Hogg leads Texas A&M to a close win over Virginia Tech

Freshman Miles Bridges led the Spartans with 21 points, and forward Darral Willis Jr. scored 16 points for Wichita State.

Michigan State did not play almost physical enough in the second half, unable to even get into the bonus.

George Mason 77, Bradley 66: In the fifth-place game in Estero, Otis Livingston II scored 16 of his career-high 22 points in the second half, and Marquise Moore had his fourth double-double in six games this season for the Patriots.

Game 8: LSU vs. Both Blakeney and Reath were 6-of-11 from the field and Mays was 5-of-7.

The keys for the Bears were out-rebounding the Spartans by seven (37-30) and having seven more assists than MSU.

Louisiana-Lafayette 82, James Madison 70: Frank Bartley IV hit three 3-pointers and scored 28 points as the Ragin’ Cajuns cruised to a triumph in Harrisonburg.

Ahmed Hill had 18 points for Virginia Tech.

PRACTICE WORK: The Spartans (4-3) have played another tough nonconference schedule and crisscrossed the country with losses to Arizona in Hawaii and top-ranked Kentucky in NY followed by the trip to the Bahamas. Louisville is a pretty bad shooting team but makes up for it by being the 18th best offensive rebounding team.

Louisville also had six turnovers in the second half, including two on consecutive possessions that led to Jake Lindsey layups on the other end.

In the second half, Virginia Tech pulled away behind the hot shooting of Hill and Justin Bibbs.

But the issue that popped up in the second half, when Baylor stormed back and won, 66-63, thanks to 65.4-percent shooting and resurgent rebounding, isn’t just a problem created by fatigue. “When they had the opportunity to get to the rim and shoot uncontested lay-ups, that was a big difference”.

Be proactive – Use the “Flag as Inappropriate” link at the upper right corner of each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Billings made nine of her 12 shots and was 9-for-9 from the free throw line for the Bruins (4-1). “We missed a few easy baskets and they turned them into three-point shots in transition”. The Rams were 15-of-22 at the stripe. Hamdy-Mohamed tied it by scoring inside for the Rams. And that’s a sign of fatigue from three days, mentally and physically…

But Baylor was too talented, too long, too athletic and too deep to allow that to continue all game.

This time VCU built on its halftime lead.

JeQuan Lewis added 15 points for the Rams (4-1), who had lost 71-63 to No. 20 Baylor in Wednesday’s tournament opener. But after hitting five of the first eight 3-pointers, Michigan State hit just two of its last 15. He made two big 3-pointers during Baylor’s second-half comeback and hit some big free throws to clinch the win for Baylor.

In fact, the Tigers continued to play with some passion, outscoring VCU 13-5 over the final 3:50 to get the game down to the final margin.

“We’ve said, we believe in our bench”, Baylor head coach Scott Drew said after the victory. “But it is what it is and we will go play the game”. “I was just hoping the timeouts could overcome it but they didn’t”. “We’re pretty young, we’re pretty inexperienced. We kept trying to play physical and get stops, and that’s what it came down to”. “I thought they came out in and punched us in the mouth and I didn’t think we responded”. We walked around, didn’t have a fast break, weren’t the same team, and it’s obvious. There were definitely times where we concerned, but overall, everyone should be proud of their Louisville basketball team.