Nevada 78, Portland 60
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Dario Hunt had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Nevada over Portland 78-60 on Thursday.
Olek Czyz had 15 points, Jerry Evans Jr. 11 and Malik Story 10 for the Wolf Pack (9-3), who won their sixth consecutive game.
Kevin Bailey scored 15 points and Tim Douglas had 12 for the Pilots (3-10), who have lost six straight.
Nevada never trailed in the game. With a 12-8 lead, the Wolf Pack went on a 22-0 run to go up 34-8 with 8:27 left in the first half.
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Utah State 81, Kent State 62
LOGAN, Utah – (USU Media Relations) Junior forward Kyisean Reed scored a career-high 27 points and sophomore guard Preston Medlin added 20 as Utah State rolled to an easy 81-62 home win against KentState here Thursday to claim its own Athletes In Action Classic championship.
Medlin, who was 6-of-8 from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point range and 5-for-7 at the free throw line, added five rebounds, three assists and two steals in earning Most Valuable Player honors. Reed was an amazing 12-of-13 from the field and 3-for-4 from the free throw line as he was named to the all-tournament team. Reed, who had three dunks in the contest, added four rebounds and a career-high tying two blocked shots.
Senior forward Morgan Grim was also named to the all-tournament team for Utah State after recording his second double-double in as many nights as he finished with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
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UC Riverside 66, San Jose State 64
Riverside, Calif.--(SJSU Media Relations) Second-chance baskets by UC Riverside guard Kareem Nitoto and forward B.J. Shearry in the final minute gave the Highlanders a 66-64 win over San Jose State in a non-conference men's basketball game.
The two follow-up scores gave UC Riverside (5-7) a 64-59 advantage that was just enough to hold off a San Jose State (4-8) free throw flurry by Keith Shamburger in the final 17.6 seconds. Shamburger led all players with 24 points and made five straight free throws leaving San Jose State trailing, 65-64, with 9.3 seconds to go.
Reserve guard Daymond Cowlah made the first of two free throws with 8.3 seconds remaining. James Kinney's 3-point shot for the win hit the side of the rim leaving the Spartans winless in six road games this season.
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Arkansas 77, Louisiana Tech 63
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -(LT Media Relations) Louisiana Tech fell to Arkansas 77-63 Thursday night at Bud Walton Arena as freshman guard Raheem Appleby (Jacksonville, Ark) scored 23 points, his third straight 20-point game, on 10-of-22 shooting to pace the Bulldogs.
The defeat ends Tech's three-game winning streak as the Bulldogs fall to 7-6 on the year while the Razorbacks improve to 8-3.
The Bulldogs started out hot from the field making six of their first eight shots as they took a 17-6 lead at the 13:41 mark of the first half.
A jumper from Arkansas' Rashad Madden gave the Razorbacks their first lead of the game but a three-pointer from senior guard Trevor Gaskins (Alpharetta, Ga.) on Tech's next possession gave the Bulldogs a 22-20 advantage.
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Green Bay 63, Idaho 61
GREEN BAY, Wisc. –(UI Media Relations) Similar game, similar heart-wrenching result for Idaho men’s basketball on Thursday in a 63-61 loss at Green Bay.
Just two days removed from a last-second overtime loss at Wright State, the Vandal men played another tightly-contested, back-and-forth game and couldn’t make the plays they needed to down the stretch. With the loss, Idaho slips to 7-6 on the season, while Green Bay moved to 6-6 overall and 6-0 in home games in 2011.
“I thought our guys gave a heck of an effort,” Idaho head coach Don Verlin said after the game. “We had some executional errors – we turned it over 11 times in the second half and we can’t do that. The other night was free throw shooting, tonight it was turnovers in the second half.”
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Auburn 65, Hawai‘i 62
HONOLULU –(UH Media Relations) The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team gave all its guts but got none of the glory in a 65-62 loss to Auburn in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Thursday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. UH saw its modest three-game win streak snapped in dropping to 5-5 on the season.
With the loss, the Rainbow Warriors were relegated to the tournament's consolation bracket where they will face No. 14 Xavier at 8:30 p.m. Auburn advanced to the tournament semifinals and will meet Long Beach State.
UH trailed for the entire game, including by eight points with a little more than two minutes remaining. But a gritty Rainbow Warrior squad wouldn't quit and seized the lead for the first time with 8.6 second left on a Vander Joaquim bucket, sending an energetic home crowd into a frenzy. However, the Tigers (8-1) raced down the court on the ensuing possession and got a dunk from Rob Chubb with 3.5 seconds to deny UH the comeback win.
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