Recap Roundups
December 31, 2017
Michigan St 108, Savannah State 52
No. 2 Michigan State certainly had one reason to be nervous about Savannah State despite its 3-11 record going into their meeting on Sunday.
Creighton 83, Providence 64
No. 25 Creighton bounced back from Thursday's hard-luck loss at Seton Hall with an 83-64 Big East Conference victory over Providence on Sunday.
Cincinnati 82, Memphis 48
Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin said earlier in the week that he was "paranoid" about playing Memphis on Sunday afternoon after his team had a 10-day layoff. It did not take long for the 21st-ranked Bearcats to shake off the rust.
Seton Hall 75, St. John's 70
Seton Hall's recipe during the first two months of the season has been to get the ball down low to its 6-foot-10 center Angel Delgado and let him take care of the rest. On Sunday, the No. 23 Pirates used their perimeter game to turn back St. John's 75-70 at the Prudential Center.
Syracuse 68, Virginia Tech 56
Syracuse's vaunted 2-3 zone defense forced high-scoring Virginia Tech into its worst offensive performance of the season Sunday night as the Orange thumped the Hokies 68-56 in the teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener before 20,688 fans at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mississippi 74, South Carolina 69
Deandre Burnett scored 18 points and doled out six assists as Mississippi began SEC play by eking out a 74-69 win over South Carolina on Sunday night in Oxford, Miss.
Kentucky 66, Georgia 61
For the second consecutive game, freshman guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander came off the bench to score more than 20 points and lead 16th-ranked Kentucky to victory.
Utah 66, Oregon St. 64
Justin Bibbins made two free throws with 39 seconds left and scored a game-high 18 points to lead Utah to a 66-64 win over Oregon State on Sunday in Corvallis, Ore.
Utah 66, Oregon St. 64
After trailing by eight points at halftime, Utah heated up in the second half and rallied for a 66-56 victory over Oregon on Friday in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams.
UCLA 74, Washington 53
Kris Wilkes scored 21 points, and the UCLA defense shut down Washington for more than 18 minutes as the Bruins erased a 14-point early deficit and beat the Huskies 74-53 on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Southern California 89, Washington St. 71
Elijah Stewart scored 17 points, and Southern California used a big second-half run to put away Washington State 89-71 Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Oregon 77, Colorado 62
After beginning Pac-12 play by blowing a second-half lead, Oregon found itself ahead after halftime two days later.