Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond were combined to score 10 unanswered points during a crucial second half on Sunday afternoon as no. 9 St. John’s extended the lead in the Big East position with a 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton in New York.
RJ Luis JR published a double double with 23 points and a career-high 14 returns for St. John’s (22-4, 13-2 Big East), who moved two matches before Creighton (18-8, 11 -4) at the conference while avenging a loss of 57-56 to Bluejays on December 31.
Richmond (19 points, 10 Returns) also recorded a double double while Ejiofor (18 points, nine returns) fell a board shy to do so for Red Storm, which won even though I shot only 33.3 percent from 3- Scores land (6 out of 18) and 58.6 percent from the free throw line (17 out of 29).
Steven Ashworth had 23 points and 11 assists for Creighton, which was led by 10 points during the first half but shot only 35.3 percent in total (12 out of 34) in the second, where Bluejays missed 11 straight shots under a points dryer that lasted seven minutes .
Wichita State 84, No. 14 Memphis 79 (OT)
Corey Washington scored 18 points and added 15 assists, Quincy Ballard noted 19 points and Shockers stunned No. 14 Tigers in a comeback overtime victory.
Bijan Cortes contributed 13 points and Xavier Bell had 12 because Wichita State (15-10, 5-7 AAC) won his fourth match in a row.
Tyrese Hunter had a game high 24 points and PJ Haggerty chipped in 15 for Memphis (21-5, 11-2), who saw his eight-match winning line snapped in the loss. The tigers remain on top of the AAC stand.
No. 20 Michigan 86, Ohio State 83
Danny Wolf scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and took 11 returns when Wolverines ran his winning line to six matches with a victory over Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio.
Vladislav Goldin led Michigan (20-5, 12-2 Big Ten) with 20 points and had 10 returns when Wolverine’s extended their conference led to a complete game of Michigan State.
Devin Royal made 26, Bruce Thornton added 17 and John Mobley Jr. Had 16 for Ohio State (15-11, 7-8), who missed a second straight victory.
No. 25 Maryland 101, Iowa 75
Ja’kobi Gillespie had 26 points, seven assists and five returns when Terrapins collected during the second half to direct Hawkeyes in a Big Ten -Matchup in College Park, MD.
Derik Queen chipped in 18 points and 13 returns for his third double double in a row. Rodney Rice had 18 points and each starter got in double numbers for Maryland (20-6, 10-5 Big Ten), which made 58.2 percent of their pictures from the field while owning the glass with a 40-28 rebounding advantage.
Pryce Sandfort noted 15 points, Payton Sandfort had a 14-point, 10-Rebound double double and Seydou Traore chipped in 14 points for Iowa (14-11, 5-9), which led from four at the break.
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