Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-best 26 points and collected eight rebounds to lead No. 13 Purdue to an 87-78 triumph over No. 2 Alabama in a Friday night nonconference showdown at West Lafayette, Ind.
Braden Smith produced 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds and Fletcher Loyer also scored 17 points for the Boilermakers (4-0). C.J. Cox scored nine of his 11 points during a go-ahead run for Purdue midway through the second half.
Labaron Philon scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting before fouling out for the Crimson Tide (3-1). Mark Sears had 15 points and six assists, Grant Nelson added 12 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 11 points for Alabama.
Purdue shot 49.2 percent from the field, including 9 of 16 (56.3 percent) from 3-point range, while winning its 21st straight home game. The Boilermakers committed just three turnovers.
No. 4 Gonzaga 113, UMass Lowell 54
Khalif Battle scored a game-high 21 points, leading six Gonzaga players in double figures and the Bulldogs never trailed in a rout of the River Hawks at Spokane, Wash.
Nolan Hickman added 14 for Gonzaga (3-0). The Bulldogs shot 41 of 76 from the field (53.9 percent) while limiting UMass Lowell to 18 of 50 (36 percent) from the floor.
Quinton Mincey led UMass Lowell (2-1) with 10 points. Martin Somerville, Max Brooks and Cam Morris III each scored nine.
Wisconsin 103, No. 9 Arizona 88
Graduate transfer John Tonje poured in a career-high 41 points and the Badgers turned back a second-half rally by the Wildcats to remain undefeated with a nonconference victory in Madison, Wis.
Tonje hit 8 of 14 field-goal attempts, including 4 of 6 beyond the arc, and 21 of 22 free-throw attempts. John Blackwell added 14 points and Max Klesmit had 13 for the Badgers (4-0), who hit 41 of 47 free-throw attempts.
Jaden Bradley had 22 points, Trey Townsend 17 and KJ Lewis 15 for Arizona (2-1), which had allowed just 108 points combined in its two victories.
No. 10 North Carolina 107, American 55
Jalen Washington scored a career-high 18 points and the Tar Heels cruised to victory over American in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Elliot Cadeau posted 15 of his 18 points in the first half, while RJ Davis and Seth Trimble each racked up 13 points and reserve Cade Tyson had 11 points for the Tar Heels (2-1).
Matt Rogers scored 15 points and reserve Elijah Stephens added 12 points for the Eagles (1-3), who fell to 0-3 in road games.
No. 15 Marquette 78, Maryland 74
Kam Jones poured in 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting and the Golden Eagles overcame a late-game collapse to record a win over the Terrapins in College Park, Md.
Stevie Mitchell added 18 points for Marquette (4-0), which managed to hang on despite getting outshot 52.7 percent to 44.8 percent from the field.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Derik Queen each racked up 24 points for Maryland (3-1). Queen also snatched seven rebounds.
No. 17 Cincinnati 86, Nicholls State 49
Simas Lukosius and Jizzle James each scored 19 points to lead the Bearcats past the visiting Colonels.
Lukosius is off to one of the hottest starts in the country from beyond the arc, converting 5 of 7 on Friday and improving to 10 of 14 for the season. As a team, Cincinnati (3-0) drained 11 of 27 (40.7 percent) from long distance in the runaway win.
Jamal West Jr. had 12 points to lead Nicholls State (2-3), which shot just 21-for-69 (30.4 percent) from the floor.
No. 20 Florida 87, Florida State 74
A 25-point performance by Walter Clayton Jr. helped the Gators squash an attempted second-half comeback by rival the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
Clayton scored 16 of his points in the first half, and in the second half, Sam Alexis and Allijah Martin matched Clayton’s output with nine points each to close out the game. Martin finished with 17 points and Alexis added 12 for Florida (4-0).
Jamir Watkins led Florida State (3-1) with 19 points. Justin Thomas added 11 points while going 3-for-3 from deep. The Gators won their fourth in a row against the Seminoles.
No. 23 Texas A&M 78, No. 21 Ohio State 64
Wade Taylor IV and Manny Obaseki each had 15 points to lead the Aggies to a victory over the Buckeyes in an early-season battle of ranked teams at College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M (3-1) won its third consecutive game since a season-opening loss at UCF. The Aggies shot only 24 percent in the first half but made 15 of 18 free throws for a nine-point lead at the break.
Ohio State (2-1) shot 21.9 percent in the opening half and was 3 of 4 at the line. Bruce Thornton scored 15 points to lead the Buckeyes.
No. 24 Rutgers 98, Monmouth 81
Highly touted freshman Ace Bailey scored 17 points in his much-anticipated debut for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who never trailed in a win over the Hawks in Piscataway, N.J.
Bailey, a consensus top-5 recruit, missed the first two games with a hip injury but displayed little rust. He was 5-for-10 from the field with a game-opening 3-pointer and added two thunderous dunks. He also chipped in six rebounds and two steals in 30 minutes.
Another freshman for Rutgers (3-0), Dylan Harper, added 20 points, six assists and five rebounds. Abdi Bashir Jr. scored a career-high 38 points on 10-for-17 shooting from 3-point range for Monmouth (0-4).
–Field Level Media
