East Carolina's Brandon Suggs hit a buzzer-beater to defeat Memphis in American Athletic Conference men's basketball action on Saturday, January 15.

Saturday, January 15
SMU 75, Tulane 66 - Box Score
East Carolina 72, Memphis 71 - Box Score
South Florida 75, UCF 51 - Box Score
No. 11 Houston 66, Tulsa 64 - Box Score

SMU 75, Tulane 66 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS -- (AP) — Kendric Davis scored 24 points and SMU defeated Tulane 75-66 on Saturday.

Emmanuel Bandoumel scored 17 points for the Mustangs (13-4, 4-1 American Athletic Conference). Michael Weathers had 11 points. Marcus Weathers added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Jalen Cook led the Green Wave (7-8, 4-2) with 23 points. DeVon Baker had 12 points. Kevin Cross added 11 points.

East Carolina 72, Memphis 71 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- (AP) — Vance Jackson and Brandon Suggs scored 17 points each and East Carolina defeated Memphis 72-71 on Saturday.

Memphis led by 14 at halftime and still by 10 with 2:22 remaining in the game. East Carolina scored 10 points to tie it and after a Memphis free throw, Suggs buried a jumper for the win with 2 seconds left.

Alanzo Frink, Tremont Robinson-White and Tristen Newton added 11 points each for the Pirates (11-5, 2-2 American).

Jalen Duren had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead five in double figures for Memphis (9-7, 3-3).

South Florida 75, UCF 51 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. -- (AP) — Javon Greene scored 19 points and South Florida cruised to a 75-51 victory over UCF on Saturday night.

Greene shot 7 of 12 from the floor, made five 3-pointers and had nine rebounds. Caleb Murphy added 13 points for South Florida (6-10, 1/3 American Athletic Conference). Jamir Chaplin added 10 points.

C.J. Walker had nine points to lead UCF (10-5, 2-3), which shot 19 of 57 (33%) overall and missed 18 of 20 3-point attempts.

UCF plays at East Carolina on Tuesday. South Florida plays at No. 11 Houston on Tuesday.

No. 11 Houston 66, Tulsa 64 - Box Score
TULSA, Okla. -- (AP) — Kyler Edwards made seven 3-pointers as part of his 29 points, and No. 11 Houston held off several rallies by Tulsa for a 66-64 win on Saturday night.

Tulsa freshman guard Anthony Pritchard missed a game-tying layup with a second to play, and the Golden Hurricane had another chance with 0.4 seconds remaining but Houston blocked Sam Griffin's 3-point attempt.

Houston (15-2, 4-0 American Athletic Conference) also got 10 points from Reggie Chaney.

Tulsa (6-9, 0-4) was led by Jeriah Horne with 24 points, and 10 from Griffin.

Tulsa had stormed back from a 17-point halftime deficit to make it 50-49 with 11:03 left. Edwards then made a jumper with 10 minutes left and hit a 3-point with 7:45 left to give Houston a 57-52 cushion.

The Cougars went on to push the lead to 64-52, but Griffin made three 3-pointers in a span of 1:27 as Tulsa rallied to within 66-64 with 1:03 to play.

Horne popped in four 3-pointers in the first nine minutes of the second half, the final one cutting Houston's lead to 50-49 after trailing 38-21 at the half.

Houston limited Tulsa to just 25% shooting in the first half and led comfortably after an early 15-2 run.

Tulsa stayed within striking distance until the Cougars closed the half on a 9-0 run in the final 1:24, capped by Ramon Walker's 3-pointer at the buzzer. Tulsa's Darrien Jackson jarred the ball loose as Walker started his shot, but Walker managed to get a grasp and fling it in from 24 feet.

Edwards did most of the early damage for the Cougars, making 5-of-8 3-pointers. Houston made 7 of 17 treys while Tulsa was just 1-for-11 in the first half, while Tulsa heated up in the second half, making 8 of 13 treys.