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No. 1 Duke 80, Wake Forest 62

DURHAM, N.C.

Ryan Kelly scored a season-high 22 points in Duke’s rout of Wake Forest. Seth Curry also had 22 points and Quinn Cook had a career-high 14 assists for the Blue Devils (14-0, 1-0), who shot 46 percent in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener and hit 11 3-pointers — including six during the 25-7 first-half run that put them up big.

No. 3 Arizona 60, Utah 57

TUCSON, ARIZ.

Solomon Hill had 19 points and Mark Lyons hit two free throws with 7.2 seconds left as Arizona dodged another last-second shot to remain undefeated. Arizona (14-0, 2-0 Pac-12) needed some help from a disputed call by the officials to win its conference opener.

No. 12 Missouri 66, Bucknell 64

COLUMBIA, MO.

Phil Pressey scored a career-high 26 points and Laurence Bowers added 16 for Missouri. Pressey missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 10.3 seconds remaining, setting off a frenzied final few seconds. Bucknell’s Mike Muscala stepped on the baseline with 4.1 seconds left after catching a pass from Ryan Hill.

St. John’s 53, No. 14 Cincinnati 52

CINCINNATI

JaKarr Sampson scored 16 points and D’Angelo Harrison added 15 and St. John’s beat Cincinnati in yet another close game between the teams. Cashmere Wright, who finished with 23 points, hit two 3-pointers in an 8-0 run that pulled Cincinnati within one with 2:32 left in the game.

Marquette 49, No. 15 Georgetown 48

MILWAUKEE

Davante Gardner made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left and Marquette had to hang on while Georgetown missed a deciding free throw. With Marquette leading 49-46, Greg Whittington of the Hoyas was fouled by Trent Lockett on a baseline 3-point shot with 2.3 seconds left.

No. 16 Creighton 79, Indiana State 66

OMAHA, NEB.

Doug McDermott had 25 points and nine rebounds, and Creighton used a 19-4 run to break open a close game in the second half. The Bluejays (14-1, 3-0) have won eight straight and are off to their best start in Missouri Valley Conference play since 2003-04. The Sycamores (9-5, 2-1) lost for the 14th straight time in Omaha since 1999.

No. 23 North Carolina State 78, Boston College 73

BOSTON

Scott Wood atoned for a scoreless first half with 12 points in the second, hitting two 3-pointers and six free throws down the stretch for North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

No. 17 Butler 57, New Orleans 44

INDIANAPOLIS

Kellen Dunham scored 15 points and Khyle Marshall added 13 to lead Butler. The Bulldogs (12-2) are 7-0 at home this season and will take a nine-game winning streak into their Atlantic 10 debut Wednesday night at Saint Joseph’s.

No. 18 Michigan State 84, Purdue 61

EAST LANSING, MICH.

Freshman Gary Harris scored a season-high 22 points and Michigan State used a 28-7 run in the second half to pull away. The Spartans (12-3, 1-1 Big Ten) missed their first 10 shots from the field after halftime, but it didn’t much matter in what became a free throw contest.

No. 21 Notre Dame 93, Seton Hall 74

SOUTH BEND, IND.

Scott Martin had a season-high 22 points on a career-high six 3-pointers and Jack Cooley added 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead Notre Dame to its 11th straight win. The winning streak is the second-longest for the Irish (13-1, 1-0 Big East) in 13 seasons under coach Mike Brey. The loss ended a seven-game winning streak for Seton Hall (12-3, 1-1).

No. 25 Kansas State 73, No. 22 Oklahoma State 67

MANHATTAN, KAN.

Rodney McGruder scored all but two of his 28 points in the second half and Kansas State turned away a game effort from freshman Marcus Smart and Oklahoma State. McGruder was 10 of 13 from the field and hit all five of his 3-pointers after the break, including two in the closing minutes.

Rutgers 67, No. 24 Pittsburgh 62

PISCATAWAY, N.J.

Eli Carter scored 23 points and Rutgers held off a second-half rally to hand Pittsburgh its second straight loss. The victory was the first for Rutgers coach Mike Rice since returning from a three-game school-imposed suspension for inappropriate behavior earlier this week. The Scarlet Knights (10-3, 1-1 Big East) led by 14 points at halftime only to see the Panthers (12-3, 0-2) twice close the gap to two points in the final 5 minutes.

Associated Press