Utah State 69, Brigham Young 62
LOGAN, Utah - Senior guard Brockeith Pane netted 17 second-half points and spearheaded an 11-0 Utah State run to lead the Aggies to a 69-62 win over Brigham Young Friday night at a loud, packed Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in both teams' season-opening game. Down 42-38 after two free throws by BYU's Brandon Davies at the 11:03 mark, USU reeled off 11 unanswered points, as freshman guard Steven Thornton hit a driving lay-up, followed by a Pane jumper to knot the score at 42-all, forcing a BYU timeout.
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Fresno State 55, Illinois State 47
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FRESNO, Calif. - Sophomore guard Kevin Olekaibe scored 14 of his game-high 18 points in the second half as Fresno State rallied for a 55-47 nonconference victory over Illinois State on Saturday night to make Bulldogs' coach Rodney Terry a winner in his debut as a Division I head coach.
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Missouri State 68, Nevada 46
RENO, Nev. (AP)-- Caleb Patterson scored 17 points to lead Missouri State over Nevada 68-46 on Friday night. Anthony Downing had 12 points and Nathan Scheer 11 for the Bears (1-0). Kevin Panzer scored 10 points to lead the Wolf Pack (0-1), which shot 13 of 50 from the field, including 5 of 25 from 3-point range.
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Hawai‘i 62, Hawai‘i Pacific 56 (Exhibition)
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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team opened the season with an exhibition game against Hawai'i Pacific University, defeating the Sea Warriors in a hard-fought contest, 62-56. The Rainbow Warriors used a second half rally to win their only exhibition game of the season.
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