Wolfpack secure win at the line
Gavin Grant hit two of three free throws with 0.4 seconds left and North Carolina State (4-1) beat No. 20 Villanova (4-1) 69-68 to win the Old Spice Classic Championship on Sunday night at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Villanova seemed to clinch the win when Dante Cunningham tipped in a missed layup with 2.2 seconds remaining, but Cunningham fouled Grant the next trip down.
(4) Kansas 76, Arizona 72 (OT): At Lawrence, Kan., Brandon Rush scored five of his 17 points in overtime helping the Jayhawks (5-0) pull out a tough victory over the Wildcats (3-2). … (13) Duke 78, Eastern Kentucky 43: At Durham, N.C., freshman Taylor King scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Blue Devils (6-0) to a rout of the Colonels (2-3). … (18) Kansas State 82, Rider 69: At Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Andre Gilbert scored 22 and Jacob Pullen added 19 points and five assists as the Wildcats (5-1) beat the Broncs (3-3) in the Old Spice Classic. … USC 70, (19) Southern Illinois 45: At Anaheim, Calif., freshman Davon Jefferson scored 18 points and the Trojans (5-1) blew out the Salukis (3-1) in the Anaheim Classic title game. … (22) Butler 81, Texas Tech 71: At Anchorage, the Bulldogs (6-0) relied on their 3-point shooting to beat the Red Raiders (4-2) Saturday night to win the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Butler made 16 3s and set the tournament record with 47 3-pointers in three games.
Women
(2) Connecticut 74, (9) Duke 48: At Charlotte Amalie in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Tina Charles had 13 points and eight rebounds and the Huskies (5-0) beat the Blue Devils (5-1) for the Paradise Jam championship. … (3) Maryland 79, UCLA 75: At Los Angeles, Kristi Toliver scored 22 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Terrapins (8-0) overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat the Bruins (3-1). … (4) Stanford 63, Temple 54: At Charlotte Amalie in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Candice Wiggins scored 22 points and the Cardinal (5-1) rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat the Owls (2-4) at the Paradise Jam. … (5) North Carolina 77, Furman 36: At Chapel Hill, N.C., freshman Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 16 points to lead the Tar Heels (7-0) to a rout of the Paladins (2-3). … (7) Rutgers 45, (6) LSU 43: At Piscataway, N.J., Kia Vaughn scored 13 points to help the Scarlet Knights (3-1) hold off the Tigers (4-2) in a rematch of last season’s Final Four. Quianna Chaney missed a 3-pointer with less than a second left for LSU.