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Duke: The Blue Devils’ dominance on the backboards finally came to an end. Duke had outrebounded each of its first six opponents by double figures, the longest such stretch in school history. But Xavier’s interior size limited Duke to a 33-32 advantage on the glass. The Blue Devils had 12 secondchance points.
Xavier: The Musketeers played an Atlantic Coast Conference team for the first time since beating Virginia Tech in last year’s NIT Season Tip-off. Xavier dropped to 0-2 against ranked opponents this season, having lost to Indiana last week.
Caleb Grill hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points and Iowa State rallied in the final five minutes to stun No. 1 North Carolina 7065 on Friday in the semifinals of the Phil Knight Invitational.
Iowa State (5-0) picked up just its third win over a team ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The Cyclones are 3-22 against No. 1 teams, with the other wins coming against Kansas in 1957 and Oklahoma in 2016.
The Cyclones can now add North Carolina (5-1) to the list.
Jaren Holmes added 22 points and the Cyclones withstood off shooting games from Aljaz Kunc and Gabe Kalscheur, who combined for three points and missed all eight of their shot attempts.
RJ Davis led North Carolina with 15 points, Armando Bacot added 14 and Caleb Love scored 12.
Iowa State will face either No. 18 Alabama or No. 20 Uconn in the championship game while the Tar Heels will face the loser for third place.
Santiago Vescovi scored 20 points and Tennessee beat the reigning national champions in the championship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Vescovi hit five 3-pointers to drive the offense for the Volunteers (5-1), who dominated the glass, overcame their own turnover troubles and made the Jayhawks work for clean looks. Tennessee won despite not having leading scorer Josiah-jordan James due to knee soreness.
Zakai Zeigler had 14 points, including a 3-pointer to beat the shot clock at the 7-minute mark to push Tennessee’s lead to 56-38.
Jalen Wilson and Joseph Yesefu each scored 14 points to lead the Jayhawks (6-1), who shot 28.6% in the first half and never warmed up.
Jayden Gardner scored 26 points and nearly matched
Maryland-eastern Shore’s point total in the first half as Virginia beat the Hawks.
The Cavaliers (5-0) led 40-22 at halftime, with Gardner accounting for 18 of those points and Kadin Shedrick adding nine. Shedrick finished with 13 with coach Tony Bennett substituting liberally over the final 10 minutes.
Maryland-eastern Shore (2-4), of the Mid-eastern Athletic Conference, got nine points from Nathaniel Pollard Jr. and eight from Ahamadou Fofana.
Tamar Bates scored a career-high 22 points and Xavier Johnson added a season-best 16 in Indiana’s win over Jackson State.
Johnson and Bates each made four 3-pointers and had four assists to help the Hoosiers start 6-0 for the second straight season. Preseason All-american Trayce Jackson-davis finished with 11 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes after sitting out Wednesday’s game with a sore back.
Jackson State was led by Trace Young with 13 points. Ken Evans Jr. had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (0-5), who trailed by double digits for the final 30 minutes.
Skyy Clark scored a career-high 19 points and RJ Melendez had a career-high 17 in Illinois’ win over Lindenwood.
Lindenwood (3-5) hit three of its first four shots to take a 7-6 lead, but it was short-lived. Illinois (5-1) quickly seized a 2213 lead, starting the game 10 of 15 from the field and shooting 63.6% in the first half.
Forward Keenon Cole led the Lions with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
Julian Reese scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half, Hakim Hart added 22 points and Maryland beat Coppin State in its first game as a ranked team this season.
Jahmir Young had 21 points for the unbeaten Terrapins (6-0).
Coppin State’s Juan Dixon coached for the first time against the program he led to a national title as a player in 2002. Dixon is Maryland’s career scoring leader with 2,269 points and is in his sixth season with the Eagles.
Sam Sessoms scored 28 points for the Eagles (3-5). They have lost three in a row.
Freshman Patrick Mccaffrey scored 21 points and Iowa held off Clemson to reach the Emerald Coast Classic championship game.
Iowa (5-0) will face the Tcu-california winner in the title game Saturday. Clemson (4-2) will play the Tcu-california loser.
Tony Perkins scored eight of his 11 points during the final two minutes, making a layup and six of six free throws to help squelch the Tigers’ threat.
Chase Hunter led Clemson (4-2) with 21 points and Hunter Tyson had 13.