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whatever NCAA Tournament hopes the Buffs harbor.
The Buffs never led in regulation and allowed Duquesne to thrive in areas in which the Dukes had struggled during the early portion of the season. Duquesne entered the game shooting just .258 from 3-point range, but went 11-for-24 against a CU perimeter defense that has been vulnerable through the season’s first two weeks. Duquesne’s first four opponents put up an overall shooting percentage of .515, but CU needed a late push just to finish at .408.
CU also missed its first 13 3-point attempts but managed to hit 4 of their final 6 long-range attempts during the late flurry.
“Winning ugly, and understanding we were fortunate, lucky, whatever you want to call it,” CU head coach Tad Boyle said. “We’ve got to get better offensively. We at times were good defensively, but 11 threes — we’re not guarding the 3-point line. It’s a laundry list.
“We made plays when we had to make plays down the stretch and in overtime. Our guys fight. They do. They’ve
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DUQ. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Easley 40 7-15 3-3 5-12 0 1 19 Williams 41 6-14 4-6 2-6 2 4 17 Acuff 21 2-4 0-1 1-5 2 3 5 Okani 36 4-8 0-0 1-3 0 3 9 Spears 31 2-8 0-0 0-1 3 4 6 Ayers 30 5-10 2-2 0-5 1 2 15 Johnson 19 2-5 0-0 1-3 3 1 5 Rotroff 9 0-2 0-2 1-2 0 1 0 Totals 225 28-67 9-14 11-37 13 21 76 Percentages: FG .418, FT .643. 3-point goals: 11-25, .440 (Ayers 3-5, Spears 2-4, Easley 2-5, Acuff 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Williams 1-3, Okani 1-4). Team rebounds: 7. Team turnovers: 1. Blocked shots: 9 (Williams 6, Ayers). Turnovers: 14 (Johnson 5, Okani 4, Easley 2, Williams 2, Ayers). Steals: 5 (Okani 2, Spears 2, Easley). Technical fouls: None.
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COLO. Min M-A M-A O-T A PFPTS Battey 32 6-12 4-5 3-5 2 2 16 Walker 34 5-15 4-5 5-12 1 1 15 da Silva 29 4-9 1-2 3-4 2 5 10 Barthelmy 30 5-8 0-0 0-2 1 0 12 Parquet 29 3-11 3-4 0-2 0 1 9 Simpson 31 3-9 5-6 1-3 4 0 11 O’brien 16 2-3 0-0 2-7 1 3 4 Clifford 15 3-6 1-1 3-5 0 3 7 Hammond 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Lovering 4 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 225 31-76 18-23 17-41 12 15 84 Percentages: FG .408, FT .783. 3-point goals: 4-18, .222 (Barthelemy 2-2, da Silva 1-3, Walker 1-4, Battey 0-1, Hammond 0-1, O’brien 0-1, Clifford 0-2, Parquet 0-2, Simpson 0-2). Team rebounds: 7. Team turnovers: None. Blocked shots: 6 (O’brien 2, Battey, Parquet, Simpson, Walker). Turnovers: 11 (Battey 2, Clifford 2, da Silva 2, Barthelemy, O’brien, Parquet, Simpson, Walker). Steals: 7 (Battey 3, Clifford, Parquet, Walker, da Silva). Technical fouls: None. 76 84
got grit. They’ve got toughness. They’ve got fight. We aren’t consistent enough to put anybody away or extend any leads.”
CU trailed 35-29 at halftime and fell behind by 11 points after Duquesne opened the second half with a 7-2 burst. A 10-0 run by the Buffs cut the deficit to just one point, but the Dukes extended the lead points again with nine minutes to play.
Yet the Buffs didn’t go away and began chipping away to set up a thrilling finish. A bucket by Duquesne’s Tre Williams, who finished with a team-leading 17 points, gave the Dukes a 6865 lead with 21 seconds remaining. With the clock winding down, CU freshman KJ Simpson drove to the basket and, at the last moment, kicked a pass out to Tristan da Silva in the corner. Da Silva knocked down the clutch 3-pointer with two seconds left to send the game into overtime.
The Buffs scored the first five points of overtime to take their first lead of the game, eventually putting together a 13-2 run to start the extra session and secure the win.
“It was kind of a broken play, actually,” Simpson said of his key drive-and-dish. “It wasn’t supposed to go that way, but players make plays, and that’s what we did. When it broke down, I just drove to the basket and drew everyone in. Tristan stayed disciplined and was in the corner, and that’s an open three. We work on that all the time.” to 10 under
No. 5 Villanova 71, No. 17 Tennessee 53
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Jermaine
Samuels scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 5 Villanova eased to a win over No. 17 Tennessee on Saturday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tip-off tournament.
Collin Gillespie and Brandon Slater also scored 14 points and Justin Moore added 13 for the Wildcats (3-1), who had a 20-point lead at halftime.
Santiago Vescovi scored 23 points for Tennessee (2-1), which had opened the season with lopsided wins over TennesseeMartin and East Tennessee. He was the only Volunteer to get to double figures.
No. 6 Purdue 93, No. 18 North Carolina 84
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Sasha Stefanovic scored 23 points and Jaden Ivey put up 22 points to go along with his 10 rebounds as Purdue beat North Carolina in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tip-off tournament.
Trevion Williams added 20 points for Purdue (4-0), which has scored at least 90 points in all four of its games this season.
Dawson Garcia hit 10 of his 13 shots and led North Carolina (3-1) with 26 points before fouling out. R.J. Davis and Caleb Love each added 18 points for the Tar Heels. UNC led once with about nine minutes left, but it was short-lived.
No. 8 Texas 79, San Jose State 45
AUSTIN, Texas — Timmy Allen scored 17 points, and Texas defeated San Jose State.
Tre Mitchell had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns (3-1). Andrew Jones scored 13.
Tibert Gorener led San Jose (1-3) with 12 points, hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers, and Josh O’garro scored 11.
San Jose shot just 32% and committed 27 turnovers. Texas shot 51.8% overall and had a 47-17 halftime lead.
No. 9 Baylor 86, Stanford 48
WACO, Texas — LJ Cryer scored 21 points and James Akinjo had 11 points with a career high-tying 11 assists, leading Baylor over Stanford.
A game after matching a school record with 21 steals in a 92-47 win over Central Arkansas, the Bears had nine during a 26-2 run that covered nearly 10 minutes and ended with Baylor in front 60-31. Baylor (4-0) finished with 16 steals.
Freshman Kendall Brown scored 15 points in the first meeting between the schools in 34 years. It was the first victory for the Bears in the fourth matchup in the series.
Jaiden Delaire and Spencer Jones scored 10 points apiece for the Cardinal (3-2), who shot 29% in the second half in its first-ever trip to Waco. Stanford dropped to 0-2 on the road.
No. 23 Uconn 87, Binghamton 63
HARTFORD, Conn. — Tyrese Martin had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Uconn, which beat Binghamton.
Adama Sanogo scored 12 points for the Huskies (4-0). Jordan Hawkins had 11, and Andre Jackson finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
Tyler Bertram led Binghamton (1-3) with 15 points. Ogheneyole Akuwovo scored 12.
WOMEN No. 9 Oregon 98, Oklahoma 93
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Nyara Sabally scored 20 of her career high 30 points after halftime to help ninth-ranked Oregon rally from 11 down and beat Oklahoma in the first round of the women’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
The 6-foot-5 Sabally went 11 for 19 from the floor while also finishing with 11 rebounds, three blocks and four assists in a dominating effort in the paint for the Ducks (3-0).
She also spurred the game-turning 9-0 burst in the final 2 minutes that finally pulled Oregon free against a guard-heavy Oklahoma team.
No. 1 South Carolina 88, Buffalo 60
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Aliyah Boston scored 19 of her 23 points in the first half and South Carolina beat Buffalo at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
Kamilla Cardoso, who transferred from Syracuse in April, had her best game of the young season for the 4-0 Gamecocks, adding 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. The 6-foot-7 ACC freshman of the year last season complemented Boston well.
Dyaisha Fair led Buffalo (1-1) with 22 points.
No. 2 Uconn 88, Minnesota 58
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Christyn Williams scored a career-high 31 points, and Uconn beat Minnesota.
Evina Westbrook added 16 points for the Huskies (2-0), who led 31-30 midway through the second quarter before closing the half on a 16-5 run. Williams, who made 12 of her 14 shots, scored the first nine points of that burst. The Huskies kept the spurt going in the third, scoring the first 16 points of the quarter.
The Huskies held Minnesota (3-2) scoreless for nearly the first six minutes of the second half.
No. 4 Indiana 67, Quinnipiac 59
HAMDEN, Conn. — Grace Berger scored 17 points to lead Indiana over Quinnipiac.
Indiana (4-0) finished with four starters scoring in double figures, including Ali Patberg with 12, and Nicole Cardano-hillary and Mackenzie Holmes each with 10.
The Hoosiers came in with all five starters averaging at least 12 points, including Aleksa Gulbe. She finished with eight points.
Mackenzie Dewees scored 15 points and Mikala Morris added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Quinnipiac (2-2).
No. 10 Louisville 61, Washington 53
SEATTLE — Kianna Smith and Liz Dixon each scored 13 points for Louisville, which beat Washington.
The Cardinals (3-1) led by as much as 16 late in the third quarter, but had to hold off a late charge by the Huskies to win their third straight.
Haley Van Dyke scored 15 points and had seven rebounds for Washington (2-1), and Alexis Whitfield came off the bench for 10 points.
No. 13 Michigan 69, Central Michigan 45
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Emily Kiser had 16 points and eight rebounds, Danielle Rauch scored 13, and Michigan beat Central Michigan without star Naz Hillmon.
Hillmon, who averaged 23.9 points and 11.4 rebounds last season, didn’t make the trip with Michigan due to a NON-COVID illness. Laila Phelia added 12 points for Michigan (4-0).
Molly Davis led Central Michigan (1-2) with 18 points, and Anika Weekes had 11 points.
No. 15 Oregon State 82, CSU Bakersfield 51
CORVALLIS, Ore. — AJ Marotte scored 19 points with four 3-pointers in Oregon State’s win over CSU Bakersfield.
Marotte made two 3-pointers to start Oregon State’s 14-0 run, reaching a 30-point advantage midway through the fourth quarter.
Greta Kampschroeder added 13 points and Taya Corosdale had 10 points and eight rebounds for Oregon State (3-0). Taylor Jones had a block to reach 99 for her career. Oregon State outrebounded Bakersfield 3816.
No. 23 South Florida 77, Syracuse 53
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Bethy Mununga had a season-high 18 points with 12 rebounds to help South Florida beat Syracuse in the first round of the women’s Battle 4 Atlantis.
The Bulls (3-1) advanced to Sunday’s semifinals to face No. 2 Connecticut.
Sydni Harvey and Elena Tsineke each added 17 points for South Florida. The Bulls also shot 50% after halftime after a coldshooting start, while they also finished with a 50-30 advantage on the glass that created a 22-2 advantage in second-chance points.
No. 25 Virginia Tech 84, Campbell 39
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Elizabeth Kitley scored 16 of her 28 points in the first half to lead undefeated Virginia Tech over Campbell.
Virginia Tech has started 5-0 for the sixth straight season, all under coach Kenny Brooks.
Aisha Sheppard added 16 points and Georgia Amoore had 14 for Virginia Tech. They combined for seven of the Hokies’ 11 3-pointers.