Anthony Dell’Orso scored 20 points off the bench and Jaden Bradley tallied 13 of his 15 points in the second half to help No. 5 Arizona notch a 69-65 victory over No. 15 UCLA on Friday in the Hall of Fame Series at Inglewood, Calif.
Motiejus Krivas added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats (4-0), who scored 16 of the game’s final 22 points to prevail in the contest between former Pac-12 powerhouse squads considered two of the top programs in the West.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Bruins (3-1). Eric Dailey Jr. added 13 points, Donovan Dent had 11 points and eight assists, and Xavier Booker registered 10 points and seven rebounds.
Arizona shot 47.3% from the field and hit 6 of 19 (31.6%) from 3-point range. Dell’Orso made 4 of 7 from behind the arc. The Bruins connected on 43.1% of their shots and were 9 of 17 (52.9%) from long distance. Bilodeau and Dailey each had three treys.
No. 4 Duke 100, Indiana State 62
Freshman Cameron Boozer scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Blue Devils overcame a slow start to earn pull away from the Sycamores in Durham, N.C.
Caleb Foster added 14 points, Dame Sarr had 10 points and Patrick Ngongba II contributed nine points and eight rebounds for the Blue Devils (4-0), who shot 53.5% from the floor and erased an early 10-point deficit. Boozer shot 13-for-16 from the floor.
Duke recorded back-to-back 100-point games for the first time since 2017, having recorded a 114-59 victory at Army on Tuesday. Sterling Young scored 14 points and Ian Scott had 13 for the Sycamores (2-2).
No. 6 Michigan 67, TCU 63
Yaxel Lendeborg posted 14 points and 10 rebounds, Trey McKenney made several clutch plays down the stretch, and the Wolverines rallied for a victory over the Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas.
Michigan (3-0) overcame committing 22 turnovers. The Wolverines did so by dominating inside, winning the rebounding battle 44-23 and outscoring the Frogs in the paint 36-26.
TCU (2-2) was led by Brock Harding’s 15 points. Micah Robinson added 12 points for the Horned Frogs, who shot 37.1% from the field.
No. 9 Kentucky 99, Eastern Illinois 53
Mouhamed Dioubate scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting and collected 11 rebounds to help the Wildcats roll to a victory over the Panthers in Lexington, Ky.
Denzel Aberdeen had 13 points and Otega Oweh added 12 for Kentucky (3-1), who rebounded from a 96-88 loss to No. 12 Louisville on Tuesday. The Wildcats held a commanding 49-17 rebounding advantage and shot a sizzling 60.9% from the field.
Terry McMorris registered 18 points, three blocked shots and two steals for the Panthers (1-3), who never led. Andrew Austin made three treys while adding 13 points.
No. 11 Texas Tech 80, Milwaukee 63
Christian Anderson scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures as the Red Raiders pulled away from the Panthers for a win in Lubbock, Texas.
Donovan Atwell tallied 17 points while Tyeree Bryan scored 13 points for Texas Tech (3-1). JT Toppin, who was averaging 33 points per game, was held to seven points on 3-of-10 shooting. He did grab 10 rebounds.
Danilo Jovanovich led Milwaukee with 17 points, Sekou Konneh scored 12 points and Seth Hubbard added 11 points for the Panthers (2-3).
No. 14 Illinois 84, Colgate 65
Freshman forward David Mirkovic piled up 27 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Fighting Illini to a victory over the Raiders in Champaign, Ill.
In his fourth college game, Mirkovic produced the school’s first 20-20 game since NBA first-round pick Nick Weatherspoon notched 37 points and 22 rebounds against DePauw on Dec. 2, 1972. Keaton Wagler provided 19 points for Illinois (4-0).
Andrew Alekseyenko paced Colgate (1-3) with 21 points. Jalen Cox added 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.
No. 18 North Carolina 97, North Carolina Central 53
Freshman Caleb Wilson turned in another sterling performance for the Tar Heels with 21 points and 13 rebounds in a trouncing of the Eagles in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Luka Bogavac posted 13 points and Henri Veesaar added 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Tar Heels (4-0) handled business in mostly workmanlike fashion. They also received 39 points from their reserves, led by Zayden High’s 11 points along with nine apiece from Derek Dixon and Jonathan Powell.
Ramondo Battle II led N.C. Central (1-4), which lost to an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent for the third time this season, with 14 points off the bench. The Eagles were limited to 14 points in the first 15 minutes of the second half as the Tar Heels’ lead swelled to 76-38.
No. 19 Gonzaga 77, Arizona State 65
Graham Ike poured in 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Tyon Grant-Foster posted 14 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulldogs pulled away from the Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz.
Adam Miller, who spent the previous two seasons with Arizona State, scored 10 points in 20 minutes for the Bulldogs (4-0).
Maurice Odum registered a team-leading 12 points for Arizona State (2-1), and Santiago Trouet amassed 10 points and 11 rebounds. Massamba Diop and Bryce Ford each scored 11 points, and Anthony Johnson had 10.
No. 21 Arkansas 79, Samford 75
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 20 points and Meleek Thomas added 17 points to lead the Razorbacks to a hard-earned win over the Bulldogs in Fayetteville, Ark.
Acuff made 7 of 13 attempts from the field overall, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range. Thomas shot 5 of 13 from the field in addition to grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out four assists. Trevon Brazile chipped in 15 points on 6-of-14 shooting for the Razorbacks (3-1).
Zion Wilburn and Cade Norris each put up 15 points for Samford (2-2), both sinking three 3-pointers. Jadin Booth, the nation’s leading scorer through three games at 27.7 points per contest, was held to 14 points on a lackluster 3-of-15 night from the field.
No. 23 Creighton 84, Maryland Eastern Shore 45
Blake Harper and Jasen Green each scored 14 points to lead the Bluejays to a win over the Hawks in Omaha, Neb.
Harper also had nine rebounds while Green had five for the Bluejays (2-1). Creighton shot 49.3% from the field and outrebounded its overmatched opponent 43-26.
Justin Monden led Maryland Eastern Shore (1-4) with 13 points off the bench, hitting all six of his shots from the field.
–Field Level Media
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