Wolverines take care of Wolfpack

Freshman Nik Stauskas came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points and Trey Burke added 18 points and 11 assists to lead No. 3 Michigan past No. 18 North Carolina State 79-72 at home on the opening night of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The Wolverines also got 16 points from Tim Hardaway Jr. and 11 points and seven rebounds from freshmanGlennRobinsonIII as Michigan shot 50 percent from the field and was 9-for-24 from 3-point range.

The Wolfpack trailed 4336 at halftime and were downby as many as 15 in the second half before a late rally.

They pulled within five on three occasions down the stretch but didn’t get any closer.

T.J. Warren scored 18 points and C.J. Leslie had 16 points and10 rebounds to lead N.C. State. Richard Howell added 12 points and Scott Wood scored 10 for the Wolfpack, whohave lost two of their last three and barely defeated UNC-Asheville in that stretch.

N.C. State received just 10 points from its bench — 14.4 points below its season average. Minnesota downs FSU: Joe Coleman scored 16 points as Minnesota held host Florida State to 37.9 percent shooting in a 77-68 win.

Minnesota led by four points with 9 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in the first half, then closed the period with a 19-10 run to build a 38-25 halftime lead. The Golden Gophers extended their lead to 21 points midway through the second half and withstood a brief rally that saw Florida State pull within 10 points with 5:44 left.

The Seminoles entered Tuesday ranked 12th in the nation in field-goal percentage (52 percent), but hit just 32 percent of their first-half shots.

Rodney Williams Jr. scored 14 points, Austin Hollins added 13 points and Andre Hollins scored 12 points for Minnesota.

Terrance Shannon scored 14 points to lead the Seminoles. Kansas freshman leaving: Kansas freshman forward Zach Peters is leaving the Jayhawks for health reasons, Kansas coach Bill Self said Monday night.