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.
HOUSTON (AP) — Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 16 points, Corey Hadnot II added 14 and No. 10 Houston opened its season with a 94-55 win over La Salle. Delrecco Gillespie had 13 points — 11 in the first half — and Chase McCarty scored all 10 of his points in the opening 20 minutes as the Cougars built a 43-23 halftime lead. Arafan Diane also scored 10 for Houston. The Cougars shot 54% and outrebounded the Explorers 47-32. Houston also turned 19 turnovers into 25 points and had a 44-10 scoring advantage in the paint. Kam Burton scored 15 points and Devin Booker added 12 for the Explorers.
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.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Damarion Dennis scored a career-high 22 points in his Texas Tech debut, and the No. 19 Red Raiders opened the season with a 47th consecutive nonconference home win, beating Jackson State 76-42. Cruz Davis, another transfer among nine newcomers after two seasons at Hofstra, had 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and a career-high six steals. Dennis is a Wyoming transfer who grew up in Texas. He came off the bench and had a career-best four 3-pointers. Mike Williams scored 11 points for the Tigers, who are playing all 14 nonconference games on the road.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tre White scored 22 points and Tyran Stokes had 15 as No. 17 Kansas beat Fordham 95-65 in its season opener. Leroy Blyden Jr. also provided 15 points, while Melvin Council Jr. scored 10. Trey Kaufman-Renn, a recent Purdue transfer, came off the bench to score nine points and grab five rebounds. White, Council and Kaufman-Renn are among the dozens of players nationwide who have received court injunctions allowing them to play another season. The Jayhawks overcame long stretches of sloppy offense and porous perimeter defense to win their 54th straight home opener. Akira Jacobs led Fordham with 20 points.
UNDATED (AP) — Paulius Murauskas scored 21 points to help kickoff the Randy Bennett era with a 75-65 win over East Tennessee State in a season opener. Murauskas made 11 of 12 foul shots and grabbed nine rebounds. BJ Ward scored 25 points for the Buccaneers. Bennett spent the last 25 seasons at the helm of St. Mary’s helping turn it into one of the nation’s most consistent programs.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor opens the season with an 87-65 win over Northwestern State on Monday night. Brett Decker Jr. and Kayden Mingo each score 17 points to lead the team. Decker hits five three-pointers, while Mingo, a Penn State transfer, adds seven rebounds. Mingo's brother, Dylan, contributes 14 points. Baylor center Juslin Bodo Bodo returns after an arm injury, grabbing three rebounds and blocking two shots. Kai Simpson leads Northwestern State with 17 points. Baylor builds a double-digit lead early and maintains it throughout. Coach Scott Drew begins his 24th year at Baylor with his 482nd win.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jalin Holland scored 18 points on 8 -for-12 shooting and Colorado went on a second-half offensive eruption and dismantled Abilene Christian 94-59 in a season opener. Josiah Sanders and reserve Justin Neely each scored 14 points, Barrington Hargress scored 11 and Noah Feddersen 10 for Colorado. Timéo Pons scored 13 points and reserves Evan Boisdur and Willan Marie-Anais 11 apiece for the Wildcats. It was the first meeting between the two schools.
