Balanced Badgers best in Bahamas
NO. 2 WISCONSIN 69,
OKLAHOMA 56
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Tournament MVP Frank Kaminsky scored 17 points to lead five Wisconsin players with 10 or more points, Duje Dukan and Traevon Jackson each added 13 and the second-ranked Badgers (7-0) beat Oklahoma (4-2) 69-56 on Friday to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship.
Sam Dekker scored 11 and Nigel Hayes finished with 10 for Wisconsin, which trailed by one late in the first half before reeling off 10 consecutive points and taking the lead for good.
Kaminsky grabbed eight rebounds and Jackson handed out eight assists for the Badgers.
In other Top 25 men’s games, Kennedy Meeks scored 18 points and tied a career high with 13 rebounds, Marcus Paige added 16 points and No. 5 North
Carolina (5-1) built a big early lead and beat No. 18 Florida (3-3) 75-64 in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas. ... Malcolm Brogdon scored a career-high 20 points to lead No. 9 Virginia (6-0) to a 64-56 victory over LaSalle (4-1) in the second semifinal of the Barclays Center Classic in New York. ... Domantas Sabonis had 14 points and eight rebounds to help No. 10 Gonzaga (6-0) beat St. John’s (4-1) 73-66 in the NIT Season Tip-Off championship game in New York. ... Perry Ellis scored 24 points, Cliff Alexander added 16 and No. 11 Kansas (4-1) beat Tennessee (2-2) 82-67 in an Orlando Classic semifinal in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. ... D’Angelo Russell scored 14 points, Sam Thompson had 13 points and No. 16 Ohio State beat
James Madison 73-56 in Columbus, Ohio. ... Sheldon McClellan had 17 points and No. 17 Miami scored the first 23 points in an 87-75 victory over
South Alabama in Coral Gables, Fla. ... Denzel Valentine had a career-high 25 points and No. 20 Michigan State (5-1) beat Marquette (3-3) 79-68 in a semifinal at the Orlando Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. ... Jarvis Summers scored 23 points and Mississippi (4-1) closed with a 12-3 run to beat No. 23 Creighton (5-1) in the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville, Fla.