No. 17 Texas edged No. 14 North Carolina, 69-67, on Wednesday in the final of the Maui Invitational in Asheville on a step-back jumper by Matt Coleman III with one-tenth of a second remaining. It was the first loss of the season for the Tar Heels (3-1). Coleman finished with 22 points for the Longhorns (4-0). … No. 1 Gonzaga topped No. 11 West Virginia, 87-82, and No. 2 Baylor downed No. 5 Illinois, 82-69, in Indianapolis in other matchups between Top 25 teams on Wednesday night. … N.C. State meets Massachusetts-Lowell at 4:30 p.m. today in Uncasville, Connecticut (ESPNU). … Washington has traded John Wall to Houston for Russell Westbrook. … Pittsburgh improved to 11-0 with a 19-14 NFL win over visiting Baltimore on Wednesday. … In women’s basketball, No. 8 N.C. State visits No. 1 South Carolina tonight at 7 p.m. (ESPN2). … The Mayakoba Golf Classic starts on the PGA Tour in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, today (Golf Channel, 2 p.m.).
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