Hometown boy good; ASU better

JONESBORO -- Kahron Ross impressed his hometown crowd, but it wasn't nearly enough to slow down a streaking Arkansas State men's basketball team.

Ross, a Jonesboro High School graduated, scored 21 points for Lehigh, but Devin Carter made seven three-pointers on his way to 25 points and ASU won its sixth consecutive game, 97-89, in front of an announced crowd of 2,074 at the Convocation Center.

Carter, who made 8 of 14 shots and 7 of 12 three-pointers, was one of five ASU players to score 10 or more points. Deven Simms came off the bench to score 19 points and grab 8 rebounds, while Rashad Lindsey had 11 points and Connor Kern and Tamas Bruce each had 10 for the Red Wolves, who shot 53.3 percent from the floor and made 10 of 23 three-pointers.

It was too much for Lehigh (2-3), which was playing two days after beating Mississippi State.

ASU shot 57.6 percent in the first half on its way to a 53-32 halftime lead.

A 16-2 run capped by a Donte Thomas free throw turned a 15-15 tie into a 31-17 ASU lead with 7:22 left in the first half. ASU led by 12 or more points the rest of the first half, and by as much as 74-45 with 11:26 left in the game.

Lehigh chipped back and pulled within 88-78 with 1:23 remaining.

It was the third game in a row that ASU has shot 53 percent or better from the floor and the fifth time overall. Its 97 points were the most ASU has scored on a Division I opponent since beating Central Arkansas 99-56 in 2013.

Ross made 8 of 15 shots from the floor and 2 of 7 three-pointers while grabbing 4 rebounds and handing out 4 assists.

SUN BELT WOMEN

IOWA STATE 105, ARKANSAS STATE 53

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State jumped out to a quick start and didn't let up while keeping Arkansas State winless Sunday at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State (5-0) started the game on a 17-4 run and led 22-10 after the first quarter. The Cyclones led 50-28 at halftime while shooting 50.0 percent from the floor in the first half. They shot 57.4 percent for the game.

Akasha Westbrook had a career-high 20 points for ASU (0-5), but no other player had more than eight points as it lost its fifth consecutive game to start the season.

The Red Wolves were outrebounded 36-20 and allowed the Cyclones to score 42 points in the paint.

Emily Durr, Meridith Burkhall and Emily Durr each had 18 points for Iowa State, which broke 100 for the first time since 2005.

SWAC WOMEN

XAVIER 62, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 41

CINCINNATI -- A run at the end of the first quarter and to open the second gave Xavier some breathing room in an easy victory Sunday.

UAPB (0-4) missed seven of its first eight shots from the floor but pulled to within 10-9 on a Shawntayla Harris jumper in the first quarter. But the Golden Lions turned it over three times and missed two shots as Xavier took a 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, then they scored the first six points of the second quarter to go up 22-9.

Xavier (4-0) led by 11 points or more the rest of the game.

Niya Head had 10 points for UAPB.

Sports on 11/28/2016

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