Hunter Dickinson made a tiebreaking layup with 1:17 left and No. 1 Kansas beat No. 9 North Carolina 92-89 in Lawrence, Kan., on Friday despite blowing a 20-point lead.
The Jayhawks (2-0) recovered in large part due to Dickinson, who played the final 3:28 with four fouls. Dickinson finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Zeke Mayo scored a game-high 21 points for the Jayhawks, while KJ Adams Jr. had 14 points, AJ Storr 13 and Dajuan Harris Jr. 10.
Seth Trimble paced the Tar Heels (1-1) with 19 points. RJ Davis added 16 points, and Cadeau, who shot 3-for-11, had 12 points and seven assists. Jae’Lyn Withers racked up 11 points and nine rebounds, while Ian Jackson and Ven-Allen Lubin scored 10 points apiece.
This was the teams’ first matchup since Kansas rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat North Carolina in the 2022 national championship.
No. 2 Alabama 88, Arkansas State 79
Mark Sears scored 19 points and the Crimson Tide held off a strong upset bid by the Red Wolves to record a nonconference victory in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Clifford Omoruyi had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Crimson Tide (2-0). Labaron Philon and Grant Nelson also had 12 points and Derrion Reid had 10 for Alabama.
Kobe Julien scored 20 points and Taryn Todd added 18 points and three steals for the Red Wolves (1-1). Rashaud Marshall had 11 points and eight rebounds for Arkansas State.
No. 7 Duke 100, Army 58
Kon Knueppel’s 15 points led six Duke players in double-figure scoring as the Blue Devils blew out the visiting Black Knights at Durham, N.C.
Tyrese Proctor, who matched Knueppel’s four 3-point field goals, had 14 points, Cooper Flagg tallied 13 points, reserve Sion James added 12 points and Khaman Maluach and Caleb Foster each notched 11 points for Duke (2-0), which compiled 57 second-half points.
Jalen Rucker had 17 points and Josh Scovens added 16 points to lead Army (1-1). Rucker racked up five of the Black Knights’ eight 3-point baskets, but the rest of the team shot 3-for-20 from beyond the arc.
No. 13 Texas A&M 87, East Texas A&M 55
Zhuric Phelps scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the host Aggies to a win over the Lions in College Station, Texas.
The Aggies (1-1) rebounded four days after suffering an upset loss to UCF in their season opener on Monday. Texas A&M never trailed and led by as many as 35 points in the second half.
The Lions (0-3) dropped their third in a row, including two losses to teams from Power 5 conferences. Scooter Williams Jr. led East Texas A&M with 12 points, three assists and two rebounds.
No. 14 Purdue 72, Northern Kentucky 50
Fletcher Loyer scored a game-high 16 points and the Boilermakers put the clamps on the Norse in West Lafayette, Ind.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 14 for Purdue (2-0), while Braden Smith chipped in 11 points and seven assists, going 3 of 7 from the 3-point arc.
Northern Kentucky (0-2) made just 29.8 percent of its field-goal attempts, managing only 5 of 23 from deep. Trey Robinson, Sam Vinson and Keeyan Itejere each scored eight points for the Norse.
No. 18 Marquette 82, George Mason 63
David Joplin scored 27 and Kam Jones added 24 to help the Golden Eagles pull away late and avoid an upset bid by the Patriots in Milwaukee.
Joplin grabbed 10 boards, while Jones dished eight assists. Chase Ross and Ben Gold scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Marquette (2-0), which closed the game on a 21-4 run.
Former Virginia Tech transfer Darius Maddox led George Mason (1-1) with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range. Brayden O’Connor scored 11 while K.D. Johnson chipped in 10 points off the bench.
No. 19 Texas 90, Houston Christian 59
Freshman sensation Tre Johnson scored 28 points to lead a balanced attack as the Longhorns poured it on early in the second half to beat the Huskies in Austin, Texas.
Arthur Kaluma added 15, Chendall Weaver had 12, Jordan Pope scored 11 and Kadin Shedrick and Jayson Kent hit for 10 points each for Texas (1-1).
Julian Mackey led Houston Christian (1-1) with 20 points. Bryson Dawkins added 13, all in the first half.
No. 20 Cincinnati 83, Morehead State 56
The host Bearcats played short-handed but still clobbered the Eagles in their nonconference matchup.
Day Day Thomas and Dan Skillings Jr. sat out with injuries, but Cincinnati (2-0) featured balanced scoring, with five players in double figures, and a stifling defense that was more than enough to make up for the absences.
Dillon Mitchell had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Jizzle James had 14 as well to pace the Bearcats. Kenny White Jr. led Morehead State (1-2) with 10 points and five rebounds, while Dieonte Miles added nine points.
New Mexico 72, No. 22 UCLA 64
Nelly Junior Joseph scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Donovan Dent added 17 points and eight assists and the Lobos never trailed the Bruins in Henderson, Nev.
New Mexico (2-0) opened an 11-point lead by intermission and kept UCLA at a distance throughout the second half. CJ Noland scored 13 points for the Lobos, eight of which came from a perfect night shooting at the free-throw line.
Tyler Bilodeau scored a game-high 23 points to go along with his game-high 15 rebounds for the Bruins (1-1). Trent Perry had eight points, and Kobe Johnson and Skyy Clark each notched seven points.
No. 24 Ole Miss 66, Grambling State 64
Dre Davis scored 13 points and Jaylen Murray hit a pair of key free throws with 3.3 seconds to play as the Rebels rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half to beat the Tigers in Oxford, Miss.
The Rebels (2-0) trailed by eight points at halftime but roared back over the first nine minutes of the second half, turning around the game with a 20-0 run that was punctuated by a 3-pointer from Jaemyn Brakefield. Brakefield finished with 11 points and Murray added 10.
But the Tigers (1-1) rallied, pulling to within just a point when Ernest Ross poured in a 3-pointer with 3:39 remaining. Ole Miss rebuilt the lead to five points and held Grambling scoreless over the next minute. Mikale Stevenson led Grambling with 16 points. Kintavious Dozier added 15. Ross had 14 and James Flippin scored 12.
–Field Level Media
