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Maryland-Eastern Shore tops Delaware State 68-66DOVER, Del. (AP) Ahmad Frost scored 15 points, Gabriel Gyamfi grabbed 10 rebounds and scored 11 points, including a go-ahead free throw with 13 seconds left, and Maryland-Eastern Shore ended a five-game skid with a 68-66 win over Delaware State on Monday night.Gyamfi's...

AP Basketball WriterNC State challenges NCAA charge tied to payment for SmithBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State is challenging NCAA charges based on allegations that an Adidas representative paid $40,000 to the family of former basketball star Dennis Smith Jr. through a former Wolfpack assistant coach...

Lehigh rallies late to defeat Loyola-Maryland 78-71BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) Freshman Reed Fenton scored a career-high 19 points, James Karnik added 18 points and seven rebounds and Lehigh rallied late to beat Loyola-Maryland 78-71 on Sunday.Brent Holcombe's three-point play with 7:24 remaining in the game gave Loyola-Maryland a 64-55...

Basketball player's father: Louisville assistant gave cashNEW YORK (AP) The father of a blue-chip college basketball recruit has testified that an assistant coach at the University of Louisville gave him a secret cash payment of $1,300.Brian Bowen Sr. described it Tuesday to a New York federal jury in...

Oklahoma Preview CapsuleBy The Associated PressOklahoma Preview CapsuleEds: With BC-BKC--Oklahoma PreviewBy The Associated Press=OklahomaLast season: 11-20Nickname: Sooners.Coach: Lon Kruger.Conference: Big 12.Who's gone: G Jordan Woodard. He was the team's leading scorer with 14.6 points per game in an injury-shortened senior campaign.Who's back: G Kameron McGusty. He was the team's...

Maker leads Idaho State past Eastern Washington 75-69POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) Chier Maker scored a career-high 24 points, and Tarik Cool added 22 as Idaho State beat Eastern Washington 75-69 on Monday night.Maker hit 9 of 10 shots and added seven rebounds.Jared Stutzman had eight points and 10 rebounds...

AP Sports WriterBuffalo coach Nate Oates signs extension through 2024By TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Buffalo coach Nate Oats signed a contract extension through 2024 after his team's rout of Akron in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament.Moments after the No. 18 Bulls thrashed the Zips by 36 points...

AP Sports WriterShooting woes leave Florida unranked, searching for answersBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida coach Mike White insists his team can shoot. The stats say otherwise.The Gators (2-2) rank last in the Southeastern Conference in scoring, averaging a paltry 62.5 points a game, and are 331st in...

Second-half rally lifts Columbia over Marist 69-54NEW YORK (AP) Mike Smith scored 16 points and Columbia pulled away in the second half to beat Marist 69-54 on Saturday in the Red Foxes' final nonconference game of the season.Smith had scored 20 or more points in the previous eight...

Guard McGusty transferring to Miami from OklahomaMIAMI (AP) Guard Kameron McGusty is transferring to the University of Miami after two seasons at Oklahoma.McGusty announced his decision Monday on Twitter . He averaged 8.0 points in 32 games last season, including eight starts, and averaged 10.9 as a freshman,...

AP Sports WriterEast: Experienced Villanova vs Elite 8 newcomer Texas TechBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) When Villanova coach Jay Wright talks to his players about the Wildcats' 2016 national championship, he wants them to remember what it felt like before they took the court, not after they cut down...

AP Sports WriterPurdue fends off late charge, tops No. 6 Michigan St 73-63By MICHAEL MAROTWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Ryan Cline scored 17 points and Purdue fended off a furious charge by No. 6 Michigan State, holding on for a 73-63 win Sunday.Trailing by 23 with under 13 +...