Sam Cunliffe scored 17 points, including two free throws with 6.8 seconds remaining, and Evansville stunned No. 1 Kentucky 67-64 on Tuesday night.

Murray State will play at Tennessee for the first time in 13 years.

Kentucky has climbed to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

Jessika Carter scored a career-high 19 points and No. 10 Mississippi State had two other players in double figures on the way to an 80-44 victory over UT Martin on Monday night.

CAPE GIRARDEAU TOWNSHIP, Mo. (AP) _ Chris Harris scored 16 points and his 3-pointer with 27 seconds left sent Southeast Missouri State past Purdue Fort Wayne 79-78 on Sunday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ Jarrett Guarantano threw two third-quarter touchdown passes for the lead that Tennessee's defense preserved with a late goal-line stand, helping the Volunteers rally past Kentucky 17-13 on Saturday night.

MURRAY, KY -- Tevin Brown scored 17 points to lead the Murray State Racers in their season opening 69-49 win over Southern on Saturday night.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Kentel Williams rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns and Austin Peay breezed to a 38-24 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) _ Jarren Williams set a school record with six touchdown passes, Dee Wiggins and Mike Harley catching two apiece, and Miami clinched bowl-eligibility with a 52-27 win over Louisville on Saturday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) _ Kare Lyles threw for four touchdowns _ two each to Landon Lenoir and Avante Cox _ and Southern Illinois put away Missouri State early in a 37-14 win on Saturday.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) _ Zion Custis ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 37 seconds left and Southeast Missouri State turned back an upset bid by Eastern Kentucky 38-31 on Saturday.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) _ Kevin Anderson scored his only points of the game in the final seconds and Ryan Allen dropped in two free throws to seal Delaware's 56-54 victory over Southern Illinois in the Sunshine Slam on Saturday.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) _ Ty Storey, the son of a football coach and school administrator, has stoically answered questions from the media since his days as a high school All-American quarterback. It's how he was taught.

Heading into this season, there were a lot of questions about this year’s Murray State basketball team. Some of them, we already know the answer to, but others we are still trying to figure out.

Vanderbilt ended a 20-game losing streak in Jerry Stackhouse's coaching debut, and Aaron Nesmith led the way with 22 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers in an 83-65 win over Southeast Missouri State on Wednesday night.

The freshman forward scored 16 points in Murray State's exhibition win against Martin Methodist.

Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky's latest freshman star, scored 26 points and the second-ranked Wildcats opened the season with a 69-62 victory against No. 1 Michigan State on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Eric McGill had 19 points to lead five Southern Illinois players in double figures as the Salukis routed Division III Illinois Wesleyan 76-48 in the debut of coach Bryan Mullins on Tuesday night.

Lamonte' Turner scored 17 points and Yves Pons added a career-high 15 points as Tennessee opened the season Tuesday by beating UNC Asheville 78-63 for its 27th consecutive home victory.

Jordan Nwora's 23-point performance Tuesday night included four 3-pointers and a throwdown dunk to help No. 5 Louisville open its season by beating Miami 87-74.

While scores of college basketball teams opened their seasons on Tuesday night, Murray State still has four days to prepare for their first game of the year Saturday against Southern.

Murray State had five players score in double-figures.

Murray State will travel to #9 Louisville on Friday.

After knocking off the the five-time defending champion Jacksonville State on Saturday, UT Martin is on the verge of winning at least a share of a second OVC title.

PADUCAH, KY -- Check out WPSD's 30 minute Murray State men's basketball season preview special, "Racing to March."

PADUCAH, KY -- Below is a list of reported scores from the first round of the IHSA football playoffs from Saturday, November 2nd.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Bryce Thompson tied a Tennessee single-game record by intercepting three passes as Tennessee capitalized on UAB mistakes to trounce the Blazers 30-7 on Saturday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Geno Hess ran for 156 yards and two scores and Daniel Santacaterina passed for 271 yards and another touchdown as Southeast Missouri State dominated Tennessee State 32-13 Saturday to remain in the hunt for the Ohio Valley Conference championship.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) _ Bailey Fisher threw two touchdown passes and the Tennessee Tech defense shut down Murray State's offense in a 17-7 victory on Saturday.

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) _ John Bachus III accounted for two touchdowns, Terry Williams scored on a 65-yard punt return and UT Martin held off Jacksonville State 22-17 on Saturday.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) _ Javon Williams Jr. ran for two touchdowns and Nico Gauldoni kicked three field goals as Southern Illinois beat Indiana State, 23-17 in a Missouri Valley Football Conference battle Saturday afternoon.

Murray State's men's and women's basketball teams will play their exhibition games next Monday. They'll also do it on a new court.

LEXINGTON, KY -- The Wildcats said they were eager for their first chance to face someone wearing colors other than Blue and White.

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) _ Javon Williams Jr. ran for 107 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, Avante Cox had 193 yards from scrimmage and three total TDs, and Southern Illinois beat South Dakota 48-28 on Saturday.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Jauan Jennings and Marquez Callaway each scored two touchdowns and Tennessee threw for a season-high 351 yards without the services of injured quarterback Brian Maurer to beat South Carolina 41-21 on Saturday

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) _ Zion Webb rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown, and one of his two throws went for another score as Jacksonville State held off Murray State 14-12 on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Micale Cunningham and Javian Hawkins accounted for two touchdowns apiece, including one each in the fourth quarter, and Louisville made a final defensive stand to hold off Virginia 28-21 on Saturday.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) _ Omardrick Douglas' 32-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the game gave his team the win as Southeast Missouri State rallied in the second half to edge UT Martin 17-10 on Saturday.

If Thursday night's turnout at Murray State's Racer Mania was any indication, even though Ja Morant is playing in the NBA, there is still plenty of enthusiasm around the basketball program heading into the 2019-20 season.

The University of Louisville Athletic Association will pay Papa John's founder John Schnatter $9.5 million over 5{ years in a settlement to terminate the pizza chain's naming rights to Cardinal Stadium.

Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says quarterback Brian Maurer is "probably doubtful'' Saturday against South Carolina after the freshman sustained concussions in the Volunteers' last two contests.

For all the positives that have come out of the Ohio Valley Conference moving the OVC Basketball Tournament to the Ford Center in Evansville, one of the more pressing issues from last year's tournament was the slippery court decals the conference used.

Michigan State is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball preseason poll for the first time in program history.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) _ D'Andre Swift's 39-yard touchdown run in the third quarter snapped a scoreless tie, and No. 10 Georgia overcame a slow start to beat Kentucky 21-0 on Saturday night.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) _ Daniel Santacaterina threw three touchdown passes to lead Southeast Missouri State to a 24-21 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday.

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) _ John Bachus III threw a pair of touchdown passes and Peyton Logan ran for 109 yards to lead UT Martin to a 27-18 victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday for its fourth straight win.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) _ Parker McKinney threw for 256 yards and two scores, Alonzo Booth ran for two touchdowns and Eastern Kentucky held off Murray State 34-27 on Saturday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) _ Kare Lyles completed seven passes and two went for touchdowns and Southern Illinois beat Youngstown State 35-10 Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) _ James McCourt kicked a 39-yard field as time expired and Illinois pulled off the biggest upset of the college football season, knocking off No. 6 Wisconsin 24-23 on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Trevor Lawrence overcame two early interceptions to throw three touchdown passes, Travis Etienne rushed for 192 yards and a score and No. 3 Clemson routed Louisville 45-10 on Saturday for its 22nd consecutive victory.