No. 2 Purdue denies Marquette, wins Maui Invitational

The early season matchup of undefeated teams in a tournament stacked with five teams ranked among the top 11 nationally did not disappoint.

Edey, the reigning national Player of the Year, shot 11 of 19 from the field and led the Boilermakers (6-0) to their first Maui Invitational title.

Purdue led by as many as 15 points early in the second half. Marquette chipped away and pulled within 76-75 on a basket by Oso Ighodaro with less than a minute to play. But, Edey gave his team some breathing room with a right-handed putback of Braden Smith’s missed layup for a 78-75 lead with 18 seconds remaining.

Marquette had two chances to tie it, but 3-point attempts by Tyler Kolek and Kam Jones in the closing seconds failed to drop.

Marquette was attempting to become the first team to record wins over the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams in the country in back-to-back games since Loyola Chicago defeated No. 2 Duke, followed by a victory over No. 1 Cincinnati in the 1963 Final Four. The Golden Eagles’ win over No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday was their third over a top-ranked team in program history.

Smith scored 18 points and Fletcher Loyer added 10 for Purdue.

Kolek had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Kam Jones added 17 points and five assists for the Golden Eagles (5-1).

NO. 1 KANSAS 69, NO. 7 TENNESSEE 60: Hunter Dickinson scored 17 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, and Kansas pulled away to beat Tennessee.

The Jayhawks (5-1) bounced back from a 14-point loss a day earlier to take third place in the Maui Invitational over the Volunteers (4-2), who have dropped their last two games.

Kevin McCullar Jr. had 14 points, KJ Adams Jr. added 13 and Dajuan Harris Jr. chipped in eight assists for Kansas, which led by as many as 11 in the closing minutes.

NO. 8 CREIGHTON 88, LOYOLA CHICAGO 65: Baylor Scheierman had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Ryan Kalkbrenner added 29 points, and Creighton cruised over Loyola Chicago into the Hall of Fame Classic championship game in Kansas City, Mo..

Steven Ashworth added 10 points for the Bluejays (5-0), who will try for their first in-season tournament title since the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic when they play Colorado State on Thursday. The Rams beat Boston College in their semifinal.

Des Watson had 15 points to lead the Ramblers (2-3). Braden Norris finished with 14.

NO. 13 BAYLOR 88, OREGON STATE 72: Ja’Kobe Walter scored 24 points and 7-foot freshman Yves Missi posted his first career double-double as Baylor beat Oregon State in the opening game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center.

Baylor (5-0) led the entire way and will face the winner of the Florida-Pittsburgh nightcap in the championship game Friday evening.

Missi had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Jalen Bridges added 14 points for the Bears.

NO. 14 NORTH CAROLINA 91, NORTHERN IOWA 69: Harrison Ingram scored 16 points, Cormac Ryan added 15 points, and North Carolina used a big second-half run to beat Northern Iowa in the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

North Carolina (4-0) will play on Thursday against Villanova. Northern Iowa (1-3) moves into the consolation bracket to play Texas Tech.

North Carolina trailed 41-35 at halftime after making just 9 of 27 shots, including 3 of 13 from 3-point range. But the Tar Heels made eight of their first nine 3-pointers in the second half and scored 34 of the opening 40 points for a 69-47 lead.

NO. 24 VIRGINIA 56, WEST VIRGINIA 54: Ryan Dunn scored 13 points and grabbed a rebound of teammate Reece Beekman’s missed free throw with 2.3 seconds left to secure Virginia’s victory over West Virginia in the third-place game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Beekman hit the first of two free throws and when his second attempt missed, Dunn snagged the long rebound with 0.4 seconds left and added another from the line for the Cavaliers (5-1).

Beekman scored five of his 12 points in the final 2:41.