Hervey, Neal lead UT Arlington over Rice 92-74

HOUSTON (AP) Kevin Hervey and Erick Neal both recorded career-highs - with 27 and 24 points respectively - and UT Arlington topped Rice 92-74 on Sunday.

Hervey tied a career high with 15 rebounds while Neal was a perfect 9 of 9 from the floor and had six assists. Drew Charles finished with 17 points with four 3-pointers.

Egor Koulechov scored a career-high 28 points with eight rebounds to pace Rice (2-5). Marcus Evans had 12 points and Max Guercy added 10 points with eight assists.

UT Arlington (5-1) got a 3 from Charles early to lead 18-8. Rice got within three on a layup by Koulechov with 7:21 in the first, but the Mavericks scored the next eight points - including a pair of 3-pointers by Neal - and led 51-38 at intermission.

An 8-0 spurt midway through the second half, including a 3 by Hervey, pushed the lead to 18 and UT Arlington cruised from there.

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Stephen F. Austin tops Appalachian St., 94-84 in Music City

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Thomas Walkup scored 24 points and Ty Charles added 22 and Stephen F. Austin won for the second time in three games at the Challenge in Music City tournament, beating Appalachian State 94-84 Sunday.

At 178 combined points, it was the highest scoring game in the tournament's history.

With two wins in Nashville, the Lumberjacks even their season record at 3-3.

Walkup shot 11 of 14 from the field and Charles was 8 of 12 as Stephen F. Austin shot a crisp 62.5 percent from the field (35 of 56) and 5 of 16 from distance.

Frank Eaves scored 19 points and Ronshad Shabazz and Chris Burgess each added 18 to lead the Mountaineers (2-5), who outshot Stephen F. Austin (67.4 percent on 31-o-46 shooting, but were held to 10 fewer attempts by the Lumberjacks' defense.

Appalachian State plays Hofstra Sunday in the Madison Square Garden Holiday Fest.