LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - 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. 2 ARIZONA 86, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 68
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Freshman Stanley Johnson scored 17 points, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 14 and Arizona rolled to a win over Cal State Northridge.
Arizona (2-0) got off to a shaky start and struggled from the perimeter in its opener against Mount St. Mary's on Friday before pulling away.
The Wildcats had few problems against Northridge (1-1), building a big early lead and cruising to their 23rd straight home win.
Hollis-Jefferson gave Arizona a lift off the bench for the second straight game, scrapping for loose balls and rebounds while making a variety of acrobatic shots in the lane.
Brandon Ashley followed up his successful return from a broken foot with another solid game, scoring 13 points. T.J. McConnell orchestrated Arizona's more-fluid offense, finishing with seven points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
No. 3 WISCONSIN 89, CHATTANOOGA 45
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Sam Dekker scored 18 points and 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. 6 NORTH CAROLINA 103, ROBERT MORRIS 59
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Brice Johnson scored 23 points while Kennedy Meeks had 21 to help North Carolina beat Robert Morris.
Marcus Paige added 15 for the Tar Heels (2-0), who for the second straight game jumped to a quick double-digit lead and stayed in control the rest of the way.
UNC scored the first 12 points, led by 18 at halftime then ran off the first 11 after the break to blow the game open.
The Tar Heels spent much of the game shooting around 60 percent before finishing at 51 percent while doing a much better job of pushing the tempo than in Friday's season-opening win against North Carolina Central.
Freshman Marcquise Reed scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half for the Colonials (0-2), who hung around in the first half but had no way to slow the Tar Heels once they got rolling.
No. 9 VIRGINIA 67, NORFOLK STATE 39
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Justin Anderson scored 11 points and Virginia kept up its sharp shooting from 3-point territory, pulling away early in a victory against Norfolk State.
The Cavaliers (2-0) hit 8 of 11 from beyond the arc in the first half in taking a 42-22 lead that was never threatened, even as coach Tony Bennett substituted liberally. In its first game and a half, Virginia hit 13 of 18 3-point attempts.
Jeff Short scored 19 points, 15 before halftime, for Norfolk State (1-1). No one else on the Spartans had more than five as they shot just 23.5 percent (12-51).
Mike Tobey added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Cavaliers, who hold their highest season-opening ranking since Ralph Sampson and the 1982-83 team started at No. 1.
The victory also marked Virginia's 18th consecutive in its home opener, and sixth in a row under Bennett.
No. 10 TEXAS 85, ALCORN STATE 53
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Isaiah Taylor scored 12 points and freshman Myles Turner had six blocks as Texas cruised to a win over Alcorn State, the Longhorns' second romp through the early rounds of the 2K Classic tournament.
Demarcus Holland and Turner each scored 10 points for Texas (2-0). The Longhorns made 12 3-pointers.
Back in the Top 25 to start the season for the first time since 2009, Texas has won its first two games by an average of 34 points.
This time, the Longhorns jumped to a quick 15-0 lead in a dominant first half against an opponent that was overwhelmed by Texas' size. Texas shot 57 percent and outrebounded Alcorn State 47-28.
Tamarcio Wilson scored 16 points and Reginald Johnson scored 15 for Alcorn State (0-2).
No. 19 OKLAHOMA 78, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 53
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Buddy Hield hit all seven of his 3-point shots and scored 25 points as 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
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Terran Petteway scored 25 points, making six 3-pointers, and 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
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Rakeem Christmas had 15 points and 16 rebounds, freshman Chris McCullough added 13 points, and 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
BOSTON (AP) - 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 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 six assists with nine 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.