Top 25 roundup: North Carolina rallies late to stun No. 18 UCLA

North Carolina freshman Ian Jackson, playing in his hometown, poured in a season-high 24 points and RJ Davis made the go-ahead free throw as the Tar Heels rallied past No. 18 UCLA to win 76-74 on Saturday afternoon at the CBS Sports Classic in New York.North Carolina (7-5) overcame a 16-point deficit and led just twice — after the game’s first basket and after Davis’ free throw with 13 seconds left — to defeat a ranked opponent for the first time in five tries this season.Davis finished with 17 points, while teammate Seth Trimble had 12 points and helped force a key turnover in the final minute.Tyler Bilodeau racked up a season-high 26 points, Sebastian Mack scored 22 and Skyy Clark had nine points and four assists for the Bruins (10-2).No. 2 Auburn 87, No. 16 Purdue 69Johni Broome played through a shoulder injury and recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Tigers notch a victory over the Boilermakers in a nonconference showdown at Birmingham, Ala.Broome made 10 of 15 field-goal attempts and Auburn (11-1) led by as many as 33 points during an easy victory. Tahaad Pettiford had 18 points and five assists and Denver Jones added 15 points for the Tigers, who have won four straight games.C.J. Cox scored 16 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers (8-4) but missed six of his seven free-throw attempts. Fletcher Loyer had 11 points for Purdue, which lost for the third time in four games.Ohio State 85, No. 4 Kentucky 65Aaron Bradshaw scored 11 points against his former team in his first game in more than a month to help the Buckeyes upset the Wildcats at Madison Square Garden in New York.Bruce Thornton led the Buckeyes (8-4) with 30 points and John Mobley Jr. added 15 as they evened the all-time series at 11-11. Bradshaw missed seven games since Nov. 19 while the university investigated an alleged domestic incident.Otega Oweh scored 21 for the Wildcats (10-2). Andrew Carr chipped in 13 points.No. 5 Duke 82, Georgia Tech 56Kon Knueppel paired 18 points with five assists, helping guide the Blue Devils to a rout of the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta.Khaman Maluach added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Cooper Flagg — on his 18th birthday — scored 13 points for Duke (10-2, 2-0 ACC), which won its sixth straight game.Baye Ndongo led Georgia Tech (5-7, 0-2) with 14 points, and Duncan Powell logged 13. The Yellow Jackets, who have dropped four of five games, shot 36.2 percent from the field.No. 7 Florida 99, North Florida 45Will Richard scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead the Gators to a comfortable victory over the Ospreys in Gainesville, Fla.Florida (12-0) continued what is their second-best start in program history and best since opening the 2005-06 campaign 17-0. That season the Gators won the first of back-to-back national championships.Jasai Miles and Liam Murphy each had 13 points to lead North Florida (7-6), which lost its second straight game and third in its past four.No. 9 Marquette 72, Xavier 70David Joplin scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to lead the No. 9 Golden Eagles past the Musketeers in Cincinnati.Kam Jones had 20 points, including seven clutch points in the final two minutes for Marquette (11-2, 2-0 Big East). Marcus Foster had 16 to lead Xavier while Jerome Hunter added 15 for Xavier (8-5, 0-2).After Jones made a free throw with 3.6 seconds left, Ryan Conwell lost his balance just across midcourt as Marquette’s Chase Ross made an effort to disrupt his path to the basket. No foul was called as time ran out on Xavier, which lost its third straight, all to Top 25 opponents.No. 10 Oregon 76, Stanford 61Kwame Evans Jr. led a balanced attack with 13 points, seven teammates added seven or more and the Ducks steamrolled the Cardinal at the San Jose Tip-Off event.Oregon (11-1) went on a 27-8 run to finish the first half and take control at 36-19.Stanford (9-3) finished the half with just three baskets in its last 16 attempts, mixing in five turnovers. The Cardinal’s Maxime Raynaud produced 20 points and 13 rebounds for his nation-leading 10th double-double.No. 11 UConn 78, Butler 74Alex Karaban scored 21 points and Liam McNeeley added 17 to help the Huskies edge the Bulldogs in Indianapolis for their sixth straight win.Butler (7-6, 0-2) got within two in the final minutes, but two 3-pointers from Karaban gave UConn (10-3, 2-0 Big East) a 74-69 edge with 59 seconds to play.Andre Screen scored a season-high 17 points to go with 10 rebounds for Butler, which overcame a 16-point deficit to tie the game late. Patrick McCaffery also scored 17.No. 13 Gonzaga 86, Bucknell 65Graham Ike scored 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Bulldogs defeated the Bison in a nonconference game at Spokane, Wash.Ben Gregg came off the bench to score 15 points for the Bulldogs (9-3) and Nolan Hickman had 14, with those two players combining for seven 3-pointers. Point guard Ryan Nembhard added nine points, nine assists and six rebounds.Noah Williamson scored 16 points and Josh Bascoe added 14 for the Bison (4-8), who took their sixth consecutive defeat. Jayden Williams put up 10 points.

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