KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — DeWayne Brown II scored 17 factors and had 17 rebounds, Terrence Hill Jr. additionally scored 17, and No. 8 Tennessee beat Wofford 90-59 on Tuesday night time to open the season.
Tyler Lundblade scored 12, Troy Henderson completed with 10 factors and the Vols (1-0) shot 52.3% from the sphere.
Wofford (0-1) was led by Cam Lowe with 14 factors and as a staff shot 31% from the sphere. Cutter Sisk and Cris Arias added 10 every.
Tennessee led by three at halftime however outscored Wofford 56-28 within the second half to tug away. The Vols used a 36-10 run throughout the primary 14 minutes of the second half after a sluggish first half.
A 3-point play from Hill was all Tennessee bought for an nearly eight-minute stretch within the first half, resulting in a 6-0 Wofford run. Wofford outrebounded the Vols going into halftime, however Tennessee led 34-31 on the break.
The Vols took a step ahead after exhibition losses to Xavier and Duke, each of which had been by double digits.
After three straight Elite Eight finishes, coach Rick Barnes retooled Tennessee’s lineup by including eight transfers, the highest seven of whom averaged a collective 15.3 factors a sport final season. Nevertheless, what was lacking within the exhibitions was protection, which has been a focus within the days main as much as the beginning of the season.
Wofford is coming off a 19-13 season. The final time Wofford and Tennessee met was within the NCAA Event’s first spherical in 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky. The second-seeded Vols gained 77-62.
NO. 9 VIRGINIA 89, DREXEL 60
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thijs De Ridder had 24 factors and had 9 rebounds, Sam Lewis added 20 factors, and Virginia beat Drexel.
Johann Grunloh added 11 factors and 9 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who went 10 for 29 from 3-point vary. Lewis hit 4 of these 3-pointers. Virginia, which has early season exams in opposition to Arkansas (Sunday) and Maryland (Nov. 13) looming, went 15 for 19 on the free-throw line.
The Commodores dedicated 14 turnovers, together with six by level guard Probability Mallory.
Latief Lorenzano-White and reserve Ladricus Pittman led Drexel with 11 factors. Dillon Tingler scored 10 off the bench.
De Ridder scored 12 factors within the first 2:22 of the sport. Virginia jumped to a 25-4 lead and went to the locker room forward 51-27 on the half.
However the injury had been performed within the opening minutes of this sport.
NO. 12 ARKANSAS 106, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 61
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 23 factors and Arkansas routed Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Wilkinson, a Georgia switch, scored 9 factors, all on 3-pointers, throughout Arkansas’ 25-0 run to start out the sport after UAPB made the primary basket.
The Golden Lions had eight turnovers and simply seven shot makes an attempt throughout that drought that ended on the 11:28 mark.
Freshmen Jordan Smith Jr added 20 factors, Abdou Toure had 12 and Miikka Muurinen scored 10 of their collegiate debuts.
Smith and Muurinen, the highest two recruits in coach John Calipari’s eight-man signing class, each began. Smith had 4 rebounds and three steals to go along with his 20 factors. Of the 13 gamers who noticed time for Arkansas, 12 scored, together with all of the freshmen who accounted for 65 of the staff’s 106 factors.
Jalen Tatum led UAPB with 16 factors.
NO. 20 ALABAMA 96, SAM HOUSTON STATE 74
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — London Jemison and Drew Fielder scored 15 factors apiece as Alabama beat Sam Houston within the season opener for each groups.
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Freshman Tarris Bouie scored 13 factors in his faculty debut and Amari Allen added 12 for the Crimson Tide.
Jacobe Coleman scored 16 factors for Sam Houston (0-1). Justin Begg scored 13, Zion Pipkin added 11 factors and made 3 of 4 3-pointers for the Bearkats.
Alabama missed its first seven 3-point makes an attempt, however discovered its offense by way of its protection, ending with 17 steals and 10 blocks whereas forcing 23 turnovers.
Jemison made all 4 of his first-half pictures, together with two 3-pointers, as Alabama took a 40-29 lead into halftime. Coleman scored 10 factors and Pipkin added eight to maintain Sam Houston shut.
The Crimson Tide opened the second half on a 9-2 run and stretched the result in 30 factors on Fielder’s layup with 12:40 remaining. Bouie scored six factors throughout that stretch, changing a three-point play and hitting a contested 3-pointer late within the shot clock.
NO. 23 KENTUCKY 85, MANHATTA 57
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Milan Momcilovic scored 24 factors on 8-of-12 capturing to guide Kentucky to a win over Manhattan.
The Iowa State switch was 6 of 9 on 3-pointers in his debut for the Wildcats (1-0), who bought 12 factors from Zoom Diallo and 11 from Alex Wilkins.
Kentucky gained its fifth consecutive season opener, together with three straight beneath coach Mark Pope.
Novak Manojlovic and Kevin Kearney led Manhattan (0-1) with 11 factors every.
Kentucky outscored the Jaspers 41-10 within the last 13 minutes of the primary half to place the sport out of attain and take a 48-22 halftime lead. The reserves sparked a 13-0 run that included three consecutive 3-pointers.
The Wildcats made seven 3-pointers through the decisive run, together with three by Momcilovic, who led Kentucky with 11 factors within the first half. The Wildcats had been 12 of 31 from deep total and shot 53% from the sphere.
Kentucky outrebounded the Jaspers 40-26, bought 26 factors from its bench and completed with 20 assists.
