WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Jalen Ross scored 19 points, Jason Dunne added 10 and Hartford snapped a five-game losing streak with a 54-44 men’s basketball victory over Maine on Monday.
Ross, who ranks second in the America East Conference with 20.9 points per game, had 11 points in Hartford’s 33-29 first half to finish in double figures for the 33rd straight game. Hartford has won 11 of the last 14 against the Black Bears.
Vincent Eze had 13 points and nine rebounds for Maine (5-15, 1-4). Wesley Myers, averaging 26.8 points in conference play, added 12 points on 4-of-17 shooting.
Maine was held to 32 percent shooting and lost its ninth game in the last 10.
MT. IDA 72, ST. JOSEPH’S 61: The Mustangs (11-5, 7-2 Great Northeast Athletic Conference) used an 11-1 run early in the second half to handle the Monks in a win at Standish.
Ian Mileikis led all scorers with 15 points for the Monks. Quinn Richardson-Newton chipped in with 13 points and grabbed nine boards.
(1) VILLANOVA 76, SETON HALL 46: The Wildcats rushed to an 18-point lead in the first half and kept their foot on the gas in the second in a win at Philadelphia.
The victory was the 1,700th in program history at Villanova (18-1, 6-1 Big East), and 47th in a row at the Pavilion, a school record.
(7) CREIGHTON 72, XAVIER 67: Cole Huff got a pivotal rebound and made a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left as the visiting Bluejays (18-1, 5-1 Big East) had to rally for a win.
(9) NORTH CAROLINA 85, SYRACUSE 68: Hall of Fame Coach Roy Williams earned his 800th career victory as Isaiah Hicks scored 20 points in a win at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
(13) BUTLER 88, MARQUETTE 80: Kelan Martin scored 22 points and the Bulldogs (16-3, 5-2 Big East) rallied from an 18-point deficit for a win at Indianapolis.
POLL: Villanova returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll, leapfrogging Kansas after a week out of the top spot.
The Wildcats (17-1), who fell to third last week after five weeks as No. 1, moved back on top following No. 1 Baylor’s loss in its only week ever as a top-ranked team.
WOMEN
ST. JOSEPH’S 85, ANNA MARIA 64: Kelsi McNamara had 30 points, going 10 for 16 from the field, and added six boards three assists and blocked a pair of shots to lead the way for the Monks (13-2, 7-0 GNAC) at Paxton, Massachusetts.
McNamara hit eight 3-pointers, breaking the school’s single-game 3-point field-goal record.
Emily Benway had 17 points and had seven rebounds for the Monks, and reserve Hannah Marks tossed in 11 points.
(4) MISSISSIPPI STATE 73, MISSISSIPPI 62: Victoria Vivians scored 23 points as visiting Mississippi State set a school record with its 19th straight win to start the season.
TENNESSEE 71, (6) NOTRE DAME 69: Jaime Nared hit a tie-breaking jumper with 10 seconds left as Tennessee erased a 15-point, second-half deficit for a win at home.
POLL: Fresh off its record-breaking 91st consecutive victory, UConn remains the No. 1 team. The Huskies (16-0) routed SMU on Saturday to best their NCAA mark and stay as the unanimous choice atop the poll.
Baylor, Maryland, Mississippi State and South Carolina follow the Huskies.
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