Baylor takes Hall Classic
King McClure had 19 points, Terry Maston made a series of big baskets down the stretch and No. 22 Baylor rallied to beat Creighton 6559 on Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame Classic title game at Kansas City, Mo.
Maston finished with 15 points, and Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. had 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Bears (5-0) won their 11th consecutive in-season tournament game. They won the Battle 4 Atlantis last season.
Creighton (4-1), which defeated UCLA to reach the title game, made only five of 30 three-pointers.
at No. 3 Kansas 114, Texas Southern 71: Svi Mykhailiuk scored 21 points, Udoka Azubuike added 20 and the Jayhawks made a school-record 17 threepointers in their first game of the Hoophall Miami Invitational. Lagerald Vick, Devonte’ Graham and Marcus Garrett all finished with a double-double for Kansas.
No. 6 Wichita State 80, Marquette 66: Landry Shamet scored 19 points as the Shockers(4-0) shot 54% to earn a spot in Wednesday’s championship game of the Maui Invitational against No. 13 Notre Dame, which routed Louisiana State 92-53. Temple Gibbs had 26 points, making six three-pointers, for the Fighting Irish (5-0).
No. 12 Cincinnati 75, Richmond 48: Cane Broome led a balanced attack with 13 points and the Bearcats used a dominant first half to roll into the championship game of the Cayman Islands Classic. Cincinnati will face Wyoming, which defeated Louisiana Lafayette.
No. 16 Texas A&M 98, Penn State 87: Robert Williams had 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the Aggies in the championship game of the Progressive Legends Classic at Barclays Center. Duane Wilson led the Aggies (4-0) with 22 points. Tony Carr had a career-high 31 points for Penn State (5-1).
at No. 19 Louisville 84, Southern Illinois 42: Jordan Nwora came off the bench to score a career-high 18 points, Deng Adel had 16 points and the Cardinals (3-0) doubled up on the Salukis.
at No. 25 Alabama 77, Texas Arlington 76: Collin Sexton scored 29 points as the Crimson Tide rallied.
Porter out
Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. will miss the rest of the season after having lower back surgery.
The 6-foot-10 Porter, the top prep prospect in the country last season, played in only two minutes of a season-opening win over Iowa State before missing the past three games with the injury. The school said Tuesday that his expected recovery time is three to four months.
Porter averaged 36.2 points and 13.6 rebounds as a senior in high school in Washington.