DURHAM, N.C. — Wendell Carter Jr. had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Southern 78-61 on Friday night.

Marvin Bagley III added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Grayson Allen finished with 10 points for the Blue Devils (4-0), who were coming off a victory over No. 2 Michigan State three nights earlier.

Duke showed several classic symptoms of a letdown, finishing with a season-high 15 turnovers, shooting just 4 of 20 from 3-point range and for a while struggling to keep Southern off the offensive glass before regrouping to finish with a 51-34 rebounding advantage.

(4) KANSAS 98, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 64: Svi Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 27 points, Lagerald Vick finished with 22 and host Kansas (3-0) routed Summit League favorite South Dakota State (3-1).

Udoka Azubuike added 17 points and Malik Newman had 13 for the Jayhawks, who shot 60 percent from the field and didn’t commit a turnover until midway through the second half.

(5) VILLANOVA 104, LAFAYETTE 57: Mikal Bridges set a school record by hitting all six of his 3-point shots and scored a career-high 24 points for Villanova (3-0) in a rout of Lafayette (0-3) at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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Jalen Brunson added 22 points and hit 4 of 6 3s in another dominant performance by the Wildcats, who made 16 of 30 from long range.

(7) KENTUCKY 78, EAST TENNESSEE STATE 61: Quade Green scored a career-high 21 points, Kevin Knox had 17 points with 10 rebounds and host Kentucky (3-1) overcame an early 18-8 deficit to run away from East Tennessee State (1-2).

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(1) CONNECTICUT 82, (20) CALIFORNIA 47: Crystal Dangerfield, Kia Nurse and Napheesa Collier all scored 14 points to help the top-ranked Huskies (2-0) rout California (1-1) at Storrs, Connecticut.

UConn trailed 4-3 early before scoring 23 of the next 25 points to take command of the game.

(2) TEXAS 120, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 70: Jada Underwood scored 19 points, Brooke McCarty had 18 and Texas (3-0) cruised past Texas-San Antonio (1-3) at Austin.

Underwood set career bests in scoring and rebounding (nine) while playing 21 minutes.

(9) OHIO STATE 95, QUINNIPIAC 63: Kelsey Mitchell scored 32 points, Linnae Harper had a second consecutive double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and host Ohio State (3-1) beat Quinnipiac (0-3).

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