College basketball schedule: Maui Invitational rolls on with top 8 teams

No. 12 Wichita State led by 18 at the half and cruised to a 90-72 victory Monday night in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic semifinals in Kansas City, Mo.

The Shockers, now 6-0, will face BYU Tuesday night in the championship game. The Cougars advanced with a four-point win over Texas earlier in the night.

Baylor will face either Gonzaga or Dayton on Tuesday night.

The game started with a flurry of threes -- the two teams combined to make their first 11 attempts from outside. Varidel was responsible for three of those, on his way to 31 first half points. He went on to make 10 threes and score 42 points, one point shy of Adam Morrison’s Maui record of 43.

Arizona State edged No. 25 Marquette, 79-77, at home Monday in an intense contest as part of the DirecTV Wooden Legacy.

The Sun Devils led by 10 at the half and kept that lead for most of the evening, even as the Golden Eagles climbed back. Marquette did go ahead briefly, but Arizona State always seemed to have an answer.

No. 15 Florida had no problems on the road Monday night, cruising to an 86-60 win over Jacksonville.

It was Florida’s 30th win in 35 tries against the Dolphins and the Gators improved to 9-0 all-time at Veterans Memorial Arena.

No. 8 Syracuse, favorite in the 2013 Maui Invitational, advanced to the tournament semifinals with a 75-67 win over Minnesota on Monday.

The Orange will face California Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET for a spot in the championship game.

No. 5 Oklahoma State put on another offensive clinic on Monday, blowing out South Florida, 93-67 in Tampa.

South Florida, which suffered its first loss of the season, hung with Oklahoma State for a while, trailing by only 10 a few minutes into the second half. But Brian Williams then scored eight points in under two minutes and the Cowboys never looked back. He finished with 13 points.

A suffocating second-half defensive effort lifted No. 7 Ohio State over Wyoming on Monday, 65-50, in Columbus.

Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 20 points on 5-for-8 shooting from three to lead the Buckeyes, but it was the Buckeyes’ play on the other end of the court that pushed them to victory. Ohio State allowed just four field goals in the second half -- none in the final 10 minutes -- and gave up just 16 points after leading by only four at halftime.