Top-25 College Basketball Game Capsules

St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Ron Baker had 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting and No. 12 Wichita State remained undefeated with a 70-65 win over Saint Louis in a seesaw affair Sunday. Cleanthony Early and Chadrack Lufile both had 12 points and Fred VanVleet and Tekele Cotton scored 10 apiece for the Shockers (8-0), who captured the CBE Classic with Tuesday’s 75-62 win over BYU. Cotton added 10 rebounds and VanVleet dished out six assists. Dwayne Evans registered 18 points to lead Saint Louis (6-2), which has dropped two of three. Jordair Jett and Mike McCall Jr. both scored 12 points and joined Evans with three steals.

Final Score: (18) Baylor 104, Hardin-Simmons 59

Waco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Cory Jefferson scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Baylor Bears to a 104-59 victory over the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys. Rico Gathers had 17 points and nine rebounds and Brady Heslip added 17 points for Baylor (7-1), which will face Kentucky Friday. Cameron Barnes scored 15 points and John Barnes added 12 points for the Cowboys (0-4), who have not beaten Baylor since 1936-37 season.

Final Score: UAB 63, (16) North Carolina 59

Birmingham, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – UAB was able to hold off a ranked opponent this time. Chad Frazier had 25 points and the Blazers defeated No. 16 North Carolina 63-59 on Sunday night. UAB (5-2) was unable to take down then- ranked New Mexico in the quarterfinals of the Charleston Classic on Nov. 21 after holding a five-point advantage with 36 seconds in regulation and a six- point margin midway through the first extra session. The Lobos won 97-94 in double overtime. Marcus Paige’s potentially game-tying 3-pointer from the right corner with nine seconds remaining was blocked by the Blazers’ Robert Williams and UAB sunk 3-of-4 from the foul line in the waning seconds to seal the win. Rod Rucker netted 11 points and Fahro Alihodzic pulled down 13 rebounds for the Blazers, who improved to 6-0 at home this season. J.P. Tokoto scored 16 points to lead UNC (4-2), which went 1-of-12 from beyond the arc.

Final Score: George Washington 60, (20) Creighton 53

Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Kevin Larsen scored 14 points with six rebounds to lead George Washington to a 60-53 upset of 20th-ranked Creighton in the third place game of the inaugural Wooden Legacy. Joe McDonald scored 12 points with five assists, while Isaiah Armwood added 12 points for the Colonials (6-1), who bounced back from Friday’s loss to Marquette. Ethan Wragge had 16 points and nine rebounds, while Grant Gibbs gave 12 points for the Bluejays (5-2), who have dropped their past two after opening the season with five straight wins.

Final Score: (21) Memphis 73, (5) Oklahoma State 68

Orlando, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Shaq Goodwin tallied 17 points and eight rebounds as No. 21 Memphis exacted revenge over the fifth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys with a 73-68 win in the finals of the Old Spice Classic. OSU (7-1) made a statement to the nation on Nov. 19 when it routed Memphis (5-1) behind a career-high 39 points from sophomore Marcus Smart. It was a different story on Sunday, as the Tigers shut down the National Player of the Year candidate. Smart had just 12 points on 4-of-13 from the floor, and it was his turnovers in the final seconds that sealed the victory for Memphis. Chris Crawford scored 16 points in the triumph, and Michael Dixon, Jr added 12 off the bench. Phil Forte paced Oklahoma State in defeat with 19 points on 3-of-5 from behind the arc and 8-of-8 from the foul line.

Final Score: (11) Gonzaga 86, Coppin State 51

Spokane, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – Gary Bell, Jr. made four 3s and scored 15 points as No. 11 Gonzaga eased to an 86-51 win over Coppin State on Sunday. Gerard Coleman had 14 points and Kyle Dranginis scored 12, both off the bench for the Bulldogs (7-1), who went 12-for-26 on 3-pointers and shot 50 percent in their first game back from the Maui Invitational. Gonzaga went 2-1 in Hawaii last week, taking fifth place in the tournament with wins over Chaminade and Arkansas after an opening loss to Dayton. Arnold Fripp and Sterling Smith both scored 10 points to lead Coppin State (2-4), which was coming off a 42-point loss to No. 22 Michigan on Friday.

Final Score: (3) Kentucky 79, Providence 65

Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Willie Cauley-Stein scored 15 points to go with eight rebounds and career-high nine blocks to lead third-ranked Kentucky to a 79-65 win over Providence at Barclays Center. James Young poured in 18 points and Aaron Harrison finished with 15 for the Wildcats (7-1), who have won seven straight since falling to No. 1 Michigan State in their season opener. Kentucky star forward Julius Randle finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the win. Bryce Cotton scored a game-high 23 points, while Josh Fortune and Tyler Harris added 10 points apiece for the Friars (7-2), who have dropped two of their last three games overall.

Final Score: San Diego State 67, (25) Marquette 59

Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Xavier Thames put up career-high scoring numbers for the second straight game and led San Diego State to a 67-59 upset over 25th-ranked Marquette in the finals of the Wooden Legacy. Thames followed up a 26-point effort in San Diego State’s (5-1) semifinal victory over Creighton with 27 points on 5-of-6 from 3-point range and 10- of-11 from the free throw line against Marquette (5-3), which led 50-48 late following Deonte Burton’s personal 6-0 run. Minutes later, Winston Shepard broke a 53-53 tie with a pair of free throws and padded the lead with a stepback jumper. Skylar Spencer’s tip-in with less than a minute remaining made it a six-point affair, and Thames put the game away from the free throw line. Shepard and Dakarai Allen netted eight points apiece for SDSU, which has won four in a row, including back-to-back games over ranked opponents. Burton had 15 points off the bench to pace Marquette in the setback.

Final Score: (14) Oregon 82, Cal Poly 61

Eugene, OR (SportsNetwork.com) – Elgin Cook and Richard Amardi netted 14 points apiece off the bench to lead No. 14 Oregon past Cal Poly, 82-61, from Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday. Johnathan Loyd, Joseph Young and Damyean Dotson all scored 13 points as Oregon (7-0) won by at least 15 points for the sixth straight tilt. The Ducks shot 9-of-19 from behind the arc. Brian Bennett was the lone Cal Poly (2-5) player in double figures with 11 points, as the Mustangs dropped their second straight. Ridge Shipley, David Nwaba and Maliik Love all added nine points.

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