Thursday’s Top 25 games

■No. 5 Wichita State 95, (at) East Carolina 60: Rauno Nurger scored 14 points as the Shockers (142, 4-0 American Athletic) routed the Pirates (7-9, 1-4).

■No. 11 Arizona State vs. Oregon: Late

■(At) No. 15 Gonzaga 103, Portland 57: Silas Melson scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Zags (153, 5-0 West Coast) past the Pilots (6-12, 0-5).

■(At) No. 17 Arizona 62, Oregon State 53: Allonzo Trier had 21 points as the Wildcats (13-4, 3-1 Pac-12) beat the Beavers (10-6, 2-2).

■(At) N.C. State 78, No. 19 Clemson 77: Omer Yurtseven scored 29 points as the Wolfpack (12-5, 2-2ACC) upset the Tigers (14-2, 3-1).

ODDS AND ENDS

Golf: Zach Johnson and Chris Kirk kept clean cards on a gorgeous day and each shot 7-under 63 to share the lead after the first round of the Sony Open in Honolulu.

Jordan Spieth wasn’t as fortunate, hitting four trees with four shots on the par-4 eighth hole — his 17th of the round — an episode that began with his tee shot caroming off a trunk and into a ditch. He wound up with a quadruple-bogey 8, marring his eight-birdie round for only a 69.

Defending champion Justin Thomas opened with a 67, but he was all smiles on the 17th hole. Thomas, an Alabama alum, won a bet that required Georgia graduate Kevin Kisner to wear a Crimson Tide jersey from the tee box to the green.

Soccer: Christian Pulisic, 19, was the runaway winner the U.S. Player of the Year, the youngest choice in the award’s 27-year-history. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder received 81 first-place votes and 254 points. Jozy Altidore was second with 95 points and Michael Bradley third with 75.

Tennis: Former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber advanced to the semifinals of the Sydney International with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Dominika Cibulkova . ... Four-time champion David Ferrer reached the semifinals of the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, for the eighth time when he beat Hyeon Chung 6-3, 6-2.

Boxing: A municipal court judge in Alabama sentenced WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to 60 hours of community service for misdemeanor marijuana possession.