Rice garnered a second Conference USA Player of the Week award this season, this time coming from sophomore Quincy Olivari. The guard paced the Owl offense with 24.5 points per game in the team’s sweep of Southern Miss. Louisiana Tech’s Kenneth Lofton, Jr., once again took home Freshman of the Week, his sixth on the year and third in as many weeks, as he averaged double figures in the Bulldogs' split series at North Texas. Awards are voted on by the league's men's basketball communications directors. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf.

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On the heels of a road loss at Memphis on Saturday, East Carolina jumps right back into action Monday afternoon at home against SMU.The Pirates got 23 points and nine rebounds from Jayden Gardner and 10 points from Brandon Suggs, but couldn't hold off Memphis in the game's final four minutes. The Pirates led by six midway through the second half before the Tigers tied the game with 3:47 to play and finished on a 13-5 run for a 66-59 victory.

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Colorado State built an 18-point first-half lead and made it hold with some late free throws and key baskets to defeat host Wyoming, 68-59, in the Border War finale Saturday afternoon in Laramie. With the win, the Rams improved to 14-4 and 11-3 in Mountain West action, while the Cowboys fell to 10-9 and 4-8 in league play.

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No. 23/22 Kansas returns home to host No. rv/24 Oklahoma State (12-5, 5-5) on ESPN Big Monday, Feb. 8. The game will begin at 8 p.m. (CT).

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For the first time since 2012, the Akron Zips earned a season series sweep against crosstown rivals Kent State, defeating the Golden Flashes 72-61 at the M.A.C Center on ESPNU Friday night.

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