Top-25 College Basketball Game Capsules

Nassau, Bahamas (SportsNetwork.com) – Perry Ellis paced all scorers with 19 points, while Wayne Selden Jr. chipped in with 14 as the second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks defeated the UTEP Miners, 67-63, in the third-place game of the Battle-4-Atlantis. Naadir Tharpe scored 11 points for Kansas (6-1) and freshman phenom Andrew Wiggins was held to six points on 2-of-9 shooting. McKenzie Moore led UTEP (4-4) with 15 points, while Justin Crosgile and Vince Hunter scored 14 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench for the Miners.

Final Score: (14) Oregon 91, North Dakota 76

Eugene, OR (SportsNetwork.com) – Joseph Young scored 23 points to lead No. 14 Oregon to a 91-76 victory over North Dakota on Saturday in the Global Sports Hardwood Challenge. Richard Amardi scored 15 points with eight rebounds, Mike Moser had 13 points and 15 rebounds and Elgin Cook scored 10 and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Ducks (5-0), who will play Cal Poly on Sunday. Jason Calliste had 15 points in the win. Troy Huff scored a game-high 25 points and had nine rebounds, Aaron Anderson had 22 points and Jaron Nash chipped in 12 points for North Dakota (2-3), which will face Pacific on Sunday.

Final Score: Villanova 88, (23) Iowa 83 (OT)

Nassau, Bahamas (SportsNetwork.com) – James Bell had 20 points as Villanova topped No. 23 Iowa 88-83 in overtime to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship on Saturday night. Josh Hart netted 16 points, JayVaughn Pinkston scored 14 and Ryan Arcidiacono added 13 for the Wildcats (7-0), who defeated No. 2 Kansas on Friday night to get to the title game. Roy Devyn Marble tallied 24 points, five rebounds and five assists for Iowa (7-1), which beat UTEP in the semis on Friday.

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