Think it snowed a lot on Saturday? Please load some of the totals inside. College basketball’s impressive numbers came after another.
Cameron Boozer had 32 points for Duke, who was fifth among freshman scorers entering Saturday. It’s the first time in Division I history that three rookies hit 40 on the same day.
Illinois’ Keaton Wagler scored 19 points in Purdue’s first 10 minutes. He didn’t stop until he scored 46 points, the most by any opponent at Mackay Arena and the most by any player against a top-10 team. Wagler made 13 of 17 shots and eight of nine from the three-point line. Before the game against Maryland, he was 1-for-9 from beyond the arc. “It’s a crazy thing I never thought I’d do,” Wagler said.
His offense was one of the reasons Purdue shot 56.9% from the field, committed just 3 turnovers, led for nearly 28 minutes and lost. Another factor in the 88-82 final was the Steamers’ 18-2 run on second chances.
Houston ranks second in the nation in passing defense, allowing just 60 points on the road at Texas Tech. The Red striker scored 55 goals in the first half. That surpassed 16 opponents in an entire game against the Cougars last season, the most first-half touchdowns Kelvin Sampson has given up in 402 games as Houston coach. That leak meant freshman Kingston Flemings’ 42 points couldn’t be saved. Texas Tech’s 90-86 win was Houston’s first 16-game road loss since 2024.
BYU outshot Utah 91-78, with AJ Dybantsa scoring nearly half of those goals. His 43 are the most ever by a BYU freshman.
Wagler. The Flemings. Dibanza. The three juniors combined to make 43 of 70 shots, 17 of 25 from the 3-point line and 28 of 33 free throws.
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A total of 19 players, including seven freshmen, scored 30 points on Saturday. California Baptist didn’t mention Dominique Daniels, who scored 31 points in a 78-71 overtime win over Utah Valley. The captain himself shot 47. Made 21 free throws and made 18.
Such a day. From the snow gauge to the scoreboard, there were some impressive figures.
Top-ranked Arizona beat West Virginia 88-53 to give the 20-0 Wildcats their sixth win of the season by at least 30 points. Arizona is 7-0 in the Big 12 and has trailed at least 14 times in 280 minutes. The Wildcats have scored at least 21 points in 15 of their 20 games, reaching double figures in all but the wins over Florida and UCLA. And they did it all using the same starting lineup for 20 games.
Nebraska trailed Minnesota 36-30 at halftime. The Cornhuskers outscored the Gophers 46-21 in the second quarter for their 24th straight win. With one more win, they would have tied the longest winning streak in the Big Ten in 20 years. But one thing. The next game will be in Michigan.
The ACC’s 12-game winning streak is tied for the league’s longest streak in 25 years, not tied to either Duke or North Carolina. Try Clemson after a 77-63 win at Georgia Tech.
Michigan State’s 91-48 upset of Maryland marked the second-biggest victory over a Big Ten opponent in program history. Jeremy Fears Jr.’s 17 assists were the most by a Spartan in 26 years.
Florida averaged 91.4 points, went 8-0 at home and managed just 67 points against Auburn. The Tigers won 76-67, their first win in Gainesville since 1996 after a 15-game losing streak. Stephen Pearl is now 3-5 against ranked opponents and 5-3 against coaches who have reached the Final Four in his first season at the helm of the Auburn program.
UConn escaped Villanova 75-67 in overtime and is now on a 15-game winning streak, the longest since 1999. None of the Huskies’ five national champions this century have accomplished that.
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Gonzaga’s 34th straight win over San Francisco. But in the final minute, San Francisco had a chance to win. The Zags have won 14 straight without 36 points from injured starters Graham Ike and Braden Huff.
Missouri upset Oklahoma twice. The Tigers forced overtime with a long 3-pointer at the buzzer and a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Sooners 88-87. The first was Trent Pierce, who had six hits. It was the only thing he did.
North Carolina’s Jarin Stevenson played four minutes in the first half against Virginia but didn’t make a shot. He played 12 minutes in the second half and scored 17 points to lead the Tar Heels, who rallied from 16 down, to an 85-80 win over the Cavaliers. North Carolina is 3-1 against ranked opponents. The Tar Heels went 1-8 last season.
Duke destroyed Wake Forest 48-16 and beat the Devil Deacons 90-69 in Durham for the 27th time. The Blue Devils grabbed 16 offensive rebounds, six fewer than Wake Forest’s total.
Vanderbilt’s 88-56 steamroll at Mississippi State was the SEC’s biggest win in 13 years.
Texas held the nation’s top-scoring team by 28 points in an 87-67 victory over Georgia State. The Longhorns, 12-8, have beaten four ranked opponents this season, including three in the last two weeks. They did not receive a single vote in an Associated Press poll last week.
St. John’s Rick Pitino notched his 900th career win at Xavier, coached by his son Richard. On Richard’s birthday, Rick Pitino already had 72 wins.
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Tennessee defeated Alabama 79-73. It made it five straight for the Vols over the Tide, the longest streak in 54 years.
After going 56-92 over the past five seasons, Texas is 17-3 with an 87-81 win over Tulsa Rice. The Golden Hurricane opened the game with a 22-3 lead. They played their previous game against Memphis and won 26-4.
North Florida beat Bellarmine 117-114 in overtime in 45 minutes. The two teams combined for 60 percent shooting, 26 assists and just 15 turnovers. UNF won by nine points in the final 31 seconds of regulation.
Navy topped Army 84-56, the biggest win by any academy in 27 years. Navy’s 46 first-half points were the most in a 36-season series.
After Saturday’s games, the Big Ten’s top four teams are a combined 33-3 heading into league play. Purdue, the nation’s preseason No. 1 team, is not one of them. The Boilermakers are now in fifth place.
Another byproduct of a tumultuous day. Thank you for your entertainment and start with the first year students.
“I feel like we have a crazy class,” Dibanza said. They did on Saturday anyway.
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