No. 4 Kansas Bests Iona, 96-83
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Christian Braun had 18 points and seven rebounds, Ochai Agbaji added 17 points, and No. 4 Kansas beat Iona 96-83 on Sunday in the first meeting between Hall of Fame coaches Bill Self and Rick Pitino.
David McCormack scored 13 points for Kansas (5-1).
The Jayhawks were was coming off their first loss of the season, 74-73 to Dayton on a buzzer-beater in an ESPN Events Invitational semifinal on Friday.
Beating Pitino’s Iona team, which opened the tournament with a win over No. 10 Alabama, was enough to salvage third place in the tournament for Self’s Jayhawks.
NO. 7 VILLANOVA 72
LA SALLE 46
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in a balanced team effort for Villanova, which beat La Salle.
NO. 10 ALABAMA 96, MIAMI 64
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Keon Ellis had 22 points, Jaden Shackelford contributed 15 and Alabama defeated Miami in the fifth-place game at the ESPN Events Invitational.
NO. 13 ARKANSAS 76
PENNSYLVANIA 60
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — JD Notae scored 28 points in Arkansas’ win over Pennsylvania.
NO. 21 SETON
HALL 84
BETHUNE-COOKMAN 70
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jared Rhoden scored 18 points, Alexis Yetna had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Seton Hall pulled away in the second half to beat Bethune-Cookman.
NO. 23 FLORIDA 84, TROY 45
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Myreon Jones and Tyree Appleby scored 12 points apiece and Florida beat Troy.
Florida (6-0) scored the first 13 points of the game and never relinquished its double-digit lead. Colin Castleton finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and a pair of blocks.
Duke Deen led Troy (4-3) with 10 points on 2-of-8 shooting. Troy committed a season-high-tying 21 turnovers.