NEW YORK — DeShawn Sims scored 18 points and Manny Harris added 15 to help Michigan upset No. 4 UCLA 55-52 on Thursday night in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic.
The Wolverines will face No. 10 Duke in the championship game Friday night. The Blue Devils beat Southern Illinois in the first semifinal at Madison Square Garden.
With his team trailing 48-46 with 4:16 left, Stu Douglass hit a long 3-pointer to give Michigan the lead. Darren Collison was stripped on the other end, leading to a layup by Sims that made it 51-48 Wolverines.
UCLA cut the deficit to two when Josh Shipp made one of two free throws with 56 seconds left. After Michigan (3-0) worked the shot clock down, Anthony Wright found Sims on a backdoor cut for an emphatic, two-handed dunk that gave the Wolverines a four-point lead with 28 seconds remaining.
The Bruins (2-1) weren’t done. Nikola Dragovic’s 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go cut it to 53-52. But Harris hit two free throws and blocked Collison’s potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Collison and Jrue Holiday each had 13 points to lead UCLA (2-1). Shipp, the Bruins’ second-leading scorer, was stymied by Michigan’s 1-3-1 zone. Averaging 12.5 points coming into the game, Shipp was held to just five on 2-for-9 shooting.
No. 10 Duke 83, Southern Illinois 58
NEW YORK — Gerald Henderson scored all 20 of his points in the second half, finally helping Duke find some offensive rhythm against Southern Illinois.
Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler each added 13 points for the Blue Devils (4-0), who advanced to the championship round of the tournament benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.
Carlton Fay had 17 points to lead Southern Illinois (2-1), which spent most of the game in foul trouble. Big man Nick Evans fouled out with 7:59 left, and Tony Boyle was gone with just under 7 minutes to go.
The Salukis made things much more difficult than the final score might indicate. They pulled to 55-47 with about 9½ minutes left before Singler hit a 3-pointer.
No. 13 Memphis 83, Chattanooga 71
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Doneal Mack scored 19 points, and Shawn Taggart had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Memphis over Chattanooga in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Mack went 5-for-9 from 3-point range for the Tigers (3-0), who had four scorers in double figures. Robert Dozier added 18 points and eight rebounds.
Stephen McDowell led the Mocs (0-3) with 27 points, including 7-for-12 shooting on 3s. Nicchaeus Doaks added 15 points and 16 rebounds.
Memphis shot 51.7 percent (30-of-58) from the field compared to 40.3 percent (25-of-62) for Chattanooga.
No. 18 Florida 64, Southern Utah 50
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nick Calathes had 18 points and seven rebounds, leading Florida past Southern Utah night despite one of the worst 3-point shooting performances in team history.
Calathes was the only Florida player to score in double figures. The Gators (3-0) went 1-for-16 on 3s and barely extended their school-record streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer to 546.
Dan Werner made the only 3 for Florida, and it came with 22.1 seconds to play from the top of the key.
The last time the Gators failed to make a 3-pointer was Jan. 11, 1992, against Kentucky. Florida made 14 of 32 from long range in its last game, an 81-58 victory over Bradley on Sunday.
Davis Baker led Southern Utah (1-1) with 23 points and eight rebounds. He scored 21 in the second half.
Seton Hall 63, No. 19 Southern California 61
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jeremy Hazell scored 17 points and Eugene Harvey hit a free throw with 5 seconds remaining to help Seton Hall beat Southern California in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
After Harvey missed his second free throw, USC’s Daniel Hackett missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Harvey scored 16 points and added a team-high five assists for the Pirates (3-0), who overcame a 43-28 halftime deficit to pull off the upset. John Garcia had 11 points and 18 rebounds.
Taj Gibson led the Trojans (2-1) with 19 points and 18 rebounds.
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