BANGOR — Anthony Roberts scored 40 points, making 9 of 12 3-pointers, as Stony Brook beat Maine 85-74 in an America East men’s basketball game on Sunday at Cross Insurance Center.
Roberts added six rebounds and six assists for Stony Brook (15-10, 7-5 America East). Tykei Greene had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Seawolves, who took the lead for good with a 9-0 run late in the first half, breaking away from a 37-37 tie.
Maks Klansjscek scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Black Bears (5-19, 2-11). Vuskasin Masic finished with 14 points.
WESLEYAN 101, BOWDOIN 65: Sam Peek scored 24 points to lead a balanced attack as the Cardinals (21-3, 9-1 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (11-12, 3-8) in Middletown, Connecticut.
Nicky Johnson added 17 points and nine assists, while Shackylie Dezonie had 15 points.
Michael Simonds scored 18 points and Xander Werkman had 10 for Bowdoin.
WILLIAMS 72, BATES 60: Cole Prowitt-Smith and Nate Karren each had 16 points and six rebounds as the Ephs (15-3, 5-3 NESCAC) beat the Bobcats (9-11, 2-8) in Lewiston.
Jahmir Primer scored 25 points and Stephon Baxter added 16 for Bates.
(3) PURDUE 62, MARYLAND 61: Trevion Williams blocked a layup try in the final seconds and the Boilermakers (22-4, 11-4 Big Ten), boosted by Jaden Ivey’s go-ahead three-point play, held off the Terrapins (11-14, 3-11) in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Maryland’s Donta Scott drove hard to the basket from the right baseline, but Williams rejected the shot with five seconds left. The Boilermakers corralled the loose ball, completing a rally from a 12-point deficit midway through the second half.
(13) ILLINOIS 73, NORTHWESTERN 66: Kofi Cockburn scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help the Illini (18-6, 11-3 Big Ten) stave off a late comeback in a win over the Wildcats (12-11, 5-9 Big Ten) in Champaign, Illinois.
Illinois led by 18 points after Alfonso Plummers’s 3-pointer with 13:05 left, but Northwestern responded with a 19-2 run to pull within one point with 6:16 to go.
The Illini turned to Cockburn, their 7-foot center, for an answer. He scored six straight points to make it a 61-56 lead with 4:19 to play, then got his team’s final three buckets.
(24) UCONN 63, ST. JOHN’S 60: Tyrese Martin scored all 17 of his points in the second half and the Huskies (17-7, 8-5 Big East) rallied past the Red Storm (13-11, 5-8) at Madison Square Garden.
R.J. Cole added 14 points and Andre Jackson grabbed 16 rebounds to help the weary Huskies win despite shooting only 36% from the field. They swept the season series from St. John’s and moved into sole possession of third place in the conference standings behind Villanova and first-place Providence.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WESLEYAN 81, BOWDOIN 60: Caleigh Ryan had 30 points and 11 rebounds as the Cardinals (11-12, 4-6 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (16-8, 5-5) in Brunswick.
Marina Petruzzi added 14 points, Tori DaCosta 12 and Brook Guiffre 10.
Megan Tan scored 27 points, while Callie Godfrey had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Bowdoin.
(1) SOUTH CAROLINA 72, (17) GEORGIA 54: Aliyah Boston scored 18 points to go with 12 rebounds, and the Gamecocks (23-1, 11-1 SEC) coasted after a strong start to beat the Bulldogs (17-7, 6-6) in Athens, Georgia.
Boston posted her 18th double-double in 24 games. Destanni Henderson added 15 points for the Gamecocks, who led by 30 points in the first half.
(2) STANFORD 63, COLORADO 46: Lexie Hull had 14 points and tied her season high with six steals, Cameron Brink added a double-double, and the Cardinal (21-3, 12-0 Pac-12) pulled away from the Buffaloes (16-7, 5-7) in the second half at Stanford, California.
(3) LOUISVILLE 73, (18) NOTRE DAME 47: Kianna Smith scored 17 points, Hailey Van Lith added 16 and the Cardinals (22-2, 13-1 ACC) outscored the Irish (19-6, 10-4) 29-6 over parts of the middle two quarters in Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville took control late in the second quarter after two quick fouls sent 6-foot-3 Fighting Irish forward Maya Dodson to the bench with 3:54 left. The Cardinals followed with six points over 1:16 for a 27-19 lead before Hall added a 3-pointer and Kianna Smith two free throws to cap the 11-2 spurt for a 32-21 halftime lead.
NORTHWESTERN 71, (4) MICHIGAN 69: Veronica Burton hit two tiebreaking free throws in the closing seconds, Jillian Brown scored a career-high 18 points, and the Wildcats (14-9, 6-6 Big Ten) beat a top-four team for the first time in 40 years, squeezing past the Wolverines (20-4, 11-3) in Evanston, Illinois.
Naz Hillmon scored 16 and became the fourth Michigan player with 2,000 points. She also grabbed 15 rebounds.
(5) NORTH CAROLINA STATE 77, DUKE 62: Jakia Brown-Turner scored 15 of her 19 points after halftime while the Wolfpack (23-3, 14-1 ACC) missed only one shot in the fourth quarter to pull away late and beat the Blue Devils (15-9, 6-8) in Durham, North Carolina.
Brown-Turner made 9 of 11 shots overall and came up with multiple key baskets in the fourth, including a 3-pointer from the right wing with 2:38 left that was part of a game-clinching 13-0 run.
(6) ARIZONA 62, ARIZONA STATE 58: Cate Reese had 17 points, Madi Conner scored a career-high 16 off the bench and the Wildcats (18-4, 8-4 Pac-12) used stifling defense in the second half to beat the Sun Devils (12-9, 4-4) in Tucson, Arizona.
(8) UCONN 72, MARQUETTE 58: Azzi Fudd scored 24 points and Dorka Juhasz added 21 as the Huskies (17-5, 11-1 Big East) broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat the Golden Eagles (17-7, 10-5) in Milwaukee.
(11) GEORGIA TECH 92, CLEMSON 84: Eylia Love scored a career-high 26 points – offsetting a career-best 40 points by Clemson’s Delicia Washington – and the Yellow Jackets (19-6, 10-4 ACC) survived an upset bid, defeating the Tigers (9-17, 3-12) in overtime in Atlanta.
Love sank 10 of 16 shots as the Yellow Jackets ended a two-game skid by beating the Tigers for the ninth straight time.
(13) TENNESSEE 66, VANDERBILT 52: Jordan Horston had 16 points and 13 rebounds and the Volunteers (20-4, 10-2 SEC) used a strong second half to defeat the Commodores (12-14, 3-9) in a Play4Kay game in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Tennessee opened the fourth quarter with a 14-1 run that put the game well in hand. The lead peaked at 62-40 when Horston hit a 3-pointer near the six-minute mark of the period.
(14) LSU 74, TEXAS A&M 58: Khayla Pointer and Alexis Morris scored 25 points each as the Tigers (21-4, 9-3) defeated the Aggies (14-10, 4-8 SEC) in College Station, Texas.
VIRGINIA TECH 66, (23) NORTH CAROLINA 61: Georgia Amoore put up 17 points and the Hokies (19-6, 11-3 ACC) posted a second straight win over a nationally-ranked opponent for the first time in program history, knocking off the Tar Heels (19-5, 9-5) in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Virginia Tech picked up its 11th Atlantic Coast Conference win of the season – also a first for the program.
OREGON STATE 68, (24) OREGON 62: Talia von Oelhoffen scored 23 points and snared 12 rebounds, and the Beavers (12-9, 5-6 Pac-12) made enough free throws down the stretch to upset the Ducks (16-8, 9-4) in Eugene, Oregon.
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