No. 9 BYU’s Richie Saunders scores 26 points in 98-70 win over No. 23 Wisconsin

SALT LAKE CITY AP Richie Saunders made five -pointers and scored points to lead No BYU to a - conquest over No Wisconsin on Friday AJ Dybantsa added points and six rebounds to help the Cougars - earn their first success over a ranked opponent this season Rob Wright III added points and his assists were three more than Wisconsin had as a association Nick Boyd led Wisconsin with points Nolan Winter had points and rebounds and John Blackwell and Braeden Carrington scored apiece for the Badgers Wisconsin struggled with prolonged shooting droughts shooting just from the field before halftime The Badgers missed eight straight baskets over a -minute stretch and then had five consecutive misses over a three-minute span BYU took advantage The Cougars used a - run fueled by -pointers from Saunders Wright and Tyler Mrus to take an - lead Carrington made a pair of -pointers to trim the deficit to single digits BYU responded with a - run Back-to-back baskets from Dybantsa and a steal and dunk by Khadim Mboup put the Cougars up - Wisconsin cut the deficit to single digits after Dybantsa picked up his fourth foul just into the second half pulling with - on Winter s putback Saunders ended the rally with a layup and then made four -pointers to fuel a - run extending the Cougars lead to - with left The Badgers scored only nine points over a -minute stretch NO DUKE NIAGARA DURHAM N C AP Patrick Ngongba II had points and eight rebounds Cameron Boozer contributed points and Duke routed Niagara Isaiah Evans and Nikolas Khamenia both added points for Duke which shot from the field to crack points for the third straight event The Blue Devils - sank of -pointers including the first of Ngongba s career Trenton Waters had points to pace the Purple Eagles - who are coached by former Duke point guard Greg Paulus Duke jumped ahead - and stretched its lead to - on a breakaway dunk by Boozer who had eight points three steals two rebounds and two blocks in the first half The Blue Devils coasted into the break up - on shooting including of from deep The Blue Devils continued to pour it on in the second half scoring the first points and pushing the lead to NO LOUISVILLE CINCINNATI CINCINNATI AP Ryan Conwell scored of his season-high points in the second half and Mikel Brown Jr had points as Louisville beat Cincinnati Sananda Fru scored points as the Cardinals won for the fifth time in five games this season Shon Abaev and Day Day Thomas each scored points to lead Cincinnati - Moustapha Thiam added points Conwell a Xavier transfer made a season-high five -pointers against his former crosstown rivals The Cardinals - came in averaging points but struggled shooting against a Bearcats defense that allowed points per competition through four contests Louisville missed its first shot attempts until Brown s layup with remaining in the first half NO FLORIDA MERRIMACK GAINESVILLE Fla AP Rueben Chinyelu had points and a career-high rebounds Alex Condon recorded points and boards for his third double-double of the season and Florida overwhelmed Merrimack from the opening tip in a accomplishment The world s tallest teenager -foot- Olivier Rioux got the loudest ovation of the night when he checked in with to play The tallest sportsman in college basketball history got fouled the first time he touched the ball and hit a free throw He also got his first rebound It was final November tune-up for the defending national champion Gators - who next play a Thanksgiving tournament on the West Coast and then have measuring-stick games against No Duke and third-ranked UConn Florida had four players number in double figures including Thomas Haugh and Boogie Fland The Gators dominated down low as expected They finished with points in the paint and a - rebounding advantage NO KENTUCKY LOYOLA MARYLAND LEXINGTON Ky AP Collin Chandler and Kam Williams each scored points to lead Kentucky to a win over Loyola of Maryland Coming off an - loss to No Michigan State in the Champions Classic on Tuesday the Wildcats - had little trouble with the Greyhounds - Kentucky opened with a - run and outscored Loyola - in the final eight minutes of the first half to lead - at the break Making his first start of the season Williams connected on a -pointer at the buzzer to end the first half Chandler finished with three of Kentucky s -pointers Otega Oweh scored six of Kentucky s first eight points and finished with Denzel Aberdeen also scored and Malachi Moreno had points in his first start of the season Troy Cicero Jr led Loyola with seven points NO MICHIGAN STATE DETROIT MERCY EAST LANSING Mich AP Coen Carr scored points in the opening seven minutes and finished with and Jeremy Fears had points and assists to lead Michigan State to a win over Detroit Mercy The Spartans - followed up their - triumph over No Kentucky in New York City with a rout at home against an overmatched group led by former Michigan State point guard and assistant coach Mark Montgomery Michigan State which beat then- No Arkansas two weeks ago will likely play a third competition against an AP Top company when it faces No North Carolina on Thanksgiving in Florida Carson Cooper scored of his points in the second half and Jaxon Kohler had nine of his points after halftime helping the Spartans coast to the lopsided win after getting off to a strong start The Titans - started of from the field and missed of their first shots before improving their shooting It was too late The Spartans led - midway through the first half and - at halftime NO ARKANSAS JACKSON STATE FAYETTEVILLE Ark AP Malique Ewin scored points in minutes off the bench to lead seven Arkansas players in double figures and the Razorbacks routed winless Jackson State It was the the greater part points Arkansas has scored in a competition since Karter Knox had points and rebounds for the Razorbacks - who shot from the field and held Jackson State - to They got points off turnovers and outscored the Tigers - in fast-break points D J Wagner added points and Billy Richmond III finished with Meleek Thomas scored off the bench for Arkansas and fellow freshmen Darius Acuff Jr and Isaiah Sealy had apiece Over the final of the first half and the first of the second Arkansas outscored Jackson State - Knox provided eight points in a - run Source