COLLEGE BASKETBALL \ Thursday’s Top 25 games

No. 8 West Virginia 85, Long Beach State 62

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Casey Mitchell scored a career-high 18 points and West Virginia routed Long Beach State in the first round of the 76 Classic. The Mountaineers (3-0) led the entire game in the first meeting ever between the two schools. Greg Plater and Stephan Gilling each had 14 points for Long Beach State (3-2), which was trying for its first win against a ranked team since 1994. West Virginia forward Da’Sean Butler, who had nine points in the first half, finished with 13. The Mountaineers made 12-of-24 3-pointers and shot 51.8 percent from the field while the 49ers committed 22 turnovers and shot 41.9 percent.

No. 22 Minnesota 82, No. 12 Butler 73

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Damian Johnson had 18 points and Minnesota earned its first win away from home this season in the first round of the 76 Classic. The Golden Gophers (4-0) held off the Bulldogs by making five 3-pointers in the final 8 minutes. Colton Iverson finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Gophers, who converted 12 of 18 free throws in the last 3 minutes. Matt Howard shot 15-of-18 on free throws and paced Butler (3-1) with 23 points before fouling out with 2:29 left. Shelvin Mack added 20 points and six rebounds.

No. 15 Michigan 83, Creighton 76, OT

ORLANDO, Fla. — Manny Harris had 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to lead Michigan over Creighton at the Old Spice Classic. Harris had a three-point play and added a dunk as Michigan went up 76-73 with three minutes left in the extra session. He picked up an assist on Zack Novak’s 3-pointer that made it 79-73. Creighton trailed 74-73 at the two-minute mark of overtime on Antoine Young’s basket. After Harris made two free throws with 5.7 seconds left to put Michigan up 69-67, Young forced overtime on a last-second layup. Laval Lucas-Perry scored 18 and DeShawn Sims added 16 for Michigan (3-0). Creighton (2-2) got 21 points from Justin Carter, while Darryl Ashford had 16.

Texas A&M 69, No. 19 Clemson 60

ANAHEIM, Calif. — B.J. Holmes scored 20 points to help Texas A&M upset Clemson in the first round of the 76 Classic. David Loubeau added 12 points and nine rebounds and Bryan Davis had 10 points for the Aggies (4-0), who will face West Virginia in a semifinal game today. Trevor Booker scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half for Clemson (4-1).

Associated Press