KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Calathes scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half and No. 17 Florida held off a late rally to beat Washington 86-84 Tuesday night in the consolation game of the CBE Classic.

Allan Chaney and Dan Werner scored 13 points each, and Erving Walker was 4 for 6 from three-point range for 12 points for Florida (4-1 ).

Jon Brockman had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Isaiah Thomas finished with 17 points and 9 assists, and Justin Dentmon added 17 points for Washington (2-3 ).

After trailing by 10 points with just under five minutes left, the Huskies tied it 81-81 on two free throws by Brockman with 1: 23 left. Walter Hodge followed with a three-pointer from the corner to put Florida up by three, then Thomas hit two free throws with 50 seconds left.

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After Calathes and Chaney each hit 1 of 2 free throws to put the Gators up 86-83, Florida fouled Thomas with 2. 5 seconds left. Thomas hit one free throw and Brockman got the rebound when the freshman purposely missed the second, but his fadeaway from the corner came up short at the buzzer. MISSISSIPPI STATE 76, ST. BONAVENTURE 71 OLEAN, N. Y. — Jarvis Varnado had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks as Mississippi State (5-0 ) beat St. Bonaventure (3-2 ). SOUTH CAROLINA 85, GARDNER-WEBB 70 COLUMBIA, S. C. — Devan Downey scored 20 of his season-high 25 points in the second half as South Carolina (4-0 ) beat Gardner-Webb (0-4 ). GEORGIA 98, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 57 ATHENS, Ga. — Trey Thompkins came off the bench to score 23 points as Georgia (5-1 ) beat Mississippi Valley State (0-7 ). AUBURN 61, BETHUNE-COOKMAN 46 AUBURN, Ala. — Dewayne Reed came off the bench to score 14 points and Quantez Robertson added 12 points and 8 rebounds as Auburn (3-1 ) beat Bethune-Cookman (1-3 ). ALABAMA 78, CHAMINADE 56 LAHAINA, Hawaii — Sophomore guard Senario Hillman scored a career-high 22 points as Alabama (2-2 ) beat Chaminade (0-2 ) in the consolation round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

TOP 25 MEN NO. 1 NORTH CAROLINA 98, OREGON 69 LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP ) — Tyler Hansbrough, the reigning Player of the Year who missed three weeks of practice and three games with a leg injury, scored 16 points in his second game as North Carolina (5-0 ) beat Oregon (3-2 ) in the semifinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. NO. 4 PITTSBURGH 74, BELMONT 60

PITTSBURGH — Sam Young had 33 points as Pittsburgh (5-0 ) beat Belmont ) (1-2 ). NO. 8 NOTRE DAME 81, NO. 6 TEXAS 80

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Luke Harangody had 29 points and 13 rebounds as Notre Dame (4-0 ) beat Texas (3-1 ) in the semifinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. A. J. Abrams scored 23 points for Texas. NO. 15 MARQUETTE 85, TEXAS SOUTHERN 68

MILWAUKEE — Jerel McNeal scored 20 points as Marquette (4-0 ) beat Texas Southern (0-4 ). NO. 20 VILLANOVA 71, MONMOUTH 48

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Dante Cunningham scored 19 points as Villanova (4--0 ) beat Monmouth (0-5 ). NO. 24 DAVIDSON 78, LOYOLA, MD. 48 DAVIDSON, N. C. — Stephen Curry, the nation’s leading scorer at 35 points a game, went scoreless and attempted only three shots because of constant double teams and early foul trouble, but Davidson (5-1 ) still beat Loyola of Maryland (2-4 ) in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

SEC WOMEN / TOP 25 NO. 9 TENNESSEE 83, WESTERN CAROLINA 56 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Glory Johnson tied a career-high with 19 points as Tennessee (4-1 ) beat Western Carolina (2-2 ).