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AP Basketball WriterVillanova still No. 1, Arizona State up to No. 3 in AP pollBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Villanova remains No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the second straight week and Arizona State moves up two spots to No. 3 after Wichita State dropped out...

Evansville beats NAIA Midway 79-52EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Noah Frederking scored 19 points, Blake Simmons added 18 and Evansville beat NAIA Midway College 79-52 on Sunday for its fifth-straight win.K.J. Riley had 15 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for Evansville (10-2). Riley made 7 of 11 free throws...

Bliznyuk, EWU beat Northridge 86-58, snap 5-game loss streakCHENEY, Wash. (AP) Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Eastern Washington returned home for the first time since Nov. 10 to snap a five-game losing streak with an 86-58 victory over Cal State Northridge on Sunday.The...

AP Basketball WriterVillanova rolls in first game at No. 1By JOHN MARSHALLVillanova handled its move to No. 1 with ease. No surprise there. The Wildcats won a national championship two seasons ago after spending three weeks at No. 1.No reason to expect a change atop the AP Top 25...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 5 Arizona State rallies to beat Vanderbilt 76-64By JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State came out flat, missing shots, tossing balls into the stands, allowing open 3-pointers.The No. 5 team in the country? The Sun Devils looked more like they should be unranked, not among...

Miami (Ohio) defeats NAIA Rio Grande 109-70 behind BowmanOXFORD, Ohio (AP) Nike Sibande scored 21 points and Bam Bowman posted career highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds and Miami (Ohio) beat NAIA Rio Grande 109-70 on Sunday.Bowman missed just one of seven shots from the field and...

AP Basketball WriterVillanova rolls in first game at No. 1By JOHN MARSHALLVillanova handled its move to No. 1 with ease. No surprise there. The Wildcats won a national championship two seasons ago.No reason to expect a change atop the AP Top 25 on Monday.No. 3 Wichita State, on the...

Ndiaye has double-double in Peacocks' 71-56 victoryNEW YORK (AP) Mamadou Ndiaye scored a career-high 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Saint Peter's defeated LIU Brooklyn 71-56 on Sunday at the Barclays Center.Mamadou was 6-of-8 shooting, including 3 of 6 from the arc. Davauhnte Turner scored 19 points...

Green Bay routs Div. II Wisconsin Parkside early, wins 86-50ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) Hunter Crist came off the Green Bay bench to hit 6 of 7 shots from the field, including both 3-point attempts, to fuel the Phoenix' 86-50 romp past Division II Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday night.Green Bay raced...

Associated PressOhio State beats Appalachian State 80-67By CRAIG MERZCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Jae'Sean Tate scored 19 points for Ohio State in a 80-67 win against Appalachian State at Value City Arena on Saturday.Keita Bates-Diop added 18 points and Kaleb Wesson 16 for the Buckeyes (9-3), who matched their season-high...

UTSA handles D-III Bethany College with a 95-67 winSAN ANTONIO (AP) Jhivvan Jackson scored 19 points, Byron Frohnen had 11 rebounds and UT San Antonio controlled NCAA Division III Bethany College from the start for a 95-67 win on Saturday.Also scoring in double figures for the Roadrunners were...

Louisville meets with NCAA to appeal basketball sanctionsLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville officials are meeting with the NCAA's Infractions Appeals Committee to appeal sanctions from a sex scandal that could include vacation of the 2013 men's basketball championship.University spokesman John Karman confirmed Wednesday's hearing in Atlanta with the Appeals...