Kellen Thames scored 16 points and made five steals as No. 18 Saint Louis rallied past visiting VCU 88-75 on Friday night to remain atop the Atlantic 10 standings.
The Billikens (25-1, 13-1 A-10) trailed by 14 in the first half before outscoring the Rams (21-7, 12-3) by a 55-33 margin in the second half, snapping VCU’s 10-game winning streak. A 21-2 spurt started by seven straight points from Thames turned an eight-point deficit into an 11-point lead.
Amari McCottry, Ishan Sharma and Robbie Avila each scored 13 points and Quintin Jones added 11 for the Billikens, who rebounded from their first conference loss on Tuesday at Rhode Island.
Lazar Djokovic scored 19 points and Brandon Jennings chipped in 18 for the Rams.
No. 7 Purdue 93, Indiana 64
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Fletcher Loyer and Omer Mayer each added 18 as the Boilermakers routed the Hoosiers in West Lafayette, Ind.
Purdue led by as many as 34, shooting 64.7% from the field and doubling up Indiana on the glass (30-15). Braden Smith had 15 points and eight assists, while Kaufman-Renn added six boards and five assists as Purdue leveled the in-state rivalry series this season.
Lamar Wilkerson led the Hoosiers with 20 points while Tayton Conerway (12), Tucker DeVries (11) and Reed Bailey (10) followed in double figures.
No. 22 Miami (Ohio) 91, Bowling Green 77
Luke Skaljac racked up 24 points and Eian Elmer supplied 21 as the RedHawks kept the only perfect record in Division I men’s basketball intact with a win over the Falcons in Oxford, Ohio.
Skaljac shot 5 of 10 from 3-point range and Elmer went 5 of 8 to account for most of Miami’s 13 triples in 30 attempts. Peter Suder had 10 points and five rebounds while battling foul trouble, and Antwone Woolfolk added 10 points and eight boards to help make Miami (Ohio) four games away from a perfect regular season.
Javontae Campbell carried the Falcons (16-12, 7-8) with 24 points, six rebounds and six assists before fouling out. Mayar Wol had 15 points and Josiah Shackelford added 12, each with three 3-pointers.
–Field Level Media
