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The Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Casey Mitchell scored a career-high 18 points and No. 8 West Virginia routed Long Beach State 85-62 on Thursday in the first round of the 76 Classic.

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Michigan’s Anthony Wright, left, and the rest of the bench celebrate a score during the second half of an NCAA basketball game against Creighton in the Old Spice Classic tournament in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Thursday. Michigan won 83-76 in overtime.

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The Mountaineers (3-0) led the entire game in the first meeting ever between the two schools.

West Virginia forward Da’Sean Butler, who had nine points in the first half, finished with 13.

Michigan 83, Creighton 76 (OT)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Manny Harris had 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to lead Michigan over Creighton at the Old Spice Classic.

Harris had a three-point play and added a dunk as Michigan went up 76-73 with three minutes left in the extra session. He picked up an assist on Zack Novak’s 3-pointer that made it 79-73.

Creighton trailed 74-73 at the two-minute mark of overtime on Antoine Young’s basket.

After Harris made two free throws with 5.7 seconds left to put Michigan up 69-67, Young forced overtime on a last-second layup.

Texas A&M 69, Clemson 60

ANAHEIM, Calif. — B.J. Holmes scored 20 points to help Texas A&M upset Clemson in the first round of the 76 Classic.

David Loubeau added 12 points and nine rebounds and Bryan Davis had 10 points for the Aggies (4-0), who will face No. 8 West Virginia in a semifinal game on Friday.

Trevor Booker scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half for Clemson (4-1).

Women’s Basketball

Notre Dame 84, SDSU 79

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Freshman Skyler Diggins scored 21 points to lead No. 5 Notre Dame to a victory over No. 23 San Diego State on Thursday in the Paradise Jam.

The win was Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw’s 500th at the school and 588th overall.

The Irish (4-0) jumped out to a 21-point lead in the first half and led 44-29 at the break. The Aztecs whittled it down to 81-79 with 29 seconds left before Brittany Mallory made three of four free throws to seal the win.

Xavier 76, Kansas 71

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Amber Harris scored 22 points and had nine rebounds to help Xavier beat Kansas at the Junkanoo Jam.

Xavier (4-0) led 72-67 with 50 seconds left after Harris made two free throws. Kansas then hit four straight from the foul line to make it 72-71 with 27 seconds remaining.

Danielle McCray led Kansas (3-1) with 23 points.

Duke 70, Western Kentucky 47

CANCUN, Mexico — Jasmine Thomas scored 20 points and Duke beat Western Kentucky.

The Blue Devils (4-1) led by nine at halftime and opened up the second half with a 14-3 run over the first 6 minutes to take control of the game. Western Kentucky cut its deficit to 15 on Kenzie Rich’s 3-pointer that made it 42-27, but the Blue Devils quickly stretched the lead back to 20 and put the game away.

Virginia 84, Indiana 79

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Monica Wright had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help Virginia win at the Junkanoo Jam.

Whitny Edwards added 17 points and China Crosby had 12 points and seven assists for the Cavaliers (4-1), who advanced to the championship game of the Reef Division.

Oklahoma 75, S. Carolina 67

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Nyeshia Stevenson scored 16 points and Oklahoma used a second-half surge to top South Carolina in the Paradise Jam.

The Sooners (3-1) built a 20-point lead midway through the first half before South Carolina rallied to within 45-43.