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College basketball roundup: No. 19 Kentucky downs 9th-ranked North Carolina
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Keldon Johnson scored 23 points, Reid Travis added 20, and No. 19 Kentucky beat ninth-ranked North Carolina 80-72 Saturday in a matchup between two of college basketball’s winningest programs.
Johnson scored 16 in the second half, helping the Wildcats (9-2) hold off the Tar Heels (8-3) in their first meeting since the 2017 NCAA South Regional final. North Carolina won that game on a last-second jumper by Luke Maye en route to its sixth national title.
This time, Johnson came on strong down the stretch after Travis got off to a scorching start.
Johnson hit a trio of three-pointers in the second half and made 4 of 7 from beyond the arc overall. Travis scored 16 as the Wildcats grabbed a 40-31 halftime lead.
Tyler Herro scored 15. PJ Washington added 11 points, nine rebounds and a career-high eight assists, and Kentucky won its second in a row since an overtime loss to Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden.
Cameron Johnson led North Carolina with 17 points. Maye scored 16 for the Tar Heels, who knocked off then-No. 4 Gonzaga one week earlier.
Tennessee 83, Wake Forest 64: Grant Williams had 22 points and 10 rebounds as No. 3 Tennessee trounced Wake Forest 83-64 for its sixth consecutive victory.
Kyle Alexander scored a career-high 19 points and had eight rebounds to help Tennessee (10-1) extend its home winning streak to 15 games. The Volunteers haven’t lost at Thompson-Boling Arena since last season, falling 94-84 to Auburn on Jan. 2.
Virginia 72, William & Mary 40: De’Andre Hunter scored 18 points, Kyle Guy had 16 and Virginia pulled away after halftime and beat William & Mary, 72-40.
The Tribe (4-8) used a 14-3 run spanning halftime to trim a 17-point deficit to 34-28 early in the second half, but Mamadi Diakite’s basket sparked a 17-2 run that put Virginia (11-0) in command again. Guy had nine points in the run, including the last six.
Florida State 81, Saint Louis 59: David Nichols scored a season-high 19 points off the bench and Florida State shot a season-best 55 percent to beat Saint Louis 81-59 in the one-day Orange Bowl Classic.
Ohio State 80, UCLA 66: C.J. Jackson scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half, and Ohio State handed UCLA its third consecutive loss, 80-66.
Wisconsin 84, Grambling State 53: Ethan Happ scored 19 points and grabbed his 1,000th career rebound, sending Wisconsin past Grambling State 84-53.
Iowa 110, Savannah State 64: Joe Wieskamp scored a career-high 24 points, Jordan Bohannon had 18 on six threes and Iowa blew past Savannah State, 110-64, for its fourth straight victory.