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The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — DeMarcus Cousins scored a season-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead No. 5 Kentucky to an easy 94-57 win over UNC-Asheville on Monday night.

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Kentucky’s John Wall readies a reverse dunk during the first half against North Carolina-Asheville in Louisville, Ky., Monday.

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John Wall added 12 points and a school freshman-record 14 assists while Patrick Patterson had 17 points and nine boards as the Wildcats (7-0) had little trouble with the Bulldogs during their annual appearance at Freedom Hall.

Sean Smith led UNC-Asheville (0-6) with 19 points, but the Bulldogs were hardly more than bystanders for most of the night against the bigger, deeper Wildcats.

Kentucky had little trouble getting out on the break, where Wall dazzled with a series of alley-oop passes to his teammates while adding a couple of highlight-reel dunks himself.

No. 8 Syracuse 92, Colgate 58

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Wes Johnson scored 19 points, Andy Rautins hit three 3-pointers to help key an early surge and No. 8 Syracuse beat Colgate.

It was the 162nd meeting between the teams, and Syracuse (7-0) leads 117-45, including 44 wins in a row.

Colgate (0-6) lost to No. 14 Connecticut 77-63 in the NIT Season Tip-Off — the Huskies led by just a point at halftime — and was coming off a 66-65 home loss to St. Francis on Saturday, beaten on a last-second shot. But the Raiders were outclassed from the opening tip in this one.

No. 16 Georgetown 83, Mount St. Mary’s 62

WASHINGTON — Greg Monroe scored a season-high 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, Chris Wright added a season-high 18 points and No. 16 Georgetown remained undefeated.

Julian Vaughn had a career-high 14 points and matched his career best with eight rebounds and three blocks for the Hoyas (5-0), who went on an 11-2 run to open the second half, turning an 11-point lead into a 20-point cushion. After the Mountaineers cut it to 55-44 with 9:30 left, Monroe scored seven straight points during a 17-5 Georgetown run to put the game away.

Penn State 69, Virginia 66

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Talor Battle scored 28 of his 32 points in the second half and Penn State withstood a furious rally by Virginia in the final minute to beat the Cavaliers in the opener of the Big Ten-ACC challenge.

The Nittany Lions (5-2) led 55-43 with about 4 minutes left, but a banked-in 3-pointer by Sylven Landesberg and three by Sammy Zeglinski in the final 1:31 got the Cavaliers to within 67-66 with 5.7 seconds left before Battle’s two free throws produced the final score.

Penn State became the first Big Ten team to win three straight in the annual matchup of conferences. The Nittany Lions beat Virginia Tech in 2007 and won at Georgia Tech last year.