NO. 16 NORTH CAROLINA (3-2) 80
NO. 3 IOWA (4-0) 93
Jordan Bohannon scored a game-high 24 points and sparked a decisive a 14-0 Iowa run midway through the second half in action from the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Despite leading for less than one minute of game time throughout the contest, North Carolina held a 68-67 after an Andrew Platek layup with 9:25 remaining in the contest. Bohannon followed with his fifth of seven triples in the game.
Joe Toussaint followed with a layup. Keegan Murray converted a traditional 3-point play. Joe Weiskamp connected from long range, and Bohannon put a bookend on the run with another trey. Barely two minutes of game time had passed, and the Hawkeyes turned a deficit into a double-digit advantage.
CJ Frederick added 21 points for Iowa. Weiskamp had 19. Luka Garza contributed 16 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Bohannon handed out six assists.
Garrison Brooks paced UNC with 17 points. Dayron Sharpe added 13 points off the bench. Platek chipped in 10 off the bench.
NO. 8 CREIGHTON (3-1) 72
NO. 5 KANSAS (5-1) 73
Jalen Wilson finished with a game-high 23 points including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 42 seconds remaining as Kansas outlasted Creighton in the Big East – Big 12 Battle. Wilson connected on 8-of-12 shots from the floor including 4-of-6 from behind the 3-point arc. The freshman forward grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for the double-double. Christian Braun added 14 points and six assists without a turnover. David McCormack scored 13.
Trailing by as many six points in the second half, Creighton rallied to tie the game with just over a minute to play. Denzel Mahoney scored seven straight for the Blue Jays. The senior guard hit a jumper followed by a 3-pointer. His layup with 1:08 on the clock evened the score. Mahoney posted a team-high 19 points. Marcus Zegarowski had 16 while Christian Bishop and Damien Jefferson had 13 apiece.
The win was the fifth straight for Kansas.
NO. 6 ILLINOIS (4-1) 83
NO. 10 DUKE (2-2) 68
Ayo Dosunmu paced a balanced Illinois attack with a team-high 18. The junior guard connected on 6-of-11 shots from the floor part of an overall effort that saw the Illini hit 29 of 50 shots (58 percent). Six different Illini finished in double with Kofi Cockburn scoring 13, Andre Curbelo 12 and Giorgi Bazhanishvili 11 points. Adam Miller connected on all three of his attempts behind the 3-point arc. Illinois shot 7-of-11 (63.6 percent) from long range.
COLORADO (2-1) 47
NO. 12 TENNESSEE (1-0) 56
All five starters contributed points as Tennessee opened the game on a 17-2 run and never trailed. The Volunteers forced 23 turnovers in the game and converted those into a 16-6 advantage in points off turnovers.
John Fulkerson and Santiago Vescovi led a balanced scoring attack with 11 points apiece. Vescovi took just five shots connecting on 3-of-4 from behind the 3-point arc and converting a pair of free throws.
Jeriah Horne had 15 points off the bench to lead Colorado.
PENN STATE (3-1) 75
NO. 15 VIRGINIA TECH (4-1) 55
SYRACUSE (3-1) 69
NO. 21 RUTGERS (4-0) 79
Rutgers went on a 17-4 run over the final five and a half minutes to erase a late deficit. It was Rutgers’ first win over the Orange since 2003. The Scarlet Knights’ run was led by Jacob Young and Myles Johnson, who finished with a double-double. READ MORE.
NO. 22 OHIO STATE (4-0) 90
NOTRE DAME (1-2) 85
Ohio State used an 18-6 run to erase a double-digit, second-half deficit to pick up a win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. CJ Walker converted a pair of free throws to give OSU a 62-61 lead with 8:45 remaining in the game. The Buckeyes did not trail again.
Walker finished 8-of-8 from the charity stripe part of an overall effort which saw Ohio State hit 21 of 24 free throws. Notre Dame was 14 of 18 from the stripe.
E.J. Liddell led OSU with 19 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Justice Sueing and Walker had 16 apiece. Ohio State forced 13 Notre Dame turnovers and held a 24-9 advantage in points off turnovers.
Notre Dame’s Prentiss Hubb led all scorers with 16 points.
Also:
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (1-3) 94
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (0-5) 87
Nigel Scantlebury (Greece Athena) scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting. The junior guard finished with a game-high six assists to go with two rebounds and a steal.
Other scores:
LINCOLN 62
La SALLE 80
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 60
DAYTON 66
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 65
SAINT LOUIS 88
WAGNER 45
SETON HALL 78
RIDER 79
ST. JOHN’S 82
COPPIN STATE 48
GEORGETOWN 80
GREEN BAY 68
MARQUETTE 82
PURDUE 54
MIAMI (FL) 58
BOSTON COLLEGE 80
MINNESOTA 85 OT
ORAL ROBERTS 78
OKLAHOMA STATE 83
FORT HAYES STATE 81
KANSAS STATE 68
MORGAN STATE 83
IONA 72
RIDER 79
ST. JOHN’S 82
BALL STATE 79
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 70 OT
KENT STATE 80
DETROIT MERCY 66
JACKSON STATE 59
MISSISSIPPI STATE 82
MONTANA 50
GEORGIA 63
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