UCF and Cincinnati picked up home victories in American Athletic Conference action on Sunday, December 5.

Sunday, December 5
UCF 81, Bethune-Cookman 45 - Box Score
Cincinnati 73, Bryant 58 - Box Score
Kansas State 65, Wichita State 59 - Box Score

Saturday, December 4
Tulane 85, Alcorn State 64 - Box Score
East Carolina 62, Gardner-Webb 52 - Box Score
Temple 81, Penn 72 - Box Score
SMU 84, Vanderbilt 72 - Box Score
Ole Miss 67, Memphis 63 - Box Score

UCF 81, Bethune-Cookman 45 - Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. -- (AP) — Darin Green Jr. posted 18 points, making four 3-pointers, as UCF routed Bethune-Cookman 81-45 on Sunday.

Tyem Freeman had 12 points for UCF (5-2). Brandon Mahan added 11 points. C.J. Walker had 10 points.

Joe French had 12 points for the Wildcats (1-7), whose losing streak stretched to four games. Marcus Garrett added 11 points.

Cincinnati 73, Bryant 58 - Box Score
CINCINNATI -- (AP) — David DeJulius scored 16 points and Viktor Lakhin had 13 points and 11 rebounds to lift Cincinnati to a 73-58 win over Bryant on Sunday night.

Mike Saunders Jr. added 14 points and Mika Adams-Woods had 10 points for Cincinnati (7-2).

Peter Kiss had 15 points for the Bulldogs (3-6). Chris Childs added 14 points. Hall Elisias had 11 points and three blocks.

Kansas State 65, Wichita State 59 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored seven of his 16 points in the final 1:35 and Kansas State used a late surge to defeat Wichita State 65-59 on Sunday in the renewal of an in-state rivalry.

Just after Ricky Council IV knocked down a 3-pointer to tie the game at 52 with 2:02 to play, Nowell answered with a deep 3. Following a Shockers miss, Nowell made two free throws with a minute to go.

Wichita State then lost the ball and Selton Miguel found Mark Smith for a breakaway dunk at 48 seconds. The Wildcats added a Miguel free throw after Kaosi Ezeagu drew an offensive foul for a 62-54 lead with 39 seconds to go.

The Shockers got two quick baskets from Tyson Etienne and then the Wildcats missed two free throws before Etienne missed a shot, leading two Nowell's two free throws and a 64-58 lead with 14 seconds to play.

Ezeagu added 14 points for the Wildcats (5-2), Miguel had 12 and Mike McGuirl 10. Nowell had eight rebounds and four assists.

Morris Udeze scored 19 points for Wichita State (5-2) and Etienne had 11 on a tough shooting night when he was 4 of 20, 1 of 11 from 3-point range.

The game was the first between the in-state rivals since 2003 in a series that dates to 1932. K-State leads 21-11. They are scheduled to play the next three years, one each on their respective campus and in Kansas City.

The game was played at INTRUST Bank Arena in downtown Wichita, where the Shockers are 8-3 in their annual off-campus game. It was the fifth game there for the Wildcats and they're 3-2.

Wichita State opened a 20-8 lead but two 3-pointers and five Ezeagu points in an 11-0 run rallied the Wildcats, who led 32-30 at the half.

Tulane 85, Alcorn State 64 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS -- (AP) — Jaylen Forbes had 25 points as Tulane romped past Alcorn State 85-64 on Saturday.

Kevin Cross had 16 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds for Tulane (3-5). Jadan Coleman added 13 points. Sion James had six rebounds and six assists.

Oddyst Walker had 11 points for the Braves (1-6). Keondre Montgomery added 11 points. Dontrell McQuarters had 10 points.

East Carolina 62, Gardner-Webb 52 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- (AP) — J.J. Miles had 15 points as East Carolina beat Gardner-Webb 62-52 on Saturday.

Brandon Suggs had 12 points for East Carolina (7-2), which earned its sixth consecutive home victory. Tristen Newton added 12 points. Ludgy Debaut had 11 rebounds.

Jordan Sears had 12 points for the Runnin' Bulldogs (4-4), whose four-game winning streak came to an end. Lance Terry added 11 points. Kareem Reid had seven rebounds.

Temple 81, Penn 72 - Box Score
PHILADELPHIA -- (AP) — Damian Dunn scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed six rebounds as Temple defeated Pennsylvania 81-72 on Saturday.

Jake Forrester added 21 points and nine boards for the Owls (5-3). Dunn made 8 of 10 foul shots. Jeremiah Williams had 12 points as Temple won its fourth straight game.

Jordan Dingle had 22 points for the Quakers (3-8), who have now lost four straight. Michael Wang added 21 points and eight rebounds. Max Martz had 14 points and eight rebounds.

SMU 84, Vanderbilt 72 - Box Score
DALLAS -- (AP) — Kendric Davis scored 21 points, Zach Nutall added 20, and SMU scored 56 after halftime to beat Vanderbilt 84-72 on Saturday night.

The Mustangs went into the half down 40-28, but turned it around after the break, with an 11-0 run that featured a 3-pointer and layup by Nutall and a layup and a pair of free throws from Emmanuel Bandoumel to reduce Vanderbilt's lead to one.

Kendric Davis made a 3 and followed with a layup for a 51-47 lead with 14:19 remaining and SMU (7-3) proceeded to extend the lead from there. Scotty Pippen Jr. made a 3, reducing Vanderbilt's deficit to 56-50 with 12:02 left before the Commodores (5-2) went almost four minutes without scoring.

Vanderbilt made 15 of 29 shot attempts in the first half compared to 8 for 33 after halftime. SMU went from 11 for 33 in the first to 19 for 30 in the second half.

Nutall's 3 with 6:56 left before halftime gave SMU a 26-25 lead before the Commodores closed the half by outscoring SMU 15-2 which included a 9-0 run.

Pippen scored 29 points for Vanderbilt and Jordan Wright had 14 points with 12 rebounds.

Ole Miss 67, Memphis 63 - Box Score
OXFORD, Miss. -- (AP) — When Mississippi coach Kermit Davis scanned the final stat sheet, he chose the obvious explanation after the Rebels defeated No. 18 Memphis 67-63 on Saturday.

"It's free throws. We analyze a lot of things as coaches and sometimes it's real simple" Davis said. "It wasn't a pretty game offensively for either team, but it was good for us at the end."

The Rebels (6-2), led by Jarkel Joyner with 20 points and eight rebounds, built a 62-51 lead on a jumper by Luis Rodriguez with 2:10 remaining. They relied on the free throw shooting to send Memphis (5-3) to its third straight loss.

Nysler Brooks made three free throws in the final 32 seconds to preserve the win.

Matthew Murrell added 19 points for the Rebels, including 4 of 9 from 3-point range. Ole Miss shot 18 of 51 (35%) from the field, but compensated by hitting eight 3-point shots and going 23 of 29 (79%) from the free throw line.

"It was big for me, but it was big for all of us," said Murrell, a Memphis native. "I had been waiting for this game since COVID canceled it last year. I've played against these guys all my life and this was big."

DeAndre Williams scored 13 points and Earl Timberlake had 11 points for Memphis, which closed to 63-61 with 14 seconds remaining on a pair of foul shots by Tyler Harris.

"We did a lot of positive things in a hostile environment," Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said. "We didn't do enough at the end to finish the game."

The Tigers had two turnovers in the final seconds and 20 overall.

Memphis struggled from the field, shooting 19 of 49 (38%) from the field and only 2 of 11 (18%) from the 3-point line. The Tigers were 23 of 37 (62%) from the free throw line.

"If we hit the free throws in the first half, we are up," Hardaway said. "It's a whole different game. We missed plenty of free throws and it made a big difference."