No. 1 Duke sputters, beats Southern
Boise State earns spot in Puerto Rico Tip-Off title game
DURHAM, N.C. — No. 1 Duke proved this week it’s talented enough to beat the best team on its schedule — but not so dominant that it can take one of the worst for granted.
The Blue Devils beat Southern 78-61 on Friday night behind 20 points and 11 rebounds from Wendell Carter Jr.
“We just didn’t come ready to play,” Carter said. “I can’t really speak for everybody, I don’t know if everybody was energized or not or if people were hurt or not. Just as a team, we didn’t play as a unit. We starters had an opportunity just to be selfish, and that’s not the way to go. We’ve got to take every game seriously, and we did not do that tonight.”
Marvin Bagley III added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Grayson Allen and Trevon Duval finished with 10 points apiece for the Blue Devils (4-0).
Coming off a victory over No. 2 Michigan State three nights earlier, Duke showed several classic symptoms of a letdown.
The Blue Devils finished with a season-high 15 turnovers and shot just 4 of 20 from 3-point range.
“There was something missing tonight,” Krzyzewski said.
Gary Trent Jr. had 10 rebounds but was 3-of-11 shooting for Duke, which never led by fewer than 10 points in the second half, but also had trouble putting Southern away, not pushing its lead into the 20s until the final 5 minutes.
Jamar Sandifer had 14 points and Torrey Mayo added 11 to lead the Jaguars (0-4) — whose schedule included a 102-55 loss to Illinois, an 86-58 loss at Missouri State and the No. 319 spot in an unofficial replication of the RPI formula.
They gave the Blue Devils about 15 minutes’ worth of serious headaches before Trent hit two 3-pointers during a 15-3 run late in the first half that pushed Duke’s lead into double figures to stay. No. 4 KANSAS 98, SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 64: In Lawrence, Kan., Svi Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 27 points and Lagerald Vick finished with 22 for Kansas.
Udoka Azubuike added 17 points and Malik Newman had 13 for the Jayhawks (3-0). Mike Daum led South Dakota State (3-1) with 21 points and 11 rebounds. No. 5 VILLANOVA 104,
LAFAYETTE 57: In Allentown, Pa., Mikal Bridges set a school record by hitting all six of his 3-point shots and scored a career-high 24 points for Villanova.
Jalen Brunson added 22 points and hit 4 of 6 3s in another dominant performance by the Wildcats (3-0), who made 16 of 30 from long range. Matt Klinewski had 16 points and six rebounds for Lafayette (0-3). No. 7 KENTUCKY 78,
ETSU 61: In Lexington, Ky., Quade Green scored a career-high 21 points and Kevin Knox had 17 points with 10 rebounds as Kentucky (3-1) overcame an early deficit to top the Buccaneers (1-2).
Peter Jurkin had 17 points for East Tennesee State. No. 16 TEXAS A&M 84, UC SANTA BARBARA 65: In College Station, Texas, DJ Hogg scored 19 of his 24 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half and Texas A&M (2-1) won its home opener.
Max Heidigger scored 24 points as the Gauchos (1-2) stuck around after the Aggies built an early 16-point lead. But Hogg’s strong second half kept UCSB from mounting a challenge. No. 18 LOUISVILLE 87, OMAHA 78: In Louisville, Ky., Ray Spalding had a career-high 19 points and 11 rebounds, Deng Adel had a game-high 21 points and Anas Mahmoud had eight of his team’s 15 blocked shots for Louisville (2-0).
Daniel Norl had 16 points for Omaha (0-4), which was competitive in facing its highest-ranked opponent since becoming an NCAA Division I program in the 2011-12 season. No. 23 UCLA 96, SOUTH
CAROLINA ST. 68: In Los Angeles, Jaylen Hands scored 22 points to lead three freshmen in double figures for UCLA (3-0), which notched its third straight win despite a depleted roster in its second Hall of Fame Classic contest.
Freshmen Chris Smith and Kris Wilkes added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
UCLA is playing with an eight-man roster since freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were indefinitely suspended on Wednesday after confessing to shoplifting during the team’s seasonopening trip to China last week.
Donte Wright scored 23 points to lead the Bulldogs (0-4). No. 25 BAYLOR 78,
ALCORN ST. 61: In Waco, Texas, Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. had 16 points and 12 rebounds as Baylor (3-0) gave coach Scott Drew his 300th career victory.
Drew has a career record of 300-191. Reginal Johnson scored 14 points for Alcorn (0-4). Mountain West BOISE STATE 82, ILLINOIS STATE 64: In Conway, S.C., Chandler Hutchison
had 19 points and a careerhigh 18 rebounds as Boise State (4-0) beat Illinois State (1-2) to reach the championship game of the relocated Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
The Broncos dominated from the start and led by 25 in the first half. TULANE 80, COLORADO STATE 53: In Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cameron Reynolds scored 25 points, Melvin Frazier had 23 and Tulane (3-0) used a dominant first half to defeat Colorado State (2-1) at the Jamaica Classic.
The Rams (2-1) missed all eight of their shots behind the arc before halftime and shot 22 percent. ARKANSAS 83, FRESNO STATE 75: In Fayetteville, Ark., Daniel Gafford scored 25 points and the Razorbacks (3-0) knocked off the Bulldogs (2-1). Bryson Williams had 22 points for Fresno State. UNLV 91, EASTERN WASHINGTON 76: In Las Vegas, Nev., Shakur Juiston had 13 points and 18 rebounds as the Rebels (2-0) defeated the Cougars (2-1). SAN DIEGO STATE 83, MCNEESE STATE 52: In San Diego, Devin Watson scored 20 points and the Aztecs (2-1) rolled past the Cowboys (1-2). State DIXIE STATE 99, ENMU 89 (2OT): In Monmouth, Ore., Zach Parker’s 25 points were not enough as the Greyhounds (2-1) fell to Dixie State (2-2) in the Western Oregon Shootout. WNMU 89, COLLEGE OF SW 84: In Hobbs, Jim Coleman scored a team-high 23 points and Western New Mexico (1-3) edged University of the Southwest (1-5).