PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Caleb Love scored 17 points and made a key steal in the closing seconds to help No. 3 Arizona beat No. 21 Michigan State 74-68 in the Acrisure Classic. Love made 1 of 2 free throws with 24.6 seconds left to give Arizona a 72-68 lead. Tyson Walker drove into the lane at the other end before having his shot blocked by Keshad Johnson. Michigan State inbounded the ball with 15.9 seconds left, but Love poked it away from behind and passed ahead to KJ Lewis for a fastbreak dunk. Johnson had 13 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and two blocks for Arizona (6-0). Walker led Michigan State with 18 points.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Henry Coleman III scored 24 points, Wade Taylor IV had 23 and No. 12 Texas A&M beat Penn State 89-77 in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational. Tyrece Radford added 14 points for the Aggies, who improved to 5-0. Kanye Clary had 19 points for Penn State, which beat Texas A&M 76-59 in the first-round of last year’s NCAA Tournament. Penn State got within three several times during the second half and trailed 75-70 when Taylor hit a long-range 3 and Coleman had an inside basket to put A&M up 80-70 with three minutes to play. The Nittany Lions are 4-1.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Dug McDaniel had 20 points to lead all five starters in double figures and Michigan rallied to beat Stanford 83-78 at the Battle 4 Atlantis. McDaniel made 7 of 12 shots and 6 of 7 free throws for the Wolverines (4-2), adding eight assists. Terence Williams II hit four 3-pointers and scored 17. Olivier Nkamhoua scored 16 on 7-for-12 shooting. Tarris Reed Jr. finished with 11 points, while Nimari Burnett scored 10. Jared Bynum hit five 3-pointers and scored 22 with six assists to pace the Cardinal (3-3).
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jalon Moore made 6 of 7 from the field, 5 of 5 from the free-throw line and finished with 18 points to help Oklahoma beat Iowa 79-67 at the Rady Children’s Invitational. Javian McCollum scored 14 points, Otega Oweh 13 and Sam Godwin added 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting for Oklahoma. Owen Freeman had 13 points and seven rebounds for Iowa. Payton Sandfort added 12 points and seven boards and Ben Krikke scored 11 points. Oklahoma scored eight of the game’s first 10 points before McCollum and Rivaldo Soares each hit a 3-pointer in a 12-4 spurt that stretched the lead to double figures with 11 minutes left in the half and Sam Godwin’s layup with 7 seconds remaining gave the Sooners a 36-24 lead at intermission.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Yarden Garzon hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points to help No. 21 Indiana beat No. 19 Tennessee 71-57 at the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Garzon scored 11 points and had two assists as Indiana closed the first half with a 17-5 run — including three 3s by Garzon in the final 3-plus minutes — and led by double figures the rest of the way. Sara Puckett and Karoline Striplin each scored 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting for Tennessee. Jasmine Powell made 5 of 10 from the field and finished with 12 points. The rest of the Lady Vols combined to make 8 of 32 from the field. Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting for Indiana.
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Bella Murekatete had 17 points and four blocks, Charlisse Leger-Walker secured her first career triple-double and No. 23 Washington State beat Maryland 87-67 in the opening game of the Cancun Challenge. Washington State (6-0) faces UMass on Friday. Maryland (2-3) plays Green Bay. Leger-Walker finished with 11 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists. She became the second player in program history to reach the feat, joining Penny Bowden’s performance on March 3, 1988. Murekatete set a program record by reaching 159 career blocks, passing Carly Noyes. Eleonora Villa added 14 points for Washington State. Beyonce Bea and Tara Wallack each added 12 points, and Astera Tuhina scored 11.
UNDATED (AP) — If this was next year and the College Football Playoff had already expanded from four teams to 12, games involving No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 12 Mississippi, No. 11 Penn State and No. 10 Missouri would be a lot more interesting. All four enter this rivalry weekend with a chance to earn an invite to a New Year’s Six bowl, which is nice. But in 2024 they’d be jockeying for a playoff spot. For now, the stakes are more confined on rivalry weekend. Though the big games such as No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Michigan are undeniably bigger than they will be in a 12-team CFP.
UNDATED (AP) — It’s rivalry week in college football. No game is bigger than No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Michigan for the Big Ten East title. The winner will be a heavy favorite against Iowa next week in the Big Ten championship game and in prime position for a College Football Playoff spot. No. 6 Oregon needs a win over No. 15 Oregon State to lock up a matchup with Washington in the Pac-12 championship game. No. 7 Texas will make the Big 12 title game and keep its playoff hopes alive if it beats Texas Tech.
