Nov 27, 2017 4 min read

Terry Davis led five California players in double figures with a game-high 25 points and the Vulcans held off Salem 97-88 in a nonconference game Monday night at the Convocation Center.

The game featured some terrific long-range shooting as the teams combined to make 31 three-point field goals, including 16 by Salem (2-3).

California (4-2) used a 7-0 run late in the first half to take a 34-28 lead and never trailed by more than two points the rest of the way. The Vulcans went on a 20-4 run in the second half to forge an 80-64 lead, though Salem closed to within 89-86 with 1:23 remaining after a three-pointer by Jordan Robinson.

Cal made six free throws in the final 65 seconds to secure the win.

In addition to his 25 points, Davis led Cal with nine assists and 10 rebounds, narrowly missing a triple-double. Cordell Smith scored 22 points for California and made seven three-pointers. Isaiah Lewis finished with 19 points and eight assists. Jahmere Howze scored 14 and Robel Teckle had 10.

Cal shot 51 percent and made 15 of 31 three-pointers.

Ignacio Rodriguez led five Salem players in double figures with 23 points. He was 7 of 14 from three-point range. Reggie Oliver followed with 22 points.

Cornell 78, Duquesne 71: Matt Morgan had 15 of his 24 points after the break and Cornell, after trailing much of the way, rallied in the second half to beat host Duquesne 78-71.

The Big Red (3-3) had a 17-4 run to lead 67-54 on Steven Julian’s dunk just before the five-minute mark. The Dukes (2-2) cut the deficit to 72-66 with 54 seconds left and got no closer.

Stone Gettings added 19 points for Cornell, which went more than 24 minutes without the lead until Morgan’s jumper put the Big Red up 50-49.

Morgan scored five during the Cornell rally and Gettings helped ice it with eight points, six at the foul line, in the final 2:40. Jack Gordon added 12 points.

Rene Castro-Caneddy tied a career-high with 26 points, Eric Williams Jr. had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Mike Lewis II added 13 points for Duquesne.

Late Sunday result

West Virginia 83, Missouri 79: West Virginia had a wild weekend in Florida that ended up with a three-game sweep.

Jevon Carter scored 29 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and the No. 23 Mountaineers overcame a 16-point, second-half deficit to beat Missouri 83-79 on Sunday night in the Advocare Invitational championship game.

“I just told them no matter how much time is left on the clock, just believe we can win this game,” Carter said.

Daxter Miles Jr. added 26 points, including four late free throws, for West Virginia (6-1).

“We tried a lot of stuff,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “We played 1-3-1 for a little bit, then we tried to push up and that didn’t work. So I just said, let’s just go out and do what we do. Let’s go out and play as hard as we possibly can and let the chips fall where they may.”

West Virginia was involved in three distinctly different games at the tourney. After surviving an upset challenge against winless Marist 84-78 Thursday, the Mountaineers routed Central Florida 83-45 on Friday.

Missouri (5-2) got 21 points from Jordan Barnett. Kassius Robertson and Kevin Puryear each had 13.

“We just kept thinking, we got to find a way,” Barnett said. “We can’t quit, we can’t give up. Build such a big lead and it all goes away so fast. This one hurts.”

Barnett hit a jumper and added 3 as Missouri went up 55-41 five minutes into the second half.

West Virginia, keyed by a number of forced turnovers, put together a late 12-0 run that was concluded by Miles steal and layup to get within 73-72 with 3 minutes left.

Robertson had 10 points to help Missouri take a 41-36 halftime advantage.