Cincy Pulls Upset; Georgetown’s Wright Breaks Hand

Cincinnati NCAA hopes are very safe after the first win of the school in one of the top 25 teams in seven years, while Georgetown's immediate future is suddenly very clear, due to a broken hand Chris Wright.

Yancy Gates scored 17 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday night, and the Bearcats held at Georgetown four field goals in the second half in a 58-46 victory over No. 11 Hoya.

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Alabama A&M Defeats Southern University 64-45

Cornelius Hester scored 24 points, most of whom come from six three-pointers as Alabama A & M beat Southern University 64-45 on Monday night.

The Bulldogs (12-11, 9-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference) led 23-19 at halftime, but extended its lead to double digits in a 10-0 run led by Casey Cantey at the beginning of the second half. Cantey scored five of his 18 points during the surge, which ended with Alabama A & M ahead 40-25 with 14:40 left.

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Cal Snaps Losing Streak, Stuns UCLA 76-72 in OT

Jorge Gutierrez scored 34 points, Markhuri-Frisian Sanders has 12 points and California beat UCLA 76-72 instead of overtime Sunday night to take a series of four defeats in thrilling fashion.

The Bears blew a 12-point lead and overcame great Malcolm Lee buzzer beater at the end of regulation time and finally broke his slip. Star Allen Crabbe first year back after missing the last two games with a concussion to score eight points, seven rebounds and get help from Cal (14-13, 7-8 Pac-10) is above .500.

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Mississippi State Suffering Through Chaotic Season

Basketball season Mississippi State has been defined by fistfights NCAA lengthy suspensions television, professional issues and controversy Twitter.

Behavior has led to four starters being suspended for 30 games combined. We are no longer with the team. It's embarrassing for a proud program that won five titles in the quarterfinals of the Western Conference South Division.

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Bravard Lifts Seminoles Past Virginia, 78-74

Cierra Bravard and No. 19 Florida State has its way with Virginia, which dominates the interior and on the way to win the ACC bumpy road.

And then they had to risk everything to go away.

But Natasha Howard scored inside with 15.4 seconds left and Bravard hit a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left, each time after the Cavaliers closed within two, and the Seminoles days for a 78-74 victory Monday night, and some lessons learned.

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Washington State Edges Oregon State 67-64

Iret Amojo Sage Romberg and scored 17 points each and Washington State erased a 10 point deficit in the first half to defeat Oregon State 67-64 on Thursday night.

Amojo made three free hand in the last 20 seconds to seal the Cougars (6-16, 4-6 Pac-10), who trailed 30-22 at halftime and dominated the Beavers (7 - 14, 0-10) 45-34 in the second half.

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Cardinal Wears ASU Down in 2nd Half For 72-54 Win

Playing for a team missing its point guard, who was beaten by 47 just a month ago, Stanford had an unexpected battle.

It pained by Cardinal beat the ball inside, walk away with an egg! a victory which puts them in a victory for the longest match winning streak in the history of Pac-10.

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Oregon Blasts Washington State 69-43

Joevan Catron had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon recorded the most convincing win Pac-10 Conference to be in five years 69-43 victory at Washington State on Thursday night.

Jay-R Strowbridge added 15 points off the bench, had 13 and Garrett Sim EJ Singler had 10 points for the Ducks (11-11, 4-6 Pac-10), derived from the opening basket.

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Northwestern State Beats Central Arkansas 85-78

Pratt scored 23 points and Devon Baker added 20 as Northwestern State defeated Central Arkansas 85-78 on Wednesday night.

Louis Ellis hit 3-pointer with 10:38 to play, to help Northwestern State (13-10, 5-3 Southland Conference), one of its biggest lead 64-49 at night. Bears (5-16, 1-7) still trailed 80-69 with 1:20 left when Mike Pouncy hit two 3-pointers to lead 9-3 journey that pulled them to 83-78 and 29 seconds remaining.

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WVirginia Beats Providence 59-45

Liz Repella scored 16 points and No. 14 West Virginia rebounded from consecutive road losses with a 59-45 victory in Providence, on Tuesday night.

Asya Bussie added 14 points and Madina Ali was 13 and the Mountaineers (20-3, 6-3 Big East), who extended their school record for consecutive home wins and 31

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Arizona Makes Return to AP Poll For First Time Since 2007

Men's basketball team from Arizona made its debut in the Top 25 Associated Press rankings for the first time since December 31 December 2007, and returned to the ESPN / USA Today poll of coaches.

Head coach Sean Miller Wildcats are now ranked No. 21 in AP and No. 22 in the coaches poll.

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New Mexico Routs TCU 71-46

Phillip McDonald hit a season-high six 3-pointers in scoring 20 points Wednesday night to help New Mexico to a 71-46 victory over TCU.

Five rounds of McDonald's long-haul came during the 7:37 stretch inserted around halftime. His baseline jumper from the dam began with 4:48 still in the first half, breaking the 19-19 tie.

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Oklahoma Defeats Texas Tech 83-74

Cade Davis matched his career high with 25 points, Andrew Fitzgerald scored 20 and Oklahoma snapped a series of 12 losses against Big 12 competition Tuesday night, beating Texas Tech 83-74.

Davis missed his first four 3-point attempts, but was 4-for-4 when it came to most as the Sooners (9-9, 1-3) prevailed at a meeting in the last two teams without a conference win.

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Iona Surges Past Cold Shooting Saint Peter’s 70-52

Michael Glover scored 23 points and Iona used two second half pushed against cold-shooting St. Pierre to win 70-52 Friday night.

Glover was 11:12 from the field and had seven rebounds and three blocks.

When the Gaels (9-6, 3-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) led 36-34 at halftime, tied the peacocks 18:55 to go.

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Prairie View Beats Alcorn State 68-66 in Overtime

Trant Simpson made 22 points and Alcorn State defeated Prairie View 68-66 in overtime Tuesday night, Southwestern Athletic Conference opener, both teams.

Alcorn State (0-11) overcame a halftime deficit of five points to send the game into overtime tied at 63.

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Sun Devils Drop Pac-10 Opener

Joe Burton had a run of 17 points and nine rebounds to lead Oregon State to a 80-58 victory over Arizona on Thursday night in the Pac-10 open for both teams.

Jared Cunningham added 16 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Beavers (6-6), who began the season with a win for the first time since the 2004-05 season.

Ty Abbott had 18 points, all in the first half of Arizona State (7-5).

Burton two free throws with 8:08 remaining gave Oregon a 64-51 cushion and were part of a 12-3 run that put the game out of reach.

Arizona State guard Trent Lockett, the Sun Devils leading scorer 14.7 points per game, has not played because of a sprained finger on his left foot.

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Vanderbilt Beats Marquette 77-76

Vanderbilt forward Jeff Taylor is not sure Darius Johnson-Odom slipped or tripped trying to drive to basket at the end of the game.

It is very, very happy mistake was not called.

Other Walker scored on a layup with 4.1 seconds left and No. 24 Vanderbilt held off Marquette 77-76 on Wednesday night in his first game since his arrival in the Top 25 this season.

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UC Riverside Beats UC Irvine 73-68

Javon Borum had 30 points, going 24:12 by free-throw line, such as cutting UC Riverside UC Irvine 73-68 Tuesday night in the opening Big West Conference, both teams.

Kareem Nitot made 13 points and Phil Martin added 10 Highlanders (5-7). Kevin Bradshaw had 10 points and nine rebounds, and Elliott Berry also participated in the 10 panels of UC Riverside, which was held in 1952-1939 to accelerate the board.

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Saint Mary’s 73, New Mexico St. 53

Mitchell Young scored 20 points to lead St. Mary's (CA) for a 73-53 victory over New Mexico State on Thursday night.

Matthew Dellavedova had 12 points and six assists and Stephen Holt made 10 points Gaels (10-2).

Christian Kabongo made 16 points and Hernst Laroche added 12 for the Aggies (6-8).

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Portland Pulls Out 88-79 Win Over Boise State

Nemanja Mitrovica scored a career-high 22 points, including two clutch 3-pointers down the stretch, where Portland pulled Boise State 88-79 victory Wednesday night.

Mitrovic has completed 7 of 9 on the field and 5 of 5 from 3-point line. Luke Sikma added 18 points and Jared Stohl had 16 for the Pilots (10-3).

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