The Associated Press

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Raymar Morgan scored eight of his 22 points during a decisive 13-0 run Wednesday night and No. 5 Michigan State survived a scare from IPFW, beating the Mastodons 70-59.

Michigan State (2-0) led 32-24 at halftime, but opened the second half making just one of 10 shots. The Spartans fell behind twice by three points to IPFW (0-2), which lost its opener to Xavier by 28.

Trailing 44-42, the Spartans took control midway through the second half. It started with a free throw by Delvon Roe, and Kalin Lucas quickly added a 17-foot jumper. Morgan scored on an inbounds pass and a moment later added a free throw.

The Spartans then forced IPFW turnovers on three straight possessions. The Mastodons only missed two shots during the 13-0 run, but the Spartans forced four turnovers.

Lucas added 17 points and Goran Suton had 10 rebounds for the Spartans. Ben Botts led IPFW with 22 points despite going 4-for-17 from 3-point range.

• No. 20 Wake Forest 120, North Carolina-Wilmington 88: At Winston-Salem, N.C., Jeff Teague scored a career-high 31 points, James Johnson added 25 and Wake Forest beat North Carolina-Wilmington.

Chas McFarland had 19 points for the Demon Deacons (2-0), who led almost the entire way in a game that featured plenty of transition buckets and quick shots for both teams. Wake Forest shot 57 percent and scored 41 points off 24 turnovers to improve to 11-0 in the series.

Johnny Wolf scored 24 points to lead the Seahawks (2-1), who scored 100 points in each of their first two games. UNC-Wilmington shot 48 percent for the game and hit 12 3-pointers, though the Seahawks struggled to match up with Teague, Johnson and McFarland all night.

• No. 23 Villanova 77, Niagara 62: At Villanova, Pa., Scottie Reynolds scored 19 points, Corey Fisher had 15 and Reggie Redding 14 to lead Villanova past pesky Niagara.

Playing their third game in six days, the banged-up Wildcats (3-0) were just vulnerable enough to be severely tested at home. The Purple Eagles (1-1) opened the second half on a streak and a pair of 3s helped slice the deficit to single digits.

The Wildcats played their third straight game without swingman Dwayne Anderson (foot), and 6-foot-10 center Casiem Drummond (foot) was limited to 2 minutes. Corey Stokes scored seven points and played with a taped sprained left thumb.

Villanova has won 18 straight at home.

Tyrone Lewis scored 16 points and Rob Garrison had 15 for Niagara, which dropped its 18th straight game against ranked opponents since beating No. 4 St. John's in 1984.

• Nebraska 62, TCU 50.: At Fort Worth, Texas, Paul Velander came off the bench to score 11 points to help lead Nebraska over TCU.

Nine of Velander's points came off 3-pointers. Toney McCray and Steve Harley each added nine points for the Cornhuskers (2-0).

Nebraska used a 14-3 run in the final five minutes of the first half to take a 37-24 lead at halftime. TCU hit only 4 of its 21 field goal attempts in the first half.

TCU (1-3) could get no closer than seven points in the second half.

Kevin Langford scored 19 points for TCU, 13 of those at the free-throw line.

Women

• No. 4 North Carolina 73, No. 23 Xavier 67: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Rashanda McCants scored 20 of her 27 points in the second half to rally. North Carolina to a win over Xavier in the women's Preseason NIT.

McCants brought the Tar Heels (4-0) back from a five-point second half-deficit. Cetera DeGraffenreid added 15 points and Italee Lucas scored 13 for UNC.

McCants' second-half performance spoiled an extraordinary effort from Xavier center Ta'Shia Phillips, who scored 23 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in the loss.

Jerri Taylor added 15 points for Xavier (2-1).

• No. 2 Oklahoma 85, Middle Tennessee 65: At Norman, Okla., Ashley Paris scored 21 points, Amanda Thompson added 20, and Oklahoma got acclimated to its highest ranking in school history with a win against Middle Tennessee.

The Sooners (2-0) took control with a 13-0 run midway through the first half and led by double digits throughout the second half.

Courtney Paris got off to a slow start but had enough points and rebounds in the second half alone to rack up her 94th consecutive double-double.

Alysha Clark led Middle Tennessee (1-1) with 31 points and 16 rebounds.

• No. 13 Vanderbilt 80, Eastern Kentucky 38: At Nashville, Tenn., Christina Wirth scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers, to help Vanderbilt beat Eastern Kentucky.

The Commodores (3-0) opened the game with a 14-0 run, including six points by Hannah Tuomi, and led by at least 11 the rest of the way. She finished with 12 points.

Kayla Drake scored 14 points to lead Eastern Kentucky (2-1). She ended Vanderbilt's game-opening run with a 3-pointer.

• No. 15 Notre Dame 96, Evansville 61: At South Bend, Ind., Ashley Barlow scored 19 points and Notre Dame forced 31 turnovers to beat Evansville.

Becca Bruszewski added a career-high 18 points in the home opener for the Irish (2-0).

Ashley Austin, Anaris Sickles and Ashlee Barrett each scored 10 points to lead Evansville (1-1).

• No. 17 Ohio State 78, Syracuse 71: At Columbus, Ohio, Jantel Lavender had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Samantha Prahalis added 17 points and Brittany Johnson scored 15 to lead Ohio State over Syracuse.

The Buckeyes (3-0) led 34-28 at the half and never relinquished the lead in the second half. Syracuse (2-1) narrowed a 16-point deficit to 61-54 on a layup by Erica Morrow with 6:56 left. But Johnson followed with a 3-pointer and Prahalis added a jumper, and the Orangemen never got closer than the final margin again.

Morrow had 23 points to lead Syracuse.

• No. 20 Auburn 71, Georgia Southern 45: At Statesboro, Ga., Alli Smalley scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half to help Auburn rout Georgia Southern.

DeWanna Bonner added 11 points and freshman Chantel Hilliard had 10 for the Tigers (3-0).

Sherrell Hobbs became the 24th Auburn player to reach the 1,000-point mark with a layup in the second half.

Ashley Melson scored 12 points to lead Georgia Southern (2-1).