Brown’s hot hand enough for Illini

Dee Brown scored 20 points as No. 17 Illinois bounced back from a poor-shooting first half to win 71-59 over visiting Texas-Pan American (1-1).

Brown hit five 3-pointers for the Illini (2-0), who trailed by 10 points with 8:19 to go in the first half before their shots started to fall. … (11) Boston College 70, Shawnee State 51: Craig Smith had 14 points and 13 rebounds and then sat out the last 7 minutes of the Eagles’ (2-0) victory over the visiting Bears (3-3). … (15) Alabama 105, Alabama St. 68: Freshman Richard Hendrix scored 22 points and had 14 rebounds as the Crimson Tide (2-1) beat the Hornets (1-3) in Tuscaloosa, Ala. … (25) Iowa St. 101, Mountain St. 82: Curtis Stinson hit 15 of 24 shots and scored a career-high 35 points as the Cyclones’ won their season opener over the Cougars (8-1). … Tennessee Tech 90, Oregon St. 62: Belton Rivers hit all five shots from 3-point range and finished with 22 points to lead the Golden Eagles (1-1) over the visiting Beavers (0-1). … CS Northridge 81, USC 76 (OT): Mike Efevberha scored 20 points and the visiting Matadors surprised the Trojans in overtime in season openers for both teams. … Oregon 83, Savannah St. 23: Chamberlain Oguchi scored 19 points as the Ducks opened with a win over the Tigers (1-1) in the Hispanic College Fund Classic in Eugene, Ore.

Women’s games

Former Central Valley star Emily Westerberg had 14 points and eight rebounds and Kristen Kovesdy added 12 in No. 20 Arizona State’s 67-63 win over host San Diego (0-2).

Westerberg was 5 for 6 from the field, and Kovesdy went 5 for 7 for the Sun Devils (3-0). … (16) Minnesota 84, (11) Stanford 77: Shannon Schonrock scored 15 points, leading six players in double figures as the Gophers (2-0) upset the Cardinal (1-1) in the championship game of the Subway Classic at Minneapolis. … (9) Connecticut 82, (25) Oklahoma 62: Charde Houston scored 22 points to lead the Huskies (4-0) to its third Women’s NIT title a win over the Sooners (3-1) in Storrs, Conn.