Tamin Lipsey scored a career-high 25 points, Joshua Jefferson added 18 points and No. 16 Iowa State beat Mississippi State 96-80 on Monday night at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Virginia transfer Blake Buchanan had a strong all-around game for Iowa State (3-0) with 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
Utah Valley transfer Dominick Nelson chipped in 11 points and two steals off the bench for the Cyclones, who scored 29 points off 26 Mississippi State turnovers.
Josh Hubbard paced Mississippi State (1-1) with 25 points on 8-of-17 shooting, sinking four 3-pointers. Shawn Jones Jr. put up 11 points.
No. 3 UConn 89, Columbia 62
Solo Ball scored a team-high 23 points to lead the Huskies to a win over the Lions in Storrs, Conn.
Ball and Alex Karaban (20 points, six rebounds, four assists) combined for five of the 10 3-pointers for the Huskies (3-0), who led by as many as 29. UConn was up 50-27 at halftime before Tarris Reed Jr. scored 13 of his 19 points after the break while pulling down eight rebounds and recording two blocks and three steals.
Miles Franklin and Blair Thompson scored 10 points apiece and Mason Ritter pulled down seven rebounds for the Lions (1-1).
No. 15 UCLA 83, West Georgia 62
The Bruins overcame a slow start with standout guard Donovan Dent sidelined, running past the Wolves in the second half en route to a win in Los Angeles.
Tyler Bilodeau picked up the scoring slack, producing a season-high 21 points. Frontcourt mate Dailey added 14 points as UCLA outscored the Wolves in the paint 32-8. With Dent out and Clark missing his first five field-goal attempts, Trent Perry filled the backcourt scoring void with 17 points and nine assists.
The Wolves, making their first-ever visit to UCLA, hung with the Bruins for close to 30 minutes of game time. West Georgia (1-2) got 16 points from Shelton Williams-Dryden, 14 from Brady Hardewig and 13 from Chas Lewless.
–Field Level Media
