Tar Heels tested by Winthrop in Tip-Off

Oral Roberts stunned No. 3 Kansas 78-71.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 2 North Carolina rallied to beat Winthrop 73-66 Wednesday in the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Freshmen Wayne Ellington added 13 points and Brandan Wright scored 12 for the Tar Heels, who overcame 25 points from the Eagles' Torrell Martin to advance to the semifinals next week in New York against the winner of a late game Wednesday between Gonzaga and Baylor.
North Carolina (2-0), down nine with under 17 minutes to play, went to their highly regarded freshmen class to come back. Ellington's back-to-back buckets inside and Ty Lawson's 3-pointer in a 9-0 run tied it at 45.
North Carolina took its first lead of the second half on Bobby Frasor's layup with 9:55 left, in part thanks to picking up the intensity on defense, an area coach Roy Williams has been critical of since practice began.
The freshmen trio of Wright, Lawson and Ellington scored consecutive baskets and Hansbrough, a sophomore, put it away with consecutive dunks, the second coming off a Winthrop turnover, to go ahead 65-55 with under 3 minutes left.
Martin, who hit 6-of-8 3-pointers in the first half, made just 1-of-7 after halftime. Michael Jenkins had 15 points and Craig Bradshaw had 14 for Winthrop (2-1), which committed 18 turnovers.
Oral Roberts 78, No. 3 Kansas 71
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Marchello Vealy hit his first seven 3-point shots as Oral Roberts stunned Kansas.
Vealy, only 1-for-13 in 3-pointers last year as a freshman, was 7-for-8 from behind the arc and finished with 22 points.
Caleb Green added 20 points for the Golden Eagles (1-1), who outplayed the heavily favored Jayhawks from start to finish.
The Jayhawks got 22 points from freshman Darrell Arthur, but were only 11-for-21 from the foul line and consistently missed easy shots.
No. 9 Wisconsin 79,Wis.-Green Bay 62
MADISON, Wis. -- Alando Tucker scored 18 points as Wisconsin jumped to a big lead early.
The Badgers (2-0) opened the game with a 22-4 spurt and held the Phoenix at bay the rest of the way.
Wisconsin-Green Bay never cut the lead to single digits.
Starting guards Michael Flowers and Kammron Taylor added 12 points apiece for Wisconsin.
Ryan Evanochko scored 19 points to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay (0-2).
No. 18 Syracuse 81,Northeastern 58
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Eric Devendorf had 19 points and a career-high eight assists, freshman Paul Harris had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Syracuse.
It was the fourth straight victory for the unbeaten Orange and the 730th career win for coach Jim Boeheim. He is 15th on the Division I list, one ahead of Jerry Tarkanian.
No. 22 Kentucky 57,Miami (Ohio) 46
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Freshman forward Perry Stevenson blocked seven shots and Kentucky scored the final 10 points of the game.
The Wildcats led by 10 in the second half before two free throws by Nathan Peavy cut the edge to 47-46 with four minutes left.
Ramel Bradley hit a jumper in traffic and Randolph Morris made two free throws, then scored from the post to stretch it back to a seven-point deficit.
Joe Crawford led the Wildcats with 18 points.
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