Williams gets 400th win with Tar Heels
North Carolina’s Joel Berry came back. So did Bucknell.
The ninth- ranked Tar Heels held on to beat the feisty Bison 93- 81 on Wednesday, giving coach Roy Williams his 400th victory at his alma mater.
Luke Maye scored 20 points and hit an important three- pointer down the stretch and Theo Pinson added a career- high 19 points for North Carolina ( 2- 0) in the on- campus round of the PK80.
The Tar Heels shot 47% and welcomed back Berry — the Final Four’s most outstanding player — on the same day Cameron Johnson was lost for 4- 6 weeks following knee surgery.
at No. 14 Minnesota 107, Niagara 81: Amir Coffey, Reggie Lynch and Jordan Murphy all scored 18 points for the Golden Gophers ( 3- 0). Lynch and Murphy posted double- doubles, with Lynch grabbing a team- high 12 rebounds and Murphy 11.
Creighton 92, at No. 20 Northwestern 88: Khyri Thomas had a career- high 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Bluejays ( 3- 0) in a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup. The Wildcats ( 2- 1) rallied from a 15- point f irst- half deficit to take the lead in the second half but couldn’t maintain the momentum.
at No. 22 Seton Hall 84, Indiana 68: Desi Rodriguez scored 23 points, keying a balanced scoring attack for the Pirates in the Gavitt Tipoff Games. Angel Delgado scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and also grabbed 11 rebounds for the Pirates ( 3- 0).
at No. 24 West Virginia 98, American 64: Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles each scored 20 points for the Mountaineers ( 1- 1), who shook off a poor- shooting first half to get the win.