No. 4 Kansas bests East Tennessee St.
No. 4 Kansas 75, East Tennessee State 63: Udoka Azubuike pounded home 21 points, Devon Dotson added 19 and fourth-ranked Kansas weathered East Tennessee State’s second-half charge to escape with a 75-63 victory Tuesday night.
Marcus Garrett added 13 points for the Jayhawks (3-1), who led by as many as 18 early in the game before the Pirates (3-1) closed within 61-56 with just over 5 minutes to go.
Azubuike’s assortment of dunks, a couple of poised plays by Dotson and Garrett, and three misfires from beyond the arc by the Pirates’ Patrick Good allowed the Jayhawks to ease away.
Bo Hodges had 22 points and Lucas N’Guessan scored 11 for the Pirates, who were off to their best start since the 1998-99 season.
The game looked like it would be The Dotson Show from the opening tip, when the sprightly guard coasted in for a layup. He proceeded to hit the Jayhawks’ only 3 of the first half, threw an alley-oop to Silvio de Sousa for an easy dunk and knocked down a pair of free throws during a big early run.
No. 6 Maryland 74, Fairfield 55: Jalen Smith had 17 points and eight rebounds, and No. 6 Maryland used depth and balance to wear down Fairfield in a 74-55 victory Tuesday might.
The Terrapins (4-0) took the lead for good at 9-8, increased the margin to 14 at halftime and cruised to the finish.
Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 12 points to pass James Gist and move into the Top 20 on Maryland’s career scoring list with 1,424.
Landon Taliaferro scored 15 for the Stags (1-4). Twelve of Fairfield’s 18 baskets were from beyond the arc.
No. 7 Virginia 61, Vermont 55: Mamadi Diakite scored 19 points and No. 7 Virginia withstood a 3-point shooting display by Anthony Lamb and beat Vermont 61-55 on Tuesday night.
The Cavaliers (4-0) trailed before Diakite’s basket gave them a 50-49 lead with 5:12 left and sparked a 9-0 run. Jay Huff scored twice in the spurt and Braxton Key hit a 3-pointer as Virginia held the Catamounts scoreless, and forced four turnovers, in a nearly fourminute span.
Lamb scored 30 for Vermont (4-1), including 25 in the second half, to nearly match the point total of the Cavaliers’ first two opponents of the season, who each managed just 34 points. Stef Smith added 11 points, but Virginia turned Vermont’s 13 turnovers into 20 points.
Kihei Clark scored 15 points and Key had 14 points for Virginia.
No. 8 Gonzaga 72, Texas-Arlington 66: Ryan Woolridge had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Gonzaga held off Texas-Arlington.
Killian Tillie played for the first time this season and added 15 points and eight rebounds for Gonzaga (5-0), which has won 26 consecutive home games. Admon Gilder scored 13 points.
Jabari Narcis scored 16 points for Texas-Arlington (2-3), sinking all five of his 3-point attempts. Brian Warren and David Azore scored 15 points each for the Mavericks, who lost at No. 11 Oregon 6747 on Sunday.
Tillie missed the first four games recovering from knee surgery.
Top 10 women
No. 2 Baylor 58, No. 22 South Florida 46: Queen Egbo had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Nalyssa Smith added 12 points and Baylor survived its first true test this season. The defending national champion Lady Bears finally pulled away late in a win over South Florida..
After winning their first three games by an average of nearly 71 points, the Lady Bears (4-0) had only a one-point lead midway through the third quarter.
Egbo made her second start in place of preseason AP All-America Lauren Cox, who is out with a right foot injury.
Bethy Mununga led South Florida (4-1) with her fourth double-double this season, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
No. 4 UConn 83, Virginia 44: Megan Walker scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half and UConn blew out Virginia.
Christyn Williams added 17 points for the Huskies (4-0), who extended their home winning streak to 96 games.
Jocelyn Willoughby scored 13 points for Virginia (2-3.