Carter hits 10 3s, Arkansas State beats UT Martin 87-68
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) Devin Carter made a school-record 10 3-pointers and Arkansas State pulled away in the second half to beat UT Martin 87-68 on Wednesday night.
Carter finished with 33 points and his 10 treys, on 19 attempts, tops the nine made by three previous Red Wolves - Adrian Banks in 2007 against Troy, Dewarick Spencer in 2003 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Tevoris Thompson in 2002 against Lyon. His 19 attempts exceeded Adrian Banks' 17 attempts against Troy on Jan. 13, 2007.
UT Martin's Javier Martinez tied it at 35 early in the second half, but the Red Wolves steadily pulled away. Carter hit back-to-back 3s and the Red Wolves led by 14, then by 22 on his 10th 3 with 4:39 to go.
Deven Simms scored 16 points and C.J. Foster added 14 points for the Arkansas State (8-2).
Martinez scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Skyhawks (8-4).
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Holloway's 20 powers Georgia State past Alabama A&M, 94-79
ATLANTA (AP) Jeremy Holloway put up 20 points and pulled down seven boards to help power Georgia State past winless Alabama A&M 94-79 for the Panthers' fourth straight win at home to start the season Wednesday night.
Holloway shot 7 of 12 from the field, but was especially deadly from the outside, knocking down 4 of 5 from beyond the arc.
D'Marcus Simonds added 18 points and Malik Benlevi contributed 17 as the Panthers (6-3) shot 54.7 percent from the field (35 of 64), including 8 of 19 from distance.
Quinterian McConico, who came into the game averaging 9.8 points per game, went off for a season-high 30 for Alabama A&M (0-9). McConico was 11 of 15 from the field and 8-for-8 from the free throw line while grabbing 10 rebounds.
Georgia State coach Ron Hunter picked up his school-record 108th win Saturday and added to that total.
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Little Rock beats Northern Arizona 72-67
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Marcus Johnson Jr. scored 15 points, Jalen Jackson added 14 and Lis Shoshi scored seven of his eight points in the final 4:35 to help Little Rock beat Northern Arizona 72-67 on Wednesday night to win their sixth straight.
Northern Arizona's Jordyn Martin tied it at 60 with two free throws with 6:02 to play, but Oliver Black replied with a jumper and Shoshi hit two free throws and a jumper and the Trojans led by six. The Lumberjacks closed to 68-65 on JoJo Anderson's 3, but Jackson hit a jumper and a free throw and Little Rock led 71-65. Shoshi iced it with a free throw with a second left.
Kemy Osse scored 11 points and Maurius Hill added 10 for the Trojans (9-2).
Martin scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Lumberjacks (2-9), who have lost four straight. Marcus DeBerry scored 13 points and Anderson had 12 with a career-high 10 assists.
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Troy races past Point University 114-92
TROY, Ala. (AP) Jordon Varnado scored 19 points and Troy raced past Point University 114-52 on Wednesday night.
DeVon Walker and Wesley Person each added 15 points with Jeremy Hollimon scoring 10 points with seven assists and Shawn Hopkins collecting 10 rebounds with 11 points for his first double-double this season.
The Trojans scored the first seven points and took off from there. Runs of 16-0 and 15-0 left them ahead by 42 with 5:52 still left in the first half on their way to a 69-26 lead at the break. Troy shot 58.3 percent, made 10 of 25 from the arc and had a 56-35 rebounding advantage.
Troy's point total was its second-highest this season. The Trojans beat Toccoa Falls in their opener 135-76. Troy (6-4) has won four its last five games.
The Skyhawks, an NAIA team playing the game as an exhibition, were led by C.J. Wilcox with 17 points.
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Maten's big first half leads Georgia past Louisiana
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Yante Maten showed no ill effects from a 10-day layoff for exams, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the first half and grabbing 15 rebounds and Georgia beat Louisiana 73-60 on Wednesday night to halt the Rajin' Cajuns' eight-game winning streak.
J.J. Frazier added 15 points and Juwan Parker a season-high 14 for Georgia (6-3), which played for the first time in 10 days because of exams.
Justin Miller led Louisiana-Lafayette (8-3) with 17 points. Bryce Washington had 11 points and 18 rebounds, and Frank Bartley added 11 points and 11 boards.
''We had to beat a good team,'' said Georgia coach Mark Fox. ''They just won eight games in a row and will win more. This was a good game to help us get better.''
Maten had help inside from Derek Ogbeide who grabbed 13 rebounds. He blocked six shots and Maten blocked five.
Fox was delighted with Parker, the junior wing who sat out last year and a good part of the year before that with an Achilles injury.
''He has been really rusty,'' said Fox. ''Essentially, he went two years straight without playing. It will take him some time to chip the rust away. He is playing the best he has in his whole career, and tonight the rust began to come off his jump shot.''
''You just don't feel the same as how you felt before the injury,'' Parker said. ''I'm getting there. I got in the film room and noticed my shooting mechanics were off.''
Georgia scored the first 11 points of the game, putting the Rajin' Cajuns in chase mode for the rest of the game. The Rajin' Cajuns, who entered with the nation's seventh-ranked offense, didn't score a field goal until Bartley hit a 3-pointer with 12:17 to go in the half.
''We never got in a rhythm in the first half,'' said Louisiana coach Bob Marlin. ''They took away our transition because they have three guys back. The big guys just played ping-pong in there and were able to score every time.''
In the second half Louisiana closed to 40-38 with 17:16 to play when Bartley nailed a 3-pointer. The Bulldogs quickly responded with three baskets by three different players to go up 47-38. Miller hit a 3 to draw within six, but Frazier made a pair of baskets for the Bulldogs, who led by at least seven the rest of the way.
NEAR MISS
Frazier had a chance to take the lead as the school's most accurate free-throw shooter, but he missed 1 of 3 attempts. He is averaging 81.8 percent from the line and trails Jerry Eppling, who hit 82.2 percent in the 1968-70 season.
WINDOW WIPER
Bryce Washington's 18 rebounds put him at 507 for his career.
UP NEXT
Louisiana visits New Orleans on Saturday.
Georgia hosts Charleston Southern on Saturday.