UNDATED (AP) — Florida State will hold a board of trustees meeting Friday and The Associated Press has confirmed that the future of the athletic department and its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference will be discussed. Florida State leaders are unhappy with the ACC, where revenue distribution lags far behind payouts by the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten. The ACC is locked into a media rights deal for more than a decade. Any school wanting to leave would have to challenge details of that deal and pay more than $100 million as an exit fee.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Antonio Reeves scored 22 of his season-high 30 points in the first half, helping No. 9 Kentucky overcome a slow shooting start and cruise past rival Louisville 95-76 in the annual battle for Bluegrass bragging rights. Kentucky missed seven of its first 12 attempts but stayed within a couple of possessions behind perimeter shooting keyed by Reeves, who made his first four shots from behind the arc and nine of 10 in the first half. The Wildcats took charge for good at 19-17 and led 53-33 at halftime. Skyy Clark had 20 points for Louisville.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Kyle Sturdivant scored 21 points and sealed the win with a pair of free throws, capping Georgia Tech’s rally from a double-digit deficit to defeat Massachusetts 73-70 at the Diamond Head Classic. Georgia Tech closed the game on an 18-6 run in which Sturdivant scored eight points, including the final six. After trailing by 11 with 13 minutes left, the Yellow Jackets tied it on a layup by Baye Ngondo and again on a 3-pointer by Naithan George with 3 minutes remaining. Sturdivant then added a layup and a couple of free throws for a 71-67 lead with 16 seconds left. Rahsool Diggins’ 3-pointer cut it to one with 9 seconds left before Sturdivant hit a pair from the line for the final margin.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo had the second triple-double by a Notre Dame freshman, scoring 26 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing 12 assists to lead the No. 14 Fighting Irish past Western Michigan 84-47 for their ninth straight victory. Injured teammate Olivia Miles is the only other Notre Dame player with a triple-double. There have been 12 double-doubles in school history and Hidago’s 26 points are the most ever in a triple-double. Notre Dame had a 55-28 rebounding advantage, scoring 44 points in the paint, and with 23 offensive rebounds had 18 second-chance points. Kaitlyn Zarycki scored 16 points for the Broncos and Artemis Kouki had 12. Hidalgo scored 17 in the first half as the Irish raced to a 41-24 lead. It was 24-13 after one quarter.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Wooga Poplar scored 24 points, Norchad Omier added 20 points with 17 rebounds, and Miami routed Stonehill 97-59. Omier had 14 points and 11 rebounds in the first half alone, as Miami took a 54-25 lead. Miami scored the first eight points of the game and also led 20-7. The Hurricanes then went on a 14-0 run and the Hurricanes led 34-7 with just under 9 minutes left in the half. Poplar scored 13 points and hit 5-of-7 shots in the first 5-plus minutes of the second half. Miami's biggest lead was 45 points after Christi Watson hit a 3-pointer with about 2 minutes remaining.
BOSTON (AP) — Claudell Harris Jr. hit a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored a season-best 29 points to lead Boston College over Lehigh 85-69 on Thursday for the Eagles’ fourth straight win. Harris, a Charleston Southern transfer, started his first eight games with the Eagles before missing one game and coming off the bench for the next two after an ankle injury. He returned to the starting lineup against the Mountain Hawks and shot 10 of 15, including 7 of 10 from the arc. Keith Higgins Jr. was the only Lehigh player to reach double figures with 14 points.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Lynn Kidd scored a career-high 31 points on 14-of-15 shooting and Virginia Tech defeated American University 77-55 on Thursday for the Hokies’ 20th straight nonconference home win at Cassell Coliseum. The 6-foot-10 Kidd grabbed 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season. MJ Collins scored 12 points off the bench. American was without leading scorer and rebounder, Matt Rogers, for the first time this season because of an ankle injury. Seven-footer Jermaine Ballisager Webb got his first start and scored a career-high 15 points and had six rebounds.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Judah Mintz scored 18 points and Maliq Brown added a double-double off the bench to lead Syracuse to an 83-71 victory over Niagara on Thursday night.Mintz made 7 of 15 shots for the Orange (9-3), who are on a four-game win streak and are off to their best start since the 2017-18 season when they won 10 of their first 11. Brown, a sophomore, finished with 15 points on 6-for-6 shooting and 10 rebounds. Luke Bumbalough finished with a career-best 26 points to lead the Purple Eagles (3-8).