Banchero, Duke upset No. 1 Gonzaga

Paolo Banchero scored 21 points to lead No. 5 Duke over No. 1 Gonzaga 84-81 late Friday night in Las Vegas.

Duke (7-0) handed Gonzaga (6-1) its first loss since April’s national title game, when Baylor beat the Bulldogs.

Gonzaga battled back from a nine-point deficit thanks to Julian Strawther’s offensive prowess early in the second half, as he scored eight of the Bulldogs’ first 14 points to help them get within two. But Gonzaga suffered through a 0-for-5 span down the stretch and turned the ball over three times to allow Duke to seize the momentum and close the game on a 13-9 run.

Wendell Moore Jr. scored 20 points and Mark Williams added 17 points and 9 rebounds for the Blue Devils.

Strawther led Gonzaga with a career-high 20 points and 10 rebounds. Drew Timme added 17 points, Chet Holmgren had 16 points and Rasir Bolton chipped in 15 for the Bulldogs.

The long-anticipated showdown involving Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski became a battle of Duke’s relentless defensive pressure and Gonzaga’s precise passing through lanes that the Bulldogs created on the fly.

SATURDAY’S GAMES MEN’S TOP 25

No. 2 UCLA 73, UNLV 51: Jules Bernard scored 18 points and had two blocks to lead the Bruins (6-1) over the host Runnin’ Rebels (4-3).

Northern Iowa 90,

AANo. 16. St. Bonaventure 80: AJ Green scored 35 points with four assists to lead the Panthers (2-3) over the host Bonnies (5-1).

WOMEN’S TOP 25

No. 7 Stanford 86, No. 2 Maryland 67: Hannah Jump scored 21 points, hitting seven three-pointers, and Haley Jones added 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Cardinal over the Terrapins at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.

No. 6 Baylor 74, Houston 58: NaLyssa Smith had her sixth straight double-double with 21 points and a career-high 19 rebounds and the Bears (6-1) turned back the Cougars (3-4) to win the Cancun Challenge in Mexico.

No. 14 Texas 83, CS Northridge 42: DeYona Gaston came off the bench to score a careerhigh 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead the host Longhorns (4-1) over the Matadors (3-2).

Purdue 66, No. 17 Florida State 61: Cassidy Hardin made six threepointers and scored a career-high 18 points, Madison Layden added four three-pointers and 16 points, and the Boilermakers (5-2) upset the Seminoles (4-2) at the St. Pete Showcase. Morgan Jones had 14 points and seven rebounds for Florida State.

BYU 58, No. 22 West Virginia 57: Shaylee Gonzales scored 20 points, including two free throws with three seconds left, and the Mountaineers (4-1) made just one of two from the line with .4 seconds remaining, giving the Cougars (7-0) the title of the

St. Pete Showcase.

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