Montana St. Whips Chadron St., 123-64
Big Sky/WCC
Kwesi Coleman scored 19 points to lead eight Bobcats in double figures while helping Montana State of the Big Sky to its 11th consecutive victory, a 123-64 nonconference win over Chadron State Wednesday night in Bozeman, Mont.
The Bobcats (11-1) pulled away from the NCAA Division II Eagles (1-7) with a 24-5 burst in the first half and had a 38-13 lead with 8:06 left. MSU led 60-33 at intermission.
James Robinson paced Chadron with 21 points while Bubba Hladky had 12.
Texas A&M 78, Loyola Marymount 65
Joe Wilbert scored a game-high 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Aggies a win over the Lions of the West Coast Conference in College Station.
Damon Johnson had 18 points and Tony McGinnis 11, while freshman guard Kyle Kessel had a career-high 11 assists for the Aggies, who upped their season record (6-7) and extended their home-floor mark to 4-0.
Wyking Jones led the Lions (7-4) with 16 points. Mike O’Quinn added 15 and Ime Oduok had 10.
In a late game, Idaho State topped host Cal Poly-SLO 87-55.