College Basketball Report: Week 5
The Baylor Bears extend their winning streak to six, while the Texas A&M Aggies continue losing after a 10-point defeat to Texas
Dec 10, 2019, 4:12 am
College Basketball Report: Week 5
Last week (2-0): W - UAB 67-57, W - Texas A&M 60-50
This week: Saturdayvs. Central Michigan
The Texas Longhorns continued their success with a perfect 2-0 record last week with wins against the University of Alabama at Birmingham (67-57) and Texas A&M (60-50). They won both games by a 10 point margin, with second-year guard, Andrew Jones, leading the way averaging 16.0 points on 52% shooting from the field, 57.1% shooting on made 3-point field goals.
In the midst of riding a four-game win streak, the Longhorns will return to the court on Saturday for a match against Central Michigan, inside the Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center in Austin.
📊 @EmanMiller5 📊 Eman's 1️⃣4️⃣ rebounds yesterday were the most by a freshman since @rob_williamsIII pulled down… https://t.co/xYNo8Pn8vu— Texas A&M Basketball (@Texas A&M Basketball) 1575913190.0
Last week (0-1): L - Texas 60-50
This week: Sunday vs. A&M-Corpus Christi
Following a rough outing at the Orlando Invitational, the Texas A&M Aggies dropped their fourth consecutive game in a 60-50 loss to the Longhorns on Sunday. In the loss, A&M struggled to buy a basket from behind the arc as they shot 3-for-11 (27.3 %) in the game.
Buzz Williams and the Aggies will look to right the ship in a home match against the A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders on Sunday.
Big plays from a big road win Sunday #ForTheCity #GoCoogs https://t.co/W8dobVwoJD— Houston Men's Hoops 🏀 🐾 (@Houston Men's Hoops 🏀 🐾) 1575923400.0
Last week (2-0): W - Texas State 68-60, South Carolina 76-56
This week: Wednesday vs. UT Arlington, Sunday Oklahoma State
The Houston Cougars has been on a roll as of late with back-to-back wins against the Texas State Bobcats (68-60) and the South Carolina Gamecocks (76-56). Quentin Grimes is on his way to his second AAC Player of the Week honor, after averaging 22.5 points on 44.1% shooting from the field and a sizzling 42.8% from deep.
After the win, the Cougars will return to Houston for a two-game homestand against UT Arlington on Wednesday and Oklahoma State on Sunday.
Rice falls to Lamar, 73-60. #GoOwls👐 x #TheRiceWay https://t.co/s52ZaQjqXc— Rice Basketball (@Rice Basketball) 1575756466.0
Last week (1-0): L - Lamar 73-60
This week: Saturday vs. Houston Baptist
Senior guard Ako Adams and sophomore forward Drew Peterson scored a combined 34 points on Saturday, but was unable to come away victorious in a 73-60 loss to the Lamar Cardinals. The Owls had no answer for the Cardinals inside presence, as Lamar outscored Rice 32-12 in points in the paint.
Following the loss, the Rice Owls will look to get back to their winning ways on Saturday, in a home against the winless (0-7) Houston Baptist Huskies.
Division 3 ➡️ Walk-On ➡️ #Big12MBB Player of the Week Congrats @freddieg_33! #SicEm 🐻 | #1TGF 🏀 https://t.co/ijmotFlZS1— Baylor Basketball (@Baylor Basketball) 1575918353.0
Last week (2-0): W - Maryland-Eastern 78-46, W - Arizona Wildcats 63-58
This week: Tuesday vs. Butler
The sizzling continued their early-season success with wins against the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (78-46) and the Arizona Wildcats (63-58). Their defensive presence played an immense role in the Bears' success last week, as they held the Shore Hawks and the Wildcats to a combined 26.7% shooting from the floor, 18.7% from deep, to go along with a total of 31 made field goals
Win the win, Baylor has extended their winning streak to six, ahead of their home match against the Butler Bulldogs on Tuesday.
Funky Films | vs. Illinois State #GoFrogs 😈🎥 https://t.co/SyO7cvQ5B8— TCU Basketball (@TCU Basketball) 1575504078.0
Last week (1-1): W - Illinois State 81-69, L - USC 80-78
This week: Wednesday vs Winthrop, Saturday vs Lamar
The TCU Men's Basketball team split their two games last week starting with an 81-69 victory over Illinois State. The Horned Frogs dropped their second game of the week in a two-point defeat to the USC Trojans. Behind a 17 point and 11 rebounds performance by forward Kevin Samuel, TCU nearly pulled off an incredible comeback after trailing by 18 early in the second half.
TCU will return to action on Wednesday to face off against Winthrop and Lamar on Saturday.
Put on a show, @Sn1per_T! 🔴#4To1 | #WreckEm⚫️ https://t.co/ePYbOYpr35— Texas Tech Basketball (@Texas Tech Basketball) 1575518114.0
Last week: (0-1) L - Depaul 65-60
This week: Tuesday vs. Louisville, Monday vs. Southern Mississippi
Following a 5-0 start to the season, the Texas Tech Raiders are in a three-game skid following a 65-60 overtime loss to Depaul last Wednesday. The Red Raiders held a four-point led over the Blue Demons before Jalen Coleman-Lands took over late for Depaul with a clutch 3-point basket and free throws to ice the game.
Freshman guard, Terrence Shannon, Jr. scored a career-high 24 points on 9-for-18 (50%) shooting to go along with eight rebounds in the loss. Texas Tech will look to end their three-game losing streak on Tuesday against the Louisville Cardinals before taking on Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.
Another day, another @150__KD lob to @Kkingzayy15 👀 https://t.co/eHT5mA7xRH— SMU Basketball (@SMU Basketball) 1575468300.0
Last week (1-1): W - Northwestern State 77-51, L - Georgetown 91-74
This week: No Games Scheduled
After starting the season with a perfect 8-0 record in a win over Northwestern State (77-51), The SMU Mustangs dropped their first game on the year in a 91-74 loss to the Georgetown Hoyas. Georgetown proved to have too much firepower for the Mustangs with four players scoring in double figures for the Hoyas. With no games on the schedule, SMU will return to the floor on Tuesday, December 20th against the Georgia Bulldogs
That performance was GOLD https://t.co/FOxCaozsYM— LSU Basketball (@LSU Basketball) 1575849590.0
Last week (2-0): W - New Orleans 90-54, W - Northwestern State 109-59
This week: Wednesday vs East Tennessee St.
The LSU Tigers proved to be too much for their competition-winning by an average margin of 43 points with wins over New Orleans (90-54) and Northwestern State (109-59). LSU will look to extend their winning streak to five on Wednesday in a home match against the East Tennessee St. The Tigers will continue their four-game homestand on Tuesday against New Orleans and Northwestern State on Sunday.
Yainer Díaz hit his first career grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Houston Astros had a season-high scoring total in a 14-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
YAINER DIAZ. GRAND SLAM. pic.twitter.com/ZtwN9BxESa
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 12, 2025
Díaz, who entered the game with just one RBI this year, had three hits and drove in a career-high five runs in the victory.
The Astros trailed by 1 with two outs and two on in the fifth when they tied it on an RBI single by Yordan Alvarez that rolled just out of reach of a diving Tim Anderson.
Christian Walker followed with an RBI single to put the Astros up 3-2. Jack Kochanowicz (1-1) walked Jeremy Peña to load the bases and was lifted for Garrett McDaniels.
Díaz sent his third pitch into the concourse in left center field for his first homer this season to make it 7-2. It was Houston’s first grand slam since Jose Abreu’s in a 12-3 win over Texas on Sept. 6, 2023.
Díaz added an RBI double as the Astros tacked on four more runs in the sixth inning.
Rookie Cam Smith doubled in the sixth and his first career home run made it 13-3 in the eighth.
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
Cam Smith with his first Major League Home Run! pic.twitter.com/Hb91OjGUgk
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 12, 2025
Mike Trout hit a solo homer in the fourth inning for the Angels to give him six this year which is tied with last season for his most home runs through the first 13 games. It was the team’s 19th home run combined in the last six games, which is a franchise record for a six-game span — topping the 18 they hit in six games in the 2003 season
The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the second when Peña scored on a sacrifice fly by Jake Meyers.
Los Angeles tied it on Trout’s home run off the wall above the seats in left field to open the fourth inning.
Kyren Paris opened the fifth with a double and scored on a single by Jo Adell to put the Angels up 2-1 before Houston took the lead with its outburst in the bottom of the inning.
Houston starter Ronel Blanco (1-1) allowed four hits and two runs in five innings for the win.
The grand slam by Díaz that broke the game open.
Nine of Houston’s runs came with two outs.
Houston RHP Ryan Gusto (1-0, 1.13 ERA) opposes LHP Tyler Anderson (0-0, 4.50) when the series continues Saturday night.