LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Keshon Gilbert scored 24 points and Curtis Jones added 19 to lead No. 5 Iowa State to an 89-84 win over Dayton in the Maui Invitational on Tuesday. The Cyclones (4-1) rallied from a nine-point deficit late in the first half and held off the Flyers (5-2) in a game that featured 11 ties and 10 lead changes. Gilbert made a pair of free throws with 44.9 seconds left to give Iowa State the lead for good. He shot 12 of 14 from the line. Dishon Jackson had 12 points and six rebounds, and Milan Momcilovic scored 10 for Iowa State. Malachi Smith scored a career-high 22 points for Dayton.
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Johni Broome had 23 points and a career-best 19 rebounds to lead No. 4 Auburn to an 85-72 victory over No. 12 North Carolina in a Maui Invitational semifinal Tuesday night. Miles Kelly added 15 points and Chad Baker-Mazara scored 14 for the Tigers (6-0), who never trailed and led by as many as 19. They will play Memphis for the tournament championship on Wednesday. Broome scored 18 points in the first half and finished 9 of 18 from the field. He also had five assists and three blocks. Chaney Johnson had 11 points and eight rebounds for Auburn. Denver Jones and Tahaad Pettiford scored 10 apiece. Seth Trimble led the Tar Heels (4-2) with 17 points. RJ Davis, the reigning ACC player of the year, was held to a season-low 12 on 5-of-11 shooting. North Carolina pulled to 33-30 on Jalen Washington’s dunk in transition, but Auburn closed the first half on a 7-2 spurt to take a 40-32 lead at the break.
LONDON (AP) — Two companies have cut ties with Conor McGregor after a civil court jury in Ireland ruled last week that he must pay nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) to a woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter of raping her. Proximo Spirits, the owner of Irish whiskey brand Proper No. 12, will no longer feature McGregor’s name or image on the drink. “Going forward, we do not plan to use Mr. McGregor’s name and likeness in the marketing of the brand,” the company told the Irish Independent newspaper. Video game developer IO Interactive also ended its collaboration with McGregor, who had played the role of a fighter in the game “Hitman.” It follows the ruling last Friday in a civil case where Nikita Hand claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in a Dublin hotel penthouse in 2018.
PHOENIX (AP) — Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant each scored 23 points and the Phoenix Suns celebrated the healthy return of both players with a 127-100 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Devin Booker led the way with 26 points and had 10 assists as the Suns snapped a five-game losing streak. Beal had missed the past five games while Durant had missed seven in a row — both players were sidelined by a strained left calf. Beal made 10 of 15 shots, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range. The Lakers were led by Anthony Davis, who scored 25 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. LeBron James added 18 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists. Los Angeles has lost three straight.
TUESDAY SCORES
NCAA MEN TOP 25
No. 1 Kansas 75, No. 11 Duke
Colorado 73, No. 2 UConn 72
No. 4 Auburn 85, No. 12 North Carolina 72
No. 5 Iowa State 89, Dayton 84
No. 9 Alabama 85, No. 6 Houston 80
No. 8 Kentucky 87, Western Kentucky 68
Oregon 80, No. 20 Texas A&M 70
San Diego State 71, No. 21 Creighton 53