Gonzaga dealt second loss by high-ranked Arizona

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Gabe York scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half and Allonzo Trier added 14 as Arizona rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit.

The Wildcats rallied to hand Gonzaga (5-2) its first non-conference home loss since falling to Illinois in 2012.

Arizona (7-1) trailed 50-42 after Josh Perkins’ three-point play with 14:42 to play but the Wildcats outscored Gonzaga 26-13 the rest of the way.

Ryan Anderson, held to two points in the first half, scored in the lane with 20 seconds left to clinch the victory for the Wildcats. Anderson finished with 13 points.

Kyle Wiltjer scored 33 points for the Bulldogs, who lost for the second time in the last eight days.

No. 3 MICHIGAN 76,
BINGHAMTON 33

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Denzel Valentine had 13 points and 12 rebounds and Bryn Forbes scored 14 points as No. 3 Michigan State rolled over Binghamton 76-33 on Saturday.

The Spartans (9-0) stormed to a 41-12 halftime lead, shooting 15 of 29 from the field, and holding cold-shooting Binghamton (2-5) to 4 of 31. For the game, Michigan State was 30 of 65 and the Bearcats were 10 of 60.

Valentine scored all of his points within the first 10 minutes of the game as the Spartans took a 21-5 lead. Alvin Ellis III’s 3-pointer late in the half increased the lead to 30-7. Eron Harris scored nine points of his 11 points in the first half.

The Bearcats didn’t reach double figures until just over a minute left in the half when Dusan Perovic’s 3-pointer made it 38-12.

Justin McFadden led Binghamton with 10 points.

No. 4 KANSAS 75,
HARVARD 69

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Frank Mason III scored 21 points and Perry Ellis added 12 for Kansas.

Devonte’ Graham also had 12 points for the Jayhawks (6-1).

Freshman reserve Weisner Perez had 15 points, Tommy McCarthy added 11 and Zena Edosomwan had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Crimson (2-6) in their third straight loss.

A 3-pointer by McCarthy as the shot clock expired brought Harvard within one. Forty-five seconds later, it was a tie game. And then Kansas surged.

Ellis completed a three-point play and hit a jumper two possessions later to put the Jayhawks back up by five points. Two 3-pointers later, the Jayhawks found themselves up by seven with 4½ minutes remaining.

No. 5 DUKE 82,
BUFFALO 59

DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman Brandon Ingram scored 23 points and Grayson Allen finished with 22 points and a career-best 11 rebounds for Duke.

Amile Jefferson had 13 points for the Blue Devils (8-1), who won their sixth straight despite some offensive struggles: Duke never trailed but shot a season-worst 40.7 percent and matched a season low with five 3-pointers.

CJ Massinburg had 17 points and Lamonte Bearden added 10 for Buffalo (4-4), which shot just 33 percent.

No. 10 VIRGINIA 67, WILLIAM & MARY 52

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Anthony Gill and Malcolm Brogdon scored 16 points each and Virginia won its sixth straight.

Darius Thompson added 12 points for the Cavaliers (7-1), who beat the Tribe for the 10th consecutive time.

William & Mary (5-3), which had suffered its first two losses by a total of five points, was led by Daniel Dixon with 15 points and Omar Prewitt with 14.

The Tribe lost the turnover battle 19-6, and their giveaways led to 20 points for Virginia. William & Mary scored just two points off six Virginia turnovers.

No. 11 PURDUE 70,
NEW MEXICO 58

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Seven-foot-two Isaac Haas scored 21 points and 7-footer A.J. Hammons added 16 for Purdue.

The Boilermakers improved to 8-0 for the first time since the 2009-10 team won 14 straight at the start of the season.

New Mexico (5-2), which got 21 points from Elijah Brown and 16 from Cullen Neal, had no answer for the Boilermakers’ 7-footers in the second half when Hammons scored 14 and Haas added nine.

Hammons had 11 rebounds. Haas had six.

Purdue’s Johnny Hill, who scored 13 points, limited Neal to three second-half points.

No. 12 XAVIER 95,
WESTERN KENTUCKY 64

CINCINNATI — Trevon Bluiett matched his career high with 21 points and Xavier beat Western Kentucky to extend the Musketeers’ best start in four years.

James Farr also had a career-high 18 points for Xavier (8-0), which used its balance and front-line advantage to hold a comfortable lead most of the way. The Musketeers had a 40-32 edge in rebounds, with Bluiett getting 10 as part of this third career double-double.

Myles Davis added a season-high 16 points, and Xavier finished with five players in double figures and shot 57 percent from the field. Justin Johnson scored 15 points for Western Kentucky (4-4).

ARIZONA STATE 67,
No. 18 TEXAS A&M 54

TEMPE, Ariz. — Willie Atwood had 15 points to lead Arizona State’s balanced offense and the Sun Devils held off a late charge to beat Texas A&M.

Arizona State (6-2) had some solid wins to start the season and passed its first big test by beating the Aggies, the third ranked nonconference team to play at Wells Fargo Arena in 32 years.

The Sun Devils made 10 3-pointers, but didn’t shoot particularly well, finishing at 36 percent from the floor. Tra Holder added 13 points.

Texas A&M (7-2) shot poorly most of the night (31 percent) before using an extended zone to chip away at the Sun Devils’ lead. Danuel House had 17 points, and Alex Caruso added 15 for the Aggies.

GEORGETOWN 79,
No. 14 SYRACUSE 72

WASHINGTON — Bradley Hayes scored a career-high 21 points and Georgetown beat Syracuse in the first game of coach Jim Boeheim’s nine-game NCAA suspension.

Syracuse lost its second straight in the first meeting between the schools since Syracuse left the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 2012-13 season.

Michael Gbinije scored 23 points for Syracuse (6-2), which lost at home to Wisconsin on Wednesday and trailed by as many as 21 points against Georgetown (4-3).

On the Syracuse sideline, a white piece of tape ran down the back of a black folding chair, with the words “COACH” and “BOEHEIM” written in black ink. That seat remained empty throughout the game.

No. 20 WEST VIRGINIA 87, KENNESAW ST. 54

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Devin Williams had 26 points and nine rebounds and Jonathan Holton had 17 points and nine rebounds for West Virginia.

The victory was the first for the Mountaineers (7-0) since being ranked for the first time this season in The Associated Press Top 25.

Williams connected on 11 of 15 shots from the field against the outmanned Owls (2-8) who threw several slim defenders against the 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior forward.

Holton finished 5 of 7 from the field. The points were season-highs for Williams and Holton.

Daxter Miles Jr. added 18 points for the Mountaineers.

Kendrick Ray had 23 points for the Owls and Yonel Brown added 14.

No. 21 MIAMI 88,
CHARLOTTE 60

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Seven reserves combined for 35 points to help Miami/

The Hurricanes (7-1) raced to a 40-10 lead after 16 minutes. The 49ers (1-7) lost their fourth straight.

Sheldon McClellan, Miami’s leading scorer this season, did not start because of a nagging lower extremity injury that limited his practice time this week. He had eight points and five assists in 21 minutes off the bench.

Hurricanes reserves shot 13 for 24 (54 percent). The team shot 54 percent from the field, and went 23 for 27 (85 percent) from the free throw line.

Ja’Quan Newton led Miami with 14 points. Davon Reed added 12, and Tonye Jekiri had eight points and 10 rebounds.

No. 22 SMU 98, NEW HAMPSHIRE 44

DALLAS — Keith Frazier scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half to lead SMU.

Frazier matched his career-high in scoring and broke his career record for 3-pointers in a game before halftime with five. He finished 6 for 10 from behind the arc and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds.

Shake Milton added 20 points for the Mustangs (6-0).

Jaleen Smith led New Hampshire (5-3) with 14 points, hitting three of seven 3-point attempts, and six rebounds.

The Mustangs led 50-20 at halftime after shooting 60 percent from the field to the Wildcats’ 23.3 percent. They closed the game on a 28-3 run over the final 9 minutes.

No. 23 PROVIDENCE 74, RHODE ISLAND 72

KINGSTON, R.I. — Ben Bentil tipped in Kris Dunn’s missed shot at the buzzer to lift Providence past Rhode Island.

Bentil finished with 23 points and eight rebounds to help the Friars (8-1) beat the Rams (5-3) for the sixth straight time. Rodney Bullock added 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and Dunn had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Rhode Island tied it at 72 on Jared Terrell’s jumper with 7 seconds remaining.

Terrell led the Rams with 19 points. Jarvis Garrett added 17 points and seven rebounds, and Hassan Martin had 15 points and eight rebounds.

No. 24 LOUISVILLE 111, GRAND CANYON 63

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Damion Lee matched his season-high with 24 points and Trey Lewis added 16 as Louisville used a 26-3 first-half run to pull away.

Three days after letting a lead slip away late in a 71-67 loss at No. 3 Michigan State, the Cardinals (6-1) rebounded big against the overmatched Antelopes (6-1).

Buoyed by 64 percent shooting in the first half, Louisville turned a 12-12 game into a 38-15 lead and poured it on to break 100 points for the first time since Feb. 16, 2014, against Rutgers.

Joshua Braun scored 15 points for Grand Canyon, which shot 37 percent and was outrebounded 55-20.

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