Coach K gets a win in his Chapel Hill finale

Freshman A.J. Griffin scored a season-high 27 points to help No. 9 Duke roll past rival North Carolina 87-67 on Saturday night in retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final visit to Chapel Hill.

The Blue Devils shot 58% and took all drama out of the renewal of the famed rivalry early in both halves, both in building a big lead and then stretching it back out after the Tar Heels had made a run to climb back in it.

The win allowed Duke (19-3, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) to send Krzyzewski off with a 17th and final victory in the Smith Center, where he coached against the Tar Heels in its opening game in January 1986.

Wendell Green Jr made a tiebreaking layup with four seconds remaining and No. 1 Auburn got past Georgia 74-72 Saturday, extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 19 games . ... Christian Braun and Ochai Agbaji each scored 18 points and No. 10 Kansas routed No. 8 Baylor 83-59 Saturday to hold the top spot in the Big 12 Conference race.

Golf: Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony. ... Andrew Putnam, Beau Hossler and Tom Hoge are tied at the top of the leaderboard at 15-under 200 heading into Sunday’s final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Patrick Cantlay, Joel Dahmen and Jordan Spieth are each one shot behind.

NHL: Flyers captain Claude Giroux scored three goals and the Metropolitan Division beat the Central Division 5-3 Saturday in the final 3-on-3 match to win the NHL All-Star Game. The Devils’ Jack Hughes, the youngest All-Star at 20, also scored three goals for the Metropolitan team in the All-Star extravaganza’s first trip to Las Vegas, which has become a major since the expansion Golden Knights entered in 2017.