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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Tyson Walker scored 14 points and No. 4 Michigan State bounced back from a surprising loss in its season opener to beat Southern Indiana 74-51 on Thursday night.
Maddy Sissoko had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans (1-1), who opened the season with an overtime loss to James Madison before picking up a shutout win over an overmatched team in his second season of Division I basketball. I.
The Screaming Eagles (0-2) missed 17 of their first 18 shots and trailed 37-14 at halftime. They were much more competitive early in the second half, going on a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to 15 points.
Michigan State responded by making five of six shots to take a 22-point lead and pick up a much-needed win, less than a week before facing No. 2 Duke.
Jaden Akins scored 13 points, looking more like the playmaker coach Tom Izzo needs him to be after going 2 of 10 for four points in the opener. Malik Hall added 12 points for the Spartans.
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NO. 20 BAYLOR 96, John BROWN 70: Langston Love tied a career high with 20 points, RayJ Dennis scored 16 points with eight assists and Baylor won its home opener over John Brown’s NAIA squad.
Jayden Nunn added 15 points for the Bears (2-0), who played the noon game in front of mostly elementary school students only about 37 hours after completing their season-opening win over Auburn in South Dakota. They got back to Waco at about 3:30 on Wednesday.
Drew Miller had 19 points with five 3-pointers to lead John Brown. Malachi Reeves added 17 points while making all seven field goal attempts.
Dennis, the MAC Player of the Year at Toledo last season, had six steals and was instrumental in two big runs after halftime. He had consecutive layups to start a 10-0 run, one after a steal, then in a later 13-0 spurt he scored six points in a 37-second stretch with a jumper and consecutive steals he turned into fastbreak dunks.
John Brown was still within 52-43 with 15 1/2 minutes left before Baylor pulled away.
NO. 21 USC 85, CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD 59: Isaiah Collier scored 19 points, Oziyah Sellers added a career-high 16 and Southern California led Cal State Bakersfield in the Trojans’ home opener.
Coming off a 13-point win over Kansas State in Las Vegas earlier in the week, the Trojans had no trouble with the Roadrunners of the Big West.
USC set the tone in the first half, shooting 59% from the floor, scoring 19 points off Bakersfield turnovers and leading 47-23 at the break.
NO. 23 SAINT MARY 72, NEW MEXICO 58: Aidan Mahaney tallied a career-high 25 points and made five 3-pointers, and St. Mary’s avenged last season’s home loss to New Mexico by beating the Logos in Morgana, Calif.
The Irish dominated at both ends of the court and led by 22 before coasting over the last eight minutes to win.
Harry Wessels added 12 points, the only other St. Mary’s player to score in double figures.
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