NCAA Men's Basketball

C.J. Reed scored 25 points to lead Bethune-Cookman past Carver Bible College 99-55 on Monday night. Reed, who was 10 of 14 from the field, scored 18 of his points in the second half helping the Wildcats (6-4) increase a 35-28 lead at halftime. Bethune-Cookman scored 20 unanswered points during a 5 minute stretch early in the second half for a 65-34 lead with 11:23. It was the fifth win in the last six games for Bethune-Cookman, and the Cougars (0-16) remained winless after their 13th... Read Full Story

Douglas Davis scored 20 points and the Princeton defense held its third straight opponent to 50 points or less in a 46-42 win over Monmouth on Wednesday night. Dan Mavraides added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Tigers (5-4), who won their third game in a row. A 3-pointer by Davis gave the Tigers their biggest lead of the game at 33-23 with 8:19 remaining. Monmouth (3-8) cut the lead to 41-38 on a pair of free throws by Travis Taylor with 40 seconds to play, but the Tigers made four free... Read Full Story

Rod Emanuel scored 20 points and Middle Tennessee defeated Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 83-58 on Sunday. The Blue Raiders (4-6) used a 17-5 first-half run to help snap a three-game losing streak. Anthony Mitchell made a 3-pointer with 11:12 left in the first half to pull the Cougars (2-8) within 16-13. But Middle Tennessee was sparked by nine points from Emanuel, who capped the run on a layup with 2:58 left until halftime for a 33-18 lead. The Blue Raiders led 36-24 after shooting 66.7... Read Full Story

A.J. Tyler scored 18 points to help Central Florida defeat Bethune-Cookman 63-50 on Saturday. Tyler shot 7-for-11 for the Knights (7-2) and led four players in double-figure scoring. Isaac Sosa scored 13, A.J. Rompza had 12 and P.J. Gaynor chipped in with 10 points and nine rebounds. UCF shot 55 percent in the first half (11-for-20) and led 30-23 at halftime. Late in the second half, Bethune-Cookman's C.J. Reed nailed a 3-pointer to cut UCF's lead to 53-50 with 2:27 remaining. But the... Read Full Story

Connecticut is No. 1 for the 30th straight week in the AP Top 25, matching the longest run atop the poll in school history. The Huskies, who received all 40 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel, tied the mark set from 1999-2001. But UConn is still six short of the all-time record of 36 consecutive weeks held by Louisiana Tech from 1980-82. Connecticut blew out Hartford by 35 points in its only game this week. The Huskies (8-0), who have won their games by an average of 45... Read Full Story

Arinze Onuaku had 14 points, Wes Johnson added 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and No. 7 Syracuse beat St. Francis of New York 75-51 on Sunday. Syracuse (10-0) was coming off an 85-73 victory over No. 10 Florida, the Orange's second win this season over a Top 10 team. They took control against the Terriers (3-6) behind a first-half flurry inside by Onuaku and Johnson's long-range shooting early in the second. Rick Jackson had 11 points and Mookie Jones 10 for Syracuse. Akeem Bennett... Read Full Story

Raymond Taylor scored 20 points and Florida Atlantic defeated New Orleans 66-48 on Monday night. Taylor, the Owls leading scorer at 17.4 points per game, was 8 of 13 from the field and dished out five assists. The Owls (5-4, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference) shot 51.7 percent from the field in the first half (15 of 29) to lead 34-28 at halftime. Brett Royster and Sanchez Hughley scored 11 points each for Florida Atlantic. The Owls scored 18 points off of 16 Privateers turnovers and broke New Orleans... Read Full Story

Reed Baker scored a season-high 20 points as Florida Gulf Coast earned its first win with an 81-64 victory over Florida International on Saturday night. Baker's 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining built FGCU's lead to nine after FIU had gone on a 12-0 run to close within six points with just over 3 minutes left. The Eagles (1-6) closed the game on an 11-0 run as FIU (3-9) did not score in final 3:05. Reggie Chambers scored 16 points, going 6-for-6 from the field, for the Eagles. He scored 14 of... Read Full Story

Sean Smith scored 18 points to lead five North Carolina-Asheville players in double figures in a 100-49 rout of Montreat on Sunday. The Bulldogs (2-6) opened a four-game homestand by rolling to a 50-23 halftime lead on their way to winning their second straight game. It was their biggest victory since defeating Voorhees 103-44 on Nov. 25, 1988. J.D. Primm scored 14 points, John Williams had 11 and Chris Stephenson and Quinard Jackson scored 10 each for the Bulldogs. They were 32-for-65 from... Read Full Story

Adnan Hodzic scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures as Lipscomb defeated SIU-Edwardsville 94-74 on Thursday night. The Bisons (3-6), who have won three of their past four games, shot 63.6 from the field (21-for-33) in the second half to defeat SIU-Edwardsville for the second time this season. Lipscomb beat the Cougars 67-64 on Nov. 28. SIU-Edwardsville (2-7), a Division II program, led 42-34 at halftime, but the Bisons took the lead at 54-52 on Josh Slater's three-point play... Read Full Story