Celebrity freshman Caleb Wilson led 4 North Carolina gamers in double figures with 24 factors because the No. 25 Tar Heels defeated No. 19 Kansas 87-74 in an early-season battle of school basketball titans on Friday evening.
It was the first-ever matchup between the 2 faculties in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina outscored Kansas 58-37 within the second half. Kansas had gained 5 straight video games in opposition to North Carolina. The all-time collection is now tied 7-7.
North Carolina (2-0) additionally acquired 20 factors from Henri Veesaar, 17 from Seth Trimble and 12 from Kyan Evans. The Tar Heels outrebounded the Jayhawks 39-27.
Kansas (1-1) was led by its personal freshman phenom Darryn Peterson with 22 factors. Bryson Tiller added 12 factors and Tre White scored 10.
No. 1 Purdue 87, Oakland 77
Braden Smith had 20 factors, 9 assists and 7 rebounds to assist the Boilermakers outlast the visiting Grizzlies in West Lafayette, Ind.
Smith led six Purdue gamers in double figures. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 factors, Oscar Cluff and C.J. Cox every scored 14 as Purdue went 13 of 35 from 3-point vary and shot 47.1% from the sector general (32 of 68).
Ziare Wells had 21 factors and 12 rebounds and Nassim Mashhour added 15 factors for Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies outrebounded the Boilermakers 39-37 and hung round with Purdue all through, trailing by simply 5 factors with six minutes left earlier than the nation’s top-ranked group put the sport away.
No. 4 UConn 110, UMass Lowell 47
Tarris Reed Jr. made fairly an impression in his return from a hamstring harm, pouring in 20 factors and grabbing 12 rebounds because the Huskies cruised to an enormous residence victory over the River Hawks.
Reed shot 9 of 12 from the ground for the Huskies (2-0) as he recorded the sixth 20-point effort of his profession. Silas Demary Jr. scored 16 factors and dished out seven assists.
UMass Lowell, which has 12 new gamers this season, was overwhelmed from the soar. Jared Frey scored 12 to guide the River Hawks (1-1). Xavier Spencer added 11.
No. 9 Kentucky 107, Valparaiso 59
Six totally different gamers, led by freshman Malachi Moreno and his double-double, scored in double figures for the Wildcats in Lexington, Ky., as they blew out the Beacons.
Kentucky’s offense raced out of the beginning gates, utilizing a 13-0 run to construct a lead as giant as 36 factors within the first half. Their largest lead ballooned to 48 factors late within the second half. Moreno led the Wildcats with 18 factors and 10 rebounds.
Kentucky had 27 assists on the evening and solely turned the ball over six instances. Thwarted by sturdy on-ball strain from the Wildcats’ protection, the Beacons dished out simply 11 assists and turned the ball over 10 instances. Valparaiso shot simply 28.4% from the sector, together with simply 8-for-34 from 3-point vary.
No. 10 Texas Tech 98, Sam Houston 77
Preseason Massive 12 Participant of the 12 months JT Toppin led the Pink Raiders with 31 factors and 14 rebounds as Texas Tech pulled away for a victory over the Bearkats in Lubbock, Texas.
Toppin, who missed the season-opening win over Lindenwood with a lower-body harm, added 4 assists and three steals. Donovan Atwell contributed 19 factors and Christian Anderson chipped in 18 factors and 7 assists for the Pink Raiders (2-0).
Justin Begg led Sam Houston (1-1) with 17 factors, whereas Kashie Natt totaled 16 factors and 11 rebounds.
No. 13 Arizona 93, Utah Tech 67
Brayden Burries, Anthony Dell’Orso and Koa Peat every scored 18 factors to assist the Wildcats beat the Trailblazers in Tucson, Ariz.
Tobe Awaka had 12 factors and a career-best 18 rebounds off the bench for the Wildcats, who pulled away within the second half. Burries had 4 steals and joined Dell’Orso by sinking three 3-pointers. Arizona was enjoying its first sport after its season-opening 93-87 victory over No. 3 Florida, the defending nationwide champion, on Monday.
Ethan Potter scored 15 factors for Utah Tech, which has misplaced 18 of its final 19 street video games. The victory throughout the stretch was an 81-79 additional time win at South Dakota on Monday.
No. 12 UCLA 74, Pepperdine 63
4 of the Bruins’ 5 starters scored in double figures and UCLA held visiting Pepperdine to 34.4% field-goal capturing to win in Los Angeles.
Following his group’s season-opening win over Japanese Washington on Monday, UCLA coach Mick Cronin lamented the Bruins’ defensive effort in surrendering 74 factors to the Eagles. The Bruins responded aggressively in Friday’s first half, successfully contesting Pepperdine each on the inside and from lengthy vary.
The Waves have been held to 9-of-28 capturing from the ground by way of the primary 20 minutes, together with 3 of 15 from 3-point vary. Xavier Booker keyed the Bruins inside protection with 5 blocked photographs and in addition led UCLA’s balanced scoring effort with 15 factors.
No. 17 Illinois 113, Florida Gulf Coast 70
Kylan Boswell pumped in a game-high 31 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds because the Illini blew out the visiting Eagles in Champaign, In poor health.
Boswell canned 8 of 13 photographs from the sector, together with 4 of seven on 3-pointers, and hit 11 of 13 on the foul line because the Preventing Illini (2-0) scored in triple figures for the second straight sport. Freshman guard Keaton Wagler added 22 factors on 7 of 9 capturing and picked up seven rebounds. One other freshman, David Mirkovic, scored 17 factors and ripped down 11 boards. Zvonimir Ivisic contributed 16 factors and 9 rebounds.
JR Konieczny scored 26 factors, going 8 of 16 from the sector, for the Eagles (1-1), however his appreciable efforts weren’t sufficient. In a sport the place it dedicated only one turnover, FGCU hit solely 26 of 79 makes an attempt from the ground (32.9%), together with a pitiful 7 of 27 on 3-pointers.
No. 24 Wisconsin 97, Northern Illinois 72
Nick Boyd scored 20 of his career-high 25 factors in a white-hot first half and the Badgers made fast work of the Huskies, prevailing in Madison, Wis.
Boyd, who performed for Florida Atlantic’s Remaining 4 group in 2023 and spent final season at San Diego State, made 8 of 16 photographs in his second sport for Wisconsin (2-0), together with 5 of his first seven makes an attempt. He acquired loads of assist from John Blackwell (15 factors, six rebounds) and Nolan Winter (12 factors, seven rebounds). Wisconsin raced out to a lead of as many as 22 factors throughout the first half.
JJ Taylor had 17 factors to guide Northern Illinois however misplaced six turnovers. Jao Ituka scored 13 off the bench because the outmatched Huskies (1-1) dedicated 17 turnovers and 29 fouls on the evening.
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