Orange roll

Tyus Battle scored 23 points, Elijah Hughes had 21 and No. 16 Syracuse beat Morehead State 84-70 in Syracuse on Saturday night. Oshae

Brissett added 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Paschal Chukwu had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Orange. In Spokane, Wash., Brandon

Clarke had 19 points, 13 rebounds and six blocked shots as No. 3 Gonzaga beat Texas Southern 104-67.

In Philadelphia, Phil Booth scored a career-high 23 points and No. 9 Villanova rolled to an 86-53 victory over Quinnipiac. In Ann Arbor, Charles Matthews scored 20 points and Ignas

Brazdeikis added 19 as No. 19 Michigan held off Holy Cross, 56-37. In West Lafayette, Ind. Carsen

Edwards scored 23 points and No. 24 Purdue pulled away from Ball State, 84-75.

In Houston, Ian DuBose scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds and Houston Baptist edged Fordham 75-72. Fordham’s Nick Honor missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent the game into overtime.

In Lowell, Mass., Obadiah Noel scored 17 points as UMass Lowell beat Wagner 88-84 in OT. Romon

Saunders led the Seahawks with 20 points.

In Jersey City, Kevin Anderson scored a career-high 25 points, dominating OT with 10, to lead Delaware to a 78-75 win over St. Peter’s. Eric Carter led St. Peter’s with 18. In Poughkeepsie, Brian Parker scored 21 points to lead Marist to an 82-76 win over Columbia. Mike Smith had 23 for Columbia in its opener. In Lewisburg, Pa., Neftali Alvarez scored 16 points, including a goahead layup with three seconds left, as Fairfield held on for a 60-58 season-opening win over Bucknell.