BUTLER DOES IT
Knocks off No. 1 Nova
INDIANAPOLIS — Villanova’s perfect season is over and its reign at No. 1 probably is, too.
Kelan Martin scored 24 points and Paul Jorgensen had a career-high 23 to help Butler upset the previously unbeaten Wildcats 101-93 on Saturday. It’s the second straight year the Bulldogs (12-3, 2-0 Big East) have ended Villanova’s perfect start.
Jalen Brunson had 31 points and Mikal Bridges finished with 21 to help Villanova (131, 1-1) cut a 23-point deficit to six with 1:33 left. But Brunson missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with a chance to make it a four-point game and the comeback bid fell short.
Afterward, Butler students stormed the court — even after the public address announcer instructed them to wait until players had left the court. It was a stunning twist for Villanova, which had won 10 of its 13 games by 14 or more points and was allowing 65.8 points per game.
DUKE 100, FLORIDA STATE 93: Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. kept cleaning up plenty of misses for No. 4 Duke. Florida State had no way to stop them, especially down the stretch when the Seminoles’ shots stopped falling. Bagley had 32 points and a season-best 21 rebounds.
OKLAHOMA 90, TCU 89: Freshman Trae Young scored 39 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 7.9 seconds left, as visiting No. 12 Oklahoma overcome a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 10 TCU and end the nation’s longest winning streak.
MIAMI 67, PITTSBURGH 53: Anthony Lawrence II scored 12 points, Ja’Quan Newton and Bruce Brown Jr. chipped in 11 points each and 15th-ranked Miami had little trouble with host Pittsburgh.
XAVIER 77, DEPAUL 72: J.P. Macura scored 19 points and had a steal and a blocked shot in the final minute, completing host No. 6 Xavier’s comeback from a 16-point deficit to a victory over DePaul.
VIRGINIA 59, BOSTON COLLEGE 58: Ty Jerome scored a career-high 31 points, including two free throws with 53 seconds left, and No. 9 Virginia held off Boston College in Charlottesville.
ARKANSAS 95, TENNESSEE 93: Daryl Macon and Jaylen Barford combined for 61 points and Arkansas rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to open Southeastern Conference play with an overtime victory over visiting No. 19 Tennessee.
VCU 76, FORDHAM 63: Justin Tillman had 23 points and 14 rebounds and host VCU turned back Fordham in an Atlantic 10 opener. Will Tavares had 18 of his 20 points after the break for Fordham.
WICHITA STATE 72, UCONN 62: Landry Shamet scored 16 points to lead No. 8 Wichita State to a victory over host UConn on Saturday in the Shockers’ first American Athletic Conference game.
UNC 73, WAKE FOREST 69: Joel Berry II hit a high-arcing floater in the paint with 10.3 seconds left to lift No. 13 North Carolina past Wake Forest in Chapel Hill.
NORFOLK STATE 74, STONY BROOK 68: Kyle Williams had 16 of his 21 points in the final 6 1/2 minutes on Saturday night and Norfolk State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat host Stony Brook. The Seawolves (5-9) led 5545 before Norfolk State scored 11 straight to take its first lead in over 18 minutes.
MANHATTAN 61, FAIRFIELD 58: Pauly Paulicap scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Thomas Capuano hit a go-ahead 3, and Manhattan opened its conference schedule by holding off Fairfield.
ALABAMA 79, TEXAS A&M 57: John Petty made five 3-pointers and scored 18 points to help host Alabama knock off No. 5 Texas A&M in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. —Associated Press