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Michigan St. swats 16 Houston Baptist shots, a new record
Published 12:13 am, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
East Lansing, Mich.
Miles Bridges matched his career high with 33 points, and No. 2 Michigan State set a school record with 16 blocks while beating Houston Baptist 107-62 on Monday night.
The Spartans (11-1) have won 10 straight since losing to top-ranked Duke. Nick Ward had 20 points, six rebounds and four blocks, and Joshua Langford added 14 points. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Michigan State with six blocks and eight rebounds.
Houston Baptist (4-8) stayed relatively close until Michigan State's 18-6 run late in the first half.
Huskies reserve Jalon Gates scored 17 points while Ian DuBose and Braxton Bonds each had 10 points.
Gonzaga 101, IUPUI 71: Killian Tillie scored a career-high 27 points, and No. 12 Gonzaga beat IUPUI. Johnathan Williams added 17 points and 14 rebounds for Gonzaga (10-2), last year's runner-up in the NCAA Tournament. T.J. Henderson scored 18 points for UIPUI (2-8), which has lost six straight games. The Jaguars have lost all 17 games against ranked opponents in its history.
Kansas 109, Omaha 64: Svi Mykhailiuk hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points, Devonte Graham added 17 and No. 14 Kansas rolled to a victory over Omaha. Lagerald Vick added 15 points and Malik Newman had 14 for the Jayhawks (9-2). Mykhailiuk kept knocking down shots against the Mavericks (3-11). He was 10-for-13 from the field, including 6-for-7 from beyond the arc, adding four rebounds and four assists. Daniel Norl had 13 points and Zach Jackson had 10 to lead Omaha, which went 9-for-28 from beyond the arc, shot 33 percent from the field and was outrebounded 49-26 by the Jayhawks.
TCU 91, Texas Southern 72: Vladimir Brodziansky had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading undefeated No. 15 TCU (11-0) over Texas Southern (0-12). JD Miller led TCU with 20 points. Trae Jefferson, averaging 22.8 points per game, finished with 29 for Texas Southern. TCU stretched its winning streak to 16 dating to last season, the longest in the nation. Texas Southern has yet to play a home game and remains winless.
Arizona 83, North Dakota St. 53: Deandre Ayton scored 25 points, Allonzo Trier added 15 before leaving with a left knee injury and No. 18 Arizona overwhelmed North Dakota State. Arizona (9-3) allowed the Bison (5-6) to hang around early before blowing past them with a 29-3 run spanning halftime to win its 46th straight nonconference home game. The victory may have come with a cost. With the Wildcats well in control midway through the second half, Trier went down writhing in pain after banging knees with North Dakota State's Paul Miller. The McKale Center was silent as Trier clutched his left leg and limped off directly to the locker room. Trier returned to the end of the bench late in the second half with an ice bag on his knee. Miller led the Bison with 12 points.
Florida St. 69, Georgia Southern 58: Phil Cofer scored 19 points, and No. 24 Florida State bounced back from its first loss of the season with a win over Charleston Southern. Terance Mann added 17 points for the Seminoles (10-1), who lost to Oklahoma State on Saturday and struggled during the first half against the Buccaneers, trailing by as many as four (18-14) with 8:21 remaining. Charleston Southern trailed 28-26 at halftime. It got within one (30-29) on a 3-pointer by Christian Keeling before the Seminoles went on a 21-4 run to put it away. Charleston Southern (4-6) has dropped four straight.
Creighton 90, Texas-Arlington 81: Marcus Foster scored 22 of his 32 points in the first half, and No. 25 Creighton beat UT Arlington for its fourth straight win. Foster made 8 of 10 shots in the first half as Creighton opened a 52-32 lead at the break. Khyri Thomas added 16 points and Mitch Ballock scored 14 for the Bluejays (9-2). Kevin Hervey had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Kaelon Wilson scored 15 points for the Mavericks (8-4).