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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tyler Ulis shook off a bloody cut by his right eye to score 12 key second-half points and lead top-ranked Kentucky to a hard-fought 58-50 victory over No. 4 Louisville on Saturday.
An inadvertent elbow by Louisville's Chris Jones in the first half left Ulis with two thin bandages. He hit two big 3-pointers to give the Wildcats (13-0) a cushion in this showdown between unbeaten Bluegrass State rivals.
Fellow freshmen Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker and Trey Lyles joined in to help stake Kentucky to a 50-38 lead with 4:43 left.
Towns had 10 points and nine rebounds, while Booker added nine points for Kentucky, which held Louisville (11-1) to 26 percent shooting.
Terry Rozier scored 15 points and Jones had 13 for Louisville.
NO. 8 GONZAGA 87, BYU 80
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kyle Wiltjer scored 24 points and Kevin Pangos had 21 points and seven assists, leading Gonzaga to a win over Brigham Young in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams.
Byron Wesley had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs (12-1, 1-0). Przemek Karnowski added nine points and 10 boards.
Tyler Haws and reserve Anson Winder each scored 17 points for BYU (10-4, 0-1 WCC). Kyle Collinsworth had a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
NO. 15 MARYLAND 72, OAKLAND 56
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Jake Layman had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 15 Maryland extend its winning streak to five games with a 72-56 victory over Oakland.
Dez Wells, the Terrapins' scoring leader the past two seasons, was back in the lineup after missing the past seven games with a broken right wrist. Wells came off the bench and finished with 10 points.
Freshman Melo Trimble was 5 of 6 from 3-point range and had 17 points for Maryland (12-1).
Jalen Hayes scored 13 points and Kahlil Felder added 12 for Oakland (4-10).
NO. 20 NORTH CAROLINA 89, UAB 58
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Marcus Paige scored 16 points to lead North Carolina past UAB.
Kennedy Meeks added 14 points and Justin Jackson had 13 for the Tar Heels (9-3), who never trailed and led by as many as 36 while shooting 50 percent.
C.J. Washington had 12 points and Robert Brown added 11 for the Blazers (4-9). They were just 3 of 25 from 3-point range and lost their third straight.
NO. 21 OHIO ST. 100, WRIGHT ST. 55
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — D'Angelo Russell scored 24 points on a stellar shooting night and Amir Williams added a career-high 21 to lead Ohio State past Wright State.
Russell was 7 of 8 from the field, including 6 for 6 behind the arc, and 4 of 5 on free throws. Williams' previous best was 18 points a year ago against North Florida.
Kam Williams added 15 and Marc Loving 13 points for Ohio State (11-2), which shot 61 percent from the field.
Grant Benzinger had 12 points and Joe Thomasson 10 for Wright State (8-6), which has lost two in a row after a four-game winning streak.
NO. 24 COLORADO ST. 58, NEW MEXICO ST. 57, OT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — J.J. Avila made a go-ahead layup with 31 seconds left in overtime in Colorado State's victory over New Mexico State.
Avila led Colorado State (13-0) with 19 points, and Stanton Kidd had 13. The Rams are off to the best start in school history.
Remi Barry had 14 points for the Aggies (5-9) and Pascal Siakam added 13.
Siakam was fouled with 4 seconds left, but missed both free throws.
Avila then missed two free throws with 2 seconds to go.
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