COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Robert Carter had 17 points and eight rebounds to help No. 2 Maryland beat Cleveland State 80-63 on Saturday night.
Jared Nickens added 16 points, and freshman Diamond Stone had a season-high 15 points for Maryland (6-0), set for a showdown with No. 9 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday night.
Demonte Flannigan scored 11 of his 20 points in the first half, and Rob Edwards added 14 points for Cleveland State (2-4), which was 3 of 12 (25 percent) from 3-point range. Vinny Zollo went 5 of 7 from the field and had 11 points for the Vikings.
Maryland led by just four at the break and took control by increasing the pressure to open the second half. A dunk by Stone capped an 8-0 run and the Terrapins led 45-33 with 17:06 left.
NO. 4 IOWA ST. 84, ILLINOIS 73
NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Georges Niang scored 23 points and helped lead a decisive run during the second half in Iowa State's victory over Illinois in the Emerald Coast Classic championship game.
Jaylon Tate's layup gave the Illini a 58-57 lead before Iowa State (5-0) went on an 18-4 run to take control. Niang scored six points, while Monte Norris (20 points, nine rebounds) and Abdel Nader (18 points) had four apiece.
Malcolm Hill led Illinois (3-4) with 20 points, and Kendrick Nunn added 19.
NO. 16 PURDUE 77, LEHIGH 55
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Sophomore center Isaac Haas scored 21 of his career-high 24 points in the second half and Purdue pulled away to beat winless Lehigh.
Purdue took advantage of foul trouble to reigning Patriot League Player of the Year Tim Kempton to improve to 6-0, with all the victories by at least 22 points. Haas' previous high was 19 as a freshman in a Maui Invitational loss to Kansas State.
Johnny Hill added 13 points, P.J. Thompson had 10, Vince Edwards finished with nine points and 10 rebounds, and Caleb Swanigan had seven points and 12 rebounds.
Kempton led Lehigh (0-6) with 17 points and nine rebounds.
NO. 24 CINCINNATI 61, GEORGE WASHINGTON 56
NEW YORK (AP) - Troy Caupain scored 16 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 1:38 to play, and Cincinnati beat George Washington in the championship game of the Barclays Center Classic.
Caupain's traditional three-point play gave the Bearcats (7-0) a 55-54 lead. After a missed 3 by the Colonials (6-1), Octavius Ellis - chosen the tournament MVP - scored on a tip-in. Patricio Garino scored on a drive for George Washington with 29 seconds left.
The Colonials let the Bearcats pass the ball around and they finally fouled when Ellis touched the ball with 14 seconds to play. Ellis, a 56 percent free throw shooter, clinched his MVP award by making both for a 59-56 lead. Two free throws by Caupain with 6.1 seconds left capped the scoring.
Garino had 15 points for George Washington.