Top 25 Summary: No. 2 UConn loses second straight at Maui

Andrej Jakimovski hit a layup with eight seconds left and Colorado defeated No. 2 UConn 73-72 in the consolation round of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Colorado rallied from a first-half deficit of 11 to take the win over the two-time defending champion Huskies. With UConn leading 72-71, Jakimovski drove to the right side of the lane and made a scoop shot as he fell to the ground. UConn called a timeout to set up the final play, but Hassan Diarra missed a 3-point attempt with two seconds left.

Jakimovski finished the game with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Julian Hammond III and Elijah Malone each scored 16 for the Buffaloes, who advanced to the fifth-place game in Maui on Wednesday.

Liam McNeeley led UConn with 20 points, Solo Ball scored 16 and Diarra finished with 11. The Huskies lost two straight games for the first time since three straight losses from Jan. 11-18, 2023 Wednesday.

#1 Kansas 75, #11 Duke 72

Duane Harris Jr. scored 14 points and nine assists while Zeke Mayo added 12 points to lead Kansas over Duke in Las Vegas.

Mayo gave the Jayhawks the lead for good with 1:57 left. Duke scored just one point in the final 2:29, and Kon Knueppel’s 3-point attempt failed at the buzzer. Duke’s Tyrese Proctor scored a team-high 15 points. Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg finished the game with 13 points after scoring just two points in the first half.

Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson scored 11 points before being sent off for a flagrant-2 foul with 10:26 left. The referees ruled he intentionally kicked Duke’s Maliq Brown in the head during a scuffle on the floor.

No. 4 Auburn 85, No. 12 North Carolina 72

A sensational performance of 23 points, 19 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots from Johni Broome propelled Auburn past North Carolina into the championship game of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Broome scored 18 points in the first half. Miles Kelly hit three 3-pointers and finished the game with 15 points. Chad Baker-Mazara added 14 points, Chaney Johnson came off the bench to add 11 points and Tahaad Pettiford scored 10.

Seth Trimble scored 17 points for the Tar Heels. RJ Davis added 12 and North Carolina got 10 points each from Jae’Lyn Withers, Elliot Cadeau and Ven-Allen Lubin.

No. 5 Iowa State 89, Dayton 84

Keshon Gilbert scored six of his 24 points in the final 44 seconds to help the Cyclones to a victory over the Flyers in the consolation round of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Curtis Jones scored 19 points off the bench as Iowa State (4-1) rebounded from a painful loss to No. 4 Auburn in the tournament’s opening round on Monday. It was a tie when Gilbert fouled out with 44 seconds left and then made two free throws to give the Cyclones the lead for good.

Malachi Smith delivered a career-high 22 points and nine assists, outpacing Dayton (5-2).

#9 Alabama 85, #6 Houston 80 (OT)

Mark Sears scored a season-best 24 points and No. 9 Alabama held Houston to two points in overtime while securing a win at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

Aden Holloway scored 14 points, Grant Nelson added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 12 points for the Crimson Tide (5-1). Mouhamed Dioubate had 10 points and a career-best 16 rebounds for Alabama.

LJ Cryer scored a career-high 30 points but made just 9 of 26 shots for Houston (3-2). The Cougars made just one of 10 field goal attempts in overtime, with Cryer missing all six of his shots.

No. 8 Kentucky 87, Western Kentucky 68

Otega Oweh scored 18 points and Andrew Carr finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading the Wildcats to a victory over the Hilltoppers in Lexington, Kentucky.

Kentucky (6-0) improved on its best start in eight years by surviving a tough battle with Western Kentucky (3-3), whose three-game winning streak was snapped.

Julius Thedford led Western Kentucky with 18 points and five rebounds, while Babacar Faye had 16 points and six rebounds before fouling out.

Oregon 80, No. 20 Texas A&M 70

The Ducks scored the final 10 points of the game and upset the Aggies at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

TJ Bamba finished the game with a team-high 18 points for Oregon (6-0), which shot 61.5 percent in the second half, scored consecutive runs of 16 and 10 points at halftime and scored 51 points after halftime.

Texas A&M (4-2) got 20 points from Zhuric Phelps and 15 from Wade Taylor IV. The Aggies lost a 10-point lead in the second half.

San Diego State 71, No. 21 Creighton 53

Sophomore BJ Davis recorded career highs with 18 points and nine rebounds, helping the Aztecs to a victory over the Bluejays at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

Miles Byrd, who finished with 16 points, joined Davis in making 13 of 21 shots from the floor, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range. San Diego State (3-1) outscored Creighton (4-2) 39-25 in the second half.

The Bluejays’ Pop Isaacs scored 18 points and Jackson McAndrew hit four 3-pointers to highlight his 12-point, 14-rebound performance.

–Field level media