College Basketball Wrapup JONES HELPS NO. 2 DUKE PULL AWAY FROM GEORGIA ST.
» Tre Jones scored a career-high 31 points and No. 2 Duke pulled away to beat pesky Georgia State 74-63 on Friday night.
Freshman Vernon Carey Jr. added season highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds and Jack White finished with 10 rebounds.
Duke (4-0) overcame seasonworst 34.2% shooting by outrebounding the Panthers 58-32, and the school says its 30 offensive rebounds were the most in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 40 seasons.
And yet, three nights after top-ranked Kentucky was upset at home by Evansville, the Blue Devils — 28 ½-point favorites — were on upset alert against an unintimidated midmajor for longer than expected before they scratched out a sloppy victory, their 150th in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium against nonconference opponents.
This one was tied at 40 with less than 17 minutes to play, before Jones took over. He scored 10 points during a 13-0 run that pushed the lead into double figures.
No. 5 Kansas 112, Monmouth 57.
LAWRENCE, KAN.
» Isaiah Moss scored 21 points and Kansas routed undersized and outclassed Monmouth.
Moss, who missed the opener against Duke because of an injury, was 5 of 6 from beyond the arc as the Jayhawks (2-1) ran their home winning streak to 23. The streak is the third-longest in the nation behind Tennessee (28) and Gonzaga (25).
No. 21 Xavier 59, Missouri State56.
CINCINNATI» Paul Scruggs scored 14 points and made a layup with 11.6 seconds left, helping Xavier hold off Missouri State.
The Musketeers (4-0) never trailed but couldn’t shake clear of the team picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bears (2-2) tied it at 56, but Xavier made a free throw and two big plays in the closing seconds.
No. 22 Auburn 116, Cal State Northridge 70.
AUBURN, ALA.
Samir Doughty scored a career-high 33 points and J’Von McCormick had a school-record 16 assists for Auburn.
Doughty made his first five 3-pointers and had 22 points in the first half. The senior guard was 10 of 15 from the field, making 6 of 8 3-point tries.
No. 8 Gonzaga 79, Texas A&M 49.
COLLEGE
Admon Gilder and Ryan Woolridge each scored 16 points, and No. 8 Gonzaga routed Texas A&M 79-49.
Filip Petrusev added 14 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Bulldogs (4-0) overcome a slow start. Drew Timme had 11 points.
No. 24 Baylor 72, Texas State 63.
TEXAS» Jared Butler WACO, scored 15 points, Freddie Gillespie had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Baylor beat Texas State. The Bears (2-1) had five players score in double figures while playing without preseason All-Big 12 junior forward Tristan Clark, who had a non-operative procedure on his knee this week.
No. 6 North Carolina 77, Gardner-Webb 61.
CHAPEL HILL,
» Freshman star Cole Anthony N.C. had 28 points to help sixth-ranked North Carolina beat Gardner-Webb 77-61.
Fellow freshman Armando Bacot posted his first doubledouble with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Tar Heels, who shot 50% after halftime to build a double-digit lead after leading just 30-27 at the break.
No. 17 Utah State 81, North Carolina A&T 54.
LOGAN, UTAH» Alphonso Anderson had 21 points, six rebounds and three assists and Justin Bean added 18 points, 10 rebounds and three assists to help No. 17 Utah State beat North Carolina A&T 81-54. — The Associated Press