Kingston, r.i.
Hassan Martin added 12 points and Kuran Iverson had 11 as the Rams (3-0) defeated the Bears (1-2) for the 19th time in their last 21 meetings.
Rhode Island built a 36-21 lead late in the first half but Steven Spieth keyed a rally that enabled the Bears to pull within 41-33 at halftime.
The Rams scored 20 points off 13 Brown turnovers which offset the fact the Bears outrebounded Rhode Island 38-31.
Ithaca, n.y.
The Raiders bounced back after a season-opening 83-55 loss at Syracuse on Friday. First-year Cornell (0-3) coach Brian Earl, who spent nine seasons as Princeton’s assistant coach, remains winless.
Poughkeepsie, n.y.
Anthony Lamb made a 3-pointer with 9:48 left to give Vermont a 55-45 lead. Marist went on a 14-4 run to tie it at 59 when Khallid Hart made a layup with 6:09 left.
Bloomington, Ind.
Blackmon made four 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half of Indiana’s regular season home opener.
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
This was Louisville’s first visit to Middle Tennessee since 2008, and the Cardinals had little trouble improving to 5-1 in this series.
Ciera Johnson opened with a layup for the Cardinals (3-0), and Alex Johnson hit a short jumper to tie it up at 2. That was as close as Middle Tennessee (0-2) from Conference USA would get as Louisville shot 67 percent taking a 22-9 lead after the first quarter.
College Park, Md.
Maryland (2-0) got another big game from two of its highly touted freshmen, Kaila Charles and Destiny Slocum, both of whom got their second straight start. Slocum had 10 points, hitting three 3-pointers. Charles scored 14 points. Another freshman Jenna Staiti scored all 10 of her points in the second half.
Columbus, Ohio
The Buckeyes (2-1) won despite poor 3-point shooting from everyone except the junior All-American guard. Early in the fourth quarter her teammates were 0 for 11 from beyond the arc while she was 7 for 13. Finally, Sierra Calhoun hit a 3-pointer as Ohio State finished 8 for 27 from 3-point range.
Stephanie Mavunga, Tori McCoy, Shayla Cooper and Kiara Lewis each had 12 points for the Buckeyes.
Ashanti Abshaw scored 25 points for the Vikings (1-1) and Khayla Livingston 14.
No. 8 TEXAS 98, HOUSTON BAPTIST 46
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman Joyner Holmes scored 22 points to lead Texas past Houston Baptist.
Among the top recruits in the country, Holmes went 8 of 17 from the field with nine rebounds and three blocks in 22 minutes.
Brooke McCarty had 16 points and Ariel Atkins and Jada Underwood each scored 11 for Texas (1-1).
Lauren Calver led Houston Baptist (0-2) with 11 points, followed by Amanda Johnson with 10.
No. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE 66, TULANE 49
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Victoria Vivians scored 17 points, Breanna Richardson added 11 and Mississippi State cruised past Tulane.
The game wasn’t pretty early as both teams struggled to score points, but when the Bulldogs (3-0) began to find their shot in the second quarter, Tulane (1-1) stayed cold.
The Green Wave ended up going scoreless in the final 4:36 of the second quarter, which helped Mississippi State take a 36-16 advantage into halftime.
Tulane’s best chance at mounting an upset bridged the third and fourth quarters thanks to a 10-0 run. The rally was aided by consecutive 3-pointers from Leslie Vorpahl, bringing the Green Wave within 47-35. Mississippi State responded with its own small run, however, to squash the comeback attempt.
Vorpahl carried the Green Wave, scoring 20 points on 9 of 11 shooting from the floor.
No. 16 OKLAHOMA 68, ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK 58
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Peyton Little made three 3-pointers and scored 17 points, Vionise Pierre-Louis had her second career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Oklahoma held off Arkansas-Little Rock.
Little Rock pulled to 56-52 early in the fourth quarter on Sharde Collins’s basket, but that’s as close as the Trojans would get the rest of the way. T’ona Edwards scored four points during Oklahoma’s 6-0 run to take a 10-point lead with 4:26 left. It was the first double-digit lead for either team.
Maddie Manning added nine points and five rebounds for Oklahoma (2-0).
Collins was 9-of-22 shooting for 23 points for Arkansas Little Rock (1-2).
No. 22 MIAMI 80, CHARLOTTE 46
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Jessica Thomas made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points, Adrienne Motley added three 3s and 12 points, and Miami beat Charlotte.
The Hurricanes were 10 of 19 from distance.
Miami made its first four shots of the game — all from 3-point range — and had a 14-3 lead after just 3:23 of play. Miami extended its lead to 30-10 at the end of the first quarter and it was 47-20 at halftime — with 21 points combined from Thomas and Motley.
Erykah Davenport added 11 points for Miami (2-1).
Amaya Ransom, in her first career start, and Nyilah Jamison-Myers each scored eight points for Charlotte (2-1). The 49ers gave current Miami coach Katie Meier her first head coaching job.