NCAA BASKETBALL ROUNDUP / TOP 25
MEN No. 5 Villanova 71, No. 17 Tennessee 53
Jermaine Samuels scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Villanova eased to a win over Tennessee on Saturday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Collin Gillespie and Brandon Slater also scored 14 points and Justin Moore added 13 for the Wildcats (3-1), who had a 20-point lead at halftime.
Santiago Vescovi scored 23 points for Tennessee (2-1), which had opened the season with lopsided wins over Tennessee-Martin and East Tennessee. He was the only Volunteer to get to double figures.
No. 6 Purdue 93, No. 18 North Carolina 84
Sasha Stefanovic scored 23 points and Jaden Ivey put up 22 points to go along with his 10 rebounds as Purdue beat North Carolina in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Trevion Williams added 20 points for Purdue (4-0), which has scored at least 90 points in all four of its games this season.
Dawson Garcia hit 10 of his 13 shots and led North Carolina (3-1) with 26 points before fouling out. R.J. Davis and Caleb Love each added 18 points for the Tar Heels. UNC led once with about nine minutes left, but it was short-lived.
No. 8 Texas 79, San Jose St. 45
Timmy Allen scored 17 points, and Texas defeated San Jose State.
The senior transferred to Texas from Utah after averaging 17.2 points and 6.4 rebounds a game last season, receiving all Pac-12 first-team recognition. He converted 6 of 10 field goal attempts in 24 minutes against San Jose.
Tre Mitchell, another transfer (Massachusetts) had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns (3-1). Andrew Jones scored 13, and missed only one of his six shots.
No. 9 Baylor 86, Stanford 48
LJ Cryer scored 21 points and James Akinjo had 11 points with a career high-tying 11 assists, leading Baylor over Stanford.
A game after matching a school record with 21 steals in a 92-47 win over
Central Arkansas, the Bears had nine during a 26-2 run that covered nearly 10 minutes and ended with Baylor in front 60-31. Baylor (4-0) finished with 16 steals.
Freshman Kendall Brown scored 15 points in the first meeting between the schools in 34 years.
It was the first victory for the Bears in the fourth matchup in the series.
Jaiden Delaire and Spencer Jones scored 10 points apiece for the Cardinal (3-2), who shot 29% in the second half in its first-ever trip to Waco. Stanford dropped to 0-2 on the road.
WOMEN No. 1 S. Carolina 88, Buff. 60
Aliyah Boston scored 19 of her 23 points in the first half and South Carolina beat Buffalo in the opening round of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
Kamilla Cardoso, who transferred from Syracuse in April, had her best game of the young season for the Gamecocks, adding 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
The 6-foot-7 ACC freshman of the year last season complemented Boston well.
Dyaisha Fair led Buffalo (1-1) with 22 points.
No. 4 Ind. 67, Quinnipiac 59
Grace Berger scored 17 points to lead Indiana over Quinnipiac.
Indiana (4-0) finished with four starters scoring in double figures, including Ali Patberg with 12, and Nicole Cardano-Hillary and Mackenzie Holmes each with 10.
The Hoosiers came in with all five starters averaging at least 12 points, including Aleksa Gulbe. She finished with eight points.
Mackenzie DeWees scored 15 points and Mikala Morris added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Quinnipiac (2-2).
No. 9 Oregon 98, Okla. 93
Nyara Sabally scored 20 of her career high 30 points after halftime to help ninth-ranked Oregon rally from 11 down and beat Oklahoma in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
The 6-foot-5 Sabally went 11 for 19 from the floor while also finishing with 11 rebounds, three blocks and four assists in a dominating effort in the paint for the Ducks (3-0).