"Cooper Flagg leads No. 12 Duke to victory over No. 17 Arizona: Top 25 recap"
Cooper Flagg tallied 24 points and No. 12 Duke secured its first win against a major conference team this season by defeating No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night in Tucson, Ariz.
Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points with three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's first true road game of the season. The Blue Devils overcame a 8-for-13 performance on free throws.
Duke avenged a previous loss to Arizona last November on their home court.
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Jaden Bradley led Arizona (2-2), who won their first two home games, with 18 points and five steals. KJ Lewis added 12 points. Wildcats guard Caleb Love, a transfer from North Carolina, struggled with just eight points on 3-for-13 shooting, including 1-for-9 on 3-point attempts.
No. 7 Houston 80, Hofstra 44
Joseph Tugler scored 17 points off the bench on a perfect 6-for-6 shooting while Emanuel Sharp made all five of his 3-point attempts, leading the Cougars to a wire-to-wire victory over the visiting Pride.
Sharp finished with 16 points and is now 11-of-15 from beyond the arc this season. Terrance Arceneaux added 12 points for Houston (3-1) on 5-of-7 shooting.
Cruz Davis led Hofstra (4-2) with 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
No. 9 Kentucky 108, Jackson State 59
Koby Brea scored 22 points as the Wildcats used a potent fastbreak attack and impressive 3-point shooting to remain undefeated, beating the visiting Tigers at the BBN Invitational in Lexington, Ky.
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The Wildcats (5-0) scored 43 fastbreak points and hit a season-best 17 3-pointers on 39 attempts (43.6 percent) en route to their third 100-point game this season. Kentucky outscored Jackson State 44-32 in the paint and threw down 11 dunks to the Tigers' two.
Jackson State (0-6) led for just 16 seconds in the early going and trailed by double digits for the game's final 31:53. Marcus Watson Jr. paced the Tigers with 12 points.
No. 10 North Carolina 87, Hawaii 69
RJ Davis scored 18 points, Elliot Cadeau notched 12 of his 17 points in the second half, and the Tar Heels began their week on the Hawaiian islands by dominating the Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu.
North Carolina (3-1) went on an 11-0 run early in the second half to create separation against Hawaii (4-1), who had been chipping away at a first-half deficit of as many as 11 points.
Gytis Nemeiksa and Tanner Christensen each recorded double-doubles for the Rainbow Warriors. Nemeiksa scored a team-high 16 points and Christensen added 10, with both grabbing 10 rebounds.
No. 11 Tennessee 77, No. 13 Baylor 62
Chaz Lanier poured in 25 points, all in the first half where he knocked down seven 3-pointers, as the Volunteers built a huge early lead and cruised past the Bears in the title game of the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.
Tennessee (6-0) led by as many as 28 points and easily contained Baylor, who never got closer than 15 points in the second half. Jordan Gainey added 16 points for the Volunteers, who outshot Baylor 52.2 percent to 42.4 percent.
Norchad Omier led the Bears (4-2) with 22 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman VJ Edgecombe, a Bahamas native, added 20 points.
Nebraska 74, No. 14 Creighton 63
Juwan Gary scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds, helping to neutralize Ryan Kalkbrenner on offense as the Cornhuskers beat the Bluejays in Omaha, Neb.
Brice Williams also finished with 16 points for Nebraska (4-1). Connor Esseg
