Pelicans' Missi Injures Ankle; Buffalo Upsets UMass

Pelicans center Missi appeared to injure his ankle and left after 23 minutes, finishing with five points and seven rebounds; with Kevon Looney (knee) sidelined into November and Karlo Matkovic (elbow) also injured, New Orleans would be reduced to Derik Queen and two-way player Hunter Dickinson at center if Missi misses time, and a status update is expected before Friday’s game against the Spurs. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told The Athletic he does not envision an NCAA Tournament limited to power-conference teams and called suggestions otherwise an "overread" of his comments to ESPN. In college football, Ta’Quan Roberson threw for a career-high 403 yards and connected with Victor Snow on a 16-yard, game-winning touchdown with 21 seconds left as Buffalo stunned UMass 28-21 after a late celebration penalty on UMass shifted field position; Buffalo improved to 4-3 (3-0 MAC) while UMass fell to 0-7. Two linked Sports Illustrated pages carry the site’s standard entertainment and gambling disclaimers for their Bears coverage.