Associated Press
Associated Press
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Chris Jones scored 15 points to lead No. 3 Louisville to a 71-57 victory over Fairfield on Saturday in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament.
Montrezl Harrell added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cardinals (5-0), who extended their winning streak to 21 games, including last season’s run to the NCAA championship.
Maurice Barrow paced Fairfield (1-4) with 14 points and Marcus Gilbert scored 11.
Louisville will take on No. 24 North Carolina in today’s championship game. The Tar Heels beat Richmond, 82-72 in Saturday’s first semifinal.
The Stags stayed with the Cardinals for much of the first half and led 11-9 early on. But Louisville went on a 28-12 run to close the half and led by as many as 21 after the break.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Austin Nichols scored 20 points and Joe Jackson had 18 to power Memphis to the win.
Nichols, a freshman forward, connected on 9 of 15 shots to help Memphis (2-1) rebound from a 101-80 loss to No. 7 Oklahoma State on Tuesday. Jackson went 14 of 15 from the free-throw line.
Michael Dixon Jr. added 16 points for the Tigers, while Nick King had 12 points.
Jeremy Smith had 16 points for Nicholls State (0-4), which closed out a four-game road trip to open its season.
Nicholls State had 18 turnovers and shot 36 percent from the field.
MADISON, Wis. — Frank Kaminsky scored 21 points to lead five Wisconsin players in double figures.
Josh Gasser added 15 points for Wisconsin (6-0), and Ben Brust finished with 12. Traevon Jackson scored 11 and Sam Dekker had 10.
Shawn Glover led Oral Roberts (2-3) with 24 points. Bobby Word had 14 points and D.J. Jackson finished with 11.
Oral Roberts trailed the entire game, but pulled within four points twice in the final minutes, including 66-62 after Glover converted a three-point play.
OMAHA, Neb. — Doug McDermott scored 21 of his 33 points in the second half, and Austin Chatman had a career-high 19 for Creighton.
McDermott recorded his 16th career 30-point game. He also became the first Creighton player since Cyril Baptiste in 1969-70 to open a season with four straight 20-point games.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Marcus Paige scored 26 points, Brice Johnson had 24 and North Carolina bounced back from its first loss of the season.
The Tar Heels (3-1) were up 66-62 with just under 4 minutes to play when Richmond’s Terry Allen picked up his fourth foul. Johnson made a putback that started the run that gave the Tar Heels control of the game. A Paige 3-pointer made it 71-62 and North Carolina held on down the stretch.
Cedrick Lindsay scored 29 points for Richmond. Kendall Anthony added 13.
Johnson added 12 rebounds for the sophomore’s first career double-double.