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No. 1 Duke 96, Grand Canyon 61

DURHAM, N.C.

Grayson Allen had 25 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Frank Jackson added 21 points and Duke beat Grand Canyon. Amile Jefferson scored 15 points, Luke Kennard finished with 14 and Matt Jones had 11 points for the short-handed Blue Devils (2-0). Once again playing without three injured freshman post players, they kept things largely in their guards’ hands and shot 53 percent to win their second game in less than 24 hours. Now, with those two tune-up games out of the way, the focus squarely falls on one of the marquee matchups of the early season: a date with No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Shaq Carr had 18 points to lead pesky Grand Canyon (0-1), which gave Duke more of a test than Marist did in a 94-49 rout a night earlier but came up empty in its second opener against a top-ranked team in three years.

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St. Joseph’s 77, Toledo 76

PHILADELPHIA

Shavar Newkirk scored 28 points and Lamarr Kimble added 16 — both career highs — to help Saint Joseph’s hold on for a win over Toledo in the season opener for both teams. Newkirk hit 9 of 16 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, with a career-best seven rebounds and three assists. James Demery added 11 points and tied a career high with eight rebounds. Steve Taylor Jr.’s jumper gave Toledo a 71-70 lead with 2:04 to play but St. Joe’s got a pair of offensive rebounds on its next possession before a putback by Markell Lodge, and then a jumper and two free throws by Newkirk, gave the Hawks the lead — 76-71 — for good. Jonathan Williams led Toledo with 18 points. Steve Taylor Jr. added 14 points with seven rebounds and Daniel Dzierzawski had 13 points.

Ohio 77, Southern 67

ATHENS

Jordan Dartis scored 15 points, and Kenny Kaminski and Antonio Campbell each had 14 to lead Ohio over Southern in the season opener for both teams. With the score tied at 44 early in the second half, Kaminski made back-to-back 3s, Dartis hit a 3 and Campbell’s layup pushed Ohio’s lead to 55-46 with 14:41 to play. Later, Kaminski made another 3 and the lead went to 64-51. Kaminski shot 4 for 8 from 3-point range. Tre’lun Banks hit a 3 with 2:58 left to cut the Jaguars’ deficit to 69-62 with 2:58 left, but Campbell’s layup and dunk with two minutes left pushed the margin to 11. The Jaguars outrebounded the Bobcats 43-35 but committed 22 turnovers and collected 24 fouls. Chris Thomas led Southern with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting while Patrick Smith had 12 points and nine rebounds and Shawn Prudhomme added 12 points and six boards.

Notre Dame 89, Bryant 64

SOUTH BEND, IND.

Bonzie Colson had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead Notre Dame to an season-opening victory over Bryant. Notre Dame used an 18-2 second half run to turn a single-digit lead into a 22-point advantage in a span of five minutes. V.J. Beachem tied his career-high with 22 points for the Irish, who are coming off back-to-back Elite Eight runs in the NCAA Tournament. Fellow tri-captain Steve Vasturia finished with 16 points. Notre Dame was just 3 of 16 from beyond the arc but hit 26 of 29 (89.7 percent) free-throw attempts.Nisre Zouzoua led Bryant with 19 points. Freshmen Sebastian Townes chipped in 16 points and Adam Grant had 13 before fouling out. The Bulldogs turned it over 13 times and shot 41 percent from the field.

Georgetown 105, SC Upstate 60

WASHINGTON

Rodney Pryor made a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with 32 points in his Georgetown debut, helping the Hoyas overpower SC Upstate for a season-opening win. Pryor, who averaged 18 points and eight rebounds per game for Robert Morris last season, made 6 of 8 from beyond the arc and 13 of 16 (81.3 percent) from the field, the most efficient shooting performance of his career with at least 10 shot attempts. Georgetown hit 66 percent from the field (36 of 54) and led 68-35 at halftime, setting a school record for points in the first half.

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