Hunter, No. 4 Virginia survive No. 25 Wisconsin in Bahamas
PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS >> De’Andre Hunter had 20 points and nine rebounds to help No. 4 Virginia beat No. 25 Wisconsin 53-46 on Friday in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.
Ty Jerome added 11 points for the Cavaliers (6-0), who led
33-18 after a strong first half, and then sputtered offensively as the Badgers kept pushing back. Virginia made just 2 of
16 shots out of halftime and shot 26 percent for the second half.
But the Cavs’ usual tough defense was good enough to keep the Badgers and preseason Associated Press AllAmerican Ethan Happ at arm’s distance.
NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA 94, NO. 17 UCLA 78 >> Coby White had 19 points and eight assists, Luke Maye added 16 points and eight rebounds and won the consolation game of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Kenny Williams scored
15 points as five Tar Heels reached double figures and North Carolina (6-1) settled for a split in its Las Vegas trip.
Kris Wilkes led UCLA (4-2) with 22 points as he converted
7 of 10 from the field.
NO. 9 MICHIGAN 83, CHATTANOOGA 55 >> Iggy Brazdeikis scored 20 points and Jordan Poole added 14 to lead Michigan to an easy victory.
Isaiah Livers added 12 points for the Wolverines, all in the first half. Michigan (60) avoided a letdown in its first game back in Ann Arbor after three impressive wins away from home.
NO. 10 KENTUCKY 77, TENNESSEE STATE 62 >> Keldon Johnson scored a career-high 27 points to lead Kentucky past Tennessee State.
The Wildcats (5-1) finished
4-0 in the Ohio Valley Hardwood Showcase and won their fifth straight since a seasonopening blowout loss to Duke. Kentucky concluded a span of three games in six days by notching its 48th consecutive victory over a nonconference opponent at home.
Johnson scored 20 points in the second half as the Wildcats pulled away. NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 78, TEXAS 68>> Joshua Langford scored 29 points, Cassius Winston had 20 points and 10 assists, and Michigan State won the Las Vegas Invitational title.
Langford was 5 of 6 from
3-point range. Winston, who was named the tournament MVP, also had five rebounds for the Spartans (5-1), who trailed 25-6 eight minutes into the game.
Texas’ Kerwin Roach II, the hero in Thursday’s upset of No.
7 North Carolina, led with 15 points and five assists. Dylan Osetkowski and Matt Coleman III each had 13 points for the Longhorns (5-1).
Michigan State took the lead for the first time on Langford’s 3-pointer with 15:26 remaining and went ahead for good on a 3-pointer by Winston 1:19 later.
NO. 14 FLORIDA STATE 79, NO. 19 LSU 76, OT >> Mfiondu Kabengele hit a 3-pointer with a halfsecond left in overtime, and Florida State advanced to the championship game of the AdvoCare Invitational.
The Seminoles (5-0) will play defending national champion Villanova on Sunday.
Tremont Waters made three free throws to pull LSU even at 76 with 11.5 seconds to go in overtime before Kabengele’s shot from the corner bounced off the rim and into the basket.
After trailing by nine, Florida State forced overtime when Trent Forrest tied it at
68-68 on a layup with 2.8 seconds left.
LSU (5-1) will go against Oklahoma State in Sunday’s third-place game.
NO. 24 PURDUE 84, ROBERT MORRIS 46 >> Carsen Edwards scored 19 points and Ryan Cline had 17 as Purdue routed Robert Morris.
The Boilermakers (5-1) bounced back nicely from their first loss of the season Sunday night against No. 13 Virginia Tech. Edwards was 5 for 17 from the field against the Colonials, but also contributed five assists, four steals and a blocked shot.
Malik Petteway led Robert Morris with 10 points. The Colonials (3-3) shot 31.5 percent
(17 for 54) from the field.