Top-ranked Kentucky powers past South Florida, 84-63

Jamal Murray had 21 points and No. 1 Kentucky scored the final 15 points of the first half on the way to beating South Florida, 84-63, in the HoopHall Miami Invitational on Friday at American Airlines Arena.

Skal Labissiere scored 17 points for the Wildcats (6-0), who led by as many as 31. Charles Matthews scored 11 points and Isaiah Briscoe finished with seven assists for Kentucky, now a winner of 37 consecutive regular-season games and 39 in a row against unranked opponents.

Chris Perry scored 14 points for USF (1-5), which has lost 18 consecutive games against teams ranked in the top 25.

No. 3 Michigan State 77, Boise State 67: Denzel Valentine scored a career-high 32 points, hitting five consecutive three-pointers to break open a tight game in the second half, and the Spartans (6-0) gave Coach Tom Izzo his 501st career win in the semifinals of the DirecTV Wooden Legacy at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Gym. Nick Duncan led the Broncos (3-3) with 19 points.

Northeastern 78, at No. 15 Miami 77: Quincy Ford made a jumper at the buzzer to the Huskies (5-1) the upset win over the Hurricanes (5-1) at Coral Gables, Fla. Northeastern beat a top-25 team for the first time since an 86-84 victory over Louisville in 1986.

Gonzaga 73, No. 18 Connecticut 70: Kyle Wiltjer scored 17 points, Eric McClellan added 15 and the Bulldogs (4-1) held off the Huskies (4-2) in the Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game at Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Alabama 64, No. 20 Wichita State 60: Shannon Hale scored 20 points and Riley Norris had 12 for the Crimson Tide (3-2) in a consolation-round game at the AdvoCare Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Alabama (3-2) beat a top 25 team on a neutral court for the first time since a Nov. 29, 2009, victory over then-No. 15 Michigan. The Shockers (2-3) lost their second straight tournament game without senior guard Fred VanVleet, out with ankle and hamstring injuries.

—Associated Press

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UCLA will participate in next season’s DirecTV Wooden Legacy tournament, the school announced. The three-day tournament is named after former UCLA Coach John Wooden, but the Bruins haven’t participated since 2009, when it had a different name. The event, which begins Nov. 24, 2016, will also include Cal State Northridge, Dayton, Nebraska, New Mexico, Portland, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech.

—Zach Helfand