Bagley’s big 2nd half leads No. 5 Duke past No. 9 UNC
DURHAM, N.C. » Marvin Bagley III had 18 of his 21 points in the second half along with 15 rebounds, and No. 5 Duke pulled away to beat No. 9 North Carolina 74-64 on Saturday night.
Grayson Allen added 15 points in his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Gary Trent Jr. had 13 points — including three 3-pointers in the final 10 minutes — to help the Blue Devils (25-6, 13-5) clinch the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
Duke was 8 of 15 from 3-point range in the second half — the Blue Devils made just 1 of 10 from that distance in the first half — and outrebounded North Carolina 24-13 after halftime.
Cameron Johnson scored 16 points for the Tar Heels (22-9, 11-7), while Kenny Williams and Luke Maye each had 13. Three weeks after they rallied from a double-figure deficit to beat their fiercest rivals, it was the Blue Devils’ turn to flip the script.
Duke trailed by 11 with 14 ½ minutes to play before the ACC’s top offense finally found its rhythm, hitting four 3s in 4 ½ minutes to erase that deficit. That came as part of a 25-10 burst
keyed by six 3s that put the Blue Devils ahead to stay. (1) VIRGINIA 62, NOTRE DAME 57 » Devon Hall scored 17 points in his final game at John Paul Jones Arena and No. 1 Virginia (28-2, 17-1 ACC) outlasted Notre Dame (18-13, 8-10).
Ty Jerome added 13 points for the Cavaliers, who won their fifth in a row. Bonzie Colson, playing in just his second game since missing 15 with a broken foot, had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish. (15) MICHIGAN 75, (2) MICHIGAN STATE 64» Mo Wagner scored 14 of his 15 points after a dreadful first half and fifth-seeded Michigan (27-7) moved within a game of its second straight Big Ten Tournament title.
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Zavier Simpson also had 15 for the Wolverines, who were also the last team to beat Michigan State (29-4), when they did it on Jan. 13. (3) XAVIER 65, DEPAUL 62 » Trevon Bluiett scored 22 points, and Xavier set a school record for regular-season wins while clinching the top seed in the Big East.
The Musketeers (27-4, 15-3) hung on for their 12th win in 13 games. That ended Villanova’s four-year run of first-place finishes.
Brandon Cyrus led DePaul (1119, 4-14) with a career-high 20 points. OKLAHOMA STATE 82, (6) KANSAS 64» Kendall Smith scored a career-high 25 points and Mitchell Solomon had 16 points and seven rebounds for Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma State (18-13, 8-10 Big 12) swept the season series from Kansas (24-7, 13-5), marking the first time that the Jayhawks have been swept in a home-and-home since 2003-04, a span of 103 series. (12) TEXAS TECH 79, TCU 75» Keenan Evans scored 23 points and Texas Tech (23-8, 11-7 Big 12) stopped a four-game losing streak.
Desmond Bane scored 21 points for the Horned Frogs (21-10, 9-9). (14) AUBURN 79, SOUTH CAROLINA 70 » Bryce Brown scored 29 points, making eight 3-pointers, and Auburn (25-6, 13-5) claimed a share of the Southeastern Conference title.
Frank Booker led South Carolina (16-15, 7-11) with 27 points and 10 rebounds. (16) TENNESSEE 66, GEORGIA 61 » Admiral Schofield scored 23 points to lead Tennessee’s secondhalf comeback as the Volunteers (23-7, 13-5) won a share of the SEC regular-season championship.
Yanta Maten had 18 points for Georgia (16-14, 7-11). SYRACUSE 55, (18) CLEMSON 52 » Oshae Brissett and Tyus Battle each scored 17 points for Syracuse (19-12, 8-10 ACC).
Clemson (22-8, 11-7) entered the game ranked eighth in RPI and already assured of its first NCAA Tournament berth in seven years. (19) ARIZONA 66, CALIFORNIA 54 » Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 20 rebounds, helping Arizona (24-7, 14-4) clinch the Pac-12 regular-season title outright against California (8-23, 2-16). FLORIDA 80, (23) KENTUCKY 67 » Jalen Hudson scored 22 points and Chris Chiozza broke the school’s all-time assist record as Florida (20-11, 11-7 SEC) ended Kentucky’s (21-10, 10-8) four-game winning streak. MARSHALL 76, (24) MIDDLE TENNESSEE 67 » Jon Elmore scored 23 points and Marshall (21-10, 12-6 Conference USA) swept two games from Middle Tennessee (24-6, 16-2). DELAWARE 86, ELON 79 » Archbishop Carroll’s Ryan Daly scored 23 points, Eric Carter added 20 and 11 rebounds and No. 7 seed Delaware (14-18) held off 10thseeded Elon (14-18) in the opening round of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament.
Delaware will play No. 2 seed Northeastern (21-9) in a Sunday quarterfinal.