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    Thursday, May 02, 2024

    NCAA men's basketball top 25 roundup

    DJ Hogg of Texas A&M gets his shot blocked by UCLA's Thomas Welsh, right, during the first half of the Wooden Legacy final at Sunday at Anaheim, Calif. No. 14 UCLA won 74-67. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    No. 11 Gonzaga 73, No. 21 Iowa 71

    Nigel Williams-Goss scored 18 points as Gonzaga nearly blew an 18-point second-half lead before beating No. 21 Iowa State 73-71 in Sunday's championship game at the AdvoCare Invitational at Lake Buena Vista, Fla

    Josh Perkins added 12 points and Przemek Karnowki had 11 for Gonzaga (6-0).

    Iowa State (5-1) got 29 points from Deonte Burton, including 21 in the second half.

    After falling behind by 18 early in the second half, Monte Morris' jumper cut the Iowa State deficit to 70-69 with four minutes to go.

    Burton missed a 3 with Iowa State down 72-71 with 17 seconds remaining. The game ended when Morris' shot that came after the buzzer rimmed out.

    Iowa State used full-court pressure to key a 15-0 run that got the Cyclones within 58-55 seven minutes into the second half. Burton had 11 points over the stretch.

    Williams-Goss ended the Iowa State surge with a 3-pointer.

    Williams-Goss had 12 points and Karnowski chipped in with 10 as Gonzaga shot 64.5 percent (20 for 31) in taking a 49-34 halftime lead.

    Over the final 3 1-2 minutes of the opening half, Karnowski had three layups and set up a dunk by Johnathan Williams with a nifty no-look pass.

    Naz Mitrou-Long had all of his 16 points during the opening 20 minutes, when the Cyclones shot 38.2 percent (13 for 34).

    No. 3 Indiana 85, Mississippi Valley State 52

    OG Anunoby scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Robert Johnson added 14 points and Indiana routed Mississippi Valley State.

    Thomas Bryant had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Hoosiers (4-1), who had no problem handling the winless Delta Devils, despite being without James Blackmon Jr. The Big Ten's second-leading scorer missed the game because of a knee injury.

    The Hoosiers led by as many as 17 points in the first half, and their largest lead of the game was 35. Twenty of Indiana's baskets came by way of an assist, with Josh Newkirk and Curtis Jones combining for 11. The Hoosiers outscored the Delta Devils 34-20 in the paint and 19-8 in second-chance points.

    Mississippi Valley State (0-8) shot only 31 percent from the floor (21-67). Indiana took advantage of the Delta Devils' misses, outrebounding Mississippi Valley State 48-26.

    Rashaan Surles led the Delta Devils with 14 points and Isaac Williams had 13.

    No. 14 UCLA 74, Texas A&M 67

    Lonzo Ball had 16 points and 10 assists to help UCLA beat Texas A&M as the Bruins won the Wooden Legacy championship game at Anaheim, Calif.

    Issac Hamilton scored all 17 of his points in the first half, to lead UCLA (7-0), which beat Portland, New Mexico and Texas A&M to win the title.

    Ball, who was named the tournament's MVP, had 47 points and 28 assists over the three games.

    Texas A&M (4-2) had a lead at 63-62 late in the second half, but was done in by turnovers and missed shots in the final minutes.

    Admon Gilder led the Aggies with 17 points, and Tyler Davis added 16.

    Ball missed six of his first seven shots but still founds ways to help the Bruins, especially as a facilitator. The UCLA guard set the tournament record for assists.

    St. Mary's 76, UAB 63

    Jock Landale scored 20 points to lead St. Mary's to a victory over Alabama-Birmingham.

    Landale was 9 of 11 from the field for the Gaels (5-0).

    In doing a much better job of not getting beat off the dribble, something St. Mary's coach Randy Bennett was looking for in the Gaels' stopover in Las Vegas, they did a good job of limiting UAB's shot selection at key moments. The defensive stops allowed St. Mary's to go on significant runs to keep the Blazers well behind.

    The Gaels outscored UAB (3-3) 30-16 during a 14-minute stretch in the first half to open their largest lead of the game, 40-23.

    The Blazers wouldn't go away, however, as they came out of the locker room and used a 16-7 run to cut the lead to seven, at 50-43 with 14:33 left. But the Gaels used a 13-3 run of their own, ignited by three consecutive 3-pointers, to push the lead back to double digits, at 63-46 with 9:29 remaining.

    Emmett Naar, Stefan Gonzalez and Calvin Hermanson each scored 12 points for the Gaels.

    Chris Cokley had a season-high 20 points for the Blazers. Deion Lavender also had a season high with 12.

    No. 16 Wisconsin 95, Prairie View A&M 50

    Nigel Hayes scored a season-high 17 points to lead Wisconsin to a win over Prairie View A&M.

    Hayes, who was 5 of 5 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line, was one of six Badgers (5-2) to score in double figures, including Ethan Happ, who had 12 points and 13 rebounds.

    Wisconsin continued to struggle at times with its outside shot, hitting just 9 of 27. But the Badgers dominated inside against the smaller Panthers, who started just one player listed as taller than 6-foot-4.

    The Badgers outscored Prairie View A&M (2-5) 42-18 in the paint and outrebounded them 44-26.

    While Wisconsin couldn't find its shooting touch from outside, it more than made up for that with an efficient offensive performance elsewhere. The Badgers hit 24 of their 32 2-point attempts and were 20 of 27 from the free-throw line.

    Bronson Koenig and Zak Showalter each scored 11 points for the Badgers, while D'Mitrik Trice and Khalil Iverson had 10 apiece.

    Zachary Hamilton led Prairie View A&M with 15 points.

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