Durham, n.c. — Marvin Bagley had 25 points and 10 rebounds in his college debut, and No. 1 Duke opened another season of high expectations by routing Elon, 97-68, on Friday night and moving Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski one victory from yet another career milestone.
Grayson Allen added 22 points and made six of the Blue Devils’ 12 3-pointers while Gary Trent Jr. added 17 points and four more 3s.
Duke shot 55 percent — 71 percent while pulling away in the second half — and held the Phoenix to less than 40 percent shooting while looking the part of a team beginning a second straight season atop the AP Top 25.
Coach K had no trouble earning his 999th career victory at Duke. The winningest coach in men’s Division I history has 1,072 victories in a 43-season career that also includes five years at Army.
No. 2 Michigan St. 98, N. Florida 66
East Lansing, Mich. — Miles Bridges started his sophomore season strong with 20 points and 10 rebounds, helping Michigan State beat North Florida in a tuneup for a highly anticipated game.
The Spartans will play No. 1 Duke on Tuesday night in Chicago.
No. 3 Arizona 101, N. Arizona 67
Tucson, Ariz.— Allonzo Trier scored a career-high 32 points and third-ranked Arizona opened its season with a rout of Northern Arizona.
No. 5 Kentucky 73, Utah Valley 63
Lexington, Ky. — Hamidou Diallo scored 15 second-half points, most of them during an 18-0 run, and No. 5 Kentucky shot 59 percent after halftime.
One of Kentucky coach John Calipari’s youngest rosters since arriving in Lexington showed its inexperience by struggling on both ends and trailing 34-25 at halftime.
No. 7 Wichita St. 109, UMKC 57
Wichita, Kan. — Senior Darral Willis scored 19 points to lead Wichita State past Missouri-Kansas City.
No. 9 UNC 86, Northern Iowa 69
Chapel Hill, n.c. — Luke Maye had a career-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds in No. 9 North Carolina’s season-opening win.
No. 25 Texas A&M 88, No. 11 West Va. 65
Ramstein Air Base, Germany — Tyler Davis had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Admon Gilder scored 23 points and No. 25 Texas A&M overcame a sluggish start to dominate No. 11 West Virginia in the Armed Forces Classic.
D.J. Hogg added 19 points for the Aggies, who played without suspended forward Robert Williams and point guard J.J. Caldwell. Gilder also had nine rebounds and seven assists.
No. 12 Cincinnati 107, Savannah State 77
Highland Heights, Ky. — Cane Broome scored 17 points during his debut as Cincinnati’s point guard, and the 12th-ranked Bearcats pulled away.
No. 15 Minnesota 92, S.C. Upstate 77
Minneapolis — Jordan Murphy scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Reggie Lynch added 15 points and 10 rebounds and Minnesota overpowered South Carolina Upstate.
No. 17 Xavier 101, Morehead St. 49
Cincinnati— Trevon Bluiett scored 21 of his 25 points during Xavier’s blistering first half, and the 17th-ranked Musketeers dominated from the opening tip-off.
No. 23 Seton Hall 90, FDU 68
Newark, n.j. — Desi Rodriguez scored 17 points, 13 in the first half, leading Seton Hall to an easy victory over Fairleigh Dickinson in an NIT Season Tip-Off first-round game.
No. 24 Baylor 107, C. Arkansas 66
Waco, Texas — Manu Lecomte scored 22 points, including six of Baylor’s 12 3-pointers, leading six players in double figures as the No. 24 Bears opened the season with a win over Central Arkansas.
Women
No. 3 Baylor 121, Lamar 62
Waco, Texas — Kalani Brown scored 28 points and had 20 rebounds to lead Baylor to a rout of Lamar.
No. 4 S. Carolina 99, Alabama St. 31
Columbia, s.c. — A’ja Wilson got her national championship ring, then scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds to lead No. 4 South Carolina over Alabama State. The party started before final warmups, with rings passed out and the title banner unveiled in the rafters.
No. 5 Ohio State 85, No. 10 Stanford 64
Columbus, Ohio — Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 points and Stephanie Mavunga added 17 points and a career-high 26 rebounds to help Ohio State over Stanford.
Ohio State dominated the pace of play in the third quarter, outscoring the Cardinal 24-14, despite shooting just 6 of 22 from the field in the quarter. The Buckeyes made 11-of-13 free throws in the period.
No. 9 Louisville 80, SE Mo. St. 40
Louisville, Ky. — Jazmine Jones scored 12 points and Louisville used a dominant start to defeat Southeast Missouri State in a WNIT first-round game.
W. Kentucky 79, No. 16 Missouri 76
Iowa City, Iowa — Tashia Brown scored 13 of Western Kentucky’s 18 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 30 as the Hilltoppers opened the season with an upset of Missouri at the Hawkeye Challenge.
No. 18 Florida State 109 North Florida 51
Tallahassee, Fla.— Chatrice White had a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds and Imani Wright added 17 points and eight assists to help Florida State beat North Florida.
No. 19 Oregon State 65, North Dakota 55
Corvallis, Ore. — Marie Gulich and Mikayla Pivec each had double-doubles, and Oregon State pulled away to defeat North Dakota.
No. 23 South Florida 61, LSU 55
Tampa, Fla. — Maria Jespersen scored 20 points, Kitija Laksa added 16 and South Florida held off LSU.
