Despite getting 11 shots blocked by one player, Hampton University persevered for a 72-63 victory Friday night over Brown in the College Hill Classic in Providence, Rhode Island.
Michael Eley scored 18 points for the Pirates (2-2) in their first road victory and triumph over a Division I foe. Jalyke Gaines-Wyatt had 16 points and six assists, and Daniel Johnson came off the bench for 17 points, four steals and three rebounds. Xzavier Long grabbed 15 rebounds.
An Eley 3-pointer with 18:55 left put Hampton ahead to stay, 33-30. The Pirates led by as many as 12.
HU hit 22 of 28 free throws but was just 24 of 59 from the field. That was in large part to Brown’s N’famara Dabo, a 6-foot-8 forward from Guinea who swatted 11 Hampton shots as well as producing 11 points and seven rebounds in 37 minutes for the Bears (0-4).
Jeremiah Jenkins scored 21 and Isaiah Langham 13 points for Brown.
Towson 51, Norfolk State 41: The host Tigers (3-1) held NSU (2-3) without a double-digit scorer and won in Maryland.
Dylan Williamson had 12 points and five rebounds for the Tigers (3-1). Tyler Tejada scored 11 points — all in the second half — and added seven rebounds.
NSU’s Elijah Jamison and Devon Ellis each had eight points. Anthony McComb III also had seven points and eight rebounds.
Norfolk State led 26-22 at the half. The second half featured nine lead changes and was tied four times before Towson pulled away.
No. 4 Duke 100, Indiana State 62: Freshman forward Cameron Boozer scored 23 of his season-high 35 points in the first half for the host Blue Devils (4-0), who put together three double-figure scoring runs against the Sycamores (2-2).
Boozer, who also had 12 rebounds and five assists, finished 13 for 16 from the field after connecting on 9 of 10 first-half shots. He made both his 3-point attempts.
Caleb Foster added 14 points and Dame Sarr 10 for Duke.
No. 18 North Carolina 97, NC Central 53: Freshman forward Caleb Wilson scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half in Chapel Hill, blocked four shots and added 13 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double for the Tar Heels (4-0). Ramondo Battle II scored 14 for the Eagles (1-4), who shot 24.2%.
Georgia 92, Georgia Tech 87: Blue Cain scored 18 points and Jeremiah Wilkinson added 18 off the bench for the host Bulldogs (4-0) against the Yellow Jackets (3-1) in Athens. Jordan Ross had 14 points and three assists.
Georgia Tech leaned on its wings to stay within striking distance. Kam Craft buried five 3s and scored 17 points, and Jaeden Mustaf added 15 points and six assists.
No. 5 Arizona 69, No. 15 UCLA 65: Anthony Dell’Orso scored 20 points off the bench, and Jaden Bradley hit the go-ahead 3-pointer to help Arizona rally in the Hall of Fame Series at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The matchup reunited the former longtime Pac-12 Conference rivals.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor for the Bruins (3-1). There were dueling chants of “UCLA” and “U of A” from the crowd that created a postseason atmosphere to match the high level of play in the NBA arena.
No. 6 Michigan 67, TCU 63: Transfer forwards Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. both had double-doubles as the Wolverines (3-0) beat the Horned Frogs (2-2) in Fort Worth, Texas.
Lendeborg, a transfer from UAB, had 14 points and 10 rebounds while Johnson, from Illinois, had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Brock Harding had 15 points for TCU.
No. 9 Kentucky 99, Eastern Illinois 53: Mouhamed Dioubate scored a season-high 20 points, leading five double-digit scorers for the Wildcats (2-1), and grabbed 11 rebounds.
No. 11 Texas Tech 80, Milwaukee 63: Christian Anderson had 18 points to lead five players scoring in double figures for Texas Tech, and the Red Raiders (3-1) extended their nonconference home winning streak to 41 games by beating the Panthers.
No. 14 Illinois 84, Colgate 65: David Mirkovic, a 6-9 freshman from Montenegro, scored 27 points, 19 in the second half, and grabbed 21 rebounds for the Illini (4-0) against the Raiders (1-3).
No. 19 Gonzaga 77, Arizona State 65: Graham Ike scored 20 points, Tyon Grant-Foster had 14 points and 12 rebounds off the bench, and the Bulldogs (4-0) beat the Sun Devils (2-1) in Tempe. Moe Odum led Arizona State with 12 points.
No. 21 Arkansas 79, Samford 75: Freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. led five players in double figures with 20 points for the host Razorbacks (3-1). They were up by 15 in the second half before staving off a late rally by the Bulldogs (2-2).
No. 23 Creighton 84, Maryland Eastern Shore 45: Jasen Green and Howard transfer Blake Harper scored 14 points apiece for the host Bluejays (2-1) against the Hawks (1-4).
Navy 97, Washington College of Maryland 64: Aidan Kehoe had 20 points and nine rebounds for the host Midshipmen (2-2), while Jinwoo Kim added 14 points. Jaedon Harris scored 11 for the Division III Shoremen.
Women
West Virginia 57, No. 15 Duke 49: Sydney Shaw scored 16 points and reserve Célia Rivière scored 12 as WVU overcame the ejection of six players just before halftime to win a Greenbrier Tip-Off game in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
The Mountaineers (4-0) finished the game at the Greenbrier Resort with just five players. WVU lost backups Gia Cooke, Carter McCray, Madison Parrish, Jordan Thomas and Kierra Wheeler, a former Norfolk State star, in a dust-up between the squads. The Mountaineers also lost starter Jordan Harrison.
Duke (2-2) lost Jordan Wood in the skirmish, which took 15 minutes for officials to sort through.
Wood blocked Harrison’s shot as time expired at the half, then flexed on her in a staredown. When the two exchanged shoves, the Mountaineers’ bench emptied before the teams were separated. Departing the bench carries an automatic ejection.
Trailing 23-20 at halftime, West Virginia outscored the Blue Devils 20-6 in the first six minutes of the third.
The Blue Devils drew within 53-49 with 37 seconds left before Shaw atoned for some late turnovers and made 5 of 6 free throws in the last 43 seconds.
Salem 61, Regent 57: Thanks to Lauren Ringwood’s 24 points, the Spirits (1-0) edged the Royals (0-3) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, despite junior Shardae Williams’ career-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting.
Also for Regent, Mikaylah Telfer had nine points and nine rebounds, and fellow freshman Eva Giannini had 11 points and five assists.
George Mason 61, Georgetown 54, OT: Hampton High graduate Kennedy Harris had 21 points and five steals for the Patriots (3-1) in their first home victory over the Hoyas (1-2) since 1992.
Georgetown led 36-24 before George Mason rallied by scoring as many points in the fourth quarter (24) as they had scored in the first three.
A Harris jumper with 12 seconds left in regulation tied the score at 48, forcing overtime. Her 3-pointer gave the Patriots a 53-50 lead, and she sank a jumper with 35 seconds to go.
No. 7 Baylor 62, UNLV 54: Taliah Scott scored 23 points in Las Vegas for the Bears (3-0). They fell behind by eight in the fourth quarter, but a 1-of-18 shooting drought by UNLV (2-1) helped Baylor erase the deficit.
