College Park, Md. — Kyle Guy scored 18 points and No. 4 Virginia combined effective outside shooting with its usual stout defense to slip past 24th-ranked Maryland, 76-71, on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
The Cavaliers (7-0) blew most of a 17-point lead before making six free throws in the final 37 seconds to hand Maryland its first loss.
Bruno Fernando had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 15 for the Terrapins (6-1).
No. 6 Tennessee 95, E. Kentucky 67
Knoxville, Tenn. — Grant Williams had 21 points and 11 rebounds as No. 6 Tennessee bounced back from its first loss of the season.
Tennessee (5-1) was playing for the first time since falling 1 in overtime to No. 2 Kansas on Friday at the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York.
No. 8 Auburn 99, Saint Peter’s 49
Auburn, Ala. — Anfernee McLemore and Bryce Brown each scored 19 points to lead No. 8 Auburn to a rout of Saint Peter’s.
The Tigers (6-1) scored the game’s first 13 points and led by as many as 32 before halftime over the Peacocks (1-5), who have lost five straight.
Syracuse 72, No. 16 Ohio State 62
Columbus, Ohio — Tyus Battle scored 20 points and Elijah Hughes added 18 to help Syracuse defeat Ohio State (6-1) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for the Orange’s second straight victory.
Syracuse improved to 4-2 on the season by shooting 49 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point land.
Vermont 69, George Washington 53
Washington — Anthony Lamb scored 16 points, had nine rebounds with four blocks and Ben Shungu scored 13 points and Vermont (4-3) George Washington (1-6).
Boston University 82, New Hampshire 53
Durham, n.h. — Tyler Scanlon scored 15 points, Javante McCoy scored 14 and Jack Hemphill added 10 and Boston University thumped New Hampshire for the 100th time. The Terriers are 100-39 all-time against UNH in a series that dates to 1908-09.
Harvard 73, Holy Cross 62
Cambridge, Mass. — Noah Kirkwood scored 20 points and Harvard held off Holy Cross.
Rhode Island 71, Brown 51
Kingston, r.i. — Cyril Langevine scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for his 10th career double-double and 400th career rebound as Rhode Island beat Brown.
Princeton 73, Maine 59
Bangor, Maine — Devin Cannady scored a season-high 28 points to lead Princeton over Maine.
UMass 69, Quinnipiac 62
Amherst, Mass. — Luwane Pipkins scored 20 points with seven assists, Curtis Cobb added 13 with eight rebounds and Massachusetts defeated Quinnipiac.
Women
No. 2 UConn 99, DePaul 63
Hartford, Conn. — Napheesa Collier scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as UConn passed its first test of the season against a ranked opponent.
Katie Lou Samuelson added 23 points for the Huskies (6-0), who have a showdown on Sunday at top-ranked Notre Dame.
No. 10 Texas 85, UTSA 54
Austin, Texas — Danni Williams scored 22 points and Texas rolled over Texas-San Antonio in a tuneup for its big weekend matchup with No. 6 Mississippi State.
No. 18 South Carolina 65, Dayton 55
Columbia, s.c. — Tyasha Harris scored 12 of her season-high 24 points in the third quarter and South Carolina beat Dayton.
No. 24 Drake 85, Creighton 69
Omaha, Neb. — Becca Hittner scored 15 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter to help Drake pull away.
No. 25 Kentucky 87, Morehead State 57
Lexington, Ky. — Maci Morris scored a season-high 31 points and Kentucky opened a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter on its way to beating Morehead State.
