TOP 25 ROUNDUP N. Carolina shocked by Santa Clara

No. 3 George Tech and No. 7 Oklahoma State crushed their opponents.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Wayne Simien had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 1 Kansas pulled away in the final two minutes to beat Vermont 68-61 on Friday night.
The Jayhawks (1-0), who haven't started a season No. 1 since 1956-57, trailed the underdog Catamounts 58-54 when Taylor Coppenrath hit a short jumper with 4:24 left.
Christian Moody, a walk-on starter, made two free throws to give Kansas a 61-59 lead with 2:49 left and start a 9-2 run that extinguished Vermont's bid for what would have been one of the great upsets in school history.
Kansas hasn't lost a home opener in 32 years.
Coppenrath, whose 24.1 average last year helped propel the Catamounts (0-1) to their second straight NCAA tournament, had just six points in the first half but finished with 23 points and seven rebounds.
No. 3 Georgia Tech 74,Alabama State 37
ATLANTA -- Jarrett Jack scored 20 points and Georgia Tech held Alabama State scoreless for more than nine minutes at the start.
The Hornets (0-1) were trailing 2-0 before the tipoff. Tyrece Legette was given a technical for dunking during the pregame warmups, and Jack hit two free throws before the game began.
Georgia Tech (1-0) pushed its lead to 13-0 before the Hornets finally scored with 10:43 remaining on Dustin Richmond's fallaway jumper.
Alabama State made only 13 of 51 from the field, just under 26 percent, and was outrebounded 51-33.
Santa Clara 77,No. 4 North Carolina 66
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Travis Niesen scored 26 points and Kyle Bailey made three second-half 3-pointers, and Santa Clara spoiled North Carolina's season opener.
The cold-shooting Tar Heels lost their opener for only the fifth time since 1930 and will certainly lose their highest preseason ranking in seven years.
Sean May had 19 points and nine rebounds in North Carolina's first game on the West Coast in four years. Rashad McCants scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half before fouling out in the final minute.
No. 5 Syracuse 77,No. 24 Memphis 62
NEW YORK -- Hakim Warrick had 25 points, and Gerry McNamara added 21 to lead Syracuse in the championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
Rodney Carney had 20 points in the first half for Memphis (3-1). But he had just five points in the second half, two in the final 30 seconds.
No. 7 Oklahoma St 91,Northwestern St 53
STILLWATER, Okla. -- John Lucas scored 24 points and Joey Graham added 18, leading Oklahoma State past Northwestern State in the season opener for both teams.
Graham scored 15 first-half points, and Lucas had 16 points after the break for the Cowboys, who started the season the same way they did last year, by routing the Demons.
Ivan McFarlin added 14 points, and Jameson Curry scored 12 for Oklahoma State, which returns four starters from last year's Final Four team that finished 31-4 and won the Big 12 conference.
It was the Cowboys' fifth straight win over the Demons, including games in the last four seasons.
No. 12 Mississippi St. 67, Saint Mary's 54
NEW YORK -- Lawrence Roberts, playing in just his second game of the season, scored 20 points to lead Mississippi State over Saint Mary's in the third-place game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
Despite playing with a face mask to protect his broken nose, Roberts looked a little more like himself against the Gaels (2-2), finishing 6-for-18 from the field and getting seven rebounds in 31 minutes.
Mississippi State (3-1) closed the first half on a 13-5 run -- that included the 50th 3-pointer of Roberts' career -- to take a 34-23 lead. The Bulldogs opened the second half with a 14-3 run that started and ended with three-point plays by Roberts.
No. 15 Maryland 93, Jackson St. 57
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Travis Garrison scored a career-high 21 points, and Maryland pulled away from Jackson State after halftime in a season-opening victory.
Before the game, the Terrapins unfurled the banner commemorating their 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference championship. But coach Gary Williams has stressed that last season's accomplishments will have no bearing on the fate of this team, even though Maryland returns four starters from the squad that went 20-12 in 2003-04.
Ekene Ibekwe had a career-high 17 points and eight rebounds for the Terrapins, who had six players score in double figures. Maryland is 102-2 in non-conference home games since Williams arrived before the 1989-90 season.
Dakari Wallace scored 11 points, and Kelly Ross and Antonio Williams-Parker had 10 apiece for Jackson State.
No. 16 Texas 95,
Texas State 63
AUSTIN, Texas -- P.J. Tucker scored 18 points to lead Texas to a season-opening win over Texas State.
Brad Buckman and Kenton Paulino each scored 13 for the Longhorns, who had six players in double figures.
Point guard Daniel Gibson and LaMarcus Aldridge, a 6-foot-10 forward, were the first pair of freshmen to start for Texas since 1986.
No. 18 Alabama 97, W. Carolina 66
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Kennedy Winston scored 24 points to lead Alabama.
No. 19 N.C. State 100,East Carolina 66
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tony Bethel made his first five shots -- including four 3-pointers -- and scored 22 points to lead North Carolina State past East Carolina in the championship game of the BCA Invitational.
No. 20 Notre Dame 66, Harvard 59
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Chris Quinn scored 20 points and Chris Thomas added 17 as No. 20 Notre Dame beat Harvard despite blowing an 18-point lead.
The Crimson, who won just four games last year, tied the score at 57 when Kevin Rogus hit a 3-pointer with 6:06 left. Both teams made just one more shot from the field, but the Fighting Irish (1-0) went 7-for-10 from the free-throw line, including Quinn going 4-for-4.
Brian Cusworth led Harvard with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
No. 23 Florida 81, Jacksonville 59
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Anthony Roberson scored 19 points, David Lee added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Florida routed Jacksonville in the season opener for both teams.