LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) – R.J. Barrett scored 20 points, Cam Reddish added 16 and Duke, first in the standings, remained undefeated at the Maui Invitational with a 90-64 loss over San Diego State.

The Blue Devils (4-0) shot 52%, scoring 10 of 25 in the 3-point range and rising to 16-0 in Maui, while winning a spot in the semifinal on Tuesday against the 8th Auburn.

Duke has been talking about him in college basketball since his much-vaunted first-year students pulled the cane of the season with a dazzling victory over the no. 2 Kentucky. The Blue Devils, five-time champions of Maui, arrived in paradise among the favorites and played the same way against the Aztecs (2-1).

Despite foul trouble in the first half – Zion Williamson played seven minutes – Duke took control with an 11-0 run and led 49-32 at half-time behind Barrett's 16 points.

The Blue Devils resisted the race with an 8-0 first run in the second half, increasing to 71-46 with the splitting dunk of Williamson's windmill. Williamson had 13 points in 18 minutes.

Devin Watson had 15 points to lead the state of San Diego (2-1).

No. 3 GONZAGA 84, ILLINOIS 78

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) – Rui Hachimura scored 23 points, Zach Norvell Jr. added 15 and Gonzaga resisted Illinois at the inaugural round of the Maui Invitational.

Gonzaga (4-0) resisted the 10-0 run of Illinois and climbed nine with 97 seconds to play, but Trent Frazier scored a four-point goal to allow Illini to return in the 80-78.

Illinois forced Gonzaga to make a difficult shot and recovered the ball with 30 seconds to go, but Frazier threw a long 3-point ball.

Jeremy Jones of Gonzaga made two free throws to allow the Zags to qualify for Tuesday's semifinals against Arizona.

Gonzaga, who plays without striker Killian Tillie (ankle), had problems with Illinois' defensive pressure in the first half, allowing the Illini to keep him close to goal.

Frazier scored 29 points and Giorgi Bezhanishvili 17 for Illinois.

N ° 6 NEVADA 90, CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 55

RENO, Nevada (AP) – Trey Porter scored 14 points and nine rebounds, Jordan Brown scored 16 and Nevada beat the California Baptist.

Nevada defeated the Lancers 47-31 and beat them 40-24 in the paint.

Six players scored a double figure for the Wolf Pack (4-0). Caleb Martin scored 14 points, Jazz Johnson added 11, Jordan Carolina 10 and Trek # 10 Shawn Thurman.

Milan Acquaah, a transfer from Washington State that started nine games with the Cougars last season, had 12 points for Cal Baptist. Jordan Heading also scored 12 points.

Cal Baptist (2-2) took a 14-11 lead with 11:34 to go in the first half, but Nevada responded with a 31-10 run to enter the 42-24 division.

No. 7 North Carolina 101, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 76

CHAPEL HILL, NS (AP) – Cameron Johnson scored 20 points, rookie Nassir Little added 19 points and North Carolina beat Saint Francis of Pennsylvania in the Las Vegas Invitational campus round.

Luke Maye had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Kenny Williams had nine assists in his career and rookie Coby White finished with 16 points for the Tar Heels (5-0), who shot 52% and did not never been dragged.

North Carolina got into trouble early in the rotation and finally broke away from the glitzy Red Flash (1-3) before reaching triple digits for the third time in four games.

Jamaal King scored 21 points, Andre Wolford scored 18 and Keith Braxton added 14 to lead the Red Flash, who shot 34 percent early in the second half, just steps from his first Top 25 win since 1959.

No. 8 AUBURN 88, XAVIER 79, OT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) – Bryce Brown scored 26 points, Jared Harper added 25 and Auburn extended Xavier to open the Maui Invitational tournament.

The Tigers (4-0) fired early on the perimeter and had trouble shaking the new look of the Musketeers (2-2), seriously missing the shot to override the regulation.

Auburn took control in overtime behind his defense, beating Xavier 11-2. The Tigers scored 31 points on Xavier's 22 turnovers to earn a semifinal spot against the Duke-San Diego State winner.

Ryan Welage had 17 points and Paul Scruggs 16 for Musketeers.

Auburn had a five-point lead with a minute to play in regulation, but Naj Marshall created a 3-pointer wing to draw the Musketeers into the 77-75.

Xavier tied with 77 points in all and only 26 seconds left in the two free throws of Tyrique Jones. Brown's last shot was significantly shorter.

No. 12 STATE OF KANSAS 82, MISSOURI 67

ST. THOMAS, US Virgin Islands (AP) – Dean Wade scored 21 points and Kansas State defeated Missouri in the championship game of the Paradise Jam tournament.

Barry Brown Jr. added 19 points and six assists, Xavier Sneed had 13 and Kamau Stokes scored 10 for the Wildcats (5-0), who won their first title of the tournament in four tries under the direction of head coach Bruce Weber.

Jordan Geist had 24 points, Xavier Pinson added 12 and Mark Smith 11 for the Tigers (3-2).

No. 14 FLORIDA STATE 93, CANISIUS 61

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Mfiondu Kabengele had a career-high 18 points and Terance Mann added 12 while Florida State was warming after a seven-day layoff to beat Canisius.

Kabengele, the nephew of Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA All-Star center, came off the bench to shoot 6 of 12 on the ground and had six rebounds for the Seminoles. Florida State is 3-0 for a third consecutive season.

Malik Johnson scored 20 points for Canisius (1-1), who had 13 turnovers in the first period and finished the night with 18.

STATE ARIZONA 72, N ° 15 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 67

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Kimani Lawrence has scored 22 points to lead the state of Arizona to a victory over the Mississippi State in the heavyweight category of the MGM Main Event.

The Arizona State, which climbed to 3rd place after a 12-0 opening last season, improved to 4-0, while giving the Bulldogs their first loss of the season (3-1). ).

The Sun Devils resisted a second-half rally of Mississippi State, which tied the game at 65 when Nick Weatherspoon drained a long-range jumper just inside the 3-point line with a minute to to play.

But Lawrence responded with a 3-pointer 33 seconds from the end, and the Sun Devils held up for the win.

The Bulldogs were led by Aric Holman, who had 22 points and 10 rebounds.

N ° 16 CLEMSON 72, AKRON 69

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) – Shelton Mitchell scored 22 points with four flights, Elijah Thomas had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Clemson beat Akron in the first game of the Cayman Islands Classic.

Marcquise Reed added 16 points for Clemson (4-0), which brings back four starters in last season's Sweet 16. Sophomore Aamir Simms added 12 points to double points for the fourth consecutive game after only three goals last season. Mitchell had 9 of 13 free-throw shots from Akron's 15 attempts, and Thomas scored his double career double in 4: 08.

Mitchell had 10 points in the first period while Clemson led 18 minutes out of 20. He made two free throws with 40 seconds to play to lead 70-59 and Daniel Utomi (Akron) added a 3-pointer to the ring.

Loren Cristian Jackson scored five points and scored 25 points for Akron (3-1).

No. 17 UCLA 80, PRESBYTERIAN 65

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jaylen Hands scored 19 points and Jalen Hill had 20 rebounds in a career high to lead UCLA to a win over Presbyterian College.

The Bruins (4-0) did what they were supposed to do by sending the Blue Hose (3-3) and, although they took a big lead at halftime, they survived a fright in second half.

Presbyterian College beat UCLA 39-20 in the first 12:20 minutes to reduce UCLA to 61-58. It was as tight as the Presbyterian would have it as UCLA responded with a 12-2 run to put the game aside.

Adam Flagler led Presbyterian College with 29 points, a high point in the game.

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