Jason Preston had 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Ohio. Ben Vander Plas added 11 points. Dwight Wilson had 10 points and seven rebounds.

Lou Demuth had 12 points for the Cougars. Jordan Polynice added 11 points. Isaiah Lewis had 11 points.

Miami 81, North Dakota 67

James Beck added 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double in a RedHawks uniform. Mekhi Lairyalso 14 points..

Caleb Nero had 16 points for the Fighting Hawks. Filip Rebraca added 15 points and seven rebounds. Gertautas Urbonavicius also had seven rebounds.
 

Foster Loyer made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 20 points after earning the start over Rocket Watts, filling a key role on the team without NBA-bound Cassius Winston.

Loyer made a flurry of 3-pointers to help the Spartans (1-0) pull away in the first half following a sluggish start against the Eagles' zone defense.

Eastern Michigan (0-1) had three players on the bench, and put just two reserves in the game. The team was missing six student-athletes and assistant coach Kevin Mondro.

Eastern Michigan's Yeikson Montero scored 16, Ty Groce had 14 points and Darion Spottsville added 10 points.

Izzo thanked Murphy for bringing his short-handed team to play.

The pandemic delayed the start of the college basketball season by a couple weeks. It also affected Michigan State's preparations because coach Izzo tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month.

The Hall of Fame coach isolated at home for two weeks, dating to his first sign of symptoms, and returned to his on-campus office on Monday.

Izzo, like the rest of the coaches and players on the bench, covered his mouth and nose with a mask. Chairs for both teams were set up for social distancing by using two rows and wrapping them along the baseline.

To make the usually lively Breslin Center more intimate without fans, following the state's stay-at-home order, a black curtain covered the upper level of empty seats. Pictures of fans covered bleachers that were pushed back around the perimeter of the arena floor, cutouts of spectators were behind the benches and crowd noise was piped in.

No. 25 Michigan 96, Bowling Green 82

These two transfers certainly look ready to contribute.

Brown scored 18 of his 19 points in the second half and Smith had 16 points and eight assists to lift the 25th-ranked Wolverines over Bowling Green 96-82 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.

Isaiah Livers added 17 points for Michigan. The Wolverines never trailed, although it took until the latter part of the second half for them to really put the Falcons away.

Justin Turner led Bowling Green with 24 points.

Michigan was warming up for a Big Ten Tournament game in March when the season was halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. After Zavier Simpson and Jon Teske graduated, the Wolverines' roster is now a blend of old and new. Livers and Franz Wagner are key holdovers, and Michigan welcomes a handful of transfers and promising freshmen.

Brown and Smith transferred in from Wake Forest and Columbia, respectively. Smith quickly showed why he was a prolific scorer in the Ivy League. He scored 12 points in the first half - making all three of his attempts from the field - and Michigan led 25-14 after a layup by freshman center Hunter Dickinson.

It was 43-36 at halftime.

Brown made a couple 3-pointers about 80 seconds apart to put Michigan up 61-47 in the second. He would make five 3s in the half in all.

Livers dunked off an alley-oop pass from Smith to put the Wolverines up 87-68, and Michigan easily closed out the game from there. The Wolverines didn't seem to have trouble summoning energy despite the lack of fans at Crisler Center.
 

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CINCINNATI (AP) Terry Nolan Jr. scored on a driving layup with 0.8 seconds left to give Bradley a 61-59 victory over Toledo in a season opener at the Xavier Invitational on Wednesday.

Nolan missed a shot with 20 seconds left, but grabbed the rebound and knocked the ball out of bounds off a Toledo player that set up the game winner.

Elijah Childs posted 14 points and four blocks for Bradley. Ari Boya added 11 points and Nolan finished with 10. Ja'Shon Henry had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Braves.

Setric Millner Jr. had 17 points for Toledo. Marreon Jackson added 15 points and Spencer Littleson had 10.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Aaron Thompson had a career-high 21 points as Butler defeated Western Michigan 66-62 on Wednesday night in a season opener.

Thompson was 6 of 9 from the field and 8 of 11 from the free-throw line. Jair Bolden added 15 points and nine rebounds.
The lead changed hands six times in the second half with Butler going ahead for good on a Bolden 3-pointer that began a 10-2 run to go up 62-55 with just over 3 1/2 minutes remaining. WMU cut the lead to three with 48 seconds left on a 3-pointer by Rafael Cruz Jr. but didn't score again.

B.Artis White had 17 points and six rebounds for the Broncos. Cruz added 14 points and Patrick Emilien had 11 points and eight rebounds.

A total of 1,500 fans were allowed inside 9,100-seat Hinkle Fieldhouse for the game.

Illinois-Chicago 65, Northern Illinois 61