NO. 1 DUKE AVOIDS BIG LETDOWN VS. SOUTHERN
N.C.» Wendell Carter Jr. had 20 DURHAM, points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Southern 78-61 on Friday night.
Marvin Bagley III added 19 points and 11 rebounds and Grayson Allen finished with 10 points for the Blue Devils.
Duke showed several classic symptoms of a letdown, finishing with a season-high 15 turnovers, shooting just 4 of 20 from 3-point range and for a while struggling to keep Southern off the offensive glass before regrouping to finish with a 51-34 rebounding advantage.
FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Svi Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 27 points, Lagerald Vick finished with 22 and fourth-ranked Kansas routed Summit League favorite South Dakota State 9864. … Mikal Bridges set a school record by hitting all six of his 3-point shots and scored a career-high 24 points in No. 5 Villanova’s 104-57 rout of Lafayette .… Quade Green scored a team-high 21 points as No. 7 Kentucky beat Eastern Tennessee 78-61. … DJ Hogg scored 19 of his 24 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half, and No. 16 Texas A&M won its home opener going away 84-65 over UC Santa Barbara. … Ray Spalding had a career-high 19 points and 11 rebounds as No. 18 Louisville outlasted Omaha 87-78.
Women
CONN.» Crystal Dangerfield, Kia STORRS,
Nurse and Napheesa Collier all scored 14 points to help No. 1 UConn rout No. 20 California 82-47.
The Huskies trailed 4-3 early before scoring 23 of the next 25 points to take command of the game.
FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Brooke McCarty and Jada Underwood scored 19 points apiece to lead No. 2 Texas to a 120-70 victory over Texas-San Antonio. … Kelsey Mitchell scored 32 points, Linnae Harper had a second consecutive double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 9 Ohio State beat Quinnipiac 95-63. … AJ Alix scored 26 points, guard Nicole Ekhomu had her second double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 17 Florida State beat
Florida 84-54.