Josh Slater News

For whatever the Arizona Wildcats lack in success this season, they are making up for in drama.

Lance Stephenson scored 19 points and led a first-half run that put No. 25 Cincinnati in control after a shaky start Saturday, setting up an 80-52 victory over Lipscomb that got the Bearcats settled after a rough week.

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

Kurtis Woods scored 21 points to lead Kennesaw State to a 97-91 victory over Lipscomb on Saturday night.

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

Sophomore guard Mark Yelovich in a game last season against Greenville College. Yelovich scored 26 points and had 13 rebounds Saturday, but the Cougars were unable to hold off a late charge from Lipscomb University.

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 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.

Kevin Murphy led five players in double figures with 24 points and Tennessee Tech held off Lipscomb 92-89 on Thursday night.

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.

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

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

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.