LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trent Perry scored 21 points for No. 22 UCLA, which opened the season by overcoming a career-best 38 points from Arizona’s Ivan Kharchenkov and beat the No. 5 Wildcats 84-75 in a matchup of former Pac-12 Conference rivals. Kharchenkov, who also had 10 rebounds, topped his previous best of 20 against Denver on Nov. 24 of last year. Derek Dixon added 18 points for the Wildcats. Jaylen Petty and Eric Dailey Jr. each scored 13 points for the Bruins.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic and Stefan Vaaks each scored 20 points as No. 3 Illinois opened its season with a 120-45 win over Fairleigh Dickinson. The Fighting Illini made a program-record 19 3-pointers, had six players score in double figures and outrebounded Fairleigh Dickinson 65-21. The 75-point margin of victory was the largest for Illinois at State Farm Center, which opened in 1963. The Illini fell seven points short of tying the school record for points in a game. David Jevtic scored 13 points for Fairleigh Dickinson.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Roddy Gayle and Trey McKenney scored 17 points apiece for No. 16 Michigan and the defending national champions beat Oakland 84-68 on Monday night in Mike Boynton’s coaching debut with the program. J.P. Estrella is a transfer from Tennessee and had 15 points and 12 rebounds while freshman Quinn Costello scored 13 points in their first game with the Wolverines. Gayle returned for a fifth season as one of the many college basketball players who joined lawsuits across the country after the NCAA changed its eligibility rules.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rob Wright III scored 33 points, leading No. 25 BYU to a 94-83 victory over Ohio State. Collin Chandler and Tyler Betsey each add 15 points for the Cougars. BYU shot 69% from the field and made seven 3-pointers in the second half. Amare Bynum led the Buckeyes with 18 points. BYU took its first lead with a second-chance corner 3 from Wright. Ohio State briefly regained a 57-55 lead, but BYU surged ahead with a 14-2 run. The Cougars struggled early from the perimeter but cut the deficit to 37-34 by halftime.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Davis Fogle scored 22 points and No. 15 Gonzaga opened the season by defeating Purdue for the first time, winning 78-72 in the Hall of Fame Series. The game was a procession to the free-throw line with Gonzaga making 26 of 34 compared to 15 of 21 for Purdue. Xaivian Lee, a Florida fifth-year transfer making his Gonzaga debut, added 18 points, Izan Almansa scored 11 and Braden Huff had 10. Daniel Jacobsen led Purdue with 22 points despite battling foul trouble, C.J. Cox scored 11 and Antione West Jr. finished with 10.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon pulls away in the second half to beat Montana 87-69 in their season opener. The game was tied at 57 with just over ten minutes left when Oregon went on a 15-2 run. Tyrone Riley IV scored 17 points, including an alley-oop dunk during the run. Malique Ewin had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Oregon shot 71% in the second half. For Montana, Jordan Clark and Jalen Brown each scored 19 points. This game marked the debut of Tony Stubblefield as Oregon's interim head coach. Montana hosts Salish Kootenai on Wednesday, while Oregon faces Eastern Washington on Friday.
SEATTLE (AP) — Nikola Dzepina scored a career-high 27 points, LeJuan Watts had 22 points, and Washington defeated Colgate 90-76 in a season-opener. Dzepina, a sophomore who did not reach double digits in any game last season, made 10 of 17 shots and 6 of 7 free throws to go with seven rebounds. Watts, a transfer who has also played at Eastern Washington, Washington State and Texas Tech, attempted only six shots, making three. He made 14 of 16 free throws and the Huskies went 30 for 36 at the line. Andrew Alekseyenko had 25 points and 11 rebounds for Colgate. Parker Jones scored 17 and Sam Wright 15.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bobby Durkin scored 16 points to lead a balanced attack and Minnesota cruised to an 85-50 victory over North Dakota in a season opener. Durkin made 4 of 5 shots from 3-point range and his only try from inside the arc for the Golden Gophers. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson finished with 15 points for Minnesota. Isaac Asuma and reserve Malick Kordel both scored 13 with Asuma adding six assists. Grayson Grove also had six assists to go along with 11 points. Jayden Moore had 13 points off the bench to lead the Fighting Hawks.
