Kansas holds off Michigan State

Quentin Grimes scored 21 points in his college debut, and Dedric Lawson added 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 1 Kansas past No. 10 Michigan State 92-87 in the season- opening Champions Classic on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

The Jayhawks won their third straight in one of college basketball’s premier events.

Michigan State was led by Joshua Langford with 18 points and Kenny Goins with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Spartans are now 4-21 all-time against No. 1 teams.

After Kansas was in control for most of the game, the Spartans frantically trimmed a 10-point deficit to 90-87 with 34 seconds left. They had a chance to make it a two-point game when Devon Dotson missed the second of two free throws with 15 seconds left.

But Cassius Winston missed a layup for Michigan State, Kansas grabbed the rebound and Grimes sealed it by making 1 of 2 free throws. Virginia rolls: Ty Jerome scored 20 points and De’Andre Hunter had 13 and 10 rebounds as No. 5 Virginia beat Towson 73-42 in Charlottesville, Va.

Jerome made six 3-pointers for the Cavaliers (1-0), who were playing for the first time since they made history by becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16th seed in the NCAA tournament.

Tobias Howard made three 3-pointers and led Towson (0-1) with 10 points. The Tigers had long spells without a field goal in each half and finished shooting 31.7 percent (13-for-41). They also missed 15 of 27 free throws (46.7 percent) and turned the ball over 14 times while forcing just five by the Cavaliers. Tar Heels get revenge: Luke Maye had 24 points, Cameron Johnson provided a huge spark in the second half and No. 8 North Carolina reversed an upset loss to Wofford last year with a 78-67 victory in Spartanburg, S.C.

Johnson made five 3pointers and had 17 points along with eight rebounds. Garrison Brooks added 20 points as the Tar Heels improved to 15-1 in season openers under coach Roy Williams.