— UConn 77, Gonzaga 71
UConn shot 62.9% inside the arc.
Huskies are 4-0 since their 0-3 trip to Maui.
Gonzaga is 2-3 in its last five games; they’re 4-3 vs top 100 teams
— UCLA 57, Arizona 54
Arizona led by 13 with 10:11 left in the game.
UCLA survived shooting 7-16 on foul line, 4-21 on arc.
Arizona is off to a 4-5 start, albeit vs schedule #24.
— Tennessee 66, Illinois 64
Gainey scored 23 off bench; he scored on driving layup at the buzzer for the win.
Illinois led by six with 10:21 left to play.
Teams combined to shoot 10-47 on the arc.
— Dayton 71, Marquette 63
Marquette led by 10 at halftime.
Dayton shot 59.5% inside the arc.
— SMU 74, LSU 64
LSU led by six points at halftime.
SMU’s bench outscored LSU’s subs 21-4.
— Western Kentucky 81, Murray State 76
Murray State led by 8 with 6:42 to play.
6-2 senior McHenry scored 29 points for the Hilltoppers.
— Marquette, Troy, as well as Army/Navy, are only basketball teams in country who haven’t had a player transfer on or off their team this season.
Famous birthdays, December 15th:
Art Howe, 78
Charlie Scott, 76
Don Johnson, 75
Helen Slater, 61
David Wingate, 61
Mo Vaughn, 57
Rodney Harrison, 52
Jonathan India, 28
— Memphis 87, Clemson 82 OT
Clemson led 69-63 with 2:22 left in regulation.
Memphis led 10-0 early; they shot 12-25 on the arc.
— St Bonaventure 74, Providence 70
St Bonaventure had 19 offensive rebounds led 35-26 at the half.
Big win for 10-1 Bonnies, who’ve played schedule #284
— Texas A&M 70, Purdue 66
Aggies out-rebounded Purdue, 34-23; they had 14 offensive boards.
6-9 F Payne was 6-6 from floor, had 16 points in 24:00 off bench.
— DePaul 91, Wichita State 72
Last 4 years, DePaul was 33-72; they’re 8-2 this year.
DePaul is #70 in experience, #356 in continuity; lot of transfers.
— Random knowledge:
The minimum salary for an NBA rookie: $1,157, 153
Minimum salary for a 10-year NBA veteran: $3,303,771
— Navy 31, Army 13
Navy QB Horvath ran ball for 204 yards, threw for 107 more.
Navy outgained Army, 378-178
Only third time in last 20 years this game went over the total.
— NBA in-season tournament:
Bucks 110, Hawks 102
Milwaukee outscored the Hawks 28-19 in 4th quarter.
Bucks were 14-45 on the arc, 24-41 inside arc.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was 12-18 on the foul line.
Thunder 111, Rockets 96
Thunder outscored Houston 34-27 in third quarter.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 32 points in the 2nd half.
Rockets shot 36.5% from the floor
Bucks-Thunder play in the championship game Tuesday night.
— South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23
QB Davenport threw for 271 yards, in his 2nd start of the year.
Jeremiah Webb caught six passes for 182 yards.
Jaguars outgained Western Michigan, 537-317
Conference bowl records (SU/ATS)
Sun Belt 1-0 SU/1-0 ATS
MAC. 0-1 SU/0-1 ATS
