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AP Sports WriterRutgers returns to basketball poll for first time since 1979By TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) Rutgers is back in the men's college basketball poll for the first time in more than 40 years.The Scarlet Knights were ranked No. 24 by The Associated Press on Monday. It was...

AP Sports WriterBaylor jumps Zags to give AP poll record-tying seventh No. 1By DAVE SKRETTABaylor and Gonzaga were the only two teams in the top five that took care of business last week.That doesn't mean they didn't move around, too.The Bears (15-1) leaped over the Bulldogs and into the...

AP Sports WriterBaylor jumps Zags to give AP poll record-tying seventh No. 1By DAVE SKRETTABaylor and Gonzaga were the only two teams in the top five that took care of business last week.That doesn't mean they didn't move around, too.The Bears (15-1) leaped over the Bulldogs and into the...

POLL ALERT: Baylor leapfrogs Gonzaga for No. 1, giving Top 25 its seventh team on top this season; SDSU into top fiveNEW YORK (AP) POLL ALERT: Baylor leapfrogs Gonzaga for No. 1, giving Top 25 its seventh team on top this season; SDSU into top five.

Alcorn State shoots its way past Arkansas-Pine Bluff 82-54PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) Deshaw Andrews was 5-for-5 from 3-point range and had a career-high 30 points as Alcorn State romped past Arkansas-Pine Bluff 82-54 on Monday night.Andrews hit 9 of 11 shots from the field and the Braves collectively...

Williams leads Prairie View past Jackson St. 74-60JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Darius Williams had a season-high 27 points as Prairie View topped Jackson State 74-60 on Monday night.Williams hit 4 of 6 3-pointers and shot 11 for 13 from the line.Gerard Andrus had 11 points for Prairie View (8-10,...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Baylor wins 15th in a row, beating Oklahoma 61-57By STEPHEN HAWKINSWACO, Texas (AP) MaCio Teague had 16 points, fellow transfer Davion Mitchell had 13 and Baylor held on to win its first-ever home game as the No. 1 team, beating Oklahoma 61-57 on Monday...

Mount St. Mary's wallops St. Francis-(Brooklyn), 59-39EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) Vado Morse had 19 points as Mount St. Mary's routed St. Francis (NY) 59-39 on Monday night.Nana Opoku added 17 points for the Mountaineers, while Damian Chong Qui chipped in 16. Opoku had 10 rebounds while Chong Qui pulled...

Bradford, Southern denies Mississippi Valley State, 74-70ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) Micah Bradford hit 8 of 10 free throw attempts during a 90-second stretch to allow Southern to hold off Mississippi Valley State, 74-70 in a Southwestern Conference contest on Monday night.Bradford started his string by hitting the first...

Associated PressChildress, Wake Forest beat Boston College 80-62By J.D. BRASIERWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) With one of his forwards out of the lineup Sunday, Wake Forest coach Danny Manning doubled down on his big men, and it paid off in the Demon Deacons’ 80-62 victory over Boston College.Brandon Childress scored...

Hagedorn helps South Dakota upset South Dakota State 99-84VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) Tyler Hagedorn scored 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting and all five South Dakota starters scored in double figures in a 99-84 victory over South Dakota State on Sunday.Hagedorn hit all four of this 3-point tries for the...

Herasme's first double-double powers Marist past Iona 83-73POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) Sophomore Matthew Herasme finished with 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first double-double and Marist knocked off Iona 83-73 on Sunday.Herasme made 5 of 6 shots from 3-point range for the Red Foxes ( 3-13,...