BIG TEN, MAC BASKETBALL Purdue players open the season by sharing glory

The Boilermakers trounced Miami of Ohio.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Kenny Lowe led five players in double figures with 12 points as Purdue beat Miami of Ohio 73-46 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
The Boilermakers, trying to shake off a 13-18 season in which they missed postseason play for the first time since 1989, were erratic offensively until going on a 28-10 run.
Juby Johnson scored 17 for the RedHawks, who missed 17 straight shots and shot only 34 percent from the field.
Purdue started its run early in the second half. Brett Buscher fell out of bounds as he caught an outlet pass from Willie Deane. He tossed up a twisting, one-handed shot that hung on the rim before softly falling in. Buscher made the free throw for a 35-18 lead.
Deane, last year's Big Ten scoring leader, hit a 3-pointer 3 minutes into the second half for a 39-21 lead.
Buscher, Deane and Chris Booker each scored 11. David Teague added 10.
BYU 71, Toledo 56
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Travis Hansen scored 22 points, and Brigham Young made eight of their 13 from 3-point range in a victory over Toledo in the Paradise Jam tournament.
Mark Bigalow added 12 points and Dan Howard had 11 for the Cougars (1-0), who held the Rockets (0-1) to 26 percent shooting in the second half and 35 percent for the game.
Keith Triplett and Sammy Villegas each had 13 points, and Nick Moore added 10 for Toledo.
The Cougars shot 43 percent, and they had a big edge in scoring by their reserves, who outscored Toledo's bench 29-9.
Hansen made seven of his 12 field-goal attempts, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. He also made all six of his free throws, and BYU was 21-of-27.
Princeton 62, W. Michigan 59
NORMAN, Okla. -- Spencer Gloger scored 18 points, including two free throws with 21.9 seconds left, as Princeton beat Western Michigan in the first round of the Sooner Invitational.
The free throws gave Princeton (1-0) a three-point margin. Western Michigan called timeout with 17.6 seconds left and then tried to get a shot for Robby Collum, but Collum lost the ball in traffic as time expired.
Western Michigan (0-1) outscored Princeton 14-2 in the final five minutes of the first half to take a 34-30 lead. The Broncos scored the first basket of the second half before Princeton went on a 20-4 run to take a 50-40 lead.
Marshall 92, Niagara 90
LEWISTON, N.Y. -- Ronald Blackshear's 3-pointer with 28.5 seconds left lifted Marshall to a win over Niagara in both teams' season opener.
Trailing 48-45 at halftime, Marshall (1-0) opened with a 12-2 run in the second half with 3-pointers by Blackshear and Marvin Black.
Niagara (0-1) used a 12-2 run of its own midway through the second half, capped off with a 3-pointer by David Brooks, to tie the game.
Blackshear finished with 32 points for the Thundering Herd. Black added 25 points and 7 rebounds.
Trammell Darden led Niagara with 30 points and Juan Mendez added 19 points for the Purple Eagles.
Cornell 78, Buffalo 72
AMHERST, N.Y. -- Eric Taylor scored a career-high 30 points and Cody Toppert added 18 as Cornell beat Buffalo in both teams' season opener.
Taylor made good on all 10 of his first half shots, scoring 22 points in the first and was 14 of 16 from the field for the game while grabbing nine rebounds.
The Big Red (1-0), who led 50-34 at halftime, outscored the Bulls (0-1) by nearly 2 to 1 in the paint and held a 21-6 lead in rebounds in the first half.
Cornell shot 60 percent for the game while Buffalo was 37.3 percent from the field.
Michigan State 66, Asheville 52
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Chris Hill scored 18 points and Al Anagonye added 11 to lead No. 9 Michigan State to victory over North Carolina Asheville in the season-opener for both schools.
Freshman Paul Davis and Adam Ballenger also had nine points apiece for the Spartans, who have won 26 straight season-openers. Michigan State last lost a season-opener in 1976, when it fell to Central Michigan 81-76.
Andre Smith scored 18 points and Bryan McCullough added 12 for the Bulldogs, who have dropped their last seven season-openers.
Northwestern 56, Md.-Eastern Shore 36
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Aaron Jennings had 16 points and seven rebounds and Jitim Young added 10 points as Northwestern defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Northwestern (1-0) never trailed and jumped out to a 22-6 lead over Maryland-Eastern Shore with a Davor Duvancic basket with 7:37 to go in the first half. The Wildcats limited the Hawks (0-1) to just six field goals in the first half and the Hawks didn't get their first field goal until almost six minutes into the game when Didier Socker hit a jumper to make it 11-2.
Jennings' basket with 15:02 remaining in the game gave Northwestern a 38-16 lead, its largest of the game.
Maryland-Eastern Shore got within 12 on a Tee Trotter jumper to make it 40-28 with 10:16 remaining. Northwestern came back with a 14-4 run that started with a Jennings basket with 9:16 remaining and ended with Young hitting a pair of free throws to give the Wildcats a 54-33 lead with 2:10 left.
Ohio St. 106, Harlem Globetrotters 82
COLUMBUS -- Brent Darby had 25 points and 11 assists to lead Ohio State to a victory over the Harlem Globetrotters in an exhibition game.
Sean Connolly made 4-of-9 3-pointers and added 16 points for the Buckeyes, who lost point guard Brandon Fuss-Cheatham in the first half to a hyperextended left knee.
There was no immediate word from Ohio State on when Fuss-Cheatham would return. The Buckeyes open the regular season on Monday night at home against Coppin State.
With their regulars on the floor, the Buckeyes had little trouble with the Globetrotters in the first half, building a 52-25 lead at the break behind 12 points from Darby and Terence Dials.