Badgers blow by Auburn, 77-63



The No. 24 Wichita State Shockers (4-0) beat No. 6 Louisiana State U., 57-53.
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Kammron Taylor scored 16 points and No. 7 Wisconsin rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 77-63 victory over Auburn on Saturday in the third-place game in the South Padre Island Invitational.
Alando Tucker added 15 points for Wisconsin (4-1), which lost 66-64 to Missouri State on Friday. DeWayne Reed led Auburn (4-2) with 17 points.
The Badgers led by as many as 19 in the second half and shot 46 percent from the field for the game.
No. 8 Alabama 74,Texas Southern 44
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Jermareo Davidson had 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks, and Richard Hendrix added 15 points and 12 rebounds for Alabama (5-0)
The Crimson Tide played without preseason All-America Ronald Steele, sidelined by a sore knee. Sollie Norwood led the Tigers (1-4) with 16 points.
No. 9 Duke 75, Davidson 47
DURHAM, N.C. -- Josh McRoberts and Jon Scheyer had 14 points apiece to help Duke bounce back from its first loss of the season,
Brian Zoubek had 12 points and Gerald Henderson added 10 for the Blue Devils (5-1), who held the Wildcats to nearly 39 points under their average of 85.7 points and rebounded from their loss to Marquette in the CBE Classic.
Jason Richards had 17 points for Davidson (4-3).
No. 11 Texas A & amp;M 74,Idaho State 44
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Josh Carter tied a school record with eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points for Texas A & amp;M. Carter was 8-of-10 from 3-point range, and Acie Law added 22 points for Texas A & amp;M (5-0). David Schroeder led Idaho State (1-3) with 14 points.
No. 17 Syracuse 81, Canisius 71
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Eric Devendorf scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half, and Terrence Roberts led Syracuse with 20 points. Freshman Paul Harris, from Niagara Falls, added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Orange, 6-0 start for the first time in two years. Chuck Harris scored 24 for the Golden Griffins (1-3).
No. 23 Boston College 86,Rhode Island 68
BOSTON -- Sean Marshall matched his career high with 23 points, scoring 13 in a row for Boston College.
Jared Dudley added 18 points and 10 rebounds for Boston College (2-2), and Tyrese Rice scored 19 points. Will Daniels scored 19 points for Rhode Island (3-3).
No. 24 Wichita St. 57, No. 6 LSU 53
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Karon Bradley scored six of his 11 points in the final 2 minutes for Wichita State (4-0). Ryan Martin led the Shockers with 12 points, while P.J. Couisnard had 11. Kyle Wilson and Phillip Thomasson each had 10. Glen Davis led LSU (2-1) with 17 points.
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