New Mexico State 70, UC Irvine 67Recap | Stats
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – (NM State Media Relations) Ian Baker buried a three-pointer from the left elbow with five seconds to play to lead New Mexico State to a 70-67 victory over UC Irvine Saturday night at the Pan American Center.
It was the third straight game that the Aggies (7-9) got Baker’s last-second heroics, as he drained threes to beat Texas Southern on Tuesday night and send the game with No. 24 Colorado State into overtime last Saturday.
With the game knotted at 67-all with 18.7 to play, the sophomore from Washington, D.C., took the ball inside with a pass to Pascal Siakam, who quickly drew a tough double-team. But it allowed Baker to be open at the elbow and he drained the 21-footer.
Baker finished with 10 points and two steals for the game. Remi Barry collected a career-high 23 points against the Anteaters, with 19 of them coming in the first half. Siakam added 14 points with a game-high eight rebounds.
NM State held UC Irvine to just four points in the last five minutes. The Aggies also controlled the glass, dominating UCI 37-24 and only allowing four offensive rebounds to the Anteaters. UCI only collected five points off of those rebounds.
Miami (Ohio) 66, Missouri-Kansas City 61Recap | Stats
OXFORD, Ohio – (UMKC Media Relations) The UMKC men's basketball squad struggled with turnovers in the opening half, and couldn't get the offense going in the final stanza, as Miami University held on for a 66-61 victory in the final non-conference road game of the season for the 'Roos.
UMKC (5-11) jumped out to an 11-2 start to the game in the opening five minutes, but the rest of the half was plagued by turnovers for the ‘Roos. The ‘Roos solved the turnover problem in the second stanza with only two, but its offense struggled, hitting only 36 percent of its shots, while Miami drilled 50 percent.
The RedHawks turned the ball over only 11 times on the night, matching the lowest total against UMKC this season.
The ‘Roos were paced by 14 points from Reese Holliday, matching a career-high at UMKC. Also scoring double-figures was Martez Harrison with 13, and Deshon Taylor with a career-best matching 12 on 4-of-6 shooting from three. Darius Austin pulled down 12 rebounds.
Cal State Fullerton 67, Seattle U 55Recap | Stats
FULLERTON, Calif. – (SU Media Relations) Seattle University allowed an early run by Cal State Fullerton and the Titans were able to maintain their advantage the rest of the night to defeat the Redhawks 67-55 Saturday night at Titan Gym.
The Redhawks (7-7) shot 45.8 percent from the field (22-of-48), including 6-of-15 from behind the three-point line, and 45.5 percent from the free throw line (5-of-11). Seattle U won the rebounding battle, 32-30, but committed 14 turnovers that led to 18 Titan points.
Jack Crook scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and 5-of-7 shooting from the free throw line. Isiah Umipig was held scoreless in the first half before collecting 11 points in the second half, and Jarell Flora finished with nine points on three three-pointers along with a team-high seven rebounds.
North Carolina A&T 83, Bakersfield 70Recap | Stats
GREENSBORO, N.C. – (CSUB Media Relations) The absence of leading scorer Aly Ahmed was evident for CSUB Saturday night both offensively and defensively as the ‘Runners allowed their second-highest point total in a 83-70 loss at North Carolina A&T. Ahmed missed the game due to an ankle injury suffered in Wednesday’s win over LaVerne.
The Roadrunners took a pair of short-lived leads in the second half but each time the Aggies managed to get to the free throw line to retake the lead. The Aggies were 30-of-32 in the second half from the free throw line compared to CSUB’s 13-of-14. CSUB was 9-of-29 in the second half from the field (31 percent) while they were just 18-of-50 from the field in the game (36 percent).
CSUB was led by Dashawn Richmond’s 21 points.
Arkansas 79, Utah Valley 46Recap | Stats
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – (UVU Media Relations) Utah Valley University dropped its final contest prior to the start of WAC play, 79-46, at the University of Arkansas on Saturday at Bud Walton Arena.
Donte Williams had 14 points to lead the Wolverines (5-9), who were without leading scorer and rebounder Mitch Bruneel due to illness. The Razorbacks (11-2) have now won five straight overall, 26 in a row in non-conference home games and 52 consecutive in non-conference home contests against unranked opponents.
Bowling Green 58, Chicago State 35Stats
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After scoring the first basket of the game, Chicago State never led again, falling 58-35 at Bowling Green Saturday at the Stroh Center. With the loss, the Cougars drop to 4-13 on the season.
Chicago State shot 30 percent from the field, 15 percent from three-point range and just 25 percent from the free throw line on the game. Bowling Green connected on 39 percent from the floor, 34 percent from downtown and 64 percent from the charity stripe. BGSU edged the Cougars on the boards, 37-35.
Anthony Glover paced Chicago State with 10 points.