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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Duane Washington Jr. scored 21 points and Ohio State had to rally from a second-half deficit to defeat UMass-Lowell, 74-64 Sunday.
Washington took a pass from teammate C.J. Walker and hit a 3 from the left wing for a 70-63 lead with 1:07 left to all but clinch it for the Buckeyes (2-0).
Justice Sueing had 15 points and six rebounds for Ohio State. Walker added 13 points and five assists while E.J. Liddell had 11 points and eight rebounds.
Obadiah Noel, coming off a 35-point game against Illinois State on Saturday, led UMass-Lowell (1-2) with 15 points and seven rebounds. Allin Blunt and Bryce Daley each had 11 points.
No. 2 BAYLOR 86
WASHINGTON 52
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jared Butler scored 20 points and Baylor won again without coach Scott Drew.
RICHMOND 76
No. 10 KENTUCKY 64
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Blake Francis and Nathan Cayo powered Richmond to the program's first road victory over an Associated Press top 10 team, rallying in the second half to beat No. 10 Kentucky.
The Spiders (2-0) had been 0-25 against top 10 teams and trailed 36-30 just after halftime. Francis and Cayo each finished with 18 points, many coming during a series of small scoring runs that pushed Richmond ahead.
No. 11 CREIGHTON 69
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 58
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Christian Bishop scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half, Antwann Jones fueled the decisive run in the first half, and Creighton opened the season with a victory over North Dakota State.
No. 17 HOUSTON 64
No. 14 TEXAS TECH 53
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Marcus Sasser scored 17 points playing close to home, Quentin Grimes added 15 and Houston never trailed in a victory over Texas Tech in a neutral-site meeting.
No. 18 ARIZONA STATE 100 HOUSTON BAPTIST 77
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Marcus Bagley scored 21 points, fellow freshman Josh Christopher added 17 and Arizona State used a huge first-half run to rout Houston Baptist.
No. 24 RUTGERS 70
HOFSTRA 56
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Ron Harper Jr. had 15 points and nine rebounds, Jacob Young had 17 points and Rutgers beat Hofstra.
Montez Mathis scored 14 points, and point guard Paul Mulcahy added nine rebounds and seven assists as the Scarlet Knights never trailed.
No. 25 MICHIGAN 81
OAKLAND 71, OT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Isaiah Livers scored 22 points and Hunter Dickinson had all 19 of his points after halftime, helping Michigan outlast Oakland.
Dickinson, a 7-foot-1 center, scored six points early in overtime to finally give Michigan (2-0) control of a game it was expected to win easily.