Stanford exits revamped Maui event on sour note
T rayc e Ja ck son- Da - vis scored a career-high 31 points, and Indiana responded to an ugly loss a day earlier by beating Stanford 79- 63 in Wednesday’s third-place game at the relocated Maui Invitational.
Daejon Davis scored 18 points, and Oscar da Silva added 17 for Stanford (12), which beat Alabama in Monday’s first round but lost to No. 14 North Carolina in Tuesday’s semifinal. The tournament being played in Asheville, N.C., instead of its traditional Hawaii setting due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Touted freshman Ziaire Williams finished with four points on 1-for10 shooting before fouling out with 6:06 left.
Stanford shot just 36%, including going 5 of 20 from 3- point range for the second straight day. The Cardinal got within four midway through the second half but the Hoosiers pushed the margin past double figures for the final 7:15.
The Hoosiers (3-1) were coming off a 66- 44 loss to No. 17 Texas in Tuesday’s semifinals. It marked the program’s lowest scoring output since January 2010, while Indiana had more turnovers (14) than field goals ( 11) and shot just 24%.
Jackson-Davis made 10 of 16 shots and 11 of 14 free throws to go with six rebounds.
NO. 1 GONZAGA 87, NO. 11 WEST VIRGINIA 82 >> Joel Ayayi matched his career high with 21 points, and Andrew Nembhard and Corey Kispert each had 19 as the top-ranked Bulldogs (30) rallied in the Jimmy V Classic in Indiananapolis.
The Bulldogs struggled to get in sync early and again after freshman Jalen Suggs injured an ankle in the first half. But Gonzaga used a late 13- 4 run to take control and scored six straight points late to seal it. Derek Culver led West Virginia (3-1) with 18 points and 15 rebounds. The Mountaineers filled in for No. 11 Tennessee, which had to back out because of COVID-19 issues.
NO. 17 TEXAS 69, NO. 14 NORTH CAROLINA 67 >> Matt Coleman III hit a stepback jumper with 0.1 seconds left to help the Longhorns win the relocated Maui Invitational.
Coleman finished with 22 points and was the tournament’s most valuable player for the Longhorns (4- 0), who blew a 16-point lead late in the first half and fell behind with about 2½ minutes left. Coleman and Kai Jones both came up big in the critical moments for Texas, securing the Longhorns’ first Maui title in their fifth appearance in the tournament.
Garrison Brooks had 18 points for the Tar Heels (31).
BYU 74, ST. JOHN’S 68 >> Alex Barcello scored 20 points, and Gideon George had 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Cougars (4-1) in Uncasville, Connecticut. MICHIGAN 84, BALL STATE 65 >> Isaiah Livers scored 21 points on 8- of-11 shooting, Hunter Dickinson had his first career double- double, and the Wolverines (3- 0) rolled at home. Dickinson, a freshman, finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.