Ryan Conwell scored 19 points as No. 11 Louisville cruised to a 106-70 victory over visiting Jackson State on Thursday.
The Cardinals (2-0) were without starter J’Vonne Hadley, who is in the concussion protocol, but they welcomed back Kasean Pryor, a 6-foot-10 senior who played seven games last season before suffering a torn ACL. He scored six points in 16 minutes.
Freshman Mikel Brown Jr. added 18 points and nine assists for Louisville. Khani Rooths contributed 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
Daeshun Ruffin led Jackson State (0-2) with 22 points. Jayme Mitchell Jr. added 20 while shooting 8-for-10, while Dorian McMillian finished with 18.
No. 3 Florida 104, North Florida 64
Alex Condon scored a game-high 25 points and did a little bit of everything as the Gators rebounded from a season-opening setback, grounding the visiting Ospreys in Gainesville, Fla.
The Gators (1-1), who went 15-1 at home last season, dominated the ASUN school after a slow opening five minutes following their national championship banner unfurling. Condon shot 8-of-12 from the field and 9-of-10 from the line. He had 10 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals.
The nation’s leader last season in three-pointers attempted at 1,147 (35.8 per game), North Florida (0-1) was playing its first game under new coach Bobby Kennen. Leading returning scorer Kamrin Oriol had 19 points and Trey Cady totaled 13 points, five rebounds and two steals.
No. 16 Iowa State 102, Grambling 62
Joshua Jefferson scored 20 points and Jamarion Bateman, Milan Momcilovic and Killyan Toure had 11 apiece to lift the Cyclones to a victory against the Tigers in Ames, Iowa.
Tamin Lipsey and Dominick Nelson both had 10 points for the Cyclones (2-0), and Lipsey added six assists and five steals. Batemon and Momcilovic drilled three 3-pointers apiece. A Batemon trey put Iowa State in triple digits with 23 seconds to go.
Antonio Munoz was the lone Tiger to score in double figures, contributing 16 points to go with seven assists. Grambling (1-1) finished at 42.9% from the floor. Richard Amaefule scored eight points for Grambling, while Jimel Lane was the team’s top rebounder with five.
No. 20 Auburn 95, Merrimack 57
After escaping a monumental upset by the skin of their teeth in Monday’s season opener, the Tigers put forth a much more convincing effort in a win over the Warriors at the Neville Center in Auburn, Ala.
Journeyman transfer Keyshawn Hall led the Tigers in scoring for the second straight game to start the season, tallying a double-double with 25 points on 6-of-9 shooting in addition to 14 rebounds. The Tigers needed overtime to beat Bethune-Cookman 95-90 on Monday.
Ernest Shelton finished with 23 points on 6-of-12 shooting (5 of 10 from 3-point range) and was the only Warriors player to score more than five points and make more than two field goals. As a team, Merrimack finished the game 16 of 56 from the field (28.6%) and 8-for-32 (25%) from 3.
–Field Level Media
