The Hampton University men put on an expected dominant show in their home opener Thursday night, beating overmatched Mid-Atlantic Christian 103-43 at the Convocation Center.

Perhaps taking out their frustrations from Monday’s season-opening 90-86 loss at Milwaukee, the Pirates (1-1) lit up the arena’s new state-of-the-art scoreboard against the Mustangs (2-2). Quintin Cooper and Aidan Haskins led Hampton with 16 points apiece. Christian Watson and Michael Eley each added 12.

The Pirates’ reserves combined for 79 points, and 13 HU players scored.

MACU, which plays in the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association’s New South Athletic Conference alongside Apprentice and is from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was led by Latrell Thomson’s 11 points.

Despite missing its first four shots, Hampton moved ahead 14-0 and 23-4. Kellan Lewis hit a trey with 1:04 left to put the Pirates over the 100-point barrier in their only November home game. They’ll play their next six games on the road before hosting Apprentice School on Dec. 1.

No. 11 Louisville 106, Jackson State 70: Ryan Conwell scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half, 6-10 senior Kasean Pryor scored six in his return to the court for the first time since he tore his ACL nearly a year ago, and the Cardinals (2-0) won at home.

Mikel Brown Jr. had 18 points and the star freshman guard added nine assists for Louisville, which shot 52.2% from the field

Boston College 76, The Citadel 47: Virginia Beach’s Donald Hand Jr. led the host Eagles (1-1) with 18 points as they handled the Bulldogs (1-1).

Hand missed all seven of his 3-point attempts but finished 5 of 14 from the floor and 8 of 14 from the free-throw line. Chase Forte added 12 points, six assists, and two steals for BC.

Miami 101, Bethune-Cookman 61: Tre Donaldson scored 23 points, Malik Reneau had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists, the Hurricanes (2-0) shot 59.1% and beat the visiting Wildcats (0-2). Miami’s Dante Allen had 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and Ernest Udeh Jr. grabbed 10 rebounds to go with eight points and four blocks.

SMU 69, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 58: Boopie Miller scored 14 points, Samet Yigitoglu had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Mustangs (1-1) broke away from a 53-53 tie to beat the Islanders (1-1) in Dallas.

No. 3 Florida 104, North Florida 64: Alex Condon had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Micah Handlogten notched his second double-double in as many games, and the Gators (1-1) won in Gainesville. They outrebounded the Ospreys 64-24 as Thomas Haugh chipped in 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

The game was so lopsided that 7-foot-9 walk-on Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, made his collegiate debut. The 19-year-old Gators freshman got the loudest ovation of the night when he pulled off his warmup jersey and entered the game with 2:09 to play. Rioux didn’t even touch the ball.

No. 16 Iowa State 102, Grambling 62: Joshua Jefferson scored 20 points to lead six Cyclones in double figures. He hit 8 of 10 from the field and had eight rebounds, three assists and a block as the Cyclones (2-0) won their 36th straight nonconference game at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

No. 20 Auburn 95, Merrimack 57: Keyshawn Hall, a 6-7 Central Florida transfer, had 25 points and 14 rebounds for his first double-double with the Tigers. Ernest Shelton scored 23 for Merrimack, but no other Warrior had more than five.

Women

Norfolk State 85, UDC 39: Making their home debut behind new coach Jermaine Woods, the Spartans breezed past the University of the District of Columbia. It was an exhibition for the Division II Firebirds, who committed 38 turnovers.

Da’Brya Clark and Jasha Clinton each scored 23 points to lead the Spartans, while Anjanae Richardson added 17. Carmen Kweti grabbed 11 rebounds, and Clinton recorded a career-high nine steals.

Coming off a season-opening loss at No. 12 Mississippi, NSU shot 43.3% (29 of 67) from the field and 21 of 26 at the free-throw line (80.8%). The Spartans trailed by two after one quarter but moved ahead 37-25 by halftime and 56-30 after three periods.

Davidson 71, William & Mary 50: The Tribe (0-1) lost to the host Wildcats (1-1) despite Cassidy Geddes’ 20 points and Natalie Fox’s 12 points and four rebounds. W&M shot 30.4% to Davidson’s 50%.

Kyra Bruyndoncx led the Wildcats with 18 points, hitting all four of her 3-point tries and 7 of 8 field-goal tries overall. The Tribe trailed 12-4, pulled to 28-26 late in the first half but never caught up.

George Mason 72, James Madison 57: Zahirah Walton’s 22 points and seven rebounds led the Patriots (1-1) over the Dukes (1-1) before 2,365 in Harrisonburg. Hampton High alumna Kennedy Harris scored 13 and hit 3 of 7 3-point tries for George Mason, which outscored JMU 22-4 in the second quarter for a 35-16 halftime lead and led comfortably thereafter.

Lake Taylor High graduate Ashanti Barnes had 21 points for JMU and tied her career high with 16 rebounds. Princess Anne High product Zakiya Stephenson had four assists, but the Dukes shot just 26.9%.

No. 3 UCLA 85, UC Santa Barbara 47: The three-guard lineup of Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice and Utah transfer Gianna Kneepkens combined for 61 points for the host Bruins (2-0).

No. 5 LSU 115, Southeastern Louisiana 26: Flau’Jae Johnson scored 17 points for the Tigers (2-0). Freshmen ZaKiya Johnson scored 16, Bella Hines 14 and Grace Knox 11.

No. 10 Maryland 87, UMBC 54: Oluchi Okananwa and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu scored 15 points apiece for the Terrapins in College Park.

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