No. 3 Kansas wins 49th straight home opener

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Ochai Agbaji scored 25 points and third-ranked Kansas beat Tarleton 88-62 on Friday night to run its winning streak in home openers to 49 straight.

Christian Braun added 15 points, Remy Martin had 14 and Jalen Coleman-lands 10 for the Jayhawks (2-0), who got all they could handle from the Texans (0-2) after cruising past Michigan State in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night.

Tarleton was within 6350 with about 6 1/2 minutes left before the Jayhawks pulled away down the stretch.

Shamir Bogues had 20 points and Montre Gipson had 19 for the Texans.

Jaden Ivey scored a career-high 27 points, Zach Edey added a career-best 22 and Purdue routed Indiana State.

Ivey also had eight rebounds and four assists as the Boilermakers posted their first 2-0 start in three years. Edey had 10 rebounds and three blocks.

Cooper Neese led the Sycamores with 15 points. Cameron Henry had 10 for Indiana State (1-1), which suffered its first loss under new coach Josh Schertz.

»Matthew Mayer scored 14 points, LJ Cryer had 13 and Baylor beat Incarnate Word in its season opener while celebrating its national championship from last season.

Heralded freshman Kendall Brown debuted with 13 points after watching as Mayer, Cryer and other returning players (along with some former players) receive championship rings during a pregame ceremony.

Josh Morgan scored 17 points and RJ Glasper added 16 for the Cardinals (0-2), who opened with a loss at home to Texas State.

Wendell Moore Jr. had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to help Duke beat Army, backed by the return of the Blue Devils’ famously rowdy fans for the first time in a regular-season game in more than 20 months.

Freshman Paolo Banchero added 18 points for the Blue Devils (2-0), who were coming off Tuesday’s season-opening win against No. 10 Kentucky in New York.

(Kellan Grady had 19 points, including four 3-pointers, Oscar Tshiebwe had 20 rebounds and 14 points and Kentucky blew out Robert Morris in its home opener.

Daimion Collins went 7 of 8 for 14 points and had a couple of highlight-reel dunks late in the game for the Wildcats (1-1).

Michael Green III had 12 points and Kahliel Spear 10 for Robert Morris (0-2). 23 to Alabama past South Dakota State.

Noah Freidel led five South Dakota State (1-1) scorers in double figures with 23 points.

Marcus Sasser scored 26 points, Kyler Edwards added 18 points and six rebounds, and Houston routed Rice.

Travis Evee scored 11 points and Cameron Sheffield had 10 points to lead Rice (1-1).

E.J. Liddell scored a career-high 29 points as No. 17 Ohio State pulled away from Niagara in the second half.

Marcus Hammond scored 22 points for Niagara (0-2), which stayed in the game until the final minute. Sam Iorio had 18 points and Jordan Cintron scored 17.

Jabari Smith had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Auburn overcame a halftime deficit to beat Louisiana-monroe.

Trey Boston scored 16 point for the Warhawks (0-2), who led by as many as eight points in the first half and by four early in the second before Auburn went on a decisive 22-5 run.

Armaan Franklin scored 21 points, Jayden Gardner had 18 and Virginia rediscovered its offense after a season-opening embarrassment.