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Top 25 Men No. 2 Purdue 78, No. 4 Marquette 75

HONOLULU — Zach Edey had 28 points and 15 rebounds to carry No. 2 Purdue to a 78-75 win over No. 4 Marquette in the championship game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.

Edey, the reigning national Player of the Year, shot 11 of 19 from the field and led the Boilermakers (6-0) to their first Maui Invitational title.

Purdue led by 15 early in the second half, but Marquette chipped away and pulled to 76-75 on a basket by Oso Ighodaro with less than a minute to play. Edey gave his team some breathing room with a righthanded putback of Braden Smith’s missed jumper for a 78-75 lead with 18 seconds remaining.

Marquette had two chances to tie it, but 3-point attempts by Tyler Kolek and Kam Jones in the closing seconds failed to drop.

Smith scored 18 points and Fletcher Loyer added 10 for Purdue.

Kolek had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Jones added 17 points and five assists for the Golden Eagles (5-1).

No. 1 Kansas 69, No. 7 Tennessee 60

HONOLULU — Hunter Dickinson had 17 points and 20 rebounds and Kansas beat Tennessee.

The Jayhawks (5-1) bounced back from a 14-point loss a day earlier to take third place in the Maui Invitational over the Volunteers (4-2), who have dropped their last two games.

Kevin McCullar Jr. had 14 points, KJ Adams Jr. added 13 and Dajuan Harris Jr. chipped in eight assists for Kansas, which led by as many as 11 in the closing minutes.

Santiago Vescovi made five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points. Dalton Knecht and Jordan Gainey contributed 13 apiece and Jonas Aidoo had 11 rebounds.

No. 3 Arizona 74, No. 21 Michigan St. 68

PALM DESERT — Caleb Love scored 17 points and made a key steal in the closing seconds to help Arizona beat Michigan State at the Acrisure Classic.

Love made 1 of 2 free throws with 24.6 seconds left to give Arizona a 72-68 lead. Tyson Walker drove into the lane at the other end before having his shot blocked by Keshad Johnson.

Michigan State inbounded the ball with 15.9 seconds left, but Love poked it away from behind and passed ahead to KJ Lewis for a fastbreak dunk.

Johnson had 13 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and two blocks for Arizona (6-0). Walker led Michigan State (3-3) with 18 points.

Colorado St. 69, No. 8 Creighton 48

Isaiah Stevens had 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help Colorado State beat No. 8 Creighton 69-48 on Thursday at the Hall of Fame Classic for its first win over a top-10 team in nearly 40 years.

The Rams snapped a 22-game losing streak against top-10 opponents dating to Jan. 19, 1984, when Colorado State defeated UTEP 63-51.

Rashaan Mbemba scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting for Colorado State (6-0).

Creighton (5-1) shot just 28% (17 of 61) from the field, including 6 of 29 (21%) from 3-point range, and went 8 for 13 (63%) at the free-throw line.

Baylor Scheierman led Creighton with 13 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 12.

No. 12 Texas A&M 89, Penn St. 77

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Henry Coleman III scored 24 points, Wade Taylor IV had 23 and No. 12 Texas A&M beat Penn State in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational.

Texas A&M will face No. 19 Florida Atlantic in a semifinal game Friday. Penn State takes on Butler in Friday’s consolation round.

Tyrece Radford added 14 points for the Aggies (5-0), who lost to the Nittany Lions 76-59 in the first-round of last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Kanye Clary led Penn State (4-1) with 19 points and Puff Johnson added 15.

Villanova 83, No. 14 North Carolina 81, OT

NASSAU, Bahamas — Justin Moore scored five of his 16 points in overtime and Eric Dixon had a career-high 34 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova beat North Carolina and advanced to the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Villanova (5-1) will play Memphis, an 84-79 winner over No. 20 Arkansas, in the title game on Friday. North Carolina (4-1) will play the Razorbacks for third place.

North Carolina’s Cormac Ryan hit a 3-pointer in the corner to tie the game at 68 with 34.4 seconds left in regulation. Moore dribbled down the clock before finding Dixon for a 3-pointer try that rattled out. With 3.3 seconds remaining, North Carolina’s RJ Davis inbounded and got the ball back before his off balance 3-point attempt hit off the back of the rim.

Moore put Villanova ahead for good in overtime on a three-point play with 2:08 left. Mark Armstrong added 10 points for Villanova.

Davis led North Carolina with 23 points. Harrison Ingram added 20 points before fouling out at the offensive end with 3:44 left in regulation. Ryan

finished with 18 points. No. 19 FAU 91, Butler 86

KISSIMMEE. Fla. — Vladislav Goldin scored 19 points and Johnell Davis added 15 as Florida Atlantic beat Butler in a first-round matchup at the ESPN Events Invitational.

Jalen Gaffney added 14 points as six FAU players scored in double figures. The Owls (3-1) rebounded from a 60-51 home loss to Bryant last Saturday.

FAU will face No. 12 Texas A&M (5-0) in the semifinals on Friday. Butler will take on Penn State (4-1) in Friday’s consolation round.

Butler (3-2) got 19 points from Jahmyl Telfort. The Bulldogs had five player in double figures.

Top 25 Women No. 3 Colorado 77, Cincinnati 60

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Tameiya Sadler scored 15 points and No. 3 Colorado opened the Paradise Jam tournament by fending off Cincinnati.

Kindyll Wetta added 14 points and Aaronette Vonleh had 13 points for the Buffaloes (5-0), who shot a season-best 53.3% from the field (32 of 60) and went 8 for 8 on free throws.

Jillian Hayes had 17 points and Mya Jackson added 11 for the Bearcats (2-2), who were held to 35.8% from the field (19 of 53) as they saw their two-game winning streak snapped.

Wetta scored eight points in the third quarter as Colorado turned a 41-28 half time lead into a 64-39 margin after three quarters.

No. 10 NC State 84, Kentucky 55

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Madison Hayes scored 15 points and No. 10 North Carolina State took command early in a rout of Kentucky at the Paradise Jam tournament.

Hayes made three 3-pointers and was 5 of 6 overall from the field for the undefeated Wolfpack. Saniya Rivers had 13 points for N.C. State, with River Baldwin adding 11 points and Mimi Collins 10.

Ajae Petty, Saniah Tyler and Eniya Russell each finished with nine points for Kentucky.

No. 12 Texas 84, Arizona St. 42

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Rori Harmon finished with 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds to power No. 12 Texas to the win over Arizona State at the Paradise Jam.

Harmon, the Big 12 Conference coaches’ choice for preseason player of the year, made 6 of 11 shots with a 3-pointer for the Longhorns (5-0).

Shaylee Gonzales added 10 points and six rebounds. Khadija Faye pitched in with 15 points and seven boards.

Sophomore Trayanna Crisp and reserve Treasure Hunt both scored 11 to lead Arizona State. The Sun Devils took 31 shots in the second half but made just eight.

No. 21 Indiana 71, No. 19 Tennessee 57

FORT MYERS Fla. — Yarden Garzon hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points to help No. 21 Indiana beat No. 19 Tennessee at the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Garzon made 9 of 20 from the field, missed one of her six 3-point shots, grabbed five rebounds and had five assists. She scored 11 points and had two assists as the Hoosiers outscored Tennessee 21-12 in the second quarter to take control.

Sara Puckett and Karoline Striplin each scored 13 points for Tennessee (3-2). Jasmine Powell made 5 of 10 from the field and finished with 12 points.

Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting for Indiana.

Princeton 77, No. 22 Oklahoma 63

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Madison St. Rose matched her career-high with 26 points, Kaitlyn Chen added 20 and Princeton rolled to a 77-63 win over No. 22 Oklahoma at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday.

St. Rose opened the game with back-to-back 3-pointers and after a 3 by Oklahoma’s Nevaeh Tot the Tigers reeled off 11 points, four by Chen and the last five by Mari Bickley for a 17-3 lead.

Skye Belker added 10 points for Princeton (4-1), which beat a ranked team for the fourth time in program history.

Aubrey Joens had 13 points and Tot 11 for Oklahoma. The Sooners (5-1), who haven’t been since 6-0 since the 2010-11 season, came in averaging 89.8 points a game.

No. 23 Washington St. 87, Maryland 67

CANCUN, Mexico — Bella Murekatete had 17 points and four blocks, Charlisse Leger-Walker secured her first career triple-double and No. 23 Washington State beat Maryland in the opening game of the Cancun Challenge.

Leger-Walker finished with 11 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists. She became the second player in program history to reach the feat, joining Penny Bowden’s performance on March 3, 1988.

Murekatete set a program record by reaching 159 career blocks, passing Carly Noyes.

Lavender Briggs scored 18 points for Maryland.