Braun, No. 8 Kansas turn back St. John's at Islanders' home

Fri, Dec 3, 2021
NCAAB News (AP)

NEW YORK (AP) - Christian Braun had a career-high 31 points, Ochai Agbaji scored 23 and No. 8 Kansas emphatically turned back a second-half charge to beat St. John's 95-75 on Friday night in the first basketball game at new UBS Arena, home of the NHL's New York Islanders.

Senior forward David McCormack, off to a slow start this season, was a force inside with 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Jayhawks (6-1), who have bounced back from a one-point loss to Dayton last week with consecutive double-digit wins.

Remy Martin added 12 points and five assists, and Kansas clamped down on defense late in a game that was part of the annual Big East-Big 12 Battle.

Julian Champagnie scored all but four of his 24 points after halftime for the Red Storm (5-2), who were facing their first ranked opponent of the season.

NO. 7 TEXAS 88, TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY 58

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Christian Bishop scored 17 points and Texas used suffocating defense in the second half to beat Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Bishop, a senior transfer from Creighton, is a backup who played 14 minutes. He made all nine of his free throws.

Timmy Allen and Tre Mitchell scored 13 points each for Texas (6-1).

RayQuan Taylor led UTRGV (4-5) with 15 points, and Justin Johnson scored 12.

NO. 15 HOUSTON 111, BRYANT 44

HOUSTON (AP) - Tramon Mark tied a career high with 22 points, Josh Carlton added 17 and Houston routed Bryant for its third straight win.

Kyler Edwards had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Marcus Sasser scored 12 points for Houston (7-1), which won its 30th straight home game. The Cougars shot a season-high 62% and made 10 of 23 3-pointers.

Houston scored a season high in points and had its largest margin of victory since beating Valparaiso by 77 on Feb. 24, 1968.

Chris Childs scored 13 points for Bryant (3-5).

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