CAM Spencer scored 23 points and No. 5 UConn used some hot shooting to defeat No. 9 North Carolina 87-76 on Tuesday night (Wednesday in Manila) in the Jimmy V Classic in New York.
Alex Karaban posted 18 points and nine rebounds, Tristen Newton racked up 14 points, and Solomon Ball had 13 points for UConn (8-1), which shot 51.5 percent.
RJ Davis scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half for North Carolina (7-2), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Davis has scored 20 or more points in six games this season.
The Huskies, who were coming off a loss Friday night in a showdown at Kansas, were relentless at times on the boards, securing 11 offensive rebounds.
In other games, it was Kansas 88, Kansas City 69; Gonzaga 111, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71; Illinois 98, Florida Atlantic 89; BYU 96, Evansville 55; Tennessee 87, George Mason 66; Oklahoma 72, Providence 51; Wisconsin 70, Michigan State 57; and Grand Canyon 79, San Diego State 73.
Kansas 88, Kansas City 69
Kevin McCullar Jr. scored a career-high 25 points to lead four Jayhawks in double figures during a win over the Roos in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas (8-1) built a 20-point lead about 12 minutes into the game and then seemed to cruise. When they were tested late, the Jayhawks responded again. KJ Adams Jr. had 18 points in his first action since burying his mother on Saturday. Hunter Dickinson had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Johnny Furphy added 10 points.
The Roos (3-6) were led by Cameron Faas and Khristion Courseault with 18 points apiece. Anderson Kopp added 15.
Baylor 78, Seton Hall 60
RayJ Dennis scored 17 points and fab freshman Ja’Kobe Walter added 15 as the Bears played their best over the final eight minutes in a runaway win over the visiting Pirates in a Big East-Big 12 Battle game in Waco, Texas.
The Bears (9-0) led by 10 points at halftime but by only three with 13:15 left in the game after a 7-0 run by Seton Hall.
Baylor responded with a decisive 8-0 surge, which consisted of two 3-pointers and Josh Ojianwuna’s dunk with 11:13 remaining. Minutes later, a 12-2 run by the Bears ended with a layup by Dennis and an 18-point lead that all but finished off Seton Hall (5-3).
