ST. THOMAS -- Dylan Frye matched his career high with 28 points, including seven in overtime, as Bowling Green beat Cincinnati 91-84 at the Paradise Jam on Sunday night for its fourth consecutive win.
Frye hit three 3-pointers, made 9 of 10 free throws, grabbed nine rebounds and had six assists. Daeqwon Plowden scored 18 points and Justin Turner, Caleb Fields and Trey Diggs each added 10 for Bowling Green (5-1).
Frye made two foul shots, assisted on a layup by Dylan Swingle and then hit a 3-pointer during a 7-0 spurt that gave the Falcons a five-point lead halfway through the extra period. Chris Vogt made the first of two free throws and Jarron Cumberland putback the second to trim Cincinnati's deficit to 81-79 but Plowden made two foul shots with 1:55 to play and the Bearcats got no closer.
Jaevin Cumberland had 21 points for Cincinnati (3-2). Chris McNeal added 17 points and Jarron Cumberland scored 11.
The Bearcats led by nine with three minutes left in regulation, but Frye scored eight points in a 13-4 run capped by Trey Diggs' 3-pointer that forced overtime.
Four Falcons players fouled out and another had four of Bowling Green's 35 fouls as Cincinnati attempted 55 free throws -- third most in program history and second most in a Division I game this season (Western Michigan, 57). The Bearcats, however, shot just 56.4% from the stripe, including 7 of 14 in OT.
Ohio 75, Middle Tennessee 63
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CONWAY, S.C. -- Jordan Dartis made eight 3-pointers and finished with 32 points and Ohio beat Middle Tennessee 75-63 in the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Sunday night.
Dartis, as 6-foot-3 senior, was 9-of-18 shooting. He has five career games with at least seven made 3s including a career-high 10 in a 99-75 win over Akron on Feb. 6, 2018. Dave Jamerson set the program record with 14 3-pointers, and then about two months later, made 11 in the 1989-90 season.
Jason Preston had 15 points and nine assists for Ohio, Sylvester Ogbonda added 12 points and Ben Vander Plas had 11 rebounds.
Antonio Green and C.J. Jones had 13 points each for the Blue Raiders (3-4), who have lost four games in a row. Donovan Sims added 10 points.
Ohio (4-3) takes on Detroit at home on Saturday. Middle Tennessee matches up against Belmont at home on Saturday.
Buffalo 75, Missouri State 74
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Antwain Johnson hit a pair of foul shots with 5.7 seconds left to lift Buffalo to a 75-74 win over Missouri State to take fifth place at the Charleston Classic on Sunday.
Davonta Jordan led the Bulls (4-2) with 25 points. Buffalo had a 13-point lead late in the first half and were still ahead 56-47 with nine minutes left, but had to hold off the Bears (3-4) down the stretch. The lead changed hands eight times in the final four minutes.
Gaige Prim's basket with 46 seconds left gave Missouri State it's last lead at 74-73. After the Bears' Keandre Cook missed a foul shot with 12 seconds to go, Johnson drove right toward the basket and was fouled. He calmly made both to give Buffalo two wins in three tournament games.
Prim led Missouri State with 21 points.
Eastern Michigan 58, North Carolina A&T 54
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- Shamar Dillard and Noah Morgan each scored 12 points to carry Eastern Michigan to a 58-54 win over North Carolina A&T on Sunday at the Jamaica Classic.
Eastern Michigan won its sixth straight game to open the season. Yeikson Montero added 10 points.
Ronald Jackson had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Aggies (2-5). Devin Haygood added 12 points. Fred Cleveland Jr. had 11 points.
A Jackson basket got the Aggies within two points with 2:33 remaining but North Carolina A&T didn't score the rest of the way as Eagles made 2 of 4 free throws from there.
Louisville 82, Akron 76
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ryan McMahon made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left, helping No. 2 Louisville escape Akron 82-76 on Sunday night.
The Zips trailed 55-33 early in the second half before getting within 78-74 on the second of Loren Cristian Jackson's three consecutive layups. Darius Perry's two free throws with 23 seconds left provided a six-point lead before Jackson drove again to make it 80-76.
McMahon was fouled on the inbounds and promptly made the free throws. Akron took several 3-point shots in the final seconds before Jordan Nwora's defensive rebound as time expired sealed a victory more tense than expected.
Louisville's near-upset followed a torrid five-game start in which it shot above 50% each time and earned four consecutive routs. This time, the Cardinals shot just 42% and only 33% after halftime.
Louisville (6-0) didn't make a field goal over the final 4:02, a drought that allowed Akron to overcome its own shooting woes. The Zips made just four of their final 12 attempts but strung them together with Cheese's 3-pointer and straight-line drives by their quick 5-foot-8 point guard.
Then came those final misses that typified Akron's rollercoaster shooting night in which it shot 40%.
"To play the number two team in the country and be down 22 and fight back like that and put yourself into position where it's a two possession game. ..." Akron coach John Groce said. "If we hit one of those 3s it goes to a one-possession game. We hit one of those, it gets real interesting.
"I'm proud if our guys for their fight."
Nwora scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half, Steven Enoch added 17 and Dwayne Sutton and McMahon 10 each for the Cardinals (6-0). Sutton also had 10 of Louisville's 48 rebounds, 12 more than Akron.
Jackson and Tyler Cheese each had 20 for the Zips (4-2), who had won three in a row coming in. Channel Banks added 18 points.
Akron hosts Merrimack on Friday.
