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No. 5 Duke 78, No. 24 Kansas

New York: Cameron Boozer had 18 points and 10 rebounds, twin brother Cayden made a couple of big second-half baskets and Duke outlasted Kansas, defeating the undermanned Jayhawks in the annual Champions Classic. The Jayhawks were still without their best player, freshman Darryn Peterson, the nation’s top recruit and potentially the top pick in next year’s NBA draft, because of a lingering hamstring injury. Peterson has missed three consecutive games since hurting himself during a shootaround.

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New York: Cameron Boozer had 18 points and 10 rebounds, twin brother Cayden made a couple of big second-half baskets and Duke outlasted Kansas, defeating the undermanned Jayhawks on Tuesday night in the annual Champions Classic.

Isaiah Evans scored 16 points and Patrick Ngongba had 13 on 4-of-4 shooting for the Blue Devils (5-0).

The Jayhawks (3-2) were still without their best player, freshman Darryn Peterson, the nation’s top recruit and potentially the top pick in next year’s NBA draft, because of a lingering hamstring injury. Peterson has missed three consecutive games since hurting himself during a shootaround.

Peterson’s absence was enough to make a difference at Madison Square Garden even though the Blue Devils were less consistent than in their previous four victories. Kansas rattled Duke with some fast-break points early before getting worn down by foul trouble and a depth disparity.

All five Kansas starters had at least one foul and three had two apiece in the first half, and Duke closed it out on a 17-5 run to lead by eight. The Jayhawks trimmed their deficit to 67-64 on Melvin Council Jr.’s 3-pointer with 4:59 left.

The foul trouble showed in some tired legs. Flory Bidunga picked up his fourth with more than seven minutes left, and Bryson Tiller fouled out with 3:04 remaining.

Evans hit a 3 coming out of the under-4-minute timeout, and Cameron Boozer scored four of the eight points in an 8-0 run by Duke to pull away.

Tre White tried at every turn to keep Kansas in the game, scoring 23 points and grabbing nine rebounds.

Up next

Kansas: Faces Notre Dame on Monday night in each team’s opening game of the Players Era tournament in Las Vegas.

Duke: Hosts Niagara on Friday night.

No. 17 Michigan State 83, No. 12 Kentucky 66

New York: Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State’s season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the Spartans remained undefeated by beating Kentucky at Madison Square Garden in the annual Champions Classic. Jaxon Kohler sank two shots of his own from beyond the arc to finish with a team-high 20 points, and Trey Fort scored 13. Michigan State made 50% of its 3-point attempts after entering the game shooting 21.7% from long range — fourth-worst out of 361 Division I programs.

No. 18 North Carolina 73, Navy 61

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Caleb Wilson had 23 points and 12 rebounds, leading North Carolina to a win over Navy. A true freshman, Wilson also had four steals and three blocks for the Tar Heels (5-0). Luka Bogavac added 16 points, Jarin Stevenson scored 11 and Henri Veesaar had 10. Austin Benigni scored 19 points for Navy (2-3) and Jinwoo Kim added 14 in the Midshipmen’s first trip to Chapel Hill since 1936. Despite returning 86.6 percent of its scoring from last season — the most of any roster in the nation this year — Navy had trouble finding the basket consistently against UNC, shooting just 30.4 percent from the floor. The Tar Heels have held four opponents to under 40-percent shooting this season and are now 49-4 under fifth-year coach Hubert Davis when doing so.

No. 21 Arkansas 84, Winthrop 83

Fayetteville, Ark.: Meleek Thomas scored a career-high 26 points as Arkansas scored the final six points to rally past Winthrop. Arkansas took their final lead with 11 seconds left when Nick Pringle scored at the rim after a Winthrop turnover. After the basket, he and Winthrop’s Logan Duncomb became tangled. As the officials attempted to break up the entanglement, Pringle threw Duncomb to the floor, leading to a brief delay as the play went to review. Pringle and Duncomb were issued offsetting technical fouls and four players — two from Arkansas and two from Winthrop — were ejected for coming on to the floor from the bench. Kareem Rozier led the Eagles with 23 points