ODU bounces back; CNU opens year with win
Old Dominion beat Kennesaw State 65-47 Saturday in consolation play at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, bouncing back from Friday's first-round loss to Oregon State.
Ahmad Caver scored 14 points and B.J. Stith 13 for the Monarchs (2-2), who will play for fifth place at 3 p.m. Monday in St. Thomas against the Northern Iowa-Eastern Kentucky winner.
Christopher Newport 67, Trinity 51: The Captains went to Arlington and opened their season by beating the Trinity team from San Antonio in the Pablo Coto Tip-off Tournament.
Former Division III All-American Marcus Carter had nine points, eight rebounds and four assists for CNU, which had no double-digit scorers. Jason Aigner and Cutch Ellis also scored nine points for the Captains, who shot just 39 percent but held Trinity to 28 percent.
The Captains, who led 31-18 and weren't threatened in the second half, will play homestanding Marymount at 2 p.m. Sunday for the tournament title.
Duquesne 69, Radford 64: Eric Williams Jr. scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half and grabbed 10 rebounds for his 13th career double-double, Mike Lewis II added 15 points and Duquesne rallied to beat Big South Conference preseason favorite Radford in Pittsburgh.
Michael Hughes scored 10 for the Dukes (3-0).
Coming off a win at Notre Dame, Radford closed to 63-60 on Donald Hicks' three free throws with 1:13 left, but Duquesne hit six free throws from there and the Highlanders got no closer.
Radford led 36-34 at halftime after six lead changes behind Carlik Jones' 11 points and after outscoring the Dukes 24-12 in the paint. Jones was suspended the Notre Dame game for unspecified conduct detrimental to the team.
Ed Polite Jr. had 11 points and 15 rebounds and Jones and Mawdo Sallah scored 14 points apiece for Radford (3-1).
No. 18 Michigan 84, George Washington 61: Charles Matthews scored 25 points to lead the Wolverines into the final of a tournament in Uncasville, Conn.
Jordan Poole made five of his eight 3-point shots and added a career-high 22 points for the Wolverines (4-0). Zavier Simpson had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Michigan led by nine points at halftime and blew the game open with a 13-2 run to open the second half.
D.J. Williams had 16 points to lead GW, which lost its second straight game to a ranked opponent.
Michigan, which gave up just 46 points in a 27-point win at No. 8 Villanova on Wednesday, held the Colonials to 39 percent shooting and outscored GW 17-2 on the fast break.
The Wolverines will play Sunday against the winner between South Carolina and Providence.
Pittsburgh 71, North Alabama 66: Facing a Power Five conference opponent for the first time in program history, North Alabama was up to the task, forcing a tight contest at Pitt.
The talent level of the ACC's Panthers won out in the end, with Pitt (5-0) pulling ahead late. But the Lions (1-3) certainly made an impression.
"I'm really proud of our team for finding a way to win when we weren't at our best, and we weren't at our best because of North Alabama," Pitt coach Jeff Capel said.
North Alabama led by four at the half and played a frustrating, scrappy defense that held the Panthers to a season-low 39 percent shooting.
"I thought they played really, really hard and they pressured us," Capel said. "We had to work harder offensively to get into stuff."
Freshman point guard Xavier Johnson was the differencemaker for the Panthers. He led all scorers with a career-high 23 points, including several driving layups as the teams traded baskets down the stretch and a pair of free throws that iced the victory in the final seconds.
Kendarius Smith (19 points) and Jamari Blackmon (13 points) paced a more-balanced Lions attack.
No. 24 Marquette 74, Presbyterian 55: Sam Hauser scored 19 points and Joseph Chartouny added 16 off the bench as the Golden Eagles overcame a sluggish start in Milwaukee.
The Golden Eagles (3-1), coming off a 96-73 loss at Indiana on Wednesday, erased a six-point deficit with a flurry of 3-pointers to trigger a 29-8 run midway through the second half.
Adam Flagler scored 20 points and J.C. Younger added 12 for Presbyterian (3-2), a Big South rival of Hampton.
N.C. State 82, Maine 63: Torin Dorn scored 15 points and C.J. Bryce added 14 points for the Wolfpack (4-0), which notched a fourth straight easy home win to start the season.
N.C. State scored the game's first 15 points and maintained a comfortable margin.
N.C. State's Markell Johnson scored 13 points and showed no ill effects after being helped off the court following a hard blind-side backcourt pick early in Tuesday's win against UNC Asheville. He hit a 3-pointer for the Wolfpack's first basket, one of four on a day that included a four-point play.
N.C. State shot 45 percent and made 11 3s, with eight of those coming before halftime to lead 48-24 at the break.
Andrew Fleming scored 19 points to lead the Black Bears (0-4), who had 18 turnovers that led to 27 points for the Wolfpack. Friday:
Siena 61, Norfolk State 58: Sloan Seymour scored 14 points, hitting a pair of clutch 3-pointers late in the second half and a crucial jump shot with less than a minute to go at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic in Uncasville, Conn.
Steven Whitley and Alex Long each pulled Norfolk State (2-3) within one in the last 1:25. But Whitley missed a potential gamewinner with a second to play, and the Saints — coached by New Kent High graduate Jamion Christian — held on.
Siena's Kevin Degnan was fouled and made two free throws with 0.8 of a second remaining. Norfolk State called time but didn't get a final shot off.
No. 23 Purdue 79, Davidson 58: In the second Charleston Classic semifinal, Carsen Edwards had 29 points and six of Purdue's 13 3-pointers. It was his fifth straight game with 20 or more points.
The Boilermakers (4-0), who will play No. 16 Virginia Tech on Sunday night for the title, opened the second half with a 19-7 surge to break the game open. They are going for their third in-season tournament title in four years.
Kellen Grady had 18 points for Davidson, which will face Northeastern for third place in the eight-team tournament.
Richmond 78, IUPUI 70: Jacob Gilyard scored a career-high 31 points at Robins Center, and Richmond coach Chris Mooney tied the program record for most wins.
Mooney, who has coached Richmond since the 2005-06 season, matched Dick Tarrant (198193) with 239 wins.
Gilyard was 12 of 16 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and handed out six assists.
Liberty 77, Kent State 70: Caleb Homesley came off the bench and scored 16 points to lead five Flames in double-figure scoring in Ohio.
Homesley scored 12 points in the second half and finished 7-of-13 shooting, grabbing eight rebounds. Keenan Gumbs added 13 points for Liberty (3-0).
Scottie Ja me s, G e o rg i e Pacheco-Ortiz and Lovell Cabbil Jr. each chipped in 11 points.
Virginia Wesleyan 75, Greensboro 74: Tim Fisher scored the go-ahead layup in the final seconds, and Percy Burt's offensive rebound of Fisher's missed free throw sealed VWU's season-opening win in the TowneBank Tip-Off Tournament at Batten Center.
Burt had 18 points and Keijon Honore 17 for the Marlins.
Women
William and Mary 65, Loyola (Md.) 49: Bianca Boggs scored 14 points and Victoria Reynolds added 10 as the Tribe (2-1) beat the Greyhounds in Baltimore.
W&M shot 51 percent from the floor to Loyola's 41.