Senior Elijah Jamison scored his 1,000th college point with a second-half jumper Monday night as Norfolk State overcame Maryland Eastern Shore 70-66 before 1,100 in Princess Anne, Maryland.
Devon Ellis and Anthony McComb III scored 17 points apiece for NSU, which avenged a surprising 74-70 loss at Echols Hall to UMES. Ellis, who grabbed six rebounds, was 6 of 8 from the field and 3 for 3 from the free-throw line.
The Spartans (13-14, 6-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) won their third game in a row, while UMES (8-19, 4-6) lost its sixth consecutive.
The Hawks went ahead 9-3, NSU pulled even at 12, and the game remained close for most of the night.
NSU led 31-28 at halftime, fell behind 41-38, then went back in front.
The Hawks went ahead 54-53 with 7:06 remaining, but NSU embarked on a decisive 13-2 run.
UMES got back in the game, pulling to 68-66 with 8 seconds remaining, but McComb ensured the victory with a pair of free throws.
Jamison, a 6-foot-3 guard from Louisburg, North Carolina, had six points and five assists Monday. He played two seasons for Milwaukee and one for UNC Wilmington and is in his first season with NSU.
Dorion Staples and Zion Obanla led UMES with 19 points apiece.
No. 6 Iowa State 70, No. 2 Houston 67: Nate Heise hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and Tamin Lipsey came up with an offensive rebound in the final seconds to cap Iowa State’s rally at home in Ames.
Heise was 3 for 3 from 3-point range hours after sister Taylor Heise scored to help the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team beat Sweden 5-0 to reach the gold-medal game.
The Cyclones (23-3, 10-3 Big 12) closed with a 17-4 run to take down a second top-10 team in three days. Iowa State topped No. 8 Kansas 74-56 Saturday.
The Cougars (23-3, 11-2) had their six-game winning streak snapped, and their conference lead was cut to a half-game over No. 4 Arizona heading into their matchup Saturday in Houston.
No. 3 Duke 101, Syracuse 64: Cameron Boozer had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (24-2, 13-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who looked primed for a weekend nonconference showdown with top-ranked Michigan. They shot 62.3% from the field, including 12 of 20 from 3-point range.
Isaiah Evans scored 21 points, Nikolas Khamenia added 14 off the bench, and Patrick Ngongba and Cayden Boozer each had 12.
William Kyle III scored 12 points and Nate Kingz added 10 for Syracuse (15-12, 6-8).
Michigan takes poll lead: Michigan is No. 1 in the Associated Press men’s poll for the first time in 13 years, ending Arizona’s nine-week reign.
The Wolverines (24-1) claimed 60 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to climb one spot and supplant the Wildcats, who were unbeaten entering last week before falling at Kansas and at home to Texas Tech.
No. 2 Houston and No. 3 Duke each moved up one spot, with Arizona falling to No. 4. Virginia rose one place to No. 14.
VCU, which has won nine games in a row, received a vote for No. 25 and was one of eight teams to gain support without reaching the poll.
Michigan players, from left, Malick Kordel, Aday Mara, Morez Johnson Jr. and Elliot Cadeau celebrate on the bench late in the second half of a win over UCLA on Saturday. LON HORWEDEL/AP
Women
George Mason 46, Richmond 37: Hampton High graduate Kennedy Harris had 15 points and three steals in Fairfax as the Patriots (17-8, 12-2) tied the Spiders (22-5, 12-2) for second place in the Atlantic 10.
Maggie Doogan had seven points, eight rebounds and five blocks for UR, which was outscored 17-8 in the third quarter and shot 27% (13 of 49) for the game.
George Mason shot 29% (18 of 62) but outrebounded the Spiders 47-36.
Auriemma ties VanDerveer: Geno Auriemma equaled Tara VanDerveer for the most appearances in the AP women’s basketball Top 25 poll when UConn remained No. 1 Monday.
Auriemma has led the Huskies to 654 appearances in the poll during his 41-year Hall of Fame career to match VanDerveer, who retired from Stanford in 2024. UConn has been ranked for the past 621 consecutive weeks, dating to the preseason
1993-94 poll, and once again was a unanimous choice at No. 1 from the 31-member national media panel. UCLA and South Carolina remained second and third behind the Huskies.
