Asa Newell scored a team-high 18 points as Georgia defeated No. 22 St. John’s 66-63 on Sunday in the Bahamas Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.
Silas Demery Jr. added 15 points for the Bulldogs (6-1), who won despite 24 turnovers. Tyryn Lawrence scored 11 points with a game-high nine rebounds and five assists as Georgia shot 49 percent (24-for-49) from the floor and 41.7 percent (5-for-12) from beyond the 3-point arc. .
Zubie Ejiofor led St. John’s (5-2) with 22 points and eight rebounds, followed by Aaron Scott’s 14 points. RJ Lewis Jr. scored 13 points for the Red Storm, who shot just 2-for-19 (10.5 percent) on 3-point attempts and 19-for-61 (31.1 percent) overall from the floor.
Newell finished the first half scoring with his third 3-pointer of the season, giving Georgia a 32–28 lead at halftime. Newell led Georgia with 11 points, while Ejiofor’s nine points paced St. John’s, which shot 0-9 on 3-pointers in the opening half.
No. 19 Wisconsin 81, Pittsburgh 75
John Tonje scored 33 points and White Sulfur Springs, W.Va. Helped the Badgers rally to defeat the Panthers in the Greenbrier Tip-Off championship game.
Tonje scored 25 of those points on 9-of-11 shooting in the second half, scoring 30 or more points in his second game this season. Kamari McGee was also a big spark for the Badgers (7-0), burying a clutch 3-pointer in the corner with 2:54 to play to give Wisconsin a 74-70 lead. He finished with 10 points.
Pittsburgh (6-1) won its first six games by double digits, marking its best start since the 2018-19 season. Ishmael Leggett led the Panthers with 17 points. Cameron Corhane added 16 points while Jaland Lowe had 15 points.
Kennesaw State 79, No. 24 Rutgers 77
Jamil Miller collected 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench, Simeon Cottle added 15 points and the host Owls swept the Scarlet Knights in Georgia.
Miller made 6 of 7 shots – including 2 of 3 from 3-point range – to help Kennesaw State (5-1) record its first win over a ranked team. The Owls were 0 of 16 all-time against teams in the Associated Press Top 25.
Dylan Harper had 21 points and Ace Bailey added 17 points for Rutgers (4-1), which suffered its first loss of the season.
–Field Level Media
