Oregon’s Malique Ewin had 14 points and 13 rebounds in Monday’s 87-69 win over Montana, and the Ducks outrebounded the Grizzlies 37-26. Tyrone Riley IV scored 17. Oregon went 12-20 last season and ranked 287th of 365 in scoring margin, and Eastern Washington went 14-19 and ranked 252nd. Dana Altman retired on October 7, and Tony Stubblefield coaches the team on an interim basis, with four players back who scored 18% of last season’s points. Eastern Washington has seven players back who scored 27% of its points, and Alton Hamilton IV, who averaged 13.5 points last season, had 20 points and nine rebounds in Monday’s 74-65 loss at Stanford. The Eagles had 13 turnovers in that game against seven assists, so Oregon beat Eastern Washington.
NC State beat Campbell 83-64 on Monday and led 41-19 at halftime, with Ven-Allen Lubin scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Justin Gainey took over in March after Will Wade left for LSU, and the three players back from last season’s team, Lubin and Paul McNeil Jr. among them, scored 33% of its points. NC State scored 83.7 points a game last season, 27th among 365 teams, and outscored opponents by 7.2 a game. East Tennessee State went 23-11 and outscored opponents by 8.3 a game, ranking 53rd of 365 in scoring margin, and four players are back who scored 21% of its points. East Tennessee State had 10 assists in its 75-65 loss at Arizona State, and NC State had 20 against Campbell, and NC State got the win.
Ole Miss beat Alcorn State 99-58 on Monday and made 57% of its shots. Adam Clark scored 17 and Patton Pinkins 16. Ole Miss went 15-20 last season with three players back who scored 28% of its points, and ranked 236th of 365 in scoring margin. Central Arkansas went 22-12, ranked 85th, and returns nine players who scored 51% of its points. Ty Robinson scored 29 of Central Arkansas’s 85 points against Oral Roberts, and Ole Miss forced 26 turnovers against Alcorn State, which made the Rebels the winner.
Arizona State beat East Tennessee State 75-65 on Monday behind 21 points and nine rebounds from Paulius Murauskas, who followed Randy Bennett to Tempe from Saint Mary’s. Bennett was hired on March 23, and Dillan Shaw also came from Saint Mary’s. Two players are back from last season’s 17-16 team, which ranked 270th of 365 in scoring margin, and they scored 7% of its points. Northern Colorado went 20-12 last season and allowed 76.5 points a game, the 113th-most among 365 teams, with six players back who scored 21% of its points. It opened Monday with a 117-64 win over Colorado College. Arizona State held East Tennessee State, which averaged 77.6 points last season, to 65, and Northern Colorado’s 117 came against Colorado College, which puts the win with Arizona State.
Oregon State beat Weber State 102-61 on Monday, outrebounding the Wildcats 54-40 and making 85% of its free throws, and Daniel Freitag scored 23. Justin Joyner was hired on March 11. One player is back from last season’s 17-16 team, Josiah Lake II, who scored 13.1 points a game and accounted for 18% of its points, and Oregon State ranked 284th of 365 in scoring margin. California Baptist went 25-8 last season and outscored opponents by 5.5 a game. Kyle Getter replaced Rick Croy, who left for Arizona State, and four players are back who scored 9% of its points. California Baptist lost its opener 71-63 at home to North Florida on Tuesday, shooting 35% from the field and 15% from three with 15 turnovers, so the win belongs to Oregon State.
Combine Oregon (-1567 moneyline), NC State (-1900 moneyline), Ole Miss (-1900 moneyline), Arizona State (-1567 moneyline), and Oregon State (-3233 moneyline) into a five-team parlay at -342.
