College Hoops: UIW rolls past Princeton

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Jontrell Walker scored 21 points and Denzel Livingston added 11 with 10 rebounds as visiting Incarnate Word closed strong to defeat Princeton 79-68 on Saturday.

Traylin Farris added 16 points, Kyle Hittle had 14 and Mitchell Badillo 12 for the Cardinals (3-0), who scored their last 16 points from the foul line. With Walker going 8 for 8, UIW made 13 of 14 free throws in the final minute.

Spencer Weisz boosted his career high for the third-straight game, leading Princeton with 22 points. Hans Brase had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

UIW led 31-27 at halftime but Princeton quickly regrouped to build a five-point lead. The Cardinals used an 8-0 surge to go up 51-45 just past the midway point and protected that until the parade to the foul line began. The Cardinals finished 22 of 29 from the line.

Claremont (Calif.) 64, Trinity 54: A.J. Pulliam had 14 points and six rebounds as the Tigers (0-3) fell to the hosts in the SCIAC Classic. Matt Selling scored 11 points.

Trinity shot just 39 percent from the field and was 6 of 14 (43 percent) from the free-throw line against the Stags (3-1). Claremont, led by Tyler Gaffaney’s 24 points, used a 15-2 run to take a 34-21 lead into halftime and went on a 15-4 streak for a 53-43 lead with less than 3 minutes left in the game.

Rhode Island 66, (21) Nebraska 62 (OT): At Kingston, Rhode Island, E.C. Mathews scored 26 points, including six in overtime, to help the Rams (3-0) upset the Cornhuskers (2-1). Jared Terrell added 12 points, including two 3-pointers in the extra session.

(22) SMU 77, Eastern Washington 66: At Dallas, Nic Moore scored 22 points, Keith Frazier added a career-high 17 and the Mustangs (2-2) bounced back from a pair of losses on the road. Frazier scored seven straight SMU points early in the second half to help build a 13-point lead against the Eagles (3-1).