Recap Roundups
December 23, 2023
Providence 85, Butler 75
Devin Carter hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers and scored 10 of his game-high 24 points in overtime to lift Providence to an 85-75 win over visiting Butler on Saturday afternoon.
Mississippi State 70, Rutgers 60
Jimmy Bell Jr. tallied 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Cameron Matthews added 18 points and 11 rebounds and Mississippi State bullied Rutgers in a 70-60 victory Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.
NC State 83, Detroit Mercy 66
DJ Horne pumped in 26 points to help host North Carolina State enter a brief break with an 83-66 victory against winless Detroit Mercy on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.
West Virginia 91, Toledo 81
West Virginia held off a second-half surge by Toledo to win 91-81 and snap a two-game losing streak on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.
Xavier 74, Seton Hall 54
Quincy Olivari scored a game-high 29 points and Xavier benefited from a 17-2 run in the second half to pick up a 74-54 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati.
Southern Miss 89, Mississippi 72
Matthew Murrell scored 26 points and Jaylen Murray added 21 to help No. 25 Ole Miss record an 89-72 win over Southern Miss on Saturday afternoon in Biloxi, Miss.
Arizona 96, Florida Atlantic 95
Johnell Davis scored a season-high 35 points, and Caleb Love's last-possession 3-pointer rattled out, as No. 14 Florida Atlantic won one of its biggest regular-season games in school history, knocking off No. 4 Arizona 96-95 in double-overtime on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Memphis 77, Vanderbilt 75
No. 23 Memphis, led by 28 points and nine rebounds from David Jones, came from behind to knock off visiting Vanderbilt 77-75 on Saturday.
Alabama 111, Eastern Kentucky 67
Grant Nelson and Rylan Griffen each scored 19 points as Alabama snapped a three-game losing streak by belting visiting Eastern Kentucky 111-67 on Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Ala., behind a sterling shooting performance from behind the arc.
Villanova 84, DePaul 48
Hakim Hart scored a game-high 20 points off the bench as visiting Villanova dominated DePaul 84-48 on Saturday afternoon in a Big East matchup in Chicago.
Connecticut 69, St. John's 65
Tristen Newton hit a tiebreaking layup with 2:22 left on Saturday night for No. 5 UConn, which hung on to edge St. John's 69-65 in their Big East Conference matchup in Hartford, Conn.