London Jemison made a career-best six 3-pointers without a miss and matched his career high of 20 points while leading No. 18 Alabama to an easy 109-68 victory over Oakland on Monday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Amari Allen added 14 points and six assists as the Crimson Tide (3-0) never trailed and topped 100 points for the second straight contest while recording a season high in scoring. Jemison was 7 of 7 overall from the floor.
Aden Holloway scored 12 points on four 3-pointers in his first appearance of the season. Holloway served a five-game suspension for a drug possession arrest last March. Charges were later dismissed, and his suspension included Alabama’s three exhibition games.
Nassim Mashhour scored 18 points and Chris Fields Jr. added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies (0-4), who are nearing the end of a season-opening five-game road trip.
No. 4 UConn 83, Wagner 41
Silas Demary Jr. scored 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting as the Huskies cruised to an 83-41 win over the Seahawks in Storrs, Conn.
Demary added four assists, four rebounds and a career-high six steals for UConn. The Huskies (3-0) shot 43.8% from the field, sank nine 3-pointers and scored 37 points off 26 Wagner turnovers.
AJ Rodriguez led Wagner (0-3) with 10 points and seven boards.
No. 7 Texas 93, Grambling 62
Matas Vokietaitis amassed 26 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as the Longhorns steamrolled the Tigers in Austin, Texas, to stay perfect on the season.
Texas (3-0) scored 30 of the game’s first 35 points, led by as many as 31 in the first half and was up by 28 at halftime. Joe Sterling added 13 points for the Longhorns.
Mekhi Fitts scored 13 points and Antonio Shannon had 12 for Grambling (1-1). The Longhorns outshot the Tigers 50.8% to 35.9% and finished with a 14-0 edge in fastbreak points.
No. 11 Tennessee 70, Radford 47
Terrence Hill Jr. scored 18 points and the Volunteers made a decisive 16-0 second-half run en route to a victory over the Highlanders in Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee (2-0) led just 33-24 at halftime before turning it on in the second half. Hill went 6-for-9 from the field, including 2-for-4 from long distance. Dai Dai Ames tallied 13 points, and Jalen Haralson had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.
Radford (0-3) received 16 points from Jordyn Kee. Warren Keel Jr. had 13 points, but the Highlanders shot just 26.2% (16-for-61).
No. 17 Miami 89, North Florida 51
Malik Reneau scored a season-high 16 points, hitting 7 of 10 shots from the floor, as the Hurricanes defeated the Ospreys in Coral Gables, Fla.
Miami (2-1), which has won back-to-back games since losing to top-ranked Florida, also got 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists from Shelton Henderson. Caleb Gaskins contributed 12 points.
North Florida (1-2), which fell to 0-9 all-time against Miami, was led by reserves Eddie Placer (12 points) and BJ Plummer (10 points).