Thursday, November 23, 2017

Top 25 roundup: N.C. State topples No. 2 Arizona

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Senior Allerik Freeman scored 24 points and freshman Braxton Beverly added 20 to help unranked North Carolina State upset No. 2 Arizona 90-84 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday.

North Carolina State (5-0) went on a 15-3 run in the final minutes of the game to secure the win. It held its biggest lead of the game at 87-77 with 1:48 left.

Arizona (3-1) made it close -- 88-82 -- on Allonzo Trier's two free throws with 15.1 seconds left, but that is as close as it could get. A big difference was the bench. North Carolina State had 39 bench points to Arizona's six.

Trier, the leading scorer in the country after three games at 30 points per game, finished with 27 points. Teammate Deandre Ayton had 27 points and 14 rebounds.

NO. 13 NOTRE DAME 67, NO. 6 WICHITA 66

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Martinas Geben made two free throws with 2.3 seconds to play, capping a second-half comeback and lifting the Fighting Irish to a thrilling win over the Shockers in the championship game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

Notre Dame (6-0) trailed by as many as 16 points but found its shooting touch in the second half to get back in the game. The Fighting Irish took its first lead since early in the game on Geben's free throws.

Bonzie Colson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Matt Farrell added 15 points and came up with a huge steal for the Irish in the final minute. Zach Brown led Wichita State (4-1) with 14 points.

NO. 5 VILLANOVA 66, WESTERN KENTUCKY 58

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges combined for 35 points on 14-of-24 shooting to lift the Wildcats to a win over the Hilltoppers in a first-round game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

The Wildcats (4-0) face Tennessee in a semifinal game Thursday. The Hilltoppers (2-2) will face Purdue in a consolation-bracket game.

Brunson finished with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Bridges had 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting, and he produced eight rebounds and five steals. Western Kentucky was led by former Kansas player Dwight Coleby, who finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

NO. 8 KENTUCKY 86, FORT WAYNE 67

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Freshman Nick Richards had 25 points and 15 rebounds as the Wildcats concluded their run of three games in six days before the Thanksgiving break with a victory over the Mastodons.

Three other players scored in double figures for Kentucky (5-1) -- freshmen Quade Green, Kevin Knox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, each with 11 points.

Fort Wayne (3-2) got 19 points from John Konchar, while Bryson Scott added 18 and Kason Harrell had 12.

NO. 10 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 88, LEHIGH 63

LOS ANGELES -- Jonah Mathews made four 3-pointers, pacing the Trojans to a rout of the Mountain Hawks.

Mathews scored 18 points, while Bennie Boatwright topped USC with 19 points. Boatwright also grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds, and Chimezie Metu had 15 points and nine boards for the Trojans (4-0).

Lehigh (3-2) got a game-high 24 points from Kahron Ross, while Lance Tejada added 19 points.

NO. 11 MIAMI 57, LA SALLE 46

READING, Pa. -- Dewan Huell scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Hurricanes to a nonconference win over the cold-shooting Explorers.

The game was played on a neutral court about an hour away from La Salle's campus in Philadelphia as Miami coach Jim Larranaga followed through on a promise to recruit Lonnie Walker. He was able to recruit Walker with the promise he would play a game in his hometown -- and the building was full of Walker's family and friends.

Walker scored just five points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out two assists for the Hurricanes (4-0). Pookie Powell led La Salle (3-3) with 17 points, and B.J. Johnson posted 16 points and 16 rebounds in the loss.

NO. 12 CINCINNATI 78, WYOMING 53

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Gary Clark scored 17 points and Kyle Washington added 16 points and 11 rebounds in the Bearcats' victory over Wyoming in the championship game of the Cayman Islands Classic.

Cincinnati (6-0) made 50 percent of its shots from the field, including 7 of 14 from 3-point range compared to 31.3 percent from the field for Wyoming (4-1).

Hayden Dalton had 15 points and five rebounds for the Cowboys, while Alan Herndon and Louis Adams each had 12 points.

TENNESSEE 78, NO. 18 PURDUE 75 (OT)

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Grant Williams scored with 14.5 seconds remaining in overtime, and James Daniel sank two free throws with two seconds to go as the Volunteers upset the Boilermakers in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Williams scored all 22 of his points after halftime, and Lamonte Turner added 17 for the Volunteers (3-0), who outscored Purdue 8-2 in the final 1:31. Turner forced overtime with a tying 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds remaining in regulation.

Purdue (4-1) got 21 points from Carsen Edwards, 15 from Dakota Mathias, 13 from Isaac Haas, and 11 each from Vince Edwards and P.J. Thompson.

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