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Dec 29, 2024 12:58 am

Top 25 roundup: No. 22 UCLA edges No. 14 Gonzaga

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Sebastian Mack made up for a pair of missed late free throws by converting a three-point play with 33 seconds remaining as No. 22 UCLA earned a 65-62 victory over No. 14 Gonzaga on Saturday in the West Coast Hoops Showdown at Inglewood, Calif.

Eric Dailey Jr. led UCLA with 18 points and shot 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Kobe Johnson scored all 12 of his points on 4-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc for the Bruins and added eight rebounds.

Skyy Clark scored 11 points for UCLA (11-2) with a game-high nine rebounds, while dishing out seven assists.

Graham Ike led all scorers with 24 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the floor for Gonzaga (9-4) and snared eight rebounds. Ryan Nembhard finished with 16 points and eight assists for the Bulldogs.

No. 13 Texas A&M 92, Abilene Christian 54

Wade Taylor IV scored 15 points and dished out 10 assists and C.J. Wilcher added 14 points as the Aggies throttled the Wildcats in College Station, Texas.

The Aggies (11-2) were in charge from the jump, forging a 19-point lead at halftime and never looking back. Texas A&M scored the first three points of the second half, was up by 28 with 13:23 to play and cruised to its seventh straight win.

Taylor moved him into second place on the Aggies’ all-time scoring list. His 1,779 points are behind only Bernard King, who had 1,990 from 1999-2003. Quion Williams led the Wildcats (8-6) with 14 points. Abilene Christian missed its final six shots and went the last 5:24 of the game without a point.

Memphis 87, No. 16 Ole Miss 70

Colby Rogers made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 28 points as the host Tigers never trailed in defeating the Rebels, who had a five-game winning streak snapped.

PJ Haggerty added 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Dain Dainja had 16 points, and Moussa Cisse, an Ole Miss transfer who is in his second stint with the Tigers (10-3), had 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.

Sean Pedulla scored 13 points, Jaylen Murray had 12 and Malik Dia added 11 to lead the Rebels (11-2), who had won their last five games.

Utah State 67, No. 20 San Diego State 66

Tucker Anderson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.8 seconds left, helping visiting Utah State pull off an upset of the Aztecs in their Mountain West Conference matchup.

Anderson had 14 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers, while Ian Martinez led Utah State (12-1, 2-0 MWC) with 17 points. Mason Falslev chipped in 16 points for the Aggies, who trailed by 18 points late in the first half before rallying to beat a ranked team on the road for the first time since December 1991.

Nick Boyd and Miles Byrd each scored 14 points to lead San Diego State (8-3, 1-1), which had a five-game winning streak snapped.

–Field Level Media

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