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Top-ranked Gonzaga men’s basketball team scores rout, No. 8 Illinois squeaks past Ohio U.

Ohio guard Jason Preston, left, dribbles against Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu in the second half Friday in Champaign, Ill. (AP photo)

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Drew Timme had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Corey Kispert scored 25 points and top-ranked Gonzaga routed Auburn 90-67 on Friday in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Timme, who left the game with about eight minutes remaining, went 11 of 16 from the field. Kispert made four 3-pointers. Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga’s highest-rated recruit, added 12 points and six assists.

Allen Flanigan scored 20 points to lead Auburn (1-1).

A day after beating No. 6 Kansas 102-90, the Bulldogs (2-0) started strong in a game that tipped off at 11 a.m. An 11-0 run gave Gonzaga a 16-6 lead. The sequence featured a three-point play by Timme, a 3-pointer by Jay Ayayi, a steal and slam by Suggs and a 3-pointer by Kispert.

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No. 6 Kansas 94, St. Joseph’s 72

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Christian Braun scored 30 points and Kansas pulled away to beat Saint Joseph’s in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Braun made 10 of 13 shots, hit five 3-pointers and added nine rebounds. Ochai Agbaji, whose foul trouble proved costly in an opening 102-90 loss to No. 1 Gonzaga, added 18 points. Jalen Wilson had 14 for the Jayhawks (1-1).

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No. 8 Illinois 77, Ohio 75

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points, Kofi Cockburn had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Illinois rallied to beat Ohio to improve to 3-0

Jason Preston scored 31 points for Ohio (2-1). Ben Vander Plas added 20 points.

Ohio took a 71-67 lead on Preston’s free throw with 1:56 remaining. Dosunmu tied it at 71 with a 3-pointer and Da’Monte Williams put Illinois ahead 74-73 on a 3 with 35 seconds left. Wilson hit a jumper with 7.9 seconds left to give Ohio its last lead. After a timeout, Dosumnu was fouled and made both free throws to put Illinois up 76-75 with 2 seconds remaining.

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No. 15 West Virginia 70, Western Kentucky 64

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Derek Culver scored 15 points and West Virginia overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to beat Western Kentucky in the final of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic.

Culver was selected the tournament MVP. Miles McBride had 14 points and Taz Sherman scored 12 for the Mountaineers (3-0).

The Hilltoppers cut it to four points on Charles Bassey’s layup with 59 seconds left.

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No. 14 Texas Tech 84, Sam Houston St. 52

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Mac McClung scored 18 points for the Red Raiders,

Georgetown’s leading scorer last season, McClung has 38 points in his first two games for the Texas Tech (2-0). The 6-foot-2 junior guard had two 3-pointers and 10 points in the first eight minutes of the game against the Bearkats (0-2), who trailed 20-4 early.

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No. 17 Houston 68, Boise St. 58

HOUSTON (AP) — Quentin Grimes had 25 points and eight rebounds, while Caleb Mills added 12 points for Houston in the Southwest Showcase.

Grimes was 9 of 15 from the floor after scoring eight points on 3-of-15 shooting in an opening victory over Lamar on Wednesday. The Cougars outrebounded Boise State 49-26, and had a 15-2 advantage in second-chance points.

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No. 22 UCLA 107, Pepperdine 98 (3OT)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tyger Campbell and Jules Bernard hit 3-pointers early in the third overtime, and Chris Smith added a three-point play to finish with 26 points and help UCLA outlast Pepperdine.

Senior guard Colbey Ross had 33 points to became Pepperdine’s career scoring leader, but it wasn’t enough to keep Pepperdine (1-1) from losing its sixth straight to UCLA (1-1) and its 38th straight to a ranked opponent. Ross hit a floater to send the game into a second overtime tied at 81, but missed a 3-pointer that forced a third OT.

Campbell scored 10 of his 22 points in the third overtime, seven of them in the last 1:40.

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