OLSON LEADS DU TO VICTORY

Brett Olson scored 15 points and had a careerhigh eight assists to lead Denver to a 79-60 win over New Orleans on Sunday before 1,468 at Magness Arena.

Denver never trailed and took control midway through the first half with an 11-4 spurt that included two 3-pointers from Nate Engesser and was capped by a 3 from Olson to make it 25-17 with 8:32 to go before the break. The Pioneers (3-2) took a 42-31 lead at halftime and continued to pull away, shooting 54.7 percent from the field and hitting 9-of-24 from long range. Drew Bender scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, to help

to a 95-56 win over Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley. Tim Huskisson contributed 12 points, JordanWilson added 11 and Dominique Lee had 10 plus 12 rebounds for UNC, which shot 57.6 percent from the floor and 12-of-27 from long range. … DevaugntahWilliams scored a careerhigh 21 points to lead Tex

to a 63-62 home win against Air Force. The Falcons led 62-53 with 2:30 remaining, but Williams and Robert Turner scored 10 straight points to complete the Texas Tech comeback. Max Yon scored a careerhigh 25 points for Air Force. … Willie CauleyStein and Karl-Anthony Towns each had 11 points and six rebounds, and 1 Kentucky opened the second half with an 18-7 run to pull away for a 5838 rout of Providence. … Tyus Jones had 16 points and a season-high 10 assists, andNo. 4 Duke beat Army 93-73 to bring coach Mike Krzyzewski within 10 wins of 1,000 for his career. … Jonathan Holmes hit a 3-pointer from the left baseline with two seconds left and

beat 55-54. Holmes had 13 points and eight rebounds to lead the Longhorns. Demarcus Holland and Javan Felix each added 10 points. … Perry Ellis had 17 points and nine rebounds to help No. 11 beat No. 20

61-56 in the championship game of the Orlando Classic. … Kris Jenkins scored 13 points to lead five players in double figures and No. 12 Villanova cruised to a 78-47 win over Delaware. … Michael Qualls and Anthlon Bell each scored 20 points to help No. 25

beat Iona 94-

77.