LAS VEGAS (AP) – Las Vegas Invitation News (local time):

6:50 p.m.

Kerwin Roach II scored 32 points, a career-high, seven assists and six interceptions to lead Texas to seventh place, North Carolina, 92nd to 89th in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational Tournament on Thursday.

Roach also had six rebounds and 12 out of 15, including 3 out of 3 in depth. The senior surpassed his previous record of 26 points with an emphatic dunk with 8:27 for a 73-65 lead.

Roach and North Carolina rookie Coby White came and went all the way. The Whites had 33 points, but he missed a 3-pointer that would have allowed the Tar Heels (5-1) to win 1:01. He was 7 out of 10 by 3 points.

Matt Coleman III had 16 points for Texas (5-0), and Jaxson Hayes had 15 points and nine rebounds.

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15:30.

Jordan Carolina had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Nevada, No. 6, defeated Tulsa 96-86 on Thursday to qualify for the Las Vegas Invitational title match.

Nevada (5-0) will play Massachusetts on Friday night. UMass beat Southern Illinois 84-62.

Caleb Martin added 21 points for the Wolf Pack, making his 10 free throws. Jazz Johnson had 20 out of 5 points out of 7 from 3 points.

Sterling Taplin the Golden Hurricane (4-1) with 22 points, and Martins Igbanu added 14.

Nevada finally pulled out with about 10 minutes of play, creating a lead of 80-62 with 9:30. Tulsa cut it to 88-79 with 3:48 remaining.

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24:30

Luwane Pipkins scored 15 points and UMass took a 16-2 lead in a 84-62 win over Southern Illinois on Thursday to reach the Las Vegas Invitational title match.

UMass (4-2) will play Nevada No. 6 on Friday night.

Carl Pierre added 14 points, and Curtis Cobb, 11 points. The Minutemen scored the highest score of the season with 15 points, a record for the school record.

Eric McGill led Southern Illinois (2-3) with 18 points and Kavion Pippen added 12.

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