Tenth-ranked Virginia Tech used a pair of second-half spurts to pull away from Notre Dame on Tuesday and score an 81-66 win in Blacksburg, Va., in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

The ninth-ranked Florida State men's basketball team closed out nonconference play and rang in the New Year on Tuesday with an 87-76 win over Winthrop in Tallahassee, Fla.

All five starters scored in double figures for St. John's on Tuesday night as the Red Storm bounced back from their first loss with an 89-69 Big East Conference pounding of No. 16 Marquette at Carnesecca Arena in New York.

Jaylen Nowell scored 18 points and Noah Dickerson had 16 points and 12 rebounds as Washington rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half to defeat Cal State Fullerton 84-76 Tuesday night in a nonconference game at Seattle.