St. Bonaventure 67, Boise St. 61
Kyle Lofton had 17 points and seven assists as No. 22 St. Bonaventure recorded a 67-61 win over Boise State on Thursday in the first round of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic tournament in Charleston, S.C.
Clemson 75, Temple 48
Nick Honor scored 19 points and Clemson shot 52.4 percent from 3-point range en route to a 75-48 victory against Temple Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C.
Florida 81, Milwaukee 45
Colin Castleton scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the host Florida Gators cruise to an 81-45 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers on Thursday night in Gainesville, Fla.
Xavier 71, Ohio St. 65
Paul Scruggs scored 10 of his 14 points in the final three minutes, and Xavier defeated visiting No. 19 Ohio State 71-65 in Cincinnati on Thursday.
Providence 69, New Hampshire 58
Al Durham scored 19 points and Nate Watson added 17 as Providence posted a 69-58 home victory over New Hampshire on Thursday.
Marquette 78, Mississippi 72
Freshmen Justin Lewis and Kam Jones finished with career-high point totals as Marquette knocked off Ole Miss 78-72 on Thursday night in the first round of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic at Charleston, S.C.
Oklahoma 79, East Carolina 74
Jordan Goldwire and Umoja Gibson had 13 points each to lead Oklahoma to a 79-74 win over East Carolina in the opening round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Thursday night in Conway, South Carolina.
South Carolina 66, UAB 63
Devin Carter made four free throws in the final five seconds and South Carolina hung on for a 66-63 win over UAB on Thursday in Columbia, S.C.
Penn St. 74, St. Francis (BKN) 59
Sam Sessoms scored 26 points and host Penn State beat visiting St. Francis of Brooklyn 74-59 Thursday night in University Park, Pa.
Iowa 108, Alabama St. 82
Keegan Murray scored 26 points and Payton Sandfort added 21 as Iowa led throughout and routed travel-weary Alabama State 108-82 Thursday night in Iowa City.
Missouri 54, Northern Illinois 37
Kobe Brown scored 13 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished six assists to lead the Missouri Tigers past the Northern Illinois Huskies 54-37 Thursday night in Columbia, Mo.
Virginia Tech 85, St. Francis (PA) 55
Nahiem Alleyne and Keve Aluma scored 18 points each to propel Virginia Tech to an 85-55 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Thursday night in Blacksburg, Va.
Southern Methodist 78, Southeastern Louisiana 61
Kendric Davis scored 25 points and Marcus Weathers added 15 points and 12 rebounds to lead SMU to a 78-61 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in a nonconference game on Thursday in Dallas.
Louisiana State 85, McNeese St. 46
Tari Eason tallied 19 points and 14 rebounds and LSU rolled past McNeese State 85-46 in a nonconference game Thursday night in Baton Rouge, La.
Kansas 88, Stony Brook 59
Ochai Agbaji scored 25 points Thursday, including 10 straight during a breakaway run early in the second half, as No. 3 Kansas blasted Stony Brook 88-59 at Lawrence, Kan.
Texas Christian 63, Nicholls State 50
Mike Miles scored 16 points, all but three of those after halftime, and keyed a definitive second-half run as TCU remained unbeaten with a 63-50 win over visiting Nicholls State on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas.
DePaul 73, Rutgers 70
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Javon Freeman-Liberty and David Jones put short-handed DePaul ahead to stay and the Blue Demons held on for a 73-70 victory over Rutgers on Thursday night in Chicago.
West Virginia 87, Elon University 68
Bob Huggins recorded his 903rd career Division I victory and West Virginia improved to 3-0 to start the season with an 87-68 victory over Elon in Charleston, S.C.
Northwestern 82, Fairleigh Dickinson 46
Pete Nance scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in just 19 minutes Thursday night as Northwestern cruised to an 82-46 nonconference rout of Fairleigh Dickinson in Evanston, Ill.
Washington St. 109, Idaho 61
Noah Williams scored 16 points to lead six Cougars who finished in double figures in scoring as visiting Washington State cruised to a 109-61 victory over Idaho in the "Battle of the Palouse" on Thursday in Moscow, Idaho.
Samford 78, Oregon St. 77
Ques Glover finished with 16 points and nine assists to lead Samford to a 78-77 win Thursday night over Oregon State at Corvallis, Ore.
California 75, Southern Utah 68
Grant Anticevich converted a Joel Brown steal into a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:38 left in the second overtime Thursday night as California outlasted visiting Southern Utah 75-68 in a nonconference game at Berkeley, Calif.
San Diego St. 65, Arizona State 63
A 3-point attempt by Arizona State's Jamiya Neal at the buzzer fell off the mark, allowing San Diego State to hold on to a 65-63 home win Thursday night.
Wyoming 77, Washington 72
Graham Ike and Hunter Maldonado each had a double-double as Wyoming defeated host Washington 77-72 in overtime in a nonconference game Thursday night in Seattle.