Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Trey Lyles lifted No. 1 Kentucky out of a funk with five straight points to begin the second half, and Tyler Ulis scored 12 points on four 3-pointers to help the Wildcats rally for a 71-52 victory over Buffalo on Sunday.

Trailing 38-33 at halftime, Kentucky used a 3-pointer and subsequent steal and dunk by Lyles to get back on track. The 6-foot-10 freshman forward finished with 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting as the Wildcats pulled away from the stubborn Bulls (1-1) in the final 20 minutes.

The Wildcats (2-0) shot 41 percent (25 for 61) from the field. But they clamped down on Buffalo down the stretch, holding the Bulls to 4-of-19 shooting in the second half and 35 percent overall.

NO. 3 WISCONSIN 89, CHATTANOOGA 45: Sam Dekker scored 18 points and No. 3 Wisconsin started out fast in a victory over Chattanooga.

Traevon Jackson finished with 16 for the Badgers (2-0). Nigel Hayes had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Frank Kaminsky had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Ronrico White scored 15 points to lead the Mocs (1-1).

The Badgers hit 12 of their first 17 shots. They pushed the lead past 20 points less than halfway through the first half at 32-11 when Jackson scored on the fast break, and Kaminsky’s two foul shots made it 52-21.

NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 78, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 53: Buddy Hield hit all seven of his 3-point shots and scored 25 points as No. 19 Oklahoma coasted in its season opener, beating Southeastern Louisiana.

Hield’s first 3 came during a 16-0 run to begin the game.

Hield, a senior guard who led Oklahoma with 90 3-pointers last season, set a career single-game high for 3s.

Isaiah Cousins added 14 points and 10 rebounds while Ryan Spangler had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma (1-0).

Andrew Guillory led Southeastern Louisiana (0-2) with 16 points. The Lions didn’t score until their 14th possession, when Bret Barclay hit a pair of free throws.

NO. 21 NEBRASKA 80, NORTHERN KENTUCKY 61: Terran Petteway scored 25 points, making six 3-pointers, and 21st-ranked Nebraska opened with an victory over Northern Kentucky.

Shavon Shields had 11 of his 18 points in the second half and made all 10 of his free throws. David Rivers added 12 points.

Freshman Tayler Persons led the Norse with 13 points. Anthony Monaco, averaging 2.5 points in 51 career games, matched his career high with 12, all on 3-pointers.

The Atlantic Sun’s Northern Kentucky (0-2) lost its opener 62-31 at third-ranked Wisconsin on Friday and was outscored by a combined 50 points by the Big Ten opponents.

Nebraska, ranked for the first time since January 1995, returned all but one contributor from the team that went on a surge the second half of last season to finish fourth in the Big Ten and make the NCAA tournament.

NO. 23 SYRACUSE 65, HAMPTON 47: Rakeem Christmas had 15 points and 16 rebounds, freshman Chris McCullough added 13 points, and No. 23 Syracuse beat Hampton in the 2K Classic.

Syracuse opened the season Friday night with an 89-42 win over Kennesaw State. The Pirates dropped their opener 90-56 at Iowa.

Hampton has four starters back from a team that went 18-13 last year in the MEAC and has added Quinton Chievous, a graduate student transfer from Tennessee. Chievous had 17 points to lead Hampton against the Orange, who pulled away late.

Michael Gbinije, who sat out the opener, had nine points, Trevor Cooney 8, and freshman point guard Kaleb Joseph had five points and five assists for the Orange, who shot 41.5 percent (22 of 53) and outrebounded Hampton just 38-32 after finishing with a 30-rebound edge in the opener.

HOLY CROSS 58, NO. 25 HARVARD 57: Justin Burrell scored 16 points, including a pair of free throws to give Holy Cross the lead with 2 minutes left as the Crusaders beat No. 25 Harvard.

Wesley Saunders scored 24 with 12 rebounds for the Crimson (1-1), who were in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time in school history. But he missed a jumper in the lane as time expired that would have given Harvard the win.

Harvard point guard Siyani Chambers scored just one point and had five assists with seven turnovers, many of them against the Crusaders’ (1-0) full-court press.

Holy Cross scored the first eight points and led much of the game. But Harvard took the lead midway through the second half and held it until the final minutes.

WOMEN

Courtney Walker scored 17 points while Taylor Cooper added 11 to help No. 5 Texas A&M escape Texas-Pan American’s upset bid with a 63-61 victory in Chicago. Jordan Jones added 10 points while Achiri Ade had 16 rebounds for the Aggies (3-0), who won the four-team Maggie Dixon Classic championship at DePaul.

T’ondria Nolen paced Texas-Pan American (1-2) with 14 points, Shawnte’ Goff had 13 while Hild Kjartansdottir and Brittany Bush added 10 apiece.

Trailing 40-33 at the half, Texas A&M scored 11 of the first 13 points in the second half to take a 44-42 lead on Walker’s jumper at the 13:44 mark. With four minutes to play the Aggies extended it to 57-48 but the Broncs replied with a 9-2 run to make it a two-point game with 2:06 left.

The Aggies hit 4-of-6 free throw tries in the final 1:47 to stay ahead.

NO. 10 MARYLAND 97, WAGNER 24: Lexie Brown scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half to lead six Maryland players in double figures as the Terrapins cruised to a victory over Wagner.

Kiara Leslie had 11 points and 10 rebounds while Brionna Jones also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Maryland (2-0).

Malina Howard, Brene Moseley and Tierney Pfirman finished with 10 points apiece.

Wagner (0-2) was held to just seven points in the first half, which was the lowest the Terps allowed in 16 seasons under coach Brenda Frese. Jordyn Peck led the Seahawks with seven points.

Maryland has won 110 of 116 non-conference games at home since 2002.

NO. 12 LOUISVILLE 77, TENNESSEE-MARTIN 43: Myisha Hines-Allen and Bria Smith scored 14 points as all five starters scored in double figures and Louisville used its smothering defense to defeat Tennessee-Martin.

The Cardinals (2-0) raced to a 39-14 lead by holding the Skyhawks (0-2) to just four field goals in 20 attempts and forcing 17 turnovers. Tennessee-Martin finished at 25.5 percent with 23 turnovers.

Mariya Moore added 12 points for Louisville, Sara Hammond had 11 and Jude Schimmel 10.

Jessy Ward had 12 points for UT-Martin and Ashia Jones had 11 rebounds.

Louisville was trailing 8-7 7 minutes into the game but went on a 19-2 run to lead 26-10 with 5:50 remaining in the first half. Smith started the surge with a layup run as four different players scored inside baskets for a 15-8 lead. Five free throws and two more layups completed the back-breaking run.

NO. 13 NORTH CAROLINA 84, No. 23 UCLA 68: Allisha Gray scored 19 points and Brittany Rountree added 17 points and six assists to help North Carolina women roll to a victory over UCLA .

Leading 45-40 at the break, North Carolina (2-0) opened the second half on a 21-6 run and built its largest lead, 66-46, with 13:27 to play.

Rountree hit four 3-pointers and Gray made three for the Tar Heels, who shot 39 percent from beyond the arc.

Xylina McDaniel had 16 points, Jessica Washington and Jamie Cherry each added 10 for the Tar Heels.

Nirra Fields scored 21 points on 8-of-24 shooting, and Lajahna Drummer chipped in 11 points to lead UCLA (0-2). Monique Billings grabbed 12 rebounds for the Bruins.

It was the first of four-straight games against power-5 conference teams for North Carolina.

NO. 14 MICHIGAN STATE 69, EASTERN MICHIGAN 61: Aerial Powers had 20 points with 15 rebounds and Michigan State held off Eastern Michigan for a season-opening victory.

Tori Jankoska added 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Spartans (1-0), who watched a 14-point lead shrink to four with 2:27 left.

Anna Morrissey hit a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to halt the late rally by the Eagles (1-1).

Michigan State was held to 33.3 percent from the field, but had a 55-39 edge in rebounding. They erased a seven-point deficit midway through the first half and closed the half on a 13-4 run to lead 34-28 at the break. The Spartans stretched that lead to 56-42 with 8:29 remaining before Eastern Michigan had a late 16-6 surge.

Janay Morton led the Eagles with 13 points on 4-of-18 shooting and Shannise Heady chipped in 10.

NO. 19 IOWA 85, ROBERT MORRIS 67: Melissa Dixon scored 21 points and Kali Peschel a career-high 19 as Iowa beat Robert Morris.

Dixon, who became the 32nd 1,000 career point scorer for Iowa, made 6 of 11 shots from beyond the arc. Bethany Doolittle added 12 points. The Hawkeyes (2-0), made 31 of 63 shots for 49.2 percent. Samantha Logic had 14 rebounds and 11 assists, her 25th career double-double.

Anna Niki Stamolamprou scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Colonials (0-1), the defending Northeast Conference champions. Megan Smith and Ashley Ravelli added 11 points each and Rebeca Navarro 10. The Colonials shot just 37.5 percent.

Iowa, which has been to the last seven NCAA tournaments, scored the last eight points of the first half to lead 42-31. Dixon’s 3-pointer with 9:58 left had Iowa ahead 63-52 and it led by double figures the rest of the way.

NO. 24 SYRACUSE 59, FORDHAM 42: Alexis Peterson scored 19 points and Syracuse broke away in the second half to defeat Fordham.

Peterson scored the last two baskets of the half to give the Orange (1-0) a 22-21 lead and opened the second half with a pair of free throws to steadily pull away from the Rams.

Taylor Ford came off the bench to add 11 points for Syracuse, which struggled from long range, making just 4 of 20 3-pointers, and the foul line, going 11 of 22.

Reserve G’mrice Davis led Fordham with nine points as the Rams shot just 28.6 percent and had 22 turnovers.

After Alina Gjerkes’ jumper pulled Fordham within 24-23 with 19:12 remaining, the Rams did not score again until Britt Zappeij’s 3 at the 12:57 mark. Fordham also had a drought of 4 minutes as Syracuse went up by 17 with 6 minutes to play.