Duke Miles scored 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field to lead the host Oklahoma Sooners to an 89-66 victory over Central Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in Norman, Okla.The 14th-ranked Sooners (12-0) matched their best start to a season since 2015-16, when they last advanced to the Final Four. Oklahoma never trailed in the game and pulled away in the second half, leading by as many as 28 points.The Bears (3-9) lost for the fifth time in their past six games and have gone 0-5 against Power Four conference opponents so far this season. Central Arkansas kept itself in striking distance until early in the second half. Layne Taylor led the Bears with 16 points and buried a 3-pointer with 16:30 left to cut Oklahoma’s lead to 54-47.But Miles, who also had three rebounds and three assists, scored seven of the 10 points on Oklahoma’s ensuing 10-0 run to put the Sooners ahead 64-47 with 12:13 left in the game and effectively break the game open.No. 3 Iowa State 99, Morgan State 72Tamin Lipsey scored 20 points and Keshon Gilbert added 18 to help the Cyclones cruise to a win over the Bears in Ames, Iowa.Lipsey and Gilbert each made 8 of 9 shots from the floor. Curtis Jones finished with 19 points off the bench for Iowa State (10-1), which won its seventh game in a row. Joshua Jefferson registered a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.Kameron Hobbs scored 23 points on 10-for-17 shooting for Morgan State (6-9), which faced a ranked opponent for the first time this season. Amahrie Simpkins added 18 points and a team-high eight rebounds.No. 6 Alabama 81, Kent State 54Mark Sears scored 16 points and the Crimson Tide overcame a slow start to post a rout of the Golden Flashes in nonconference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.Aden Holloway had 13 points and three steals for the Crimson Tide (10-2), who won their fourth consecutive game. Grant Nelson had nine points and a season-high 14 rebounds and Clifford Omoruyi collected a season-best 12 boards for Alabama.The Crimson Tide never trailed and led by as many as 32. Kent State’s VonCameron Davis scored nine points to top 1,000 for his career. Marquis Barnett and Delrecco Gillespie (eight rebounds) also scored nine points for the Golden Flashes (8-3).No. 8 Kansas 87, Brown 53Zeke Mayo scored 25 points as the Jayhawks defeated the Bears at Lawrence, Kan.Mayo was 5-of-8 from 3-point range to deliver his 25 points. The Jayhawks outscored the Bears 45-22 in the second half while winning their 21st straight nonconference home game. Kansas (9-2) had three players score in double figures, including Hunter Dickinson (15 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks) and KJ Adams (10 points).
