AUBURN — Cameren Cousins had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the double-double as Southern Maine Community College beat Central Maine CC 71-63 Tuesday night in men’s basketball.
DeSean Cromwell added 16 points and four rebounds for SMCC (8-3, 5-1 YSCC) and Zachary Mickle had 11 points.
Josh Cherry’s 13 points led CMCC (7-6, 5-3) and Corey David had 11, four rebounds and four assists. Malik Farley notched 10 points and 11 rebounds.
(2) DUKE 103, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 62: AJ Griffin scored 19 points as Duke (8-1) cruised past visiting South Carolina State (3-8).
In 21 minutes of play off the bench, Griffin connected on 7 of 8 shots and tallied four rebounds and four assists. He was one of six Blue Devils to score in double digits. Trevor Keels had 14 points, Joey Baker scored 13 points, and Paolo Banchero had in 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
(14) HOUSTON 71, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 56: Josh Carlton had 17 points and nine rebounds, Jamal Shead scored 16 and host Houston (9-2) defeated Louisiana-Lafayette (5-5).
(18) TENNESSEE 96, USC UPSTATE 52: Olivier Nkamhoua scored 21 points to lead host Tennessee (8-2) over USC Upstate (2-8).
The Volunteers scored the first 13 points of the game and weren’t challenged the rest of the way. .
(19) LSU 89, NORTHWESTERN STATE 49: Tari Eason led a balanced attack with 18 points and LSU beat visiting Northwestern State (2-9), improving to 10-0 for the first time in 22 years.
Eason scored all but five of his 18 points in the second half, when LSU already had a big lead.
(25) TEXAS TECH 75, ARKANSAS STATE 62: Kevin McCullar scored 21 points, and host Texas Tech (8-1) celebrated its return to the national rankings with a victory over Arkansas State (7-3).
The Red Raiders, national finalists in 2019, were coming off a five-point overtime victory against then-No. 13 Tennessee that got them ranked in The Associated Press’ Top 25 for the first time under first-year coach Mark Adams.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
CENTRAL MAINE CC 54,SOUTHERN MAINE CC 48: Jade Smedley put in a layup high off the glass to break a 39-39 tie early in the fourth quarter and spark an 8-1 run for the Mustangs (10-2, 5-1 YSCC) as they downed the Seawolves (7-2, 3-1) at Auburn.
Emily Stacham paced CMCC with 14 points and pulled down 11 boards, and Safetn Te Nana-Williams tossed in eight points and Leata Te Nana-Williams added eight.
Tara Flanders led SMCC with 12 points.
UCONN: UConn said star Paige Bueckers has undergone successful surgery to repair the left leg fracture she suffered a week ago as well as a meniscus tear in that knee.
Bueckers underwent the surgery on Monday afternoon at UConn Health, the school announced.
The reigning national player of the year fractured her left tibia at the knee on Dec. 5 in a win over Notre Dame.
The injury, known as a tibial plateau fracture, was expected to take 6 to 8 weeks to heal on its own.
But the school said she also suffered a lateral meniscus tear when she was hurt and that both injuries were repaired during the surgery.
Bueckers’ recovery is expected to take two months from the date of surgery, the school said.
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