No. 2 Kansas hands No. 20 Colorado first loss of the year
LAWRENCE, KANSAS >> Ochai Agbaji scored 20 points and Devon Dotson added 18 points to lead No. 2 Kansas to a 7258 victory over No. 20 Colorado on Saturday, snapping the Buffaloes’ season-opening seven-game winning streak.
Ten days after claiming the Maui Invitational title, the Jayhawks (7-1) built an early 6-0 lead over their former conference foes. David McCormack fueled the hot start, contributing six of the Jayhawks’ opening eight points.
Holding leading scorer Tyler Bey scoreless from the field through the first half, Kansas used a 9-0 run to build a 19-9 lead. Colorado (7-1) shot 26.9% from the field in the first half and that allowed the Jayhawks to take a 34-22 lead at halftime.
NO. 3 MARYLAND 59, ILLINOIS
58 >> Anthony Cowan Jr. made a free throw with 2.1 seconds left and Maryland erased a
15-point deficit in the second half to rally past Illinois in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
The Terrapins (10-0, 1-0 Big Ten) didn’t lead after halftime until Cowan’s free throw but still matched their best start since winning 10 straight to open the 1998-99 season.
Cowan collected a steal in the closing seconds of a tie game and was fouled in a scrum by guard Andres Feliz. Cowan made the first free throw and missed the second. Illinois (6-3, 0-1) failed to get a shot off in the remaining time.
NO. 6 OHIO STATE 106, PENN STATE 74 >> Kaleb Wesson scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds for his ninth career double-double, and Ohio State scored 100 points against a Big Ten rival for the first time since 1991.
Four players hit double figures for the Buckeyes (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten), who shot 57.4 percent from the field. Andre Wesson scored 15, and sophomores Duane Washington Jr. and Luther Muhammad each had 14. NO. 8 KENTUCKY 83, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 52 >> EJ Montgomery scored a career-high 25 points, Keion Brooks added 15 off the bench and Kentucky dominated Fairleigh Dickinson for its 600th victory at Rupp Arena.
Forward Nick Richards, at
6-11, had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (71), whose 19-2 run over 6:11 in the first half built a 43-23 halftime lead. Kentucky shot
52% and held the Knights
(2-6) to 33% shooting, outrebounded them 42-33 and owned nearly statistic for their fifth consecutive victory after a week off.
NO. 18 BAYLOR 63, NO. 12 ARIZONA 58 >> MaCio Teague scored 19 points, Freddie Gillespie had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Baylor defeated Arizona for the Wildcats’ first loss.
Admission was free at Baylor’s campus arena because the Bears were playing Oklahoma in the Big 12 football championship game, which started about the same time
100 miles north of Waco at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. NO. 13 OREGON 89, HAWAII
64 >> Payton Pritchard had
20 points and a seasonhigh 11 assists, and Oregon snapped a two-game losing streak.
The teams were tied at 34 at the break, but Oregon (7-2) opened the second half with a
20-1 run. The Ducks led by 27 points down the stretch.
NO. 15 MEMPHIS 65, UAB 57 >> Precious Achiuwa scored eight of his 14 points in the final 4 minutes to rally Memphis.
Memphis (8-1) trailed 17-0 early and 40-26 at halftime. The Tigers needed a 19-4 run over the final 8 minutes to overcome the Blazers (4-4), who didn’t relinquish the lead until freshman Achiuwa’s tip shot with 2:56 left put Memphis up 56-55.
NO. 24 BAYLOR 76, FLORIDA
62 >> Sean McDermott and Aaron Thompson each scored
16 points to lead Butler over Florida.
Jordan Tucker added 13 points off the bench for the Bulldogs (9-0). Kamar Baldwin, who was averaging a team-high 17.5 points for Butler, scored 12 points.
NO. 25 UTAH STATE 77, FRESNO STATE 70, OT >> Sam Merrill had
24 points and eight rebounds, and Abel Porter scored seven of his 13 points in overtime to propel Utah State.
Justin Bean added 14 points and Neemias Queta chipped in six in 10 minutes in his first action of the season for Utah State (9-1, 2-0 Mountain West).