LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) – Rui Hachimura scored 20 points and Gonzaga (3rd) blocked four shots in the final 46 seconds to stop the five-time Duke champion 89-87 on Wednesday to win the Maui Invitational title.

Duke (5-1) shot from behind by 16 in the second half before climbing a massive load with a series of dunks and driving to the basket. After the Blue Devils drew to 87-all, Hachimura scored on a hard drive to give Gonzaga the advantage.

The Zags (6-0) missed four free throws to give Duke a last shot, but Brandon Clarke blocked R.J. Barrett leads on the final game of the game.

Gonzaga beat a No. 1 team for the first time and ended Duke's series of winless victories over Ile de la Vallée (17-1) with his second Maui Invitational title.

Barrett had 23 points and Zion Williamson scored 22 for Duke.

Zach Norvell Jr. scored 18 points for the Zags.

NO. 2 KANSAS 77, MARQUETTE 68

NEW YORK (AP) – Dedric Lawson had 26 points and 12 rebounds to lead Kansas to the semifinals of the NIT Tip-Off season.

Marquette (3-1) led by 12 in the first period before taking a lead of 47-38 in the break. Then came the 22-0 run of the Jayhawks.

Marquette scored 0 of 10 to start in the second half, while Kansas (4-0) regained the lead.

Sam Hauser led the Golden Eagles with 20 points while Markus Howard had 18 points.

The Jayhawks earned 16 points from Lagerald Vick while Devon Dotson had 10 points, four assists and three interceptions.

NO. 4 VIRGINIA 74, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 52

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) – Andre Hunter has 15 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds to help Virginia beat Middle Tennessee in Battle 4 Atlantis.

Kyle Guy also scored 15 points and Braxton Key added 13 for the Cavaliers (4-0), which were never conducted but did not put the game aside until half-time . Virginia led 9-0 and 30-9, only to see the Blue Raiders scratch at 38-30 early in the second half.

Guy responded with a 3-pointer to start a 9-0 run that lengthened the lead. Middle Tennessee is no older than 11 years old.

Antonio Green scored 11 points to lead Middle Tennessee (3-2), with a score of 39%.

NO. 5 TENNESSEE 92, LOUISVILLE 81

NEW YORK (AP) – Grant Williams scored 24 points to lead five double-digit Tennessee players in the semifinals of the NIT Tip-Off season.

Admiral Schofield added 20 points for the Vols (4-0), which shot 54% of the field. The win was 664th in the career of Tennessee coach Rick Barnes. This allowed him to overtake John Wooden on the list of absolute victories in Division I.

After 77-70 at 6:51 of the end, Louisville coach, Chris Mack, was called for a technical foul while he did not like to be challenged by Dwayne Sutton. The Cardinals could never recover, pulling from the back up to 15.

Jordan Nwora had 23 points and 10 assists to lead Louisville (3-1).

No. 8 AUBURN 73, ARIZONA 57

Bryce Brown scored 19 points, Malik Dunbar added 15 and Auburn was away from Arizona to win third place in the Maui Invitational.

Auburn (5-1) gave Duke, first in the standings, his first real test of the season in the semifinal before losing by six. The Tigers built a 10-point lead over Arizona, allowed the Wildcats to come close to one point and took control with an 11-0 run in the second half to climb 14 points.

Arizona (4-2) defeated Iowa State in its first game before succumbing to No. 3 and Gonzaga tournament champion's attack in the second half semifinal. The Wildcats kept Auburn on hand until the second half of the Tigers and were able to catch up.

Brandon Randolph had 18 points and Justin Coleman 16 for Arizona.

NO. 10 KENTUCKY 87, WINTHROP 74

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) – PJ Washington had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Tyler Herro added 15 points and Kentucky shot 56% to flee Winthrop.

After Sunday's tense win against VMI, the Wildcats (4-1) struggled to face the Eagles by using their size to control the 37-20 boards and score in the paint (42-24).

Washington was the catalyst, making 7 out of 11 among the players en route to its second consecutive double-double. Herro briefly left the game after a big fall in the first half, but returned to 6 of 14 with three 3 points.

Josh Ferguson, Charles Falden and Austin Awad each had 11 points, while Kyle Zunic and Adam Pickett added 10 points each to Winthrop (2-3), who lost his second straight.

NO. 15 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 61, SAINT MARY & # 39; S 57

Quinford Weatherspoon and Tyson Carter each scored 12 points to lead the state of Mississippi to the Consolation Game of the MGM Main Event Heavyweight Division.

Saint Mary's took a 50-48 lead while it was only 6:15, but the Bulldogs continued on a 6-0 lead, led by Aric Holman's mighty dunk. .

The Bulldogs (4-1) earned nine points and 11 rebounds from Holman, while Lamar Peters added 10 points.

Jordan Ford scored 23 points for the Gaels (3-2) and Malik Fitts added 10 points and nine rebounds.

CREIGHTON 87, NO. 16 CLEMSON 82

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) – Sophomore Ty-Shon Alexander scored seven points on 3 points and 36 points, the highest score of his career, to lead Creighton to victory in the Cayman Islands Classic Championship game .

Alexander, who was named the most outstanding player of the tournament, made 9 shots out of 16, he only missed five, and made 11 free throws.

Clemson's Marcquise Reed completed a 3-point game 28 seconds into the end and Elijah Thomas forced a turn-over on an incoming game, which allowed Shelton Mitchell to score inside the score of 83. -80. Davion Mintz responded with two free throws at the other end of the field, and after Reed escaped on a 3-pointer, Mintz sealed it with a dunk.

Reed was 11 out of 22 off the ground and scored 27 points for Clemson (5-1), reaching 1,001 points with the team.

NO. 20 IOWA 105, STATE OF ALABAMA 78

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Luka Gazra scored 22 points, freshman Joe Wieskamp recorded a career-high 20 points and Iowa made his home debut as a team classified.

Tyler Cook scored 16 points and Isaiah Moss added 15 for the Hawkeyes (5-0), who dismissed any disappointment with 68 points in the first half – their biggest under-9 coach, Fran McCaffery.

Iowa scored the first 12 points of the match en route to the rout. Wieskamp broke his previous career record with 15 points midway through helping the Hawkeyes take a 30-11 lead.

Reginald Gee had 16 points to lead the state of Alabama (2-3).

NO. 22 BUFFALO 110, DARTMOUTH 71

AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) – Nick Perkins had 18 points and 10 rebounds in Buffalo's win.

Buffalo, who played without the leading scorer, C. J. Massinburg in his first game after a nine-day layoff, had a 15-0 lead in the first five minutes. Buffalo had a 26-point lead at half-time.

Buffalo (4-0) registered a double result by equalizing his points record in a match since his move to Division I in 1994-95. Davonta Jordan and Jayvon Graves scored 16 points apiece for Buffalo, while Jeremy Harris and Jeenathan Williams each had 11 points.

Ian Sistare scored 18 points for Dartmouth (3-2), all in the first period, and Chris Knight added 17.

NO. 25 WISCONSIN 62, STANFORD 46

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) – Ethan Happ had 16 points and 12 rebounds before scoring late, and Wisconsin beat Stanford in the first round at Battle 4 Atlantis.

The sophomore Nate Reuvers recorded a tournament record with nine shots blocked for the Badgers (4-0), a total that also equaled the Wisconsin record with just one game.

D & # 39; Mitrik Trice added 16 points to Wisconsin, who shot only 35% after half-time, but with a critical score of 9-0 to take control after the Cardinal entered a basket with 6:53 to go.

Okpala scored 11 points but made 2 of 12 shots from the cardinal (2-2), who shot 27% overall.

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