George Mason Holds Off No. 20 Maryland 71-66

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — D’Shawn Schwartz scored a career-high 24 points, DeVon Cooper added 16 and George Mason withstood a frantic comeback bid by No. 20 Maryland to propulsion disconnected a 71-66 upset Wednesday night.

The Patriots (4-0) fto a 10-point pb dwindle to 59-56 earlier Cooper made a layup and Schwartz made a 3-pointer for an eight-point cushion with 3:06 to go. That was conscionable capable to supply George Mason with its archetypal triumph implicit a ranked foe since 2007 and its first-ever triumph implicit Maryland (3-1), which won the erstwhile 9 games against its Virginia-based opponent.

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The Terrapins utilized a brace of 3-pointers by Eric Ayala to get to 67-66 successful the last infinitesimal earlier Josh Oduro scored wrong for the Patriots. Ayala past missed a imaginable game-tying 3, dooming Maryland to a humbling defeat.

Donta Scott had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Ayala tallied 17 points for the Terrapins.

NO. 23 UCONN 93, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY 40

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STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Tyler Polley scored 17 points and UConn utilized stifling defence to rout overmatched Long Island University.

Andre Jackson scored 14 points, Jalen Gaffney and Adama Sanogo each had 11 and Tyrese Martin added 10. The Huskies (3-0) held LIU to 27% shooting and 14 tract goals.

Isaac Kante had 16 of his 17 points successful the archetypal fractional for LIU (0-3).

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