Williams leads South Alabama over Samford 72-70 in 2OT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Ken Williams made two free throws with 20 seconds left in the second overtime and scored 19 points and South Alabama held on in a wild finish to edge Samford 72-70 on Friday night.
Matt Rose hit a 3-pointer from the corner for Samford with five seconds left and then South Alabama's Tafari Whittingham missed two free throws with four left. However, Rose's 3 at the buzzer was off the mark.
Williams missed a six-foot runner at the end of the first overtime.
Williams, who scored 16 in the second half, tied the game with a 3 with 23 seconds in left in regulation. Samford's Wyatt Walker missed two free throws with less than a second remaining.
Nick Stover had 14 points and Georgi Boyanov 12 with 10 rebounds for the Jaguars (4-6), who beat the Bulldogs (7-4) for the 14th straight time.
Darius Jones-Gibson had 19 points and Rose 17 for Samford.
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UL Monroe rallies to beat Central Baptist 101-76
MONROE, La. (AP) Majok Deng scored a career-high 33 points on 12-of-16 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds and UL Monroe rallied to beat NAIA member Central Baptist 101-76 on Friday night.
The last time the Warhawks scored 100 points or more was against Champion Baptist in 2014, when they got 106.
Justin Roberson and Nick Coppola scored 19 apiece - a career high for Roberson - and Travis Munnings had a career-high 12 rebounds for the Warhawks (5-5), who shot 59 percent from the field and made 11 of 20 3-pointers (55 percent).
Trailing 42-35 at halftime, the Warhawks scored 15 unanswered points to lead 68-60 with 9:33 to play. Deng, who sat out the last three games with a leg injury, scored seven points amid a 9-4 run and the Warhawks led by 11. Roberson scored a 3 and a layup to put the Warhawks over 100 points.
Jayln McBride led the Mustangs with 27 points and five 3-pointers.
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Iroegbu sparks WSU overtime win against Texas State 78-73
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Ike Iroegbu scored 18 points, including a key 3-point play in overtime, to spark Washington State to a 78-73 victory over Texas State on Friday night.
Josh Hawkinson recorded 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars (7-2). Que Johnson added 13 points, and Conor Clifford had 11.
Senior forward Emani Gant led the Bobcats (5-3) with a career-high 24 points. Ethan Montalvo scored 13, and Anthony Roberson had 12.
The Cougars nursed small leads most of the game before Texas State tied the score twice in the final 1:15 of the second half. A Gant layin with 45.4 seconds to go knotted the score at 66-66. The score remained unchanged heading into overtime when WSU's Charles Callison sandwiched two missed shots around a Gant missed free throw at the front end of a 1-and-1 opportunity.
Washington State led 71-70 when Iroegbu sank a short jumper and a free throw with 1:37 left to play.
After adjusting to the quickness of the smaller Bobcats, the Cougars erased a 15-12 deficit with a 15-1 spurt midway through the first half. WSU led 36-29 at halftime.
The Cougars' 78 points were a season high against a Texas State team that came into the day ranked third in NCAA Division I with 56.6 points allowed per game. WSU shot 53.7 percent from the floor and held Texas State to 44.3 percent.
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TIP-INS
Texas State: Danny Kaspar ranks 25th among active NCAA Division I coaches with 492 wins (and 235 losses). Kaspar had just three losing seasons in 22 years at Incarnate Word (nine years) and Stephen F. Austin (13 years) before suffering through losing seasons the past two years after coming to Texas State. SFA lost to Syracuse in 2009 in Kasper's only NCAA tournament appearance.
Washington State: Through Thursday, the Cougars ranked second in the nation with 7.3 blocked shots per game. Nevada led with 7.6. WSU had five blocks against the Bobcats.
UP NEXT
Texas State hosts Howard Payne on Monday.
Washington State plays No. 3 Oklahoma on Tuesday at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.
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Pepperdine beats UL Lafayette 79-59
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) Jett Raines scored 21 on 8-of-11 shooting, Stacy Davis added 17 points and 12 rebounds and Pepperdine beat UL Lafayette 79-59 on Friday night.
Davis hit a 3-ponter with 12:31 left that capped a 12-0 run and gave Pepperdine a 57-41 lead. The Waves (7-4) maintained a double-digit edge the rest of the way to win their fifth straight heading into a West Coast Conference opener at Gonzaga on Monday.
UL Lafayette (3-6) took control with an 8-2 run to start the game and played back-and-forth with Pepperdine late in the first half and early in the second.
Jeremy Major scored 13 and Lamond Murray Jr. added 10 for Pepperdine, which held Louisiana-Lafayette to 31 percent from the field and 20 percent from 3-point range.
Shawn Long had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Ragin' Cajuns, who had their last lead at 36-35. Jay Wright chipped in with 11 points.
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Tennessee-Martin upends Arkansas State 74-70 behind Howard
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) Twymond Howard scored 19 points and had 12 rebounds to lead Tennessee-Martin past Arkansas State 74-70 Friday night.
Devin Carter hit a 3-pointer with 6:25 remaining to cut the Skyhawks' lead to 60-58. Myles Taylor's 3-point play following his offensive rebound pushed the Skyhawks' lead to five.
Donte Thomas scored and Carter hit another 3 to tie it at 63. The teams traded baskets before Thomas' layup gave the Red Wolves their last lead of the game at 67-65. Taylor's layup tied it and Kedar Edwards' jumper put Tennessee Martin (5-7) up with 1:04 left.
The Redwolves shot 1 for 4 the rest of the way.
Edwards and Taylor each had six offensive rebounds as Tennessee Martin had 22 boards at the offensive end.
Arkansas State (3-7) was led by Nouhoum Bocoum who scored 16 points and had nine rebounds. Thomas scored 15 points with nine boards.