Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 18 points and dished out 11 assists as No. 5 Michigan State stifled No. 2 Duke’s offense in a 79-73 victory Tuesday night at the Champions Classic in Chicago.
Cam Ward added 14 points off the bench and Jasiah Jervis posted 10 points for Michigan State (3-0) in the opener of the Champions Classic doubleheader.
John Blackwell had 17 points for Duke (2-1), which shot 33.3% from the field. That included a 7-for-29 mark (24.1%) from 3-point range.
Michigan State led by as many as 14 points early in the second half en route to avenging a home loss to Duke last December.
No. 1 Florida 81, Florida State 72
Thomas Haugh posted 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Gators to a win over the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Gators (3-0) beat their state rivals for the sixth consecutive time despite the Seminoles (2-1) challenging for the entire first half. Boogie Fland logged 14 points for Florida, and Alex Condon registered nine points and 10 rebounds.
Sebastian Rancik scored 23 points and Anthony Robinson II had 19 for Florida State.
No. 16 Texas Tech 84, No. 3 Illinois 78
Cruz Davis scored 20 points and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn added 15 to help the Red Raiders record a victory over the Fighting Illini in Lubbock, Texas.
Jamichael Stillwell contributed 11 points and 13 rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench in his season debut for Texas Tech (3-0). Stillwell was granted a temporary restraining order making him eligible to play by a Lubbock judge.
Quentin Coleman scored 19 points and Andrej Stojakovic added 18 for Illinois (2-1). The Fighting Illini fell despite outshooting the Red Raiders from the floor 50%-40%.
No. 6 Virginia 95, Bucknell 61
Chance Mallory scored 16 points, Thijs De Ridder had 15 and the Cavaliers took total control early in a blowout of the Bison in Charlottesville, Va.
Playing for the fourth time in eight days, the Cavaliers (4-0) showed no signs of fatigue as they raced to a 28-5 lead and improved to 10-0 under second-year coach Ryan Odom when scoring 90-plus points.
Bucknell (0-3) has been outscored by at least 20 points in all three of its losses. Aleksander Pachucki and Luke Soden scored 12 points apiece and Rocco Lamuno added 10.
No. 12 Arizona 90, Northern Arizona 59
Ivan Kharchenkov finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead the Wildcats to a rout of the Lumberbacks in Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona (2-1) extended its winning streak against the Lumberjacks (0-3) to 36 games, dating to the 1968-69 season. Motiejus Krivas contributed 16 points and seven rebounds and Caleb Holt added 17 points and five rebounds.
Northern Arizona was led by Chris Komin’s 17 points and five assists, while Ryan Abelman added 14 points and five rebounds.
No. 24 Kansas 89, No. 15 Kentucky 69
Tre White scored a career-high 30 points while Tyran Stokes added 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Jayhawks made a statement with a victory over the Wildcats in a neutral-court game at Chicago.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 12 points as the Jayhawks (3-0) shot 46.4% from the floor and cruised to the victory in a matchup of the two winningest programs in college basketball history. Kansas pushed its advantage past 20 with 15 minutes remaining and improved to 7-2 against Kentucky going back to the 2015-16 season.
Zoom Diallo put up 24 points and Malachi Moreno added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Kentucky (2-1), which shot 45.8% from the floor but 19% (4 of 21) from 3-point range. Wildcats sharpshooter Milan Momcilovic was held to five points, while going 2 of 7 from the floor and 1 of 3 from 3-point range.
No. 22 Vanderbilt 105, Memphis 81
Ace Glass netted all 23 of his points in the second half, Tyler Tanner had 17 points, five rebounds and three steals, and the Commodores sailed away from Memphis in Nashville.
Berke Buyuktuncel totaled 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists for Vanderbilt (3-0), which shot 15-for-32 (46.9%) from beyond the 3-point arc.
The Tigers (2-1) received 21 points and four rebounds from Luke Almodovar, who was hurt in the second half on a dunk. Tylik Weeks scored 15 points.
No. 23 BYU 98, Queens 82
Robert Wright III scored a game-high 21 points and dished out six assists as the Cougars pulled away from the Royals in the second half for a victory in Provo, Utah.
Bruce Branch III produced 15 points and Jaxon Kohler recorded 15 points and eight rebounds. Nate Pickens also tallied 15 points and Collin Chandler pitched in 12 points for BYU (3-0).
Rickey Ballard posted 18 points and converted 6 of 12 3-point attempts for the Royals (2-2). Caleb Jones put up 18 points and made four threes. Avantae Parker registered 16 points and eight rebounds, and Nasir Mann finished with 14 points and seven assists.
