Hoyas hold off No. 13 Oregon in Maui

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Rodney Pryor had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Georgetown withstood a furious second-half rally to hold on for a 65-61 victory over No. 13 Oregon on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational.

Georgetown (1-2) led by 17 after a superb first half, capped by Pryor’s running 3pointer at the buzzer. The Ducks (2-2) swarmed their way back, using pressure defense to create turnovers and easy baskets in transition.

Unlike their loss to Maryland last week, the Hoyas weathered the Duck storm and will advance to the second round against No. 16 Wisconsin.

Payton Pritchard led Oregon with 18 points. Dillon Brooks had eight points in his first game of the season, including a long 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left to get the Ducks within 2.

• No. 5 Kansas 83, UAB 63 — At Kansas City, Mo.: Josh Jackson had 22 points, Frank Mason III and Devonte Graham were nearly as productive and Kansas rolled to a victory over Alabama-Birmingham in the CBE Classic semifinals.

Mason finished with 20 points and Graham had 16 for the Jayhawks (3-1), who advanced to play George for the title on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs beat George Washington 81-73 in the other semifinal.

• No. 8 Arizona 71, Northern Colorado 55 — At Tucson, Ariz.: Lauri Markkanen scored 17 points, Parker Jackson-Cartwright had 15 points and a careerhigh 11 assists and Arizona pulled away over the final 12 1/2 minutes to beat Northern Colorado.

Kadeem Allen added 10 for the Wildcats (4-0).

• No. 12 Creighton 86, Mississippi 77 — At St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Marcus Foster scored 25 points, and Creighton had to rally in the second half to beat Mississippi in the championship game of the Paradise Jam tournament.

• No. 16 Wisconsin 74, Tennessee 62 — Bronson Koenig scored 21 points, Nigel Hayes had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Wisconsin opened the Maui Invitational with a win over Tennessee.

• Northwestern 77, No. 22 Texas 58 — At New York: Bryant McIntosh had 20 points and five assists to lead Northwestern to a convincing victory over Texas 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.