LAHAINA, Hawaii — Jordan Sibert scored 23 points, Dyshawn Pierre hit four free throws with less than 30 seconds left and Dayton rallied to knock off No. 11 Gonzaga 84-79 in the Maui Invitational.
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Jordan Sibert scored 23 points, Dyshawn Pierre hit four free throws with less than 30 seconds left and Dayton rallied to knock off No. 11 Gonzaga 84-79 in the Maui Invitational.
Kyle Dranginis missed an open 3-pointer that could have tied it for the Bulldogs in the final seconds. Gonzaga (4-1) led by as many as 16 in the first half.
Sibert had 16 points in the second half as the Flyers (5-0) came back to give the early-season tournament its first major upset.
Dayton took its first lead during a 7-0 run with less than 12 minutes to play after cutting into Gonzaga’s lead as soon as the second half began.
Kevin Pangos led the Bulldogs with 27 points and nearly led a comeback to save his team. But he fouled out in the final minute and was unable to contribute to Gonzaga’s last two possessions.
No. 8 SYRACUSE 75,
MINNESOTA 67
LAHAINA, Hawaii — C.J. Fair scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds as Syracuse held off Minnesota in the first round of the Maui Invitational.
The Orange (5-0) pushed through a late run by the Golden Gophers, who pulled within 67-65 with little more than two minutes left.
But Minnesota (5-1) committed four turnovers in the final two minutes, scoring only once more when Austin Hollins hit a meaningless layup in the game’s final moments.
Trevor Cooney scores 15 points all on 3-pointers, while Tyler Ennis and Jerami Grant scored 12 points each.
Malik Smith had 16 points for Minnesota.
Syracuse led by only three points at halftime. But the Orange started the second half with a 13-2 run mostly led by Fair, who hit two jumpers, two free throws and a tip-in as Syracuse tallied 10 straight points.
No. 18 BAYLOR 93,
CHAMINADE 77
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Gary Franklin scored 22 points and Baylor easily beat Division II Chaminade at the Maui Invitational.
The Bears overcame 42 points from Chaminade’s Christophe Varidel, who fell one point shy of the tournament record set by Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison in a triple-overtime game in 2005. Varidel tied the tournament record with his 10 3-pointers.
Four players besides Franklin scored in double figures for the Bears (5-0), who put the game away in the second half after going into halftime with a three-point lead.
Cory Jefferson had 15 points and nine rebounds, including an alley-oop and layup early in the second half that gave Baylor its first double-digit lead over Chaminade (2-1).
NO. 3 KENTUCKY 68,
CLEVELAND STATE 61
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andrew Harrison’s three-point play broke a 57-all tie before twin brother Aaron followed with a 3-pointer with 1:20 remaining, helping Kentucky escape stubborn Cleveland State
Trailing 54-44 with 7:41 remaining and needing a breakthrough against the Vikings, the brothers helped the Wildcats close with a 24-7 run including a pair of Aaron Harrison lobs inside to Willie Cauley-Stein for dunks along with a three-point play with 3:55 left to tie it at 54.
No. 5 OKLAHOMA STATE 93, SOUTH FLORIDA 67
TAMPA, Fla. — Marcus Smart and Markel Brown scored 25 points apiece, leading Oklahoma State to a victory over South Florida.
The Cowboys (5-0) were barely tested in the early-season matchup of unbeaten teams. There were eight lead changes in the opening minutes, however Smart put a big exclamation mark on a 23-point opening-half with a buzzer-beating shot from beyond half-court to put Oklahoma State up by 16 at halftime.
No. 7 OHIO STATE 65,
WYOMING 50
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 20 points and Aaron Craft had all 10 of his points in a second-half surge to lead Ohio State past Wyoming.
Craft was scoreless and having a forgettable game until he began driving and scored 10 of the Buckeyes’ 13 points during a 13-4 run that turned the tide.
Amir Williams added 12 points and a career-high 16 rebounds — six more than his previous best — for Ohio State (5-0).
No. 12 WICHITA STATE 90,
DEPAUL 72
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ron Baker scored 21 points, Tekele Cotton added 17 and No. 12 Wichita State seized control against DePaul with a big first-half run before cruising to a victory in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.
Cleanthony Early added 15 points for the Shockers (6-0), who knocked off the Blue Demons last year during a tournament in Cancun before marching all the way to the Final Four.
No. 15 FLORIDA 86,
JACKSONVILLE 60
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Casey Prather scored 27 points, Michael Frazier II added 17 and Florida handled Jacksonville.
The Gators (5-1) won their fourth consecutive game following a loss at 10th-ranked Wisconsin two weeks ago. The latest victory was a final tuneup before the team’s toughest stretch of the season — games against Florida State, Connecticut, Kansas and Memphis.
No. 17 IOWA STATE 110,
UMKC 51
AMES, Iowa — DeAndre Kane had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Iowa State trounced Missouri-Kansas City for its fifth straight win.
Sherron Dorsey-Walker added 17 points for the Cyclones (5-0), who used a 27-0 run midway through the first half to put away the Kangaroos.
Iowa State, which was hosting a game as a ranked team for the first time in eight years, held UMKC scoreless for 7½ minutes and led 52-17 at halftime.
ARIZONA STATE 79,
No. 25 MARQUETTE 77
TEMPE, Ariz. — Jahii Carson scored 23 points and Jordan Bachynski swatted Derrick Wilson’s runner at the buzzer for his seventh block, helping Arizona State knock off Marquette to remain undefeated.
The Sun Devils (6-0) led by 15 in the first half, but had to withstand a late rally by the Golden Eagles.