PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freshman Marvin Bagley III had a career-high 34 points and added 15 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke rallied to defeat Texas 85-78 in overtime on Friday in the semifinals of the PK80 Invitational.
Gary Trent Jr. added 17 points for the Blue Devils (7-0), who trailed by 16 points in the second half and were forced to play five freshmen once senior Grayson Allen fouled out.
Duke advanced to play the winner of Friday night's late game between No. 7 Florida and No. 17 Gonzaga for the title on Sunday.
Dylan Osetkowski had 19 points and seven rebounds for Texas (4-1), which fell short of its first-ever victory over a top-ranked team.
Bagley made consecutive dunks to give the five-time NCAA champion Blue Devils a 78-73 lead in overtime. Andrew Jones' layup pulled Texas within 78-77 with 1:20 left. Wendell Carter's put-back dunk pushed Duke's lead to 82-78 and Trent's free throws with 11 seconds left sealed the win.
No. 5 Villanova 64, Northern Iowa 50
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Mikal Bridges scored 18 points and No. 5 Villanova pulled away down the stretch to beat Northern Iowa in Friday's Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.
Jalen Brunson added 16 points as Villanova (6-0) led most of the way, then used an 8-0 run in the final 4 minutes to turn away the Panthers.
It marked Villanova's 17th straight win in a November tournament and marked the Wildcats' fifth straight year with a championship, including the 2013 Atlantis title.
Juwan McCloud scored 13 points to lead the Panthers (5-2), who shot 42 percent and controlled the boards. But Northern Iowa made just 6 of 23 3-pointers and didn't get to the free-throw line.
The Panthers got within 51-45 on Spencer Haldeman's 3 with 5:33 left, but Phil Booth answered with a 3. Then, after Eric Paschall's score, Bridges hit a 3 to push the lead to 14 with 2:03 left.
No. 14 Minnesota 69, Massachusetts 51
NEW YORK -- Jordan Murphy scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to spark Minnesota to a rout of Massachusetts on Friday in the first game of the Barclays Center Classic.
Amir Coffey added nine for the Golden Gophers (6-0). Luwane Pipkins led the Minutemen (3-2) with 18.
The Golden Gophers never trailed in winning their sixth straight game. Following Pipkins' layup and free throw which cut Minnesota's lead to 18-14 with 8:04 left in the half, the Golden Gophers ended the opening 20 minutes with a 22-7 run.
Minnesota forced UMass to miss seven shots during the stretch and created three turnovers. Over the course of the half, the Golden Gophers held Massachusetts to 29 percent shooting. For the game, UMass shot 32 percent and committed 15 turnovers. Off of those 15 turnovers, Minnesota scored 24 points.
Massachusetts' turnovers and missed shots allowed Minnesota to get into its transition game. When the Minutemen did manage to get back defensively, the Golden Gophers found Murphy in the low post for quick scores.
In the second half, the Golden Gophers' lead grew to 26 after Coffey's layup 2:54 after the break.
Arizona St. 102, No. 15 Xavier 86
LAS VEGAS -- Tra Holder scored a career-high 40 points to lead Arizona State's upset of No. 15 Xavier in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday.
Holder scored 23 of his 40 points in the second half for Arizona State (6-0), which shot 55.9 percent from the field. The 6-foot-1 senior guard finished 14-of-22 shooting from the field, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and added four rebounds and four assists. He was named the tournament's MVP.
The Sun Devils trailed by 15 points in the first half but closed the half on a 15-2 run -- capped by a leaning 3-pointer at the buzzer by Holder -- and headed into the locker room trailing 46-44.
Holder gave Arizona State its first lead since the opening minutes after converting two free throws 45 seconds into the second half.
After the teams traded leads, Kodi Justice nailed a 3-pointer from the left corner to give Arizona State the lead for good at 56-55 with 16:29 to go. Justice drilled another 3 on the team's next possession to give the Sun Devils a six-point lead and all the momentum.
Xavier (5-1) had no answer for the perimeter play of Arizona State the rest of the way. Shannon Evans II added 22 points for Arizona State, which also got 16 points from Justice and 13 from Remy Martin.
Sports on 11/25/2017