Freshman Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 5 Duke fended off No. 24 Kansas for a 78-66 victory in a tussle as part of the Champions Classic on Tuesday night in New York.
Duke pulled away with a late 9-0 run, holding Kansas scoreless for more than four minutes.
Isaiah Evans pumped in 16 points and Patrick Ngongba II posted 13 points for the Blue Devils (5-0). Boozer grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for his third double-double, and he dished a team-high five assists.
Tre White’s 22 points and nine boards led the Jayhawks (3-2), who lost earlier this month at then-No. 25 North Carolina. Melvin Council Jr. provided 15 points and six assists.
No. 17 Michigan State 83, No. 12 Kentucky 66
Jaxon Kohler scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting to help the Spartans roll to a victory over the Wildcats at the Champions Classic in New York.
Jeremy Fears Jr. recorded a career-best 13 assists to go with eight points, six rebounds and three steals for the Spartans (4-0). Kur Teng added 15 points and Trey Fort had 13.
Otega Oweh scored 12 points for Kentucky (3-2). Denzel Aberdeen, Mouhamed Dioubate and Collin Chandler all had 10 apiece for the Wildcats, who trailed for more than 34 minutes.
No. 18 North Carolina 73, Navy 61
Caleb Wilson scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and sparked a key second-half run in the Tar Heels’ victory against the Midshipmen in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Luka Bogavac notched 16 points for North Carolina (5-0), which ended a five-game homestand to start the season. Wilson, a freshman forward, has reached the 20-point mark in four games this season. He shot 9-for-13 from the field.
Austin Benigni scored 11 of his 19 points in the first half for Navy (2-3), which shot 6-for-21 from 3-point range. Jinwoo Kim added 14 points, but he and Benigni combined to make only 10 of 37 shots from the field as the Midshipmen shot just 30.4% from the field.
No. 19 UCLA 79, Sacramento State 48
A new-look starting five helped the Bruins score the game’s first 13 points in a rout of the Hornets at Los Angeles.
With Donovan Dent, Tyler Bilodeau, Xavier Booker and Skyy Clark coming off the bench, Trent Perry was among the players to capitalize as a starter for UCLA (4-1). Perry scored six of his 11 points in the opening 3:37.
Eric Dailey Jr., the lone season-long Bruins starter to begin the Tuesday contest, ended up with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Prophet Johnson amassed 13 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento State (3-3).
No. 21 Arkansas 84, Winthrop 83
Meleek Thomas scored a career-high 26 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and eight rebounds, and the Razorbacks scored the final six points to stave off the hot-shooting Eagles in Fayetteville, Ark.
Nick Pringle amassed 13 points and seven rebounds, and his layup with 11.9 seconds remaining capped the Razorbacks’ 6-0 run in the final 73 seconds. Darius Acuff Jr. posted 12 points for Arkansas (4-1).
Kareem Rozier tallied 23 points with a career-high seven 3-pointers, while Kody Clouet added 16 points and four threes for the Eagles (3-2), who made 15 of 31 shots from behind the arc.
