaround under new coach Ron Hunter by closing on a 10-0 run while hitting nine of their final 11 shots to finish the tournament 2-1.

''How were we going to handle adversity? In the past it's been a struggle at Tulane,'' said Hunter, who came in from Georgia State. ''Our kids could have folded then. They just kept grinding on the defensive end and I thought defensively we were unbelievable today.''

Timmy Allen and Branden Carlson each scored 14 points for Utah (4-2). Freshman Rylan Jones finished with 11 points and hit a 3-pointer to put the Utes up 61-55 with 4 1/2 minutes left - but they didn't score again.

Walker hit two jumpers during the decisive run, including one that tied it at 61 with just over two minutes left. He rimmed out a jumper on the next trip downcourt but Hightower cleaned it up with a left-handed layup that put the Green Wave ahead to stay.

The Utes had two chances to tie it in the final minute. Jones' baseline jumper bounced off the rim with about 16 seconds left and his contested jumper from the left wing hit off the front of the rim and went to Hightower with 5.5 seconds left.

Christion Thompson iced it with two free throws with 2.0 seconds left.

UConn 80, Miami (Fla.) 55 - Box Score 

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- UConn needed a pick-me-up after its double overtime loss to No. 18 Xavier on Friday night, perhaps no one more than junior point guard Alterique Gilbert.

Huskies coach Danny Hurley said the whole team was down Saturday and especially Gilbert, the target of social media after he lost control of his dribble on UConn's final chance against the Musketeers. So no one was happier than Hurley with Gilbert's steady, solid play in an 80-55 win over Miami on Sunday as the Huskies captured third place at the Charleston Classic.

''I just couldn't be prouder of how he led this team,'' Hurley said.

Josh Carlton had 16 points while freshman James Bouknight continued to make himself indispensable to the Huskies with 13 points. Christian Vital had 14 points while Brendan Adams had 13. Gilbert led UConn with seven assists and directed his teammates throughout.

At one point, Gilbert threw a perfect pass to Akok Akok as he soared high for an alley-oop finish. Hurley was so thrilled with Gilbert he rushed out to bear hug him on the next time out. At the end with 90 seconds and UConn up big, Hurley called time out so Gilbert could hear the cheers of UConn fans as he came off the court.

''After that loss, it was Alterique that helped us bounce back,'' Carlton said.

The Huskies capped a week that started last Sunday with a win over then-15th-ranked Florida and continued here with two more wins and that oh-so-close defeat to Xavier.

''I don't think anyone's had a week like us in college basketball'' this season, Hurley said.

The Huskies might have a few more surprises ahead after handily topping the Hurricanes (4-3) in the first meeting between the former Big East Conference rivals in 11 years.

The Huskies' youth was on full display, led by Bouknight, the highly regarded freshman who made his debut this week in Charleston after missing his team's first three games with legal problems.

Bouknight, the 6-foot-4 guard from Brooklyn, New York, led UConn with 19 points against Xavier and continued his solid play in this one. He made six of seven field goals and added three rebounds, two assists and a steal - all off the bench.

Another freshman, 6-9 Akok, had seven boards and six of his team's nine blocked shots.

Miami dropped its second straight after an opening win Thursday against Missouri State. The Hurricanes fell to state rival Florida on Friday.

Dejan Vasiljevic led Miami with 11 points.

''I don't think it's a secret that we're not there'' yet defensively, Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo said.

Rice 77, East Carolina 69 - Box Score

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Drew Peterson totaled 16 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead Rice past East Carolina 77-69 in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase on Sunday.

Ako Adams had 15 points for the Owls (6-3), who earned their fourth straight victory on the road. Robert Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Chris Mullins scored 11.

Tyrie Jackson topped the Pirates (2-5) with 22 points. Jayden Gardner and Brandon Suggs added 18 and 12 points, respectively.

Rice shot 45% from the floor, including 30% from 3-point range (8 of 27) and hit 21 of 29 free throws. East Carolina shot 40% overall but just 6% percent from distance (1 of 18). The Pirates made 16 of 22 foul shots.

Bowling Green 91, Cincinnati 84 - Box Score

ST. THOMAS (AP) -- Dylan Frye matched his career high with 28 points, including seven in overtime, as Bowling Green beat Cincinnati 91-84 at the Paradise Jam on Sunday night for its fourth consecutive win.

Frye hit three 3-pointers, made 9 of 10 free throws, grabbed nine rebounds and had six assists. Daeqwon Plowden scored 18 points and Justin Turner, Caleb Fields and Trey Diggs each added 10 for Bowling Green (5-1).

Frye made two foul shots, assisted on a layup by Dylan Swingle and then hit a 3-pointer during a 7-0 spurt that gave the Falcons a five-point lead halfway through the extra period. Chris Vogt made the first of two free throws and Jarron Cumberland putback the second to trim Cincinnati's deficit to 81-79 but Plowden made two foul shots with 1:55 to play and the Bearcats got no closer.

Jaevin Cumberland had 21 points for Cincinnati (3-2). Chris McNeal added 17 points and Jarron Cumberland scored 11.

The Bearcats led by nine with three minutes left in regulation, but Frye scored eight points in a 13-4 run capped by Trey Diggs' 3-pointer that forced overtime.

Four Falcons players fouled out and another had four of Bowling Green's 35 fouls as Cincinnati attempted 55 free throws - third most in program history and second most in a Division I game this season (Western Michigan, 57). The Bearcats, however, shot just 56.4% from the stripe, including 7 of 14 in OT.