William & Mary dropped its share of first place in the Coastal Athletic Association, falling 88-79 Monday night at the College of Charleston before 4,862 at TD Arena.
W&M, which had won six of its previous seven games, dropped to 11-4, 2-1. The Cougars (10-6, 3-0), who got off to an uncustomarily slow start, have won six games in a row and are tied for first place with UNC Wilmington.
The Tribe hit just 9 of 36 3-pointers and 25 of 77 shots overall (32%), though W&M had just six turnovers to Charleston’s 19.Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi led W&M with 20 points, while Kilian Brockhoff had 16 points. Each had three steals. Chase Lowe had 14 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.
The Cougars got great balance, with 17 points apiece from Colby Duggan and Martin Kalu and 16 from Jlynn Counter. Chol Machot and Christian Reeves grabbed 10 rebounds each, helping Charleston outrebound W&M 47-39.
The teams traded surges all night. The Tribe led 11-4 but fell behind by as many as 16 points in a first half ending in a 46-32 Cougars edge.
W&M started the second half on a 12-0 run to pull to 46-44 and got as close as 48-47 when Brockhoff sank a 3-pointer with 16:16 remaining. Charleston then reeled off 10 consecutive points to move ahead 58-47.
W&M rallied again, pulling to 74-72 at 4:51 and 78-75 with three minutes left when Reese Miller canned a 3-pointer, but hit an ill-timed cold snap. Long-range shots by Connor Hickman and Duggan for an 84-75 lead at 1:16 virtually sealed the outcome.
Virginia head coach Ryan Odom talks with Chance Mallory during the second half of the Cavaliers’ victory Saturday over North Carolina State in Raleigh. KARL DEBLAKER/AP
No. 10 Nebraska 72, Ohio State 69: Braden Frager scored 15 points off the bench for the visiting Cornhuskers (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten), who extended the best start in school history by edging the Buckeyes (10-4, 2-2). Rienk Mast added 12 points while Jamarques Lawrence and Pryce Sandfort each had 11 for Nebraska, which was playing as a top-10 team for the first time since 1966.
John Mobley Jr. led Ohio State with 22 points. Christoph Tilly missed a 3-point attempt for the Buckeyes in the closing seconds.
UVA falls to 23rd in AP poll: Virginia dropped two spots to No. 23 in the first Associated Press poll of 2026 after losing at unranked Virginia Tech last week but recovering to win at North Carolina State. The Hokies received two poll points despite their loss Saturday at Wake Forest.
Arizona edged Michigan by a single point for the top spot.
The Wildcats had 32 first-place votes and 1,494 points, while the Wolverines got 29 and 1,493. The poll almost became the second ever with a tie for No. 1; Oregon State and Virginia shared the top spot on on Jan. 26, 1981, Ralph Sampson’s sophomore season with the Cavaliers.
Besides UVA, the other four Atlantic Coast Conference teams in the AP Top 25 are: No. 6 Duke, No. 17 North Carolina, No. 20 Louisville and No. 24 SMU, which gained its spot after upending the then-No. 12 Tar Heels Saturday.
Arizona has been on top for the last five polls, but the Wolverines have been able to make up ground, thanks in part to becoming the first team in the poll era to win three consecutive games against ranked opponents by at least 30 points apiece.
Sunday
No. 7 Gonzaga 82, Loyola Marymount 47: Graham Ike scored 16 points in Spokane, Washington, as Gonzaga overcame early shooting trouble for its ninth consecutive victory.
Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and Jalen Warley 12 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which was coming off an 80-72 overtime win over Seattle on Friday night and had a slow start against the Lions.
Rodney Brown scored 11 points to lead LMU (10-7, 1-3),
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Kentucky, Vandy climb: The first four in the AP poll remained unchanged with Connecticut, still No. 1, receiving 28 first-place votes and No. 2 Texas getting the other four. South Carolina and UCLA followed.
Kentucky, guided by former Virginia Tech and James Madison coach Kenny Brooks, and Vanderbilt climbed five spots to Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. Each did so after beating then-No. 5 LSU, which fell to No. 12. Notre Dame saw its run of 85 consecutive appearances in the Top 25 end after the Irish (10-4) lost to Georgia Tech and Duke last week.
No. 9 Michigan 70, Minnesota 60: Olivia Olson had 21 points and four rebounds in Ann Arbor for the Wolverines (12-2, 3-1 Big Ten), who rallied from an early deficit against the Golden Gophers (10-4, 1-2).
Grace Grocholski scored 22 points and had eight rebounds and two assists for Minnesota.
Sunday
George Mason 68, VCU 58: Hampton High alumna Kennedy Harris scored 21 points, sinking five 3-pointers, to propel the Patriots (8-6, 3-0 Atlantic 10) at Siegel Center. It was George Mason coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis’ 400th career win.
Lewis is in her 27th season as a head coach and her fifth with the Patriots. She previously coached Mount St. Mary’s, where she was a Hall of Fame player, and Bethune-Cookman.
Mary-Anna Asare paced the Rams (4-11, 0-3) with 16 points.
No. 7 Maryland 82, Indiana 67: Oluchi Okananwa scored a career-high 34 points, and the Terrapins (15-1, 3-1 Big Ten) forced 16 turnovers in the first half while allowing only 17 field-goal attempts. The visiting Hoosiers (11-5, 0-4) shot 65% in the half but still trailed 39-32.
