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The state rankings will appear every Tuesday throughout basketball season. This is an idea that I'm borrowing from ESPNChicago's Scott Powers.

Lipscomb beats Oakland City 105-68 Eds: APNewsNow. Lipscomb 105, Oakland City 68.

Sophomore Jordan Burgason scored 31 points, including eight 3-pointers, as Lipscomb held off Mercer 98-89 on Thursday night.

This is the fourth installment of the Players to Watch series, featuring the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Mark Yelovich gave it his all Saturday, as did the rest of the Southern Illinois University Cougars.

Adnan Hodzic had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Lipscomb rallied in the second half Saturday for its first victory of the season with a 67-64 decision over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Josh Slater scored 16 points, all in the second half, and Brandon Brown had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Bisons .

The 3M Championship, the Twin Cities' stop on the Champions tour, will be Aug. 2-8 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine.

David Lighty scored a career-high 22 points and Evan Turner posted his second triple-double of the season to lead No.

The 17th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes entertain the Lipscomb Bisons tonight at Value City Arena in Columbus, in what is the first-ever meeting between the two programs in men's basketball.

Turner and the 17th-ranked Buckeyes open a stretch of four straight home games Tuesday night when they face Lipscomb in the teams' first meeting.

The Commodores rolled to a 38-21 lead with 5:24 remaining in the first half. The Bisons responded with a 15-5 run that was capped by a 3-pointer from Brandon Brown at the buzzer to trail just 43-36 at halftime.

Matthew Bryan-Amaning dominated inside, matching his career-high 23 points; Quincy Pondexter also matched his career best with 25 points, including an off-the-backboard assist to himself; and No.

Josh Bonney scored 24 points and Drew Spradlin added 23 as Elon edged Lipscomb 91-86 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

Outlook. After graduating five seniors the Bruins were picked fifth in the Atlantic Sun coaches poll and did not have a player named to the 10-member preseason all-conference team.

Former Lipscomb All-American John Kimbrell died Thursday after suffering a brain aneurysm last week.

Following a furious finish to last season, it looks like the Bisons are Jacksonville 's toughest challenger for the Atlantic Sun Conference title.

C Adnan Hodzic was a high school teammate of Eric Gordon, a starting guard for the Los Angeles Clippers.

The FGCU men's basketball team was picked to tie for seventh in the 11-team Atlantic Sun Conference in a preseason coaches poll released today.

Lipscomb University men's basketball team has been picked to win the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament title and tie for the regular season crown, the conference office announced Wednesday.

The FGCU men's basketball team's Jan. 8 home game against North Florida will be televised on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast as the CSS A-Sun Game of the Week, the conferenced announced today.