Top 25 roundup: Dayton hands No. 2 UConn 3rd straight loss

Enoch Cheeks scored eight of his 20 points during a critical stretch late in the second half on Wednesday as Dayton sent two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn to an 0-3 finish at the Maui Invitational with an 85-67 romp in the seventh-place game at Lahaina, Hawaii.

The Flyers (6-2) went on a 7-0 run, capped when Javon Bennett found Cheeks open in transition for a 3-pointer that extended Dayton's lead to 69-57 with 4:27 to go. Cheeks' jumper with three minutes to play made it 77-61 and put the game away.

The win was Dayton's first at the tournament, after losses by two points to No. 12 North Carolina and five points to No. 5 Iowa State during their previous two games.

UConn (4-3) entered the event with a 17-game winning streak but came up short by two points in overtime against Memphis and by one point against Colorado. The three losses in Maui equal the total number of defeats the Huskies took in the 2023-24 season.

West Virginia 86, No. 3 Gonzaga 78 (OT)

Javon Small scored 31 points to rally the Mountaineers past the Bulldogs in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, in Nassau, Bahamas.

Amani Hansberry added a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds for West Virginia (4-1), which advances to the semifinals Thursday against another surprise first-round winner, Louisville, which stunned No. 14 Indiana.

Braden Huff scored 19 points and Khalif Battle added 16 points for Gonzaga (5-1), which settles for a consolation-round game Thursday against Indiana.

No. 4 Auburn 90, Memphis 76

Johni Broome posted 21 points, 16 rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots to lead Auburn over Memphis in a battle of Tigers to win the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Dylan Cardwell made each of his eight