STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Arkansas State's Sean Gardner scored a game-high 22 points and Cameron Golden added 15 as the Red Wolves defeated Mississippi State 69-55 Wednesday night.
It was the second road win for Arkansas State (3-4) while the Bulldogs (5-4) dropped their fourth-straight game.
Nouhoum Bocoum added 13 points and eight boards for the Red Wolves. Roquez Johnson led Mississippi State with 20 points and was the only Bulldog in double digits.
Arkansas State jumped ahead 12-4 in the first half as cold shooting plagued the Bulldogs in the opening 20 minutes. Mississippi State head coach Rich Ray pulled his entire starting five in the opening minutes and the reserves responded with an 11-0 run to give the Bulldogs a 15-12 lead.
Mississippi State shot just 32.3 percent, including a woeful 3-of-17 from three-point territory. Arkansas State shot 52.2 percent from the floor.
UAPB 61, Houston 56, OT
HOUSTON -- Marcel Mosley scored 33 points and Arkansas-Pine Bluff knocked off Houston in overtime on Wednesday night.
The Golden Lions (2-8) scored their first road victory in seven tries while handing the Cougars (5-2) their first home loss in five games.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff led 27-16 at halftime and was up 16 points with 15:29 left in the game before Houston scrambled back, tying the game with 36 seconds left on two free throws by LeRon Barnes. Neither team scored in regulation after that.
The Lions scored the first eight points of overtime. Houston got within three with 30 seconds left after a free throw and grabbed an offensive rebound, but Tevin Hammond made a steal and Mosely hit four free throws down the stretch to get the win.
JoVaughn Love had 10 rebounds for the Lions.
Jherrod Stiggers led Houston with 16 points. Barnes added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
New Mexico 76, UCA 55
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Deshawn Delaney equaled his career in points with 22 and Hugh Greenwood added 14 to help New Mexico overcome an early deficit Wednesday night in a 76-55 win over Central Arkansas.
Greenwood went 4-of-6 on three-pointers, while Delaney added a career-high 13 rebounds for his second career double-double.
The Bears (0-9) went up 16-7 midway through the first half behind two three-pointers from Mike Martin and one from Jordan Howard, who led Central Arkansas with 12 points. But New Mexico (7-3) reeled off an 18-1 run started by a Greenwood lay-in off the glass to go up 25-17 and the Lobos led 35-30 at halftime.
OT: Cincinnati 71
No. 19 San Diego St. 62
CINCINNATI -- Farad Cobb hit a 3three-pointer that put Cincinnati in control in overtime, and the Bearcats pulled away against No. 19 San Diego State after letting a late lead slip away in regulation.
The Bearcats (7-2) were coming off a 56-55 double-overtime loss at Nebraska on Saturday night that underscored their season-long struggle to hit shots. Cobb made the one in overtime that made the difference and finished with 12 points.
San Diego State (7-3) lost for only the second time in its last 20 overtime games.
Winston Shepard had a game-high 17 points, including a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left that tied it 57-all and sent it overtime. The Aztecs were outscored 14-5 in overtime.
No. 12 Ohio State. 97
North Carolina A&T 55
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- D'Angelo Russell scored 21 points and Marc Loving had 15, leading No. 12 Ohio State to a victory over North Carolina A&T.
Shannon Scott added 12 assists, while Kam Williams had 15 points in the second half for the Buckeyes (9-1) in the game played before an announced crowd of 14,585 at Nationwide Arena.
Bruce Beckford had 26 points and Arturs Bremers 14 for the Aggies (1-11), who have lost 11 in a row -- the last 10 on the road -- after opening with a win against Division III Greensboro College.
No. 16 Washington 86
Grambling State 38
SEATTLE --Shawn Kemp Jr. scored 13 of his 21 points in the first half, Andrew Andrews added 16 points and No. 16 Washington raced past Grambling State.
Washington (9-0) extended its best start since beginning the 2005-06 season 11-0, leading 45-13 at halftime and by as many as 51 in the second half.
Kemp and his teammates dominated the undersized Tigers on the interior. Kemp made six of nine shots in the first half, four coming on dunks. Robert Upshaw added 15 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds.
A'Torri Shine led the Tigers (2-7) with 12 points. Grambling was outscored 157-81 in a Pacific Northwest swing against Oregon State and Washington.
No. 25 Michigan State 66
Eastern Michigan 46
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Bryn Forbes scored 14 points and Travis Trice added 13, and No. 25 Michigan State denied Eastern Michigan its second-straight upset win over an in-state foe.
Eastern Michigan beat Michigan in Ann Arbor last week, but the Eagles (8-2) never led against Michigan State. Eastern Michigan shot 23 percent from the field, and although its 2-3 zone caused the Spartans (8-3) to look ragged at times.
The Spartans did lose standout senior Branden Dawson to an apparent left wrist injury with 15:30 remaining in the game. Dawson took a hard fall while trying to dunk the ball and did not return.
Sports on 12/19/2014