College basketball roundup
VCU vs Iowa State in Orlando, 530 pm, RTD Joachim is in Orlando or you can use AP, IF NOT SEP
No. 12 Texas A&M 89, Penn St. 77
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Henry Coleman III scored 24 points, Wade Taylor IV had 23 and No. 12 Texas A&M beat Penn State in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational.
Tyrece Radford added 14 points for the Aggies (5-0), who lost to the Nittany Lions 76-59 in the first-round of last year’s NCAA Tournament. Kanye Clary led Penn State (4-1) with 19 points and Puff Johnson added 15.
No. 19 Fla Atlantic vs Butler in Orlando, 230
No. 14 UNC vs Villanova, 230
No. 3 Arizona vs No. 21 Mich State, 4 pm
No. 8 Creighton vs Colo State, 4 pm
No. 20 Arkansas vs Memphis, 5 pm
No. 23 USC vs Seton Hall, 530
Loyola Chicago vs BC, 130
No. 22 James Madison 95, Fresno St. 64
CANCUN, Mexico — Noah Freidel scored 26 points and No. 22 James Madison jumped out to a huge lead in the first nine-plus minutes Wednesday on the way to the win in the Cancun Challenge Championship.
T.J. Bickerstaff added 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Dukes (6-0). Raekwon Horton had 13 off the bench, and Julien Wooden scored 10.
Eduardo Andre and Isaiah Hill each had 12 points for the Bulldogs (3-2).
James Madison scored the first seven points and never trailed.
No. 1 Kansas 69, No. 7 Tennessee 60
HONOLULU — Hunter Dickinson scored 17 points and grabbed 20 rebounds and No. 1 Kansas pulled away from No. 7 Tennessee on Wednesday.
The Jayhawks (5-1) bounced back from a 14-point loss a day earlier to take third place in the Maui Invitational over the Volunteers (4-2), who have dropped their last two games.
No. 2 Purdue 78, No. 4 Marquette 75
HONOLULU — Zach Edey had 28 points and 15 rebounds to carry No. 2 Purdue to the win over No. 4 Marquette in the championship game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.
Edey, the reigning national Player of the Year, shot 11 of 19 from the field and led the Boilermakers (6-0) to their first Maui Invitational title.
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