College hoops Sunday: Trio of top 10 teams face conference tests

When Ohio State’s Sam Thompson was playing high school ball in Chicago, he earned the nickname “Air Thompson.” This wouldn’t be especially noteworthy, except the person who gave him the nickname was teammate Marcus Jordan...Michael’s son.

Could that possibly be accurate? Thompson did his best to confirm during the first half of Sunday’s game against Michigan State.

The last time the Blue Devils faced the Eagles, Boston College spent the majority of the game flirting with the possibility of an upset victory. Duke escaped that Feb. 10 meeting with a one-point victory, a much different story than on Sunday, when the Blue Devils jumped out to a 24-point halftime lead, thanks in part to Sulaimon’s 15 first-half points.

Ryan Anderson finished with 23 points for Boston College (12-15, 4-10 ACC).

Notre Dame improves to 22-6 on the season and 10-5 in the Big East with the win. Cincinnati drops to 19-9 and falls below .500 in the conference at 7-8.

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Woodall hit 8 of 14 shots, including four three pointer,s in his highest scoring game since a 24-point outing against Duquesne on Dec. 5.

The Red Storm’s leading scorer, D’Angelo Harrison, struggled mightily on Sunday. The 18.3-points-per-game scorer went 1 for 12 from the field and scored just six points on the day. Jakarr Sampson led St. John’s with 14 points, but ultimately the 16-11 squad didn’t have enough firepower to win while going 2-for-11 from three-point range.