Northwestern roughs up UT
NEW YORK — Bryant McIntosh had 20 points and five assists to lead Northwestern to a convincing 77-58 victory over No. 22 Texas on Monday night in the semifinals of the Legends Classic at Barclays Center.
The Wildcats (3-1) will play Notre Dame, which beat Colorado 89-81, in the championship game Tuesday night. The Longhorns and Buffaloes will meet in the consolation game.
Northwestern opened the game with an 11-0 run and closed the first on a 9-0 spurt to take a 34-26 lead.
The Wildcats opened the second half on a 10-1 run to go up by 17 points and the Longhorns (3-1) were never closer than 14 points the rest of the way.
Tavin Mack scored 18 points for the Longhorns, who finished with 14 turnovers and just seven assists. Texas didn’t help itself at the free-throw line, going 13-for-27.
KANSAS 83, UAB 63
Josh Jackson had 22 points, Frank Mason III and Devonte Graham added 20 and 16, respectively, as the No. 5 Jayhawks rolled past the Blazers in the CBE Classic semifinals at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas will play Georgia in Tuesday’s championship game.
GEORGETOWN 65 OREGON 61
Rodney Pryor had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the Hoyas withstood a furious second-half rally to hold on for a victory over the No. 13 Ducks in the first round of the Maui Invitational at Lahaina, Hawaii.
Georgetown (1-2) led by 17 after a superb first half, capped by Pryor’s running 3-pointer at the buzzer, before Oregon (22) swarmed back.
WISCONSIN 74 TENNESSEE 62
Bronson Koenig scored 21 points, Nigel Hayes had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the No. 16 Badgers opened the Maui Invitational with a win over the Vols.
CREIGHTON 86 MISSISSIPPI 77
Marcus Foster scored 25 points, and the No. 12 Bluejays rallied in the second half to beat the Rebels in the championship game of the Paradise Jam tournament at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.