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.
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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
Elliot Cadeau, Michigan guard
6–1, 180 pounds | Junior | UNC 2023–25 (2 seasons)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 31 games, 31 starts, 9.9 points, 42.4 FG%, 37.8 3P%, 70.5 FT%, 2.6 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.4 turnovers
Team record: 29–2, 19–1 Big Ten (clinched regular-season title); Rank: No. 3
Thursday: 71–68 win at Iowa — Started; 30:24, 11 points, 1–3 FG, 9–11 FT, 2 rebounds, 2 fouls, 9 assists, 4 turnovers, 1 steal, +12
Sunday: 90–80 win vs. No. 8 Michigan State — Started; 33 minutes, 2 points, 1–5 FG, 0–2 3FG, 2 assists, 2 fouls, 3 turnovers, 2 blocks, +2
Next game — noon Friday in quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament in Chicago as No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 Iowa, No. 16 Oregon or No. 17 Maryland
Trayanna Crisp, Mississippi State guard
5–8 | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 30 games, 30 starts, 8.7 points, 38.3 FG%, 37.1 3P%, 84.6 FT%, 2.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Team record: 18–13
Wednesday: 86–68 loss to Florida in first round of the SEC tournament — Started; 19:37, 3 points, 1–5 FG, 1–4 3FG, 1 foul, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, -9
Next game — Awaits possible postseason berth
RyLee Grays, Tulsa forward
6–4 | Junior | UNC 2023–24 (1 season)
Roster situation — One of four forwards competing for time
Season statistics — 30 games, 2.3 points, 43.6 FG%, 4–10 3FG, 69.7 FT%, 2.3 rebounds, 8 blocks, 12 steals
Team record: 19–12
Thursday: 76–73 loss to North Texas in American tournament — Didn’t play
Await possible postseason berth
Ian Jackson, St. John’s guard
6–5, 195 pounds | Sophomore | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter, sharing time in a point-guard-by-committee mix
Season statistics — 30 games, 19 starts, 9.8 points, 41.9 FG%, 35.8 3P%, 90.0 FT%, 2.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Team record: 26–6; Rank: No. 13
Thursday in Big East quarterfinals: 85–72 win vs. Providence — Didn’t start; 19 minutes, 14 points, 4–11 FG, 2–3 3FG, 4–4 FT, 3 rebounds, 4 fouls, 2 assists, 1 turnover
Next game — 5:30 Friday vs. Seton Hall in semifinals of the Big East tournament, Fox
Puff Johnson, Ohio State
6–8, 190 pounds | Graduate | UNC 2020–23 (3 seasons)
Roster situation — Reserve
Team record: 21–11
Season statistics — 8 games, 1 start, 2.6 points, 33.3 FG%, 3–7 3FG, 6–9 FT, 1.3 rebounds
Thursday in Big Ten tournament: 72–69 win over Iowa — Didn’t play because of a foot injury
Next game — noon Friday vs. No. 3 Michigan in Big Ten tournament, Big Ten Network
Teonni Key, Kentucky forward
6–4 | RS senior | UNC 2022–24 (2 seasons)
Roster situation — Starting forward
Season statistics — 25 games, 25 starts, 11.2 points, 52.1 FG%, 2–13 3FG, 67.9 FT%, 7.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks
Team record: 23–10; Rank: No. 17
Next game — Awaits Selection Sunday for NCAA tournament berth
Ven-Allen Lubin, N.C. State forward
6–9, 250 pounds | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starting center
Season statistics — 33 games, 33 starts, 13.9 points, ACC-leading 67.6 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 73.9 FT%, 7.2 rebounds
Team record: 20–13
Wednesday: 98–88 win vs. Pittsburgh in second round of the ACC tournament — Started; 32 minutes, 18 points, 5–6 FG, 8–8 FT, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls, 1 block
Thursday: 81–74 loss vs. No. 10 Virginia in quarterfinals of ACC tournament — Started; 37 minutes, 14 points, 3–9 FG, 8–8 FT, 10 rebounds, 1 foul, 1 turnover, 3 blocks, 2 steals
Awaits postseason berth
Tyler Nickel, Vanderbilt wing
6–7, 220 pounds | Senior | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starting forward
Season statistics — 31 games, 31 starts, 13.7 points, 45.7 FG%, 40.2 3P%, 86.3 FT%, 3.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Team record: 24–7, 11–7 SEC: Rank: No. 22
Tuesday: 89–86 OT win at Ole Miss — Started; 33:39, 9 points, 2–9 FG, 1–7 3FG, 4–4 FT, 5 rebounds, 1 foul, 1 block, -1
Saturday: 86–82 win at Tennessee — Started; 29:13, 7 points, 2–3 FG, 1–2 3FG, 2–2 FT, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 turnovers, 2 steals, -2
Next game — 3:30 Friday in quarterfinals of the SEC tournament in Nashville as No. 4 seed vs. Wednesday’s first-round game between the No. 11 seed and No. 14 South Carolina, ESPN
Paulina Paris, SMU guard
5–9 | Senior | UNC 2022–24 (2 seasons)
Season statistics — 20 games, 12 starts, 9.6 points, 39.9 FG%, 25.0 3P%, 69.7 FT%, 2.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Team record: 9–21, 2–16 ACC
Suffered a season-ending left foot injury.
Will Shaver, Samford center
6–10, 265 pounds | RS junior | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
Roster situation — Reserve minutes
Season statistics — 30 games, 2.6 points, 47.6 FG%, 33.3 3P%, 59.3 FT%, 2.6 rebounds, 17 blocks, 7 steals
Team record: 18–14, 11–7 Southern Conference
Saturday: 86–81 loss vs. Furman in first round of the Southern Conference tournament in Asheville — 10 minutes, 2 points, 0–1 FG, 2–2 FT, 1 rebound, 1 foul, 2 turnovers, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Season likely over
Cade Tyson, Minnesota wing
6–7, 180 pounds | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 31 games, 32 starts, team-leading 19.6 points, 50.0 FG%, 42.2 3P%, 82.6 FT%, 5.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists
Team record: 15–17
Wednesday: 72–67 loss to Rutgers in second round of the Big Ten tournament — Started; 40 minutes, 24 points, 9–13 FG, 3–7 3FG, 3–3 FT, 4 rebounds, 3 fouls, 1 assist, 3 turnovers
Season over
Jalen Washington, Vanderbilt center
6–9, 240 pounds | Senior | UNC 2022–25 (3 seasons)
Roster situation — Backup center
Season statistics — 31 games, 9 starts, 9.0 points, 56.4 FG%, 29.0 3P%, 72.1 FT%, 5.7 rebounds, 1.3 blocks
Team record: 24–7, 11–7 SEC: Rank: No. 22
Tuesday: 89–86 OT win at Ole Miss — Didn’t start; 16:21, 7 points, 3–7 FG, 1–1 3FG, 3 rebounds, 5 fouls, 1 assist, 1 turnover, -4
Saturday: 86–82 win at Tennessee — Didn’t start; 23:37, 7 points, 3–7 FG, 1–2 FT, 8 rebounds, 2 fouls, 1 turnover, +1
Next game — 3:30 Friday in quarterfinals of the SEC tournament in Nashville as No. 4 seed vs. Wednesday’s first-round game between the No. 11 seed and No. 14 South Carolina, ESPN
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