Felipe Haase’s 14 points and Austin Crowley’s 13 points were enough offense as Southern Miss relied on defense for much of the game in turning aside host Vanderbilt 60-48 on Friday night in Nashville, Tenn.

Southern Miss (2-0) ended the game on a 9-0 run.

DeAndre Pinckney added 11 points and 11 rebounds and Neftali Alvarez had a key second-half stretch. The Golden Eagles won despite shooting only 34.9 percent from the field and making just five of their 24 launches from 3-point territory.

Jordan Wright tallied 12 points off the bench for Vanderbilt (0-2), which began the season with a loss to Memphis earlier in the week.

Vanderbilt shot 32.8 percent from the field and committed 15 turnovers.

The Commodores went scoreless for the final 3:52 after closing within 51-48 on Quentin Millora-Brown’s three-point play.

Crowley’s 3-pointer with 1:39 to play broke a scoring drought for both teams. It was all free throws the rest of the way for the Golden Eagles.

Haase had four of the five 3-point baskets for Southern Miss.

Millora-Brown ended up with nine points for Vanderbilt, also off the bench. Teammate Colin Smith had nine points and 10 rebounds and Myles Stute grabbed 11 rebounds.

The Commodores used a 10-0 run early in the second half to take a 35-34 lead.

But keyed by two baskets from Alvarez, the Golden Eagles responded and went up by 46-39.

Southern Miss led 29-25 at halftime. The defense got the job done as Vanderbilt went just 11 for 32, including 2 for 14 on 3s. From the starting unit, the Commodores shot 6 for 15 from the floor.

A seven-point margin for Southern Miss was the largest lead of the opening half.

For the game, Southern Miss was charged with only nine turnovers.

–Field Level Media

Jaden Henley scored 16 points to lead Minnesota to a 72-54 home win over St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday.

Pharrell Payne had 12 points and eight rebounds, Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 12 points and Dawson Garcia had 11 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota (2-0).

The Golden Gophers played without last year’s returning scorer, Jamison Battle, who is recovering from foot surgery.

Minnesota shot 55.1% from the field overall (27 of 49) and outrebounded the Terriers by a 36-26 margin.

St. Francis Brooklyn shot 40.4% from the field overall (23 of 57), but was 25% from 3-point range (5 of 20) and shot just seven free throws in the game, making three of them.

Trey Quartlebaum came off of the bench to score 10 points and Tedrick Wilcox, Jr. scored eight points to lead St. Francis Brooklyn (1-1).

The Golden Gophers led 37-28 at halftime and built their lead quickly in the second half.

Minnesota started the half on an 8-2 run to take a 45-30 lead with 17:32 remaining in the game, and then went up 49-32 with 15:33 left.

The Golden Gophers then went on a 9-2 surge from there to take a 58-34 lead with 11:57 remaining.

The Terriers scored five consecutive points to make it 61-41 Minnesota with 8:48 left, but Minnesota answered with seven straight of its own to take a 68-41 lead with 4:40 remaining and basically wrap things up.

The game was close for most of the first half until Minnesota went on an 11-0 run late in the first half to take a 33-20 lead with 2:13 left until halftime.

–Field Level Media

Markquis Nowell had a critical four-point play, helping Kansas State withstand a furious charge by Cal in a 63-54 victory Friday in Berkeley, Calif.

The Bears (0-2) had trimmed a 20-point deficit to one point before Nowell scored six straight points for the Wildcats.

Kansas State (2-0) was led by Keyontae Johnson’s 16 points. Nowell added 13 and Nae’Qwan Tomlin had 11. Johnson also led the Wildcats with nine rebounds.

Cal was led by Devin Askew with 17 points. Kuany Kuany added 13 points.

Kansas State led 42-22 early in the second half before Cal answered with a 13-0 spurt to cut the lead to 42-35. Johnson answered with his own 5-0 run to stretch the lead back to 12, but Cal cut it to 47-46 with an 11-0 run.

Nowell then hit a 3-pointer and was fouled, hitting the free throw. Soon thereafter, he drove for a layup, which was followed by a dunk by Tomlin.

Cal could get no closer than five points the rest of the way.

Kansas State used a 5-0 run to break open a tie game after Cal coach Mark Fox was called for a technical midway through the first half. Both teams then struggled to find the net. Kansas State went 3:30 without scoring a point. Cal went 10:27 without a field goal before finally hitting its last three field-goal attempts of the half.

The Wildcats finished the half on a 23-8 run to take a 36-21 lead into the break. The advantage was carved largely with defense, as they forced 15 turnovers in the first half (including four drawn charges) and outscored the Bears 15-5 in points off turnovers.

Johnson led the Wildcats with nine points at the half. Nowell and Tomlin added seven each. Askew paced Cal with six points, but he picked up three first-half fouls.

–Field Level Media

Zach Edey canned his first nine shots on his way to a career-high 30 points to spark Purdue to a 63-44 victory over Austin Peay in nonconference play Friday night in West Lafayette, Ind.

The 7-foot-4 third-year center finished 12 of 13 from the field with a game-high 11 rebounds as the Boilermakers (2-0) controlled the game despite missing their first 16 3-point attempts. No other Purdue player scored more than five points.

Sophomore center Elijah Hutchins-Everett paced Austin Peay (0-2) with 19 points and seven rebounds while Shon Robinson added 11 points. The Governors shot just 28.3 percent from the field and got outrebounded 42-22.

Purdue pounded the ball inside to Edey from the outset. He scored in the paint on the Boilers’ first two possessions and produced four baskets in the first five-plus minutes as Austin Peay stuck with a man-to-man defense and occasional help in the post.

Meanwhile, Hutchins-Everett scored Austin Peay’s first 10 points to keep the patient Governors — who lost their opener by 49 points at North Carolina State — within striking distance. No other Governor scored until Robinson’s breakaway jam cut Purdue’s lead to 16-12 with 9:00 left in the first half.

Then the Boilermakers held the Governors scoreless for nearly seven minutes to take a 31-16 halftime lead. The teams headed to the locker room shooting a combined 1 of 24 from 3-point range.

Edey pushed Purdue’s lead to 35-18 with 18:32 to go when he slammed home his own miss, but Austin Peay sliced the deficit to 36-26 on 3-pointers by Cameron Copeland and Hutchins-Everett and a slashing layup by Sean Durugordon.

The Governors never found a way to cut the margin to single digits, though. Purdue finally sank its first 3-pointer when sixth-year senior David Jenkins Jr. hit from the corner with 7:44 left in the second half to move the lead to 47-32.

Purdue finished 2 of 19 on 3-pointers while Austin Peay canned 4 of 24.

–Field Level Media

Gabe Madsen scored a career-high 25 points to lead Utah to a 72-44 victory over Cal State Bakersfield in Salt Lake City on Friday night.

Madsen made six 3-pointers to spark the Utes’ offense. Ben Carlson chipped in 13 points and seven boards while Branden Carlson added 12 and six rebounds.

Utah (2-0) held its opponent under 50 points for the second consecutive game. The Utes dominated around the basket, outscoring the Roadrunners 28-8 in the paint and 12-4 in second chance points. Utah also scored 20 points off a dozen turnovers.

Antavion Collum scored a career-high 14 points to lead Bakersfield. Kaleb Higgins added 13 points and made four 3-pointers to account for all of his team’s outside baskets. Modestas Kancleris finished with a team-high 11 rebounds.

The Roadrunners (1-1) struggled to generate consistent offense against the Utes and lengthy shooting droughts in both halves doomed the Big West squad. Bakersfield shot 30% from the field.

The Roadrunners did not score their first points until Higgins made back-to-back 3-pointers about 7 1/2 minutes into the first half. Bakersfield missed 12 consecutive shots to open the game and shot 31% from the field before halftime.

Utah opened the game on a 14-0 run highlighted by three baskets from Branden Carlson. The Utes had an answer every time the Roadrunners cut into the lead. Madsen made four 3-pointers before halftime and his fourth outside basket sparked a 9-0 run that extended Utah’s lead to 36-16.

Bakersfield endured another sluggish start on offense to open the second half. The Roadrunners missed 11 of their first 12 shots after halftime and scored three points over an eight-minute stretch.

Utah took advantage of the drought to build a 55-26 lead. Ben Carlson and Madsen contributed three baskets apiece in fueling the 19-3 run that sealed another easy victory for the Utes.

–Field Level Media

DaRon Holmes and Mustapha Amzil each scored 20 points and No. 24 Dayton held off a late push by visiting SMU for a 74-62 win on Friday night.

The Flyers (2-0) ended the game on an 11-0 run over the final 2:12 after the Mustangs had trimmed a 13-point second-half deficit to 63-62 on Zach Nutall’s jumper with 2:36 remaining.

Holmes shot 7 for 11 from the field and added seven rebounds and five blocks, while Amzil went 5 for 8 off the bench, including three 3-pointers in six attempts to go along with five rebounds. Toumani Camara had eight points and 18 rebounds, while Mike Sharavjamts and Kobe Elvis scored 10 points apiece.

Nutall had 20 points, two rebounds and two steals for SMU (1-1), while Samuell Williamson added 14 points and nine rebounds and Zhuric Phelps chipped in 12 points and four rebounds. Efe Odigie had six points and 11 rebounds.

After leading 29-24 at halftime, Dayton opened the second half on an 18-10 run to take a 47-34 lead following Amzil’s two free throws with 12:52 left.

SMU countered by going on a 28-16 spurt to pull to within 63-62 on Nutall’s jumper with 2:36 remaining.

However, Dayton responded by ending the game on an 11-0 surge, as Amzil’s 3-pointer and three free throws led the Flyers push to secure the victory.

Dayton made 23 of 56 shots (41.1 percent) from the field, including 8 for 26 (30.8) from 3-point range, and outrebounded the Mustangs 44-36.

SMU shot 22 of 65 (33.8 percent) from the field, including 6 for 23 (26.1 percent) from the field, in addition to making 12 of 14 free-throw attempts (85.7 percent).

After the Flyers jumped out to a 22-10 lead eight minutes into the game, the Mustangs rallied to pull to within 29-24 at halftime.

Holmes scored 11 points and Amzil added 10 to carry the Flyers in the first 20 minutes. Dayton shot 12 of 33 (36.4 percent) from the field but went an abysmal 2 for 14 (14.3 percent) from 3-point range.

Nutall kept the Mustangs in the game early, scoring 12 first-half points on 4-for-9 shooting from the field and 2 for 5 from beyond the arc. The rest of the team shot 5 for 23 (21.7 percent) from the field and 2 for 6 (33.3 percent) from 3-point range.

–Field Level Media

Damian Dunn hit two free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift host Temple to a 68-64 upset victory over No. 16 Villanova on Friday in Philadelphia.

Dunn scored 22 points, including the last six for the Owls (1-1), while Khalif Battle added 21 and Jamille Reynolds produced his first career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Temple’s last win over Villanova came on Dec. 5, 2012.

Villanova (1-1) continued to play without Justin Moore (Achilles) and Cam Whitmore (thumb).

Following the decisive free throws, Chris Arcidiacono (10 rebounds) threw an inbounds pass beyond halfcourt and it was intercepted. After Temple’s fans stormed the court, the referees soon cleared everyone to play the final 0.2 seconds.

Caleb Daniels scored 19 points, Eric Dixon added 18 and Jordan Longino had 11 for the Wildcats.

Temple jumped out to an early 13-5 lead thanks to eight points from Reynolds and led 34-29 at halftime.

Villanova shot just 1-of-5 overall from 3-point territory in the first half (and 2 of 7 for the game).

The Owls went ahead 43-35 with about 14 minutes remaining in the second half when Dunn hit a 15-foot jumper. Brandon Slater then drove to the basket and threw down a one-handed dunk on Villanova’s next possession.

The Wildcats scored the next eight points, including a three-point play by Dixon, and took a 47-45 lead — their first of the game — with 10:41 left.

Battle followed with a three-point play and Temple went back ahead 48-47 with 9:47 remaining.

Daniels converted a three-point play of his own with 6:08 to go, giving Villanova a 55-54 advantage.

Zach Hicks hit two free throws with 1:53 left as Temple took a 60-59 lead. Daniels then hit a tough shot in the lane with 1:35 remaining, but Dunn responded with a jumper and Temple led 62-61 with 1:19 to go.

Longino followed with a 3-pointer for a 64-62 advantage with 58.6 seconds left.

Temple tied the game at 64 when Dunn hit a pair of free throws with 45.6 seconds remaining, setting up the exciting finish.

–Field Level Media

Antonio Reeves scored a game-high 18 points and Sahvir Wheeler added 11 points and 11 assists to lead No. 4 Kentucky to a 77-52 victory over Duquesne on Friday in Lexington, Ky.

Reeves shot 5-for-9 from the field, which included 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-point arc. Wheeler hit 4 of 7 from the field and added six rebounds in his season debut after missing the Wildcats’ opening win over Howard on Monday due to an injured right leg.

CJ Fredrick went 5-for-9 from the field, including 4-for-7 from deep, to finish with 14 points, and Ugonna Onyenso contributed nine points and 10 rebounds for Kentucky (2-0).

Jacob Toppin had eight points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats, who led by as many as 25 points in the second half.

Kentucky shot 28 of 61 (45.9 percent) from the field, including 11 of 19 (57.9 percent) from 3-point range, in addition to outrebounding the Dukes 46-35 and scoring 11 points off Duquesne’s 11 turnovers.

The Dukes (1-1) were led by Jimmy Clark III, who scored 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting to go along with three rebounds, and Austin Rotroff’s eight points and six boards.

Trailing 38-22 at halftime, the Dukes pulled to within 46-35 on Joe Reece’s 3-pointer with 11:22 remaining.

The Wildcats, who opened the second half going 2-for-11 from the field with six turnovers, responded with Reeves’ three-point play that jumpstarted a 12-2 run for a 58-37 lead with 8:17 to go.

After falling behind 8-7 in the first six minutes, Kentucky took the lead for good. The Wildcats closed the first half on a 31-14 run to take a commanding, 38-22 lead at the break.

Led by Reeves and Wallace, who each scored seven first-half points, the Wildcats shot 15 of 30 (50 percent) percent from the field, including a stellar 5 of 8 (62.5 percent) from 3-point range.

Clark’s 11 accounted for half of the Dukes’ points in the first 20 minutes.

Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, the reigning Naismith Award winner and Associated Press Player of the Year, is expected to make his season debut against Michigan State on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

He missed the past two games to recover after undergoing minor knee surgery on Oct. 13.

–Field Level Media

Armando Bacot scored 28 points as No. 1 North Carolina overcame a halftime deficit to top the College of Charleston 102-86 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

All but one point in Bacot’s scoring total came in the second half. The big man also had six boards and three steals for the Tar Heels (2-0)

Caleb Love shot just 1-of-9 from behind the arc for UNC, but he made 8-of-11 free throws on his way to tallying 25 points. He also added nine rebounds and six assists, both of which were team-highs. Love’s rebounding total was a career-best.

Leaky Black added 15 points on a perfect 6-of-6 shooting for UNC, and RJ Davis notched 11 points.

Charleston (1-1) was led by 16 points from Dalton Bolon, while Ante Brzovic added 15 points. Pat Robinson III scored 14 points and Raekwon Horton had 10.

It seemed like there was an upset brewing inside the Dean Smith Center at halftime as Charleston led 50-43 over the top-ranked Tar Heels at the break. UNC struggled to get the ball to Bacot — the preseason ACC Player of the Year — in scoring positions, as he had just one shot attempt in the first half.

Things changed after intermission though. The Tar Heels fed their big man and he rattled off 19 points as UNC outscored Charleston 37-22 to start the second half, taking an eight-point lead. For the game, Bacot finished 10-of-13 from the floor and 8-of-12 from the charity stripe.

UNC’s defense was also more effective in the second half. After forcing the Cougars into just three turnovers in the first, the Heels made Charleston cough up the ball 11 times after intermission. Charleston also made just two 3-pointers in the second half, compared to seven in the first.

The Tar Heels play two more mid-majors at home — Gardner-Webb on Tuesday and James Madison on Nov. 20 — before heading to the Phill Knight Invitational in Portland, Ore.

–Field Level Media

Kyle Filipowski’s 15 points led five Duke players in double figures as the No. 7 Blue Devils rolled past visiting USC Upstate 84-38 on Friday night at Durham, N.C.

Mark Mitchell had 13 points, Jacob Grandison added 12 points, Ryan Young had 11 points and Jeremy Roach posted 10 points. Filipowski, a freshman center, had 10 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double.

This was an important tune-up for Duke (2-0) in advance of next week’s matchup with reigning national champion Kansas in Indianapolis.

This marked the second game for Duke under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer. Unlike the first game of the season when he was making his debut, not as much attention was placed on his role in replacing Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Duke center Dereck Lively II made his collegiate debut. The top-rated recruit in the freshman class had been out because of a calf injury sustained in preseason practice. His first points came on a dunk shortly after entering the game.

His next dunk gave Duke a 9-7 lead — and the Blue Devils led the rest of the way. Those were the only four points for Lively.

Justin Bailey had 13 points off the bench for USC Upstate (1-1), which despite a strong opening stretch was overwhelmed for a majority of the game.

USC Upstate was spinning on offense for far too long, trailing 71-26 midway through the second half.

The Spartans, after breaking out to a 7-0 lead, were held to five points across the next 10 minutes.

It took Duke nearly four minutes to post its first points – a three-pointer by Roach – after missing its first six shots to go with three turnovers.

The Blue Devils, who closed the half on a 15-2 run, ended up shooting 48.5 percent from the field in the first half and holding a 43-18 lead at the break. USC Upstate shot 28.6 percent in the half and never attempted a free throw while committing 10 turnovers.

–Field Level Media