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The senior center scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Jayhawks’ Big 12 opening win.

Lu’Cye Patterson made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left as Charlotte defeated No. 17 Florida Atlantic 70-68 on Saturday for its first home win against an AP Top 25 opponent in 14 years. Patterson scored 16 points and Igor Milicic Jr. added 13 for the 49ers, who squandered a 17-point second half lead before surging ahead late. Nik Graves added 10 for the 49ers in the first ever American Athletic Conference game at Halton Arena following their departure from Conference USA.

Malik Reneau made 10 of 16 from the field and scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, Xavier Johnson added 18 points and Indiana beat Ohio State 71-65 Saturday night. Reneau scored nine points in an 11-2 run, capped by his 3-pointer, that made it 48-all with 12 minutes to play. He made a layup and followed about 30 seconds later with an alley-oop dunk that give Indiana a 10-point lead with 3:34 left.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Meechie Johnson had a clutch steal and hit four free throws in the final seconds to allow South Carolina to hold off Mississippi State 68-62 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Johnson scored 15 of his team-high 24 points over the final 11 minutes, hitting 8 of 8 from the […]

Paolo Banchero was pleased with his first career triple-double. Banchero hit a pair of go-ahead free throws with 9.7 seconds remaining and the short-handed Orlando Magic rallied Friday night for a 122-120 win over the Denver Nuggets. The young Magic forward finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Kevin Miller hit a 3-pointer to give Wake Forest the lead in overtime, then sealed the victory with a pair of free throws as the Demon Deacons held off Miami 86-82 in their Atlantic Coast Conference home opener on Saturday. Wake Forest (11-3, 3-0) is now 9-0 on its home court and its nine-game win streak is the program's longest since 2008-09, when the Deacons won 16 straight games. Fresh off a 95-82 victory over No.

Freshman Kanaan Carlyle came off the bench to score 17 points, sparking Stanford to a come-from-behind 59-53 victory over UCLA on Wednesday night. Carlyle, the AP's reigning national player of the week, made 5 of 10 shots with three 3-pointers and 4 of 5 free throws for the Cardinal (7-6, 2-1 Pac-12 Conference). Reserve Andrej Stojakovic added nine points as the Cardinal bench outscored the UCLA substitutes 29-6.

Quadir Copeland had a career-high 22 points and fellow reserves Malik Brown and Benny Williams scored 15 apiece to rally Syracuse to an 81-73 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday. Copeland, a sophomore, made 4 of 8 shots with a 3-pointer and 13 of 15 free throws for the Orange (10-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

The 6-foot-11 junior has been the Shockers’ most improved player from last season.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Devin Carter scored 10 of his 24 points in overtime to lead Providence to an 85-75 victory over Butler on Saturday. Carter made a pair of free throws and hit a deep 3-pointer during a 7-2 spurt to open overtime. Carter added another 3 and two more free throws to stretch the Friars’ lead to […]