— Gonzaga 82, UCLA 72
UCLA led by a hoop with 11:46 left in the game.
Gonzaga shot 55% inside the arc.
Zags are 10-1, with six top 100 wins.
— Kansas 77, NC State 76 OT
Council scored 36 points, including Jayhawks’ last 13 points in regulation.
Council shot 9-15 on the arc; rest of the Kansas team was 2-15.
Kansas freshman Peterson re-injured his hamstring late in this game.
— Arizona 96, Alabama 75
Alabama led this game 41-39 at halftime.
6-4 frosh Burries scored 28 points, had 7 rebounds.
Arizona had only 4 turnovers, Alabama 15.
Wildcats out-rebounded Alabama, 52-32
— Arkansas 93, Texas Tech 86
Tech led by 10 points late in the first half
Red Raiders only used six players in this game.
Arkansas shot 10-19 on the arch, scored 1.36 ppp.
— Butler 113, Providence 110, 2OT
6-7 senior Ajayi scored 28 points, had 15 rebounds.
Providence led by 8 early in the second half.
Butler is 8-2, with the #45 eFG% in the country.
— Basketball Upsets of the Day:
UMass (+11.5) 103, Florida State 95
Hofstra (+10.5) 70, Syracuse 69
Nebraska (+9.5) 83, Illinois 80
Western Illinois (+7.5) 69, North Dakota 66 OT
DePaul (+6.5) 61, Wichita State 58
Murray State (+6.5) 115, Akron 100
Ohio U (+5.5) 88, St Bonaventure 83 OT
North Dakota State (+5.5) 99, Drake 94
Georgia State (+5.5) 77, Jacksonville State 73
— Navy 17, Army 16
Navy drove 50 yards, scored game-winning TD with 6:37 left.
Navy was 11-18 on third down, Army 3-10.
Last 20 years, under is now 18-2 in this game.
— Washington 38, Boise State 10
Huskies led 24-3 at halftime.
Washington QB Williams threw for 214 yards, four TD’s.
Boise is 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS in its last five bowls.
— Mets signed IF Jorge Polanco for two years, $40M; Polanco hit 26 homers last year, had an .821 OPS. He’ll be 33 in July, is expected to play some 1B and also be a DH.
— St Louis Cardinals signed P Dustin May to a one-year contract; he was 7-11, 4.96 last year for the Red Sox/Dodgers, throwing a career-high 132 innings.
— Kansas City Royals traded lefty P Angel Zerpa to Milwaukee for OF Isaac Collins, P Nick Mears. Zerpa was 5-2, 4.18 in 69 IP last year, with only two starts and no saves in 69 games. Collins hit .263 in 130 games LY, with 16 stolen bases. Mears was 5-3, 3.49 in 63 games, with one save, no starts.
— Famous birthdays, December 14th:
Dee Wallace, 77
Tony Nathan, 69
Craig Biggio, 60
Eldridge Recasner, 58
Scott Hatteberg, 56
Vanessa Hudgens, 37
Adam Frazier, 34
Taylor Ward, 32
Ryan McMahon, 31
DK Metcalf, 28
— Kentucky 72, Indiana 60
First win for Kentucky in five games vs top 100 teams.
Hoosiers led 39-32 at halftime.
Indiana had 18 turnovers, Kentucky had 4.
Teams combined to shoot 7-39 on the arc.
— Arizona State 82, Santa Clara 79
Santa Clara led 55-38 at halftime.
ASU’s coach got thrown out when Sun Devils were down 19 early in 2nd half.
Arizona State shot 59.4% inside the arc.
— Ohio State 89, West Virginia 88, 2OT
Buckeyes were down 14 with 12:53 left in the game.
West Virginia was 12-26 on arc, Ohio State 4-21.
Four players on West Virginia played 40:00+.
— Nebraska 83, Illinois 80
Lawrence hit a 3-pointer with less than 0:01 left for the win.
Nebraska is 11-0, with six top 100 wins.
Only 63 possessions, slow pace; Cornhuskers scored 1.32 ppp.
— Michigan 101, Maryland 83
Maryland led by 9 early in the second half.
Michigan shot 59% inside arc, scored 1.44 ppp.
Wolverines are 10-0, with eight wins by 18+ points.
