Dec 30, 2024; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas State Wildcats guard Coleman Hawkins (33) and guard Dug McDaniel (0) have fun through the first half in opposition to the Cincinnati Bearcats at Bramlage Coliseum. Obligatory Credit score: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Pictures Coleman Hawkins had 20 factors and 10 rebounds as Kansas State knocked off No. 16 Cincinnati 70-67 on Monday evening in Manhattan, Kan., within the Large 12 opener for each groups.
The Wildcats (7-5, 1-0 Large 12) additionally bought 17 factors from Dug McDaniel and 13 from David N’Guessan.
Dan Skillings Jr., who was 3-for-15 from 3-point vary getting into Monday, was 4-for-8 from deep to steer the Bearcats with 18 factors. Dillon Mitchell had 15 factors and 11 boards.
After Cincinnati (10-2, 0-1) tied the rating at 31 early within the second half, McDaniel scored six straight factors for the Wildcats. Kansas State quickly prolonged the result in 9 factors earlier than the Bearcats tied it once more at 56-56. N’Guessan then scored a three-point play to provide Kansas State a 59-56 lead and the Wildcats by no means trailed once more.
No. 2 Auburn 87, Monmouth 58
Johni Broome and Dylan Cardwell every recorded double-doubles to steer the host Tigers previous the cussed Hawks in Auburn, Ala.
Broome led all Auburn scorers with 14 factors and picked up 11 rebounds, whereas Cardwell completed with 12 factors and 11 rebounds as Auburn (12-1) picked up its fifth consecutive win. Monmouth (2-11) misplaced for the third time in its previous 4 video games.
The Hawks remained aggressive with one of many nation’s finest for greater than 13 minutes of the primary half earlier than the Tigers, taking part in for the primary time since Dec. 21, broke a 28-28 tie with an 18-0 run to shut out the primary half.
No. 3 Iowa State 79, Colorado 69
Curtis Jones scored 20 factors, Keshon Gilbert added 14 factors and the Cyclones held on for a win over the Buffaloes in Boulder, Colo., within the Large 12 opener for each groups.
Joshua Jefferson completed with 13 factors, seven rebounds and eight steals for Iowa State (11-1, 1-0 Large 12), which received its eighth sport in a row.
Julian Hammond III scored 21 factors on 9-of-17 capturing to steer Colorado (9-3, 0-1). RJ Smith completed with 14 factors and Javon Ruffin scored 9 because the Buffaloes fell to 8-1 at house.
No. 14 Houston 60, Oklahoma State 47
J’Wan Roberts scored a season-high 20 factors and recorded his first double-double of the marketing campaign because the Cougars beat the Cowboys in Stillwater, Okla., to open convention play.
Roberts corralled 11 rebounds to steer the Cougars (9-3, 1-0 Large 12) to their fifth consecutive victory. Houston seized management with a 17-1 run that closed the primary half and yielded a 28-18 lead on the intermission.
Brandon Newman scored 12 factors for Oklahoma State (8-4, 0-1) and Robert Jennings had 10. Marchelus Avery, the Cowboys’ main scorer on the season, scored simply 5 factors on 2-for-8 capturing.
No. 17 Mississippi State 87, Bethune-Cookman 73
Riley Kugel scored 22 factors off the bench and the Bulldogs used improved protection within the second half to drag away from the Wildcats in Starkville, Miss.
Josh Hubbard scored 16 and RJ Melendez and Claudell Harris Jr. had 12 every because the Bulldogs (12-1) held the Wildcats (3-10) to twenty-eight factors within the second half after permitting 45 within the first half. Mississippi State compelled a complete of 17 turnovers, resulting in 24 factors.
Trey Thomas and Brayon Freeman scored 21 every to steer Bethune-Cookman, which acquired simply 15 factors from its bench in comparison with 34 for the Mississippi State reserves.
No. 18 Michigan State 80, Western Michigan 62
Jaden Akins had 18 factors because the Spartans prolonged their successful streak to 6 video games by defeating the Broncos in East Lansing, Mich.
Carson Cooper had 13 factors and 6 rebounds for Michigan State (11-2) within the nonconference sport. The Spartans wound up with a 20-7 edge in factors scored on the foul line.
Chansey Willis Jr.’s 12 factors topped Western Michigan (3-9), which has misplaced 5 straight. Max Burton added 10 factors.
No. 19 Gonzaga 89, Pepperdine 82
Khalif Battle scored 21 factors because the Bulldogs held off a livid second-half rally to win their twenty ninth consecutive West Coast Convention opener, defeating the host Waves in Malibu, Calif.
Gonzaga defeated Pepperdine for the forty eighth time in a row, a streak relationship to 2002. Gonzaga’s Braden Huff scored 19 factors on 9-of-10 capturing from the sector for the Bulldogs (10-4, 1-0 WCC).
Jaxon Olvera led the Waves (6-9, 0-2) with a game-high 27 factors and Moe Odum scored all 24 of his factors within the second half. Pepperdine outscored Gonzaga 50-39 within the second half, getting as shut as 4 with little greater than two minutes remaining, however couldn’t pull off the comeback.
No. 23 Arkansas 92, Oakland 62
Adou Thiero tallied 16 of his 20 factors within the first half, Boogie Fland scored 21 of his 24 within the second half, and the Razorbacks routed the Golden Grizzlies in Fayetteville, Ark.
Thiero added six rebounds, six assists and three steals whereas Karter Knox had 17 factors for Arkansas (11-2). The Razorbacks shot 60.3 p.c from the sector whereas holding Oakland to 40 p.c.
Tuburu Naivalurua recorded 18 factors and 9 rebounds whereas Allen Mukeba had 17 factors and 6 boards as Oakland (4-10) misplaced for the sixth time in seven video games.
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