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 The game was held at Bloch Arena, located in Pearl City, Hawaii, to
mark the 74th anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor.
After trailing by a dozen early on, Villanova (7-1) rallied to tie
things up late in the first half before Oklahoma (6-0) ended the
period with six straight points. That was the beginning of a 21-6
run that stretched past five minutes into the second quarter, giving
the Sooners their largest lead to that point at 47-32.
The Wildcats were able to whittle that deficit to eight points
before a 10-2 run by the Sooners made the score 60-44 with 8:27
remaining and put the game away for good.
Senior guard Isaiah Cousins hit all four of his 3-point attempts en
route to a game-high 19 points for the Sooners, while fellow senior
guard Buddy Hield, a top prospect for next spring's NBA Draft, added
18 points on six-of-17 shooting.
No. 4 Iowa State 84, Buffalo 63
Georges Niang put together one of his best games of the season,
scoring a career-high 31 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to lead
fourth-ranked Iowa State to a win over Buffalo. It was the first
double-double of the season and third in his career for Niang.
This was not the easy victory the final score made it appear.
Buffalo took a 16-15 first-half lead. The Cyclones responded with a
15-0 run, but struggled to maintain a double-digit lead. They went
into the half up 34-25 after suffering through a 6-minute, 21-second
scoreless drought.
ISU wasn't sharp most of the contest. Buffalo trailed by three,
42-39, early in the second half. ISU used a 7-0 midway through the
half to starting pulling away, with Niang leading the way. ISU has
scored at least 83 points in six straight games.
No. 11 Purdue 80, IUPUI 53
Purdue big men A.J. Hammons, Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas combined
for 35 points, and No. 11 Purdue pulled away from IUPUI 80-53 in
Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Hammons led five Boilermakers in double figures with 14 points.
Swanigan had 11 points and 14 rebounds, and Haas added 10 points.
Kendall Stephens scored 13 for the Boilermakers, who are 9-0 for the
first time since the 2009-2010 team won its first 14 games.
No. 18 Butler 93, VMI 66
Kelan Martin scored 20 points to lead No. 18 Butler to a rout of VMI
at Hinkle Fieldhouse, in Indianapolis, Ind.
It was the fourth straight win for the Bulldogs, who never trailed
in the contest. The Keydets were paced by Julian Eleby with 21
points and QJ Peterson with 17.
Roosevelt Jones had 14 points for Butler, while Andrew Chrabascz
added 13.
No. 24 Oregon 67, Navy 47
Dillon Brooks had 19 points, six rebounds and six assists points to
lead the Ducks past the Midshipmen at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Dwayne Benjamin scored 16 points in his first start of the season
and Chris Boucher added 14 points and 14 rebounds as Oregon (7-1)
won the game at Bloch Arena located on the Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam in a game honoring the 74th anniversary of the Pearl
Harbor attacks.
Navy (7-3) was led by Will Kelly with 13 points and eight rebounds.
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