Duke Miles scored 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field to lead the host Oklahoma Sooners to an 89-66 victory over Central Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in Norman, Okla.
The 14th-ranked Sooners (12-0) matched their best start to a season since 2015-16, when they last advanced to the Final Four. Oklahoma never trailed in the game and pulled away in the second half, leading by as many as 28 points.
The Bears (3-9) lost for the fifth time in their past six games and have gone 0-5 against Power Four conference opponents so far this season. Central Arkansas kept itself in striking distance until early in the second half. Layne Taylor led the Bears with 16 points and buried a 3-pointer with 16:30 left to cut Oklahoma’s lead to 54-47.
But Miles, who also had three rebounds and three assists, scored seven of the 10 points on Oklahoma’s ensuing 10-0 run to put the Sooners ahead 64-47 with 12:13 left in the game and effectively break the game open.
No. 3 Iowa State 99, Morgan State 72 Tamin Lipsey scored 20 points and Keshon Gilbert added 18 to help the Cyclones cruise to a win over the Bears in Ames, Iowa. Lipsey and Gilbert each made 8 of 9 shots from the floor. Curtis Jones finished with 19 points off the bench for Iowa State (10-1), which won its seventh game in a row. Joshua Jefferson registered a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Kameron Hobbs scored 23 points on 10-for-17 shooting for Morgan State (6-9), which faced a ranked opponent for the first time this season. Amahrie Simpkins added 18 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
No. 6 Alabama 81, Kent State 54
Mark Sears scored 16 points and the Crimson Tide overcame a slow start to post a rout of the Golden Flashes in nonconference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Aden Holloway had 13 points and three steals for the Crimson Tide (10-2), who won their fourth consecutive game. Grant Nelson had nine points and a season-high 14 rebounds and Clifford Omoruyi collected a season-best 12 boards for Alabama.
The Crimson Tide never trailed and led by as many as 32. Kent State’s VonCameron Davis scored nine points to top 1,000 for his career. Marquis Barnett and Delrecco Gillespie (eight rebounds) also scored nine points for the Golden Flashes (8-3).
No. 8 Kansas 87, Brown 53 Zeke Mayo scored 25 points as the Jayhawks defeated the Bears at Lawrence, Kan. Mayo was 5-of-8 from 3-point range to deliver his 25 points. The Jayhawks outscored the Bears 45-22 in the second half while winning their 21st straight nonconference home game. Kansas (9-2) had three players score in double figures, including Hunter Dickinson (15 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks) and KJ Adams (10 points).
Kino Lilly Jr. scored 18 points for Brown (7-4), which saw its six-game winning streak come to an end. The Bears missed 20 of their last 23 attempts from 3-point range and finished 8-of-33 (24.2 percent) from distance.
No. 19 Cincinnati 84, Grambling State 49
Aziz Bandaogo scored 15 points and the host Bearcats dominated in the paint to easily defeat the Tigers.
Dillon Mitchell scored 13 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Day Day Thomas added 12 points for the Bearcats (10-1). Ernest Ross scored a game-high 16 points for Grambling State (2-10). Mikale Stevenson added 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Tigers.
Cincinnati had a 40-26 advantage on points scored in the paint. The Bearcats had nine dunks and eight layups, and scored 17 of the game’s first 20 points to pull away early.
No. 24 Michigan 89, Purdue Fort Wayne 58
Tre Donaldson scored 16 points to lead the Wolverines to an easy win over the visiting Mastodons in Ann Arbor.
Vladislav Goldin scored 13 points, Roddy Gayle scored 12 points and Danny Wolf had 13 rebounds for Michigan (9-3), which had lost two straight. The Wolverines remain unbeaten at home this year. Jalen Jackson scored a game-high 27 points in defeat for Purdue Fort Wayne (9-5).
The first half was the big difference as Michigan stormed out to a 54-29 lead at intermission on a sterling offensive performance. The Wolverines made 21 of 27 shots overall and 9 of 12 from 3-point range in the first half. Michigan also held a 22-5 rebounding advantage as part of its dominant first half.
