Isaac Hamilton scores 33, lifts UCLA over Arizona St.
Isaac Hamilton scored 33 points, hitting a career-high nine three-pointers, and No. 3 UCLA routed Arizona State 102-80 on Thursday night to improve to 11-0 at home.
UCLA led by 25 points in the first half and was up by 16 early in the second before the Sun Devils (9-10, 2-4) got the margin to a single digit in the matchup of the league’s top two scoring and three-point shooting teams.
Lauri Markkanen scored 23 points, including a rainbow three-pointer with 33 seconds left, and the visiting Wildcats (17-2, 6-0 Pac-12) held off the Trojans (16-4, 3-4), who had reduced a 23-point deficit to three.
Deng Adel scored 18 points to match a career high, Donovan Mitchell scored all 18 of his points in the first half, and the host Cardinals (16-3, 4-2 ACC) won in their first game without injured point guard Quentin Snider (strained hip).
Melo Trimble scored 20 points, and the visiting Terrapins (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten) rallied after blowing a 15-point lead.
The Hawkeyes (11-9, 3-4) went ahead 72-69, but an 8-0 spurt fueled by Trimble’s two three-pointers gave Maryland a lead it did not relinquish.
Eric Mika had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth straight double-double for the host Cougars (14-6, 5-2 WCC) in their win over the Waves (5-14, 1-6).
Jerome Randle, Cal’s all-time leading scorer, and Mike Montgomery, who coached both the Bears and Stanford and is 25th in NCAA history in wins (677), are among the 12 people chosen this year for the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Hall of Honor.
Alaina Coates had 15 points and 15 rebounds for her 54th career double-double for the host Gamecocks (16-1, 6-0 SEC) against the Rebels (13-6, 2-4).
Marina Mabrey scored 21 points, Brianna Turner had 19, and the Irish (17-3, 5-1 ACC) bounced back from a loss to Tennessee to defeat the host Eagles (8-11, 1-5).
Jody Adams-Birch has been replaced as Wichita State women’s coach for the next two games while athletic director Darron Boatright looks into “information recently received about the women’s basketball program,” Boatright said in a statement.