Alijah Martin scored 18 factors, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida managed the sport from the outset whereas steamrolling top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 on Tuesday night time in Southeastern Convention play at Gainesville, Fla.
Alex Condon had 12 factors and 12 rebounds and Rueben Chinyelu collected a career-high 15 rebounds because the Gators (14-1, 1-1 SEC) delivered full-scale domination of the Volunteers. Florida by no means trailed and led by as many as 36 factors.
Tennessee (14-1, 1-1) is the final workforce within the nation to lose a sport this season. It was vying for the primary 15-0 begin to a season in program historical past. The Volunteers will go into the document books tied with the 1922-23 squad for the very best begin.
Tennessee shot a porous 21.4 p.c from the sector (12 of 56) and 13.8 p.c from 3-point vary (4 of 29) as a part of a dismal exhibiting. Chaz Lanier had 10 factors and 7 rebounds however made simply 3 of 16 photographs from the sector whereas Zakai Zeigler additionally had 10 factors for the Volunteers.
No. 2 Auburn 87, Texas 82
Johni Broome racked up 20 factors and 12 rebounds because the Tigers held on for a win over the Longhorns in a Southeastern Convention sport in Austin, Texas.
The win was the 214th for Tigers coach Bruce Pearl, propelling him to No. 1 in all-time teaching wins on the faculty. He had been tied with Joel Eaves (1949-63). Broome’s double-double was the seventieth of his profession — and his tenth this season. Miles Kelly added 18 factors for Auburn (14-1, 2-0 SEC), which gained its seventh straight sport and first true street contest this season.
Arthur Kaluma scored a career-high 34 factors for the Longhorns (11-4, 0-2), who’ve dropped two straight video games. Jordan Pope added 19 and Tre Johnson scored 11.
No. 3 Iowa State 82, Utah 59
Reserve Curtis Jones scored 23 factors and the Cyclones pulled away for a win over the Utes in a Large 12 Convention matchup in Ames, Iowa.
Tamin Lipsey added 20 factors for Iowa State (13-1, 3-0), which gained its tenth in a row. Joshua Jefferson scored 17 and Keshon Gilbert completed with 15. Lipsey and Jefferson every grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.
Gabe Madsen scored 20 factors to steer Utah (8-6, 0-3). Miro Little completed with 13 factors off the bench and made two of three photographs from past the 3-point line.
No. 4 Duke 76, Pitt 47
Cooper Flagg collected 19 factors and 10 rebounds, Kon Knueppel scored 17 factors and Duke’s stout protection carried the Blue Devils previous the visiting Panthers in a matchup of two of the Atlantic Coast Convention’s high groups in Durham, N.C.
Duke held Pitt to a depressing night time on offense. The Panthers failed to attain for the sport’s closing 7:59, leading to a game-ending 18-0 run for the Blue Devils. Khaman Maluach added 11 factors and eight rebounds for Duke (13-2, 5-0 ACC), which has 9 straight wins. Duke’s beginning backcourt chimed in with 23 factors, 13 from Tyrese Proctor and 10 from Sion James. Proctor scored the sport’s closing 10 factors.
Cameron Corhen scored 11 factors and pulled in seven rebounds for Pitt (12-3, 3-1), which shot 31 p.c (18 of 58) from the sector. That included 6-for-20 on 3-pointers.
Georgia 82, No. 6 Kentucky 69
Asa Newell scored a team-high 17 factors, serving to the Bulldogs upset the Wildcats in Southeastern Convention play in Athens, Ga.
Blue Cain added 15 factors and eight rebounds, whereas Silas Demary Jr. chipped in 14 factors as Georgia (13-2, 1-1 SEC) gained its eighth sport in its final 9 and its first victory over a High 10 workforce since beating No. 9 Memphis in January 2020. Dakota Leffew added 11 factors off the bench.
Lamont Butler led Kentucky (12-3, 1-1) with 20 factors, adopted by Brandon Garrison’s 13 and Otega Oweh’s 12 and 7 rebounds. The Wildcats had their two-game successful streak snapped and have misplaced three in a row at Georgia.
No. 7 Marquette 74, Georgetown 66
Chase Ross scored a career-high 27 factors to go together with six steals, lifting the Golden Eagles to a victory over the Hoyas in Milwaukee.
Stevie Mitchell scored 13 factors, David Joplin had 12 and Kam Jones added 11 for the Golden Eagles (14-2, 5-0 Large East), who rallied from a 14-point, first-half deficit to win their fifth in a row. Marquette has gained all 10 house video games this season.
Georgetown’s Malik Mack scored 18 factors, and Large East Freshman of the Week Thomas Sorber collected 11 factors, 13 rebounds and a season-high 5 blocks. Micah Peavy had 13 factors for the Hoyas (12-3, 3-1), who noticed their five-game successful streak finish.
No. 14 Mississippi State 76, Vanderbilt 64
The Bulldogs gained their Southeastern Convention street opener on the Commodores in Nashville, Tenn.
RJ Melendez (19 factors), Cameron Matthews (16) and Claudell Harris Jr. (13) led the Bulldogs (14-1, 2-0 SEC) in scoring.
AJ Hoggard (18), Grant Huffman (12) and Tyler Nickel (10) paced the Commodores (13-2, 1-1) in factors. The Bulldogs held Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt’s main scorer (18.3 factors per sport), scoreless on 0-of-8 capturing in 11 minutes. Edwards performed by means of a thigh contusion suffered on Saturday at LSU.
Arizona 75, No. 21 West Virginia 56
Sophomore KJ Lewis got here off the bench to attain a career-high 21 factors because the visiting Wildcats toppled the Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va.
Jaden Bradley supplied 15 factors and 5 assists whereas Anthony Dell’Orso added 10 factors for Arizona (9-5, 3-0 Large 12), which gained its fifth straight and avenged a loss to West Virginia six weeks in the past within the Battle 4 Atlantis event.
The Wildcats took an early lead and held it all through to snap a seven-game successful streak for the Mountaineers (11-3, 2-1), who have been ranked in Monday’s AP High 25 ballot for the primary time since December 2022. Large 12 scoring chief Javon Small produced 17 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists for West Virginia.
No. 24 Michigan 94, No. 22 UCLA 75
Tre Donaldson’s sizzling 3-point capturing helped the Wolverines get better after coughing up an 18-point result in knock off the Bruins in Los Angeles.
Donaldson went 6 of 10 from lengthy vary en path to a career-high 20 factors. The Wolverines (12-3, 4-0 Large Ten) additionally had loads of inside scoring contributions due to Vladislav Goldin, notably within the first half. Goldin made 9 of his first 10 field-goal makes an attempt and scored 21 of his career-high 36 factors within the first half.
Sebastian Mack and Tyler Bilodeau every scored 17 factors for UCLA, which dropped its second straight Large Ten resolution. Eric Dailey Jr. added 13 factors and Kobe Johnson completed with 12.
No. 25 Utah State 85, San Jose State 78
Mason Falslev scored 17 factors and helped the Aggies stave off a Spartans rally for a street win within the Mountain West Convention matchup.
Tucker Anderson added 15 factors, Ian Martinez had 14, Deyton Albury 13 and Karson Templin 10 to assist the newly ranked Aggies (15-1, 5-0 MW) win their fifth straight sport.
Donavan Yap led all scorers with 22 factors and Latrell Davis added 20 off the bench for the Spartans (7-10, 0-5), who misplaced their fourth sport in a row.
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