Purdue is 1-2, losing 78-72 to Gonzaga on a neutral floor and 83-80 in double overtime to Valparaiso at home. Daniel Jacobsen scored 22, 28, and 20 in the three games. Purdue shot 57% and made 8 of 19 threes in a 76-59 win over Illinois State on Monday, the first game Antione West Jr. and Jack Benter started in place of Omer Mayer and Gicarri Harris. Ohio is 2-0 with wins of 86-77 at South Alabama and 80-70 over North Carolina A&T. Those two opponents attempted 28 and 25 free throws against Ohio, and Purdue has made 58 of 71 at the line, 82%, which makes Purdue the winner.

North Carolina Central is 0-3, losing 78-62 at Georgia, 80-75 at Longwood, and 65-51 at VMI, and it made 1 of 15 threes in the VMI game. North Carolina Central turned the ball over 19, 10 and 13 times in those games and shot 38%, 44% and 39% from the field. Liberty’s only Division I game was a 72-57 loss to High Point on a neutral floor, and its other game was a 113-54 win over a non-Division I opponent, Boyce. High Point scored more against Liberty than North Carolina Central has scored in two of its three games, and Liberty takes it.

San Antonio outscores opponents by 11.2 points a game, tied with Boston for second in the NBA through 12 games, and scored 124, 125, 122 and 124 in winning its last four games, all on the road. Golden State is 8-4, and Stephen Curry played in 10 of those 12 games. He logged six minutes at Houston on Wednesday and is out tonight with a right oblique tear. The Warriors were 1-1 in the two games he missed, losing 131-122 at Phoenix and beating the Clippers 124-112, and they lost that Houston game 115-108. Golden State allows 111.5 points a game, tenth-fewest. The Warriors allowed 108.9 in the nine games Curry played more than six minutes and 119.3 in the other three, so San Antonio finishes ahead.

Combine Purdue (-1900 moneyline), Liberty (-1718 moneyline), and San Antonio (-545 moneyline) into one three-team parlay at -314.