Kansas gets win as Self ban ends
Gradey Dick scored 25 points to help No. 3 Kansas beat North Carolina State 80-74 in Wednesday’s Battle 4 Atlantis opener in Paradise Island, Bahamas, giving coach Bill Self a successful return to the bench after a fourgame suspension.
Jalen Wilson added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the reigning national champion Jayhawks (5-0), who blew an eight-point halftime lead and a nine-point second-half lead before grinding it out in the final minutes.
Kansas had imposed the suspension on Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend as part of the fallout from a pending NCAA infractions case tied to the federal investigation into corruption within the sport.
“I usually don’t jump out of bed,” Self said, “but I kind of did today because I was excited about what was getting ready to happen.”
Casey Morsell scored 21 points to lead the Wolfpack (4-1). #7 Baylor 89, McNeese 60: Keyonte George scored 17 points for the host Bears (5-1) against the Cowboys (2-4). #15 Kentucky 96, North Florida 56: Jacob Toppin and Antonio Reeves scored 20 points apiece as the host Wildcats (4-2) swamped the Ospreys (1-4). Ohio State 80, #21 Texas Tech
73: Former Cal forward Justice Sueing scored 23 of his careerhigh 33 points in the second half to help the Buckeyes (5-1) hold off the Red Raiders (4-2) in the fifth-place game in the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Women
#4 Ohio State 105, Wright State 52: Rebeka Mikulasikova had 18 points to lead six Buckeyes in double figures as host Ohio State (5-0) beat the Raiders (1-3).
Mikulasikova scored 11 points in the second quarter in a 17-2 run that helped the Buckeyes enter halftime with a 56-28 lead #11 Virginia Tech 73, Missouri
57: Kayana Traylor scored 18 points, Elizabeth Kitley had 17 points and 10 rebounds and the Hokies (5-0) beat the Tigers (6-1) in Nassau, Bahamas.