Duke stages comeback to topple Texas in OT
NO. 1 DUKE 85, TEXAS 78, OT
PORTLAND, Ore. — Freshman Marvin Bagley III had a career-high 34 points and added 15 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke rallied to defeat Texas 85-78 in overtime on Friday in the semifinals of the Phil Knight Invitational.
Gary Trent Jr. added 17 points for the Blue Devils (70), who trailed by 16 points in the second half and were forced to play five freshmen once senior Grayson Allen fouled out.
Duke advanced to play the winner of Friday night’s late game between No. 7 Florida and No. 17 Gonzaga for the title on Sunday.
Dylan Osetkowski had 19 points and seven rebounds for Texas (4-1), which fell short of its first-ever victory over a top-ranked team.
Bagley made consecutive dunks to give the five-time NCAA champion Blue Devils a 78-73 lead in overtime. Andrew Jones’ layup pulled Texas within 78-77 with 1:20 left. Wendell Carter’s put-back dunk pushed Duke’s lead to 82-78 and Trent’s free throws with 11 seconds left sealed the victory.
In other Top 25 men’s games Friday, Dakota Mathias scored 24 points to help No. 18 Purdue (5-2) roll past No. 2 Arizona (3-3) 89-64 in the seventh-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas. … Udoka Azubuike had a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds, 7 players hit double-figures scoring and No. 3 Kansas (5-0) routed overmatched Oakland (2-3) 102-59. … Mikal Bridges scored 18 points and No. 5 Villanova pulled away down the stretch to beat Northern Iowa 64-50 in the championship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Jalen Brunson added 16 points and was named the tournament’s most valuable player for Villanova (6-0). Juwan McCloud scored 13 points to lead the Panthers (5-2), who made just 6 of 23 three-pointers and didn’t get to the free-throw line. … Jordan Murphy scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to spark No. 14 Minnesota (6-0) to a 69-51 rout of Massachusetts (3-2) in the first game of the Barclays Center Classic in New York. … Tra Holder scored a career-high 40 points to lead Arizona State (6-0) to a 102-86 upset of No. 15
Xavier (5-1) in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational. … DJ Hogg scored 18 points and Tyler Davis had 7 of his 15 in a key second-half stretch to lead No. 16 Texas A&M (5-0) past pesky Pepperdine (2-4) 81-65. … Ray Spalding had 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds before leaving midway through the second half with an injury, Deng Adel and Jordan Nwora each made a key three-pointer late and No. 19 Louisville (4-0) held off Saint Francis (2-3) 84-72. … Desi Rodriguez scored a season-high 27 points as No. 20 Seton Hall (5-1) overcame a sluggish first half and beat Vanderbilt (2-4) 72-59 in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center. … Malachi Flynn scored 26 points and Washington State held off No. 21 Saint Mary’s 84-79 to reach the title game of the Wooden Legacy. Robert Franks and Jeff Pollard made layups to preserve the win for the Cougars (5-0). Emmett Naar scored 17 points for Saint Mary’s (5-1). … James Bolden scored 17 points, Jevon Carter had 16 and No. 23 West Virginia routed Central Florida 83-45 in a semifinal at the Advocare Invitational at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Mountaineers (5-1) used stellar defense to take a 43-20 lead at halftime. Seven-foot-6 center Tacko Fall had 11 points and eight rebounds for Central Florida (4-1). … John Petty scored 16 points to spark No. 25 Alabama (5-0) to a 71-59 victory over BYU (3-2) in the second game of the Barclays Center Classic in New York. Dazon Ingram added 15 for Alabama. Yoeli Childs led the Cougars with 21 points.