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No. 22 UCLA 107, Pepperdine 98 (3OT)

The UCLA Bruins have two days before their home opener to try to get their legs back under them after a physically taxing three-overtime thriller against Pepperdine.

Tyger Campbell and Jules Bernard hit 3-pointers early in the third overtime, and Chris Smith added a three-point play to finish with 26 points and lead No. 22 UCLA to a victory Friday.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played all 55 minutes while Campbell played 52 and Smith 51.

“There’s a lot of film that we’re going to show tomorrow as we take ice baths,” second-year coach Mick Cronin said. “I’m going to put my head in a bucket of ice and I’m going to have Tyger and those guys take cold tubs, Jaime and Chris, who played 50 minutes."

Jaquez, a sophomore swingman who had a heads-up play to keep the Bruins alive in the second OT, was thinking the same thing.

"I know when I go back, I’m probably going to take a nap, get a good night’s sleep, get in an ice bath and do whatever I’ve got to do to prepare for the next game we’ve got,” he said.

Senior guard Colbey Ross also played all 55 minutes and had 33 points to become Pepperdine’s all-time leading scorer, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Waves (1-1) from losing their sixth straight to UCLA and their 38th straight to a ranked opponent. Ross hit a floater to send the game into a second overtime tied at 81 but missed a 3-pointer that forced a third OT.

Campbell and the Bruins (1-1) came out strong in the third extra period to avoid a second straight upset loss to open the season. Campbell hit a 3-pointer off the tip and Bernard scored from behind the arc to counter a layup by Ross and give UCLA a 95-91 lead.

Smith, who also had 12 rebounds, scored inside with 3:15 left, was fouled and converted for a 98-93 advantage.

“Three overtimes is definitely draining,” Smith said. “The couple times I went out, one time was because of foul trouble and the other time coach told me as soon as I came out, to tell him when I was ready. Fifty minutes was what it took to get a win tonight, so if I have to play 50 minutes every single night, I'm going to do it as long as we come out with the win.”

Campbell scored 10 of his 22 points in the third overtime. Bernard had 21, Jaquez 16 and Cody Riley 13.

UCLA was routed 73-58 by San Diego State on Wednesday night in the four-team event at Viejas Arena.

Kessler Edwards scored 17 points for Pepperdine while Jan Zidek had 14, Jadé Smith 12 and Kene Chukwuka 10.

Bernard and Riley fouled out for the Bruins, while the Waves lost Edwards, Smith and Chukwuka.

“They’re hard to defend,” Cronin said. “Our first three halves this year, our defense wasn’t up to par and that’s on me. But we did what we had to do adjustment-wise at halftime and the guys stepped up their effort and energy.”

UCLA held Pepperdine to 30% shooting in the second half but couldn't close out the Waves in the first 40 minutes.

“We just didn’t finish the game,” Cronin said. “We were playing small and we couldn't get a rebound and they hit two 3s off second shots.”

Both teams had chances to win it in regulation after UCLA blew a six-point lead.

With the score tied at 70, Jaquez missed a 3-pointer with 3.7 seconds left. After a review, the officials had the clock reset to 7.3 seconds. Pepperdine’s Darryl Polk Jr. turned the ball over under pressure from Riley, and UCLA then threw the ball out of bounds. Pepperdine’s Smith missed a tip-in at the buzzer.

Zidek, whose father, George, was on UCLA’s 1995 national championship team, made a jump hook with 1:06 left in the second overtime to give Pepperdine an 89-88 lead. Jaquez missed two free throws with 8.3 seconds left but rebounded his second miss, was fouled again and made the first of two free throws to tie it at 89.

Ross missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to bring on a third OT.

Ross became Pepperdine’s all-time leading scorer when he sank the second of three free throws with 15 seconds left in the first half to give him 1,787 points and move past Stacy Davis. Ross set the mark in 25 fewer games than Davis. It was the 100th consecutive start for Ross, who has 1,809 career points.

“You have to credit UCLA for making the plays at the end when we didn’t,” Pepperdine coach Lorenzo Romar said. "It’s too bad that we weren’t able to pull it out for a number of reasons, but it would have been good to enjoy a win like that while also celebrating Colbey Ross becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer.”

Those three free throws, which came when he was fouled by Jaquez while taking a 3-pointer, helped the Waves to 39-32 halftime lead. Ross had 12 points in the first half.

The Bruins were again without junior forward/center Jalen Hill (right knee tendinitis) and sophomore guard Johnny Juzang (stress reaction, right foot).

The Waves haven’t beaten a ranked opponent in exactly 16 years, at home against No. 20 Wisconsin. Their last victory against a ranked foe away from home was Nov. 28, 2001, at No. 10 UCLA, which was the last time the Waves beat the Bruins. The 38 straight losses to ranked teams include 23 to Gonzaga in West Coast Conference play.

No. 1 Gonzaga 90, Auburn 67

Drew Timme had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Corey Kispert scored 25 points and top-ranked Gonzaga routed Auburn in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Timme, who left the game with about eight minutes remaining, went 11 of 16 from the field. Kispert made four 3-pointers. Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga’s highest-rated recruit, added 12 points and six assists.

Allen Flanigan scored 20 points to lead Auburn (1-1).

A day after beating No. 6 Kansas 102-90, the Bulldogs (2-0) started strong in a game that tipped off at 11 a.m.

An 11-0 run gave Gonzaga a 16-6 lead. The sequence featured a three-point play by Timme, a 3-pointer by Jay Ayayi, a steal and slam by Suggs and a 3-pointer by Kispert.

The Bulldogs led by as much as 17 points in the first half and had a 49-35 advantage at halftime.

In the second half, another 11-0 run made it 74-47 and the margin went as high as 30 points.

No. 5 Iowa 103, Southern 76

Luka Garza scored 41 points, missing just one shot, and Iowa beat Southern.

Garza was 14 of 15 from the field, making all three of his 3-point attempts, and was 10 of 12 on free throws for the Hawkeyes (2-0). He also had nine rebounds and three blocked shots in 29 minutes.

It was 18th consecutive game of 20 or more points for Garza, the lone unanimous selection to the AP preseason All-America team. Garza had 36 points in the first half, making all 12 of his field-goal attempts, and Iowa led 58-35 at halftime.

Joe Wieskamp added 16 points and seven rebounds for Iowa.

Ashante Shivers led Southern (0-2) with 13 points.

No. 6 Kansas 94, Saint Joseph's 72

Christian Braun scored 30 points and Kansas pulled away to beat Saint Joseph’s in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Braun made 10 of 13 shots, hit five 3-pointers and added nine rebounds.

Ochai Agbaji, whose foul trouble proved costly in an opening 102-90 loss to No. 1 Gonzaga, added 18 points. Jalen Wilson had 14 for the Jayhawks (1-1).

Jack Forrest had 18 points for Saint Joseph’s (0-2). Ryan Daly and Dahmir Bishop added 14 for the Hawks.

Trailing by eight at halftime, the Hawks scored the first 10 points of the second half to go up 46-44. Daly’s layup capped the run. Kansas went on a 21-6 run to put the game away.

No. 7 Wisconsin 92, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 58

Micah Potter scored 19 points, D’Mitrik Trice added 15 and Wisconsin overwhelmed Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Wisconsin (2-0) scored the first 25 points, hitting 10 of its first 13 shots, before Kshun Stokes scored on a floater from the lane for the Golden Lions with 10:05 left in the first half.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff missed it first 11 shots and committed five turnovers before finally scoring.

Shaun Doss Jr. had 16 points for Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-2).

No. 8 Illinois 77, Ohio 75

Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points, Kofi Cockburn had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Illinois rallied to beat Ohio to improve to 3-0

Jason Preston scored 31 points for Ohio (2-1). Ben Vander Plas added 20 points.

Ohio took a 71-67 lead on Preston’s free throw with 1:56 remaining. Dosunmu tied it at 71 with a 3-pointer and Da’Monte Williams put Illinois ahead 74-73 on a 3 with 35 seconds left.

Wilson hit a jumper with 7.9 seconds left to give Ohio its last lead. After a timeout, Dosumnu was fouled going to the basket and made both free throws to put Illinois up 76-75 with 2 seconds remaining.

Trent Frazier intercepted Ohio’s inbounds pass and was fouled with less than a second left. Frazier made the first free throw and missed the second on purpose. Ohio got off a last-ditch shot from mid-court that fell well short.

No. 14 Texas Tech 84, Sam Houston State 52

Mac McClung scored 18 points and Texas Tech beat Sam Houston State,

Georgetown’s leading scorer last season, McClung has 38 points in his first two games for the Red Raiders (2-0). The 6-foot-2 junior guard had two 3-pointers and 10 points in the first eight minutes of the game against the Bearkats (0-2), helping Tech race to a 20-4 lead.

Marcus Santos-Silva, the graduate transfer who is the lone Tech senior after starting all 64 games for VCU the past two seasons, had 12 points and nine rebounds in 19 minutes. Terrence Shannon Jr. added 10 points.

Zach Nutall had 14 points for Sam Houston State.

No. 15 West Virginia 70, Western Kentucky 64

Derek Culver scored 15 points and West Virginia overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to beat Western Kentucky in the final of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic.

Culver was selected the tournament MVP. Miles McBride had 14 points and Taz Sherman scored 12 for the Mountaineers (3-0).

Taveion Hollingsworth had 13 points for Western Kentucky (2-1). The Hilltoppers cut it to four points on Charles Bassey’s layup with 59 seconds left but got no closer.

No. 17 Houston 68, Boise State 58

Quentin Grimes had 25 points and eight rebounds, Caleb Mills added 12 points and Houston beat Boise State in the Southwest Showcase.

Grimes was 9 of 15 from the floor after scoring eight points on 3-of-15 shooting in an opening victory over Lamar on Wednesday. The Cougars outrebounded Boise State 49-26 and had a 15-2 advantage in second-chance points.

Rayj Dennis scored 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting to lead the Broncos in their opener. Marcus Shaver Jr. added 16 points and seven rebounds. Mountain West preseason player of the year Derrick Alston Jr. was scoreless on 0-of-6 shooting.

No. 24 Rutgers 96, Fairleigh Dickinson 75

Ron Harper Jr. had a career-high 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc, and Jacob Young had 24 points and seven assists for Rutgers.

Montez Mathis added 15 points for Rutgers (2-0).

Brandon Rush and Jahil Jenkins each scored 16 points for Fairleigh Dickinson (0-2).

Women

Ohio 86, No. 22 Notre Dame 85

Cece Hooks scored 32 points, Erica Johnson added 24 and Ohio rallied to upset No. 22 Notre Dame, spoiling the debut of Irish coach Niele Ivey.

Ivey, who replaced Hall of Famer Muffet McGraw, saw her team trailing 41-30 at the half and fall behind by 14 before outscoring the Bobcats 35-21 in the third quarter. A 3-pointer by Dara Mabrey in the final minute put the Irish up three.

Mabrey, who had a career-high 34 points, scored 18 in the third quarter, including three of her seven 3-pointers.

The Irish pushed the lead to seven midway through the fourth quarter before the Bobcats scored eight straight and had a 13-4 run to go up 83-81 with 1:16 to play. Mabrey's layup tied the game with just under a minute to go but Hooks pushed the ball up court and scored at the rim.

Following an Irish miss, Hooks made a free throw with 17.6 seconds to go. Destinee Walker was fouled on an offensive rebound and made two free throws with 3.6 seconds to play to pull Notre Dame with one. Ohio missed two free throws with three seconds to play but Notre Dame, out of timeouts, couldn't get off a final shot.

Ivey played on two Notre Dame Final Four teams and was an assistant coach for the other seven trips the Irish made to the Final Four. She was an assistant with the NBA Memphis Grizzlies last season when a young Irish team went 13-18 in McGraw's 33rd season. McGraw won 936 games and Ivey was part of 386 of them over 17 seasons.

Walker finished with 16 points and Anaya Peoples had 16 with 11 rebounds. Notre Dame shot 40% in the first half and 57% in the second.

Mabrey followed her two older sisters to Notre Dame after playing the last two seasons at Virginia Tech.

No. 9 UCLA 98, Cal State Fullerton 49

Charisma Osborne scored 31 points and No. 9 UCLA took control in a dominant first quarter, going on to beat Cal State Fullerton in the teams’ season opener that was delayed two days.

The teams were supposed to meet Wednesday, but the game was called off after an 80-minute delay because the Titans’ COVID-19 test results hadn’t come back.

Michaela Onyenwere, a preseason AP All-America selection, added 22 points and Natalie Chou had 16 for the Bruins.

Amiee Book scored 20 points to lead the Titans. They were held to 34% field-goal shooting and had 25 turnovers that led to 44 points by the Bruins.

No. 12 Maryland 94, Davidson 72

Angel Reese and Diamond Miller each scored 20 points and Maryland opened the season with a victory over Davidson in the Gulf Coast Challenge.

Miller had a career high. Katie Benzan added 13 points while Ashley Owusu and Faith Masonius scored 10 each.

Chloe Welch led Davidson with a career-high 23 points.

No. 14 Arkansas 98, Wake Forest 82

Amber Ramirez scored 15 of her 22 points in the third quarter in Arkansas' victory over Wake Forest at the Gulf Coast Showcase.

Ramirez made all six of her shots, including three 3-pointers, when the Razorbacks (2-0) outscored the Demon Deacons (0-1) 37-18 in the third quarter to stretch a two-point halftime lead to 79-58.

Makayla Daniels added 18 for Arkansas, Chelsea Dungee had 17, Destiny Slocum 16, Erynn Barnum 12 and Taylah Thomas 11. Gina Conti led Wake Forest with 23 points.

No. 24 Missouri State 74, Florida Gulf Coast 49

Abby Hipp scored 13 points and Missouri State used a dominate first half to beat Florida Gulf Coast in the Gulf Coast Showcase.

Abyigayle Jackson added 12 points in the opener, Sydney Wilson 11 and Brice Calip 10 for the Bears, who led 49-18 at the intermission.

Tishara Morehouse had 10 points for Florida Gulf Coast (1-1).

No. 25 Michigan 95, Oakland 62

Naz Hillmon scored 25 of her career-high 35 points in the first half and Michigan past Oakland.

Hillmon finished 16 of 24 from the field. She was 12 of 18 in the first half to help the Wolverines (2-0) take a 52-26 lead.

Kahlaijah Dean led Oakland (0-1) with 12 points.