LAHAINA, Hawaii — Tom Crean didn’t care what the box score said, his 13th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers didn’t play 40 minutes against Wake Forest.
“We played 15, 16 good minutes when we got the lead to nine points,” he said. “Then we started committing turnovers and taking quick shots. You’re not going to beat anybody with 16 good minutes, especially at Maui.”
Freshman guard Bryant Crawford made a driving layup with 3.2 seconds to play to give the Demon Deacons the lead, and they went on to an 82-78 victory in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Monday.
The Hoosiers (3-1) will play St. John’s, a 92-55 loser to No. 19 Vanderbilt, in the consolation round today.
“We learned a hard lesson,” forward Max Bielfeldt said. “Being in the losers’ bracket isn’t something we planned for. Things didn’t go our way.”
Crawford had the ball at the top of the key for about eight seconds before he put his head down and using a screen by Thomas drove to the basket to give Wake Forest (3-1) the lead.
“That was a great play by Bryant, to turn the corner and to find the seam and score,” Wake Forest Coach Danny Manning said. “We were fortunate enough to score.”
Wake Forest will face No. 19 Vanderbilt in the semifinals today.
“We won our first game and there’s not a lot of time to celebrate,” Manning said. “We will celebrate on the bus but once we get to the hotel property we will be getting ready for Vanderbilt, another good team.”
Indiana (3-1) led 75-67 with 4:50 left but the Demon Deacons went on a 9-2 run to take a 78-77 lead on a drive by Crawford with 24 seconds to play.
Troy Williams made one of two free throws with 13 seconds left to tie the game.
“Once we got the ninepoint lead we stopped doing the things that got us that lead,” Crean said.
Thomas led Wake Forest with 21 points while Dinos Mitoglou scored all 18 of his points in the first half. Crawford finished with 13 points and Collins had 10.
Williams led the Hoosiers with 16 points and Robert Johnson added 14.
NO. 3 MICHIGAN STATE 89, EASTERN MICHIGAN 65
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Javon Bess scored nine of his 13 points in the first half and matched a season high with six rebounds to help No. 3 Michigan State pull away to beat Eastern Michigan.
Denzel Valentine had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists for the Spartans. Deyonta Davis scored 16 points and blocked five shots, Bryn Forbes scored 12 and Eron Harris added 10.
The Spartans (4-0) were sluggish early in the game, giving up the first four points and leading by just two points midway through the first half. They led 40-25 at halftime and were ahead by 28 midway through the second half.
The Eagles (2-2) were led by Ty Toney’s 18 points and Willie Mangum, who scored 10.
NO. 4 IOWA STATE 83,
CHATTANOOGA 63
AMES, Iowa — Naz Mitrou-Long scored 24 points, Georges Niang added 19 and Iowa State beat Chattanooga for its third consecutive victory.
Monte Morris had 14 points and 10 assists for the Cyclones (3-0). They celebrated their highest ranking since the 1996-1997 season by hitting a season-high 14 three-pointers — including six from Mitrou-Long.
Iowa State stretched a 15-point halftime lead to 23 early in the second half in cruising to their 29th consecutive non-conference victory at home.
NO. 5 KANSAS 123,
CHAMINADE 72
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Wayne Selden Jr. and Sviatoslav Mykhaliuk both scored 18 points and the fifth-ranked Jayhawks cruised past Chaminade in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Monday night.
Devonte Graham had 15 points, Frank Mason III had 14, Landen Lucas had 13 and Hunter Mickelson and Perry Ellis both had 11 for the Jayhawks, who shot 64 percent from the field (47 for 73). Kansas (2-1) will play the winner of Monday’s late game between UNLV and UCLA in the semifinals today.
Chaminade (0-3), the Division II host school from Honolulu, dropped to 7-85 in the 32 years of the tournament.
NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 80,
NORTHWESTERN 69
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Jackson had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead a balanced effort for ninth-ranked North Carolina, which bounced back from a surprising loss over the weekend to beat Northwestern in the CBE Classic semifinals.
Kennedy Meeks and Joel Berry II added 12 points apiece, and Theo Pinson, Isaiah Hicks had Brice Johnson each had 10 for the Tar Heels (4-1), who tumbled from their top spot in the AP poll earlier in the day after their 71-67 loss at Northern Iowa.
North Carolina will play Kansas State for the tournament title tonight.
Tre Demps led the Wildcats (3-1) with 21 points.
NO. 14 CALIFORNIA 89,
SAM HOUSTON STATE 63
BERKELEY, Calif. — Freshman forward Jaylen Brown had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyrone Wallace helped key a big first-half run that led No. 14 California to its fourth victory in row to open the season.
Jordan Mathews added 18 points and Wallace had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for the Golden Bears (4-0). Dakarai Henderson scored 13 points to lead Sam Houston State (1-3). Jamal Williams had 12 points while Jalin Barnes finished with 10.
NO. 19 VANDERBILT 92,
ST. JOHN’S 55
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Jeff Roberson had 11 points and 13 rebounds for No. 19 Vanderbilt, which opened the game on a 27-4 run en route to a blowout victory over St. John’s in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.
The Commodores (4-0) will meet Wake Forest in today’s semifinals.
Vanderbilt scored the game’s first nine points and it only got worse from there for the Red Storm (3-1), who lost for the first time under first-year coach Chris Mullin and nearly suffered the worst loss in school history.
Luke Kornet, one of Vanderbilt’s three 7-footers, had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists while Camron Justice scored 11 points. Nolan Cressler finished with 10 Federico Mussini scored 14 points to lead St. John’s, which shot just 18 of 60 for the game. Durand Johnson added 10.
MARQUETTE 81, NO. 22 LSU 80
NEW YORK — Jajuan Johnson hit the winning free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining and Marquette survived a frenetic finish to hold on and beat No. 22 LSU in the semifinals of the Legends Classic.
Marquette will face Arizona State in today’s championship game.
LSU (2-1) freshman Ben Simmons had 21 points and 20 rebounds in front of 51 NBA scouts and gave the Tigers their only lead at 80-79 with a reverse layup with 21.5 seconds left in the game.
But Johnson knocked down the two free throws and Josh Gray missed a three-pointer as time expired.
NO. 23 XAVIER 78,
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 66
CINCINNATI — Trevon Bluiett had 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and No. 23 Xavier — playing as a ranked team for the first time in four years — pulled away from Northern Kentucky. The Musketeers (4-0) jumped into the Top 25 with lopsided victories over Missouri and Michigan. They used their balance to shake free of the Norse (1-3) in the second half.
Forward James Farr had 13 points and eight rebounds for Xavier.
SOUTHLAND
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 98,
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 84
LAS VEGAS — Sophomore guard Justin Foreman scored 21 points and Central Arkansas claimed its first victory of the season by beating Texas-San Antonio in the “Men Who Speak Up” Main Event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Sophomore guard Jordan Howard added 17 points for the Bears (1-3), who had six players score at least 10 points and will play Howard in Wednesday’s Middleweight Division championship. Sophomore forward Mathieu Kamba finished with 15 points while junior guard Jeff Lowery added 14 points and five assists. Senior center Jake Zuilhof and senior guard Mike Martin each had 12 points. UCA shot 36 of 63 (57 percent), including 7 of 13 on three-point attempts, and finished 19 of 22 from the freethrow line.
Ryan Bowie scored 17 points to lead the UTSA (1-4), which led 41-38 at the half but was outscored 60-43 in the second half.
WAKE FOREST 82,
(13) INDIANA 78
Sports on 11/24/2015