By R.L. Bynum
Caleb Love continues to be the leading scorer on a balanced Arizona attack, and the unbeaten No. 2 Wildcats will likely be No. 1 when the new AP Top 25 poll comes out on Monday.
Love had 14 points and two 3-pointers, with season-highs of eight rebounds (one short of his career-high) and three steals, with three assists and a block in Arizona’s 82–55 romp over Colgate.
It wouldn’t be Love’s first time playing on a No. 1 team. He was on last season’s UNC team that was No. 1 for three weeks. No. 1 Purdue lost Friday 92–88 in overtime at unranked Northwestern, and No. 3 Marquette lost 75–64 Saturday at unranked Wisconsin, opening up the likelihood of Arizona being voted the top-ranked team.
Love, averaging 13.3 points per game, had two 3-pointers and 10 points as Arizona (7–0) only led 35–30 at halftime. Arizona held Colgate (4–4) to one field goal in the first eight minutes of the second half to balloon the lead to 22 points and coasted from there.
Dontrez Styles rebounded from a tough game in a close Wednesday win to put up good numbers in a tough Georgetown loss on Saturday.
Styles had a season-low six points and six rebounds in the Hoyas’ 69–67 Wednesday home victory over Merrimack. In Saturday’s 84–83 home loss to TCU, he had 18 points, three 3-pointers, six rebounds, a steal and a block for the 5–3 Hoyas.
TCU won it on Emanuel Miller’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer shot while falling down from the right wing.
Rutgers’ women snapped a three-game losing streak with a pair of wins, with Destiny Adams putting up good numbers in both games.
Adams scored 19 points for her sixth double-digit scoring game of the season in an 82–48 Wednesday victory over Delaware State. Adams also had six rebounds, two blocks and two steals for a 17.7 game score.
On Saturday, Adams collected 14 points, eight rebounds, three steals and a block as Rutgers (5–5) returned to .500 with a 69–48 home victory over Lafayette.
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota’s leading scorer at 18.3 points per game, had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks in the Gophers’ 97–64 Thursday home win over New Orleans. Minnesota is 5–2 heading into its 6:30 Sunday Big Ten opener at Ohio State (Big Ten Network).
Justin McKoy collected 11 points and five rebounds in Hawaii’s 79–66 Thursday loss to Utah in Salt Lake City for the Rainbow Warriors’ first loss in six games this season.
Puff Johnson got his first Penn State start in the Nittany Lions’ 76–67 home loss to Bucknell. In 29 minutes, he had four points, six assists and a steal. D’Marco Dunn played 10 scoreless minutes off the bench with one rebound.
It was a rough week for the No. 19 Ole Miss women’s team and senior Kennedy Todd-Williams. She had four points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals in Wednesday’s 64–58 home loss to No. 22 Louisville. She came off the bench for the first time on Saturday, contributing three points and a block in 18 minutes of the Rebels’ 61–59 home loss to Southern Miss.
Todd-Williams is averaging 6.4 points per game, shooting 29.7% from the floor and 3 of 19 from 3-point range.
UAB fell to 4–4 with a pair of home losses. Will Shaver didn’t play in UAB’s 81–60 home Tuesday win over McNeese State, then played three scoreless minutes with one rebound in Friday’s 85–82 defeat against Southern Miss.
Tyler Nickel was scoreless, missing all five shots, and had a rebound in Virginia Tech’s 74–57 Wednesday loss at Auburn.
Kerwin Walton had three points, one steal and one block in nine minutes Thursday in Texas Tech’s 103–95 loss at Butler as the Red Raiders fell to 5–2
Checking in on 11 former Heels
Destiny Adams, Rutgers forward
6–3 | Junior | UNC 2021–23 (2 seasons)
77–69 Wednesday, March 6, loss vs. Minnesota in first round of Big Ten tournament — Started; 38 minutes, 31 points, 12–24 FG, 0–1 3FG, 7–12 FT, career-high 24 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 fouls, 4 turnovers, 1 block, 1 steal, -11, 16.7 game score
Season statistics — 32 games, 32 starts, 15.6 points, 50.1 FG%, 1–8 3FG, 68.3 FT%, 7.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.8 of a block
Record — 8–24; season over
D’Marco Dunn, Penn State guard
6–5, 195 pounds | Junior | UNC 2021–23 (2 seasons)
61–59 Thursday, March 13, loss vs. Indiana in second round of Big Ten tournament — Didn’t start; 25 minutes, 9 points, 2–5 FG, 1–2 3PFG, 2 rebounds, 1 foul, -11, 4.9 game score
Season statistics — 33 games, 12 starts; 6.8 points, 39.5 FG%, 36.6 3P%, 73.8 FT%, 1.8 rebounds, 0.6 of an assist
Record — 16–17; season over
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota forward
6–11, 230 pounds | Junior | UNC 2020–21 (part of 1 season)
73–72 Tuesday win at Butler in the first round of the NIT — Started; 34 minutes, 25 points, 11–19 FG, 1–4 3FG, 2–2 FT, 4 rebounds, 4 fouls, 2 turnovers
76–64 Sunday loss at Indiana State in the second round of the NIT — Started; 28 minutes, 6 points, 2–5 FG, 2–2 FT, 12 rebounds, 4 fouls, 4 turnovers, 2 blocks
Season statistics — 31 games, 31 starts; 17.6 points (led team), 48.6 FG%, 31.9 3P%, 80.2 FT%, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 block
Record — 19–15; season over
Puff Johnson, Penn State wing
6–8, 205 pounds | Senior | UNC 2020–23 (3 seasons)
61–59 Thursday, March 13, loss vs. Indiana in second round of Big Ten tournament — Started; 31 minutes, 16 points, 4–11 FG, 2–6 3PFG, 7–7 FT, 8 rebounds, 4 fouls, 2 steals, -5, 12.1 game score
Season statistics — 29 games, 12 starts; 7.3 points, 42.2 FG%, 33.3 3P%, 78.5 FT%, 3.1 rebounds, 0.7 of a steal
Record — 16–17; season over
Caleb Love, Arizona guard
6–4, 205 pounds | Senior | UNC 2020–23 (3 seasons)
85–65 Thursday win over Long Beach State in the first round of NCAA tournament quarterfinals in Salt Lake City — Started; 34 minutes, 18 points, 6–17 FG, 3–12 3FG, 3–5 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, +24, 18.0 game score
78–68 Saturday win vs. Dayton in the second round of NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City — Started; 35 minutes, 19 points, 6–15 FG, 3–8 3FG, 4–6 FT, 3 rebounds, 1 foul, 5 assists, 4 turnovers, 1 block 1 steal, +6, 11.8 game score
Season statistics — 35 games, 35 starts; 18.1 points (leads team), 41.8 FG%, 34.3 3P%, 83.6 FT%, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.1 steals
Record — 27–8; Rank — No. 6; Next game — 7:09 Thursday vs. Clemson in NCAA Sweet 16 in Los Angeles, CBS
Justin McKoy, Hawaii guard
6–8, 230 pounds | Graduate student | UNC 2021–23 (2 seasons)
68–65 Friday, March 15, loss vs. UC Davis in semifinals of Big West tournament — Started; 33 minutes, 10 points, 3–11 FG, 0–3 3FG, 4–4 FT, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 fouls, -9, 1.6 game score
Season statistics — 34 games, 34 starts, 12.4 points, 47.4 FG%, 36.8 3P%, 87.2 FT%, 6.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Record — 20–14; season over
Tyler Nickel, Virginia Tech guard
6–7, 225 pounds | Sophomore | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
74–58 Tuesday win vs. Richmond in the first round of NIT — Didn’t start; 17 minutes, 3 points, 1–1 FG, 1–1 FT, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 foul, +2, 3.3 game score
81–73 Saturday loss at Ohio State in the second round of NIT — Didn’t start; 12 minutes, 6 points, 2–7 FG, 2–4 3PFG, 2 fouls, 1 turnover, -9, 0.1 game score
Season statistics — 34 games, 7 starts; 8.8 points, 43.8 FG%, 39.9 3P%, 82.0 FT%, 2.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Record — 19–15; season over
Will Shaver, UAB center
6–10, 270 pounds | Redshirt sophomore | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
69–65 Friday loss vs. San Diego State in the first round of NCAA tournament in Spokane, Wash. — 4 minutes, 1 point, 1–2 FT, -4, 0.6 game score
Season statistics — 18 games, 87 minutes, 20 points, 6–17 FG, 0–2 3FG, 8–16 FT, 18 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal
Record — 23–12; season over
Dontrez Styles, Georgetown wing
6–6, 212 pounds | Junior | UNC 2021–23 (2 seasons)
74–56 Wednesday, March 13, loss vs. Providence in first round of Big East tournament — Started; 35 minutes, 7 points, 3–7 FG, 0–3 3FG, 1–5 FT, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 fouls, 2 turnovers
Season statistics — 32 games, 32 starts, 12.8 points, 43.0 FG%, 36.8 3P%, 77.6 FT%, 5.8 rebounds, 0.8 of an assist, 0.6 of a block
Record — 9–23; season over
Kennedy Todd-Williams, Ole Miss guard
6–0 | Senior | UNC 2020–23 (3 seasons)
67–55 Saturday win vs. Marquette in South Bend, Ind., in first round of NCAA tournament — Started; 35 minutes, 15 points, 5–13 FG, 2–4 3FG, 3–6 FT, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 foul, 2 steals, +15, 12.2 game score
71–56 Monday loss at Notre Dame in the second round of NCAA tournament — Started; 33 minutes, 15 points, 5–12 FG, 1–6 3FG, 4–4 FT, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 fouls, 3 steals, -12, 9.4 game score
Season statistics — 33 games, 25 starts; 10.6 points, 38.4 FG%, 26.7 3PFG%, 78.0 FT%, 4.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals
Record — 24–9; season over
Kerwin Walton, Texas Tech guard
6–5, 200 pounds | Senior | UNC 2020–22 (2 seasons)
80–67 Thursday loss to N.C. State in Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA tournament — Started; 20 minutes, 9 points, 3–5 FG, 3–4 3PFG, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls, -2, 8.2 game score
Season statistics — 32 games, 25 starts, 8.4 points, 49.5 FG%, 47.0 3P%, 72.7 FT%, 2.3 rebounds, 0.5 of an assist
Record — 23–11; season over
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