Bruce Thornton scored 22 of his career-high 30 points in the second half and Ohio State cruised to an 85-65 victory over No. 4 Kentucky on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden.

John Mobley Jr. added 15 points for Ohio State (8-4), which shot 56.6% and scored 36 points in the paint.

Otega Oweh hit 13 free throws and scored 21 points for Kentucky (10-2), which shot a season-worst 29.8%. The Wildcats were held to their lowest point total this season.

The Buckeyes fared much better in their second neutral-site game against a top-five team in a week. They were blown out 91-57 by No. 2 Auburn on Dec. 14 in Atlanta.

After shooting 1 of 7 against Auburn, Thornton made 8 of 13 shots. He was 13 of 14 on free throws.

No. 2 AUBURN 87, No. 16 PURDUE 69: Johni Broome had 23 points and 11 rebounds in his return from a shoulder injury, and the Tigers defeated the Boilermakers in Birmingham, Ala.

Broome had played only two minutes in the last game against Georgia State before hurting his right shoulder, but he and Auburn (11-1) dominated Purdue (8-4) most of the way.

Tahaad Pettiford had 18 points and five assists for Auburn, which led by 33 points with seven minutes left. The 6-foot-10 Broome shot 10 for 15.

C.J. Cox led Purdue with 16 points while Trey Kaufman-Renn had 15 points and eight rebounds.

NO. 5 DUKE 82, GEORGIA TECH 56: Kon Knueppel scored 18 points and the Blue Devils romped to a road win over the Yellow Jackets.

Duke (10-2, 2-0 ACC) led by double figures much of the game and dominated the second half against Georgia Tech (5-7, 0-2).

No. 7 FLORIDA 99, NORTH FLORIDA 45: Will Richard scored 26 points and the host Gators remained undefeated with a victory over the Ospreys (7-6).

Richard made 9 of 12 shots from the floor, including 6 of 8 shots from 3-point range, and added five rebounds.

Sam Alexis chipped in 14 points and 12 rebounds, Alex Condon had 12 points and 10 boards, and Thomas Haugh finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Florida (12-0), which extended its best start since beginning the 2005-06 season with 17 consecutive wins.

No. 9 MARQUETTE 72, XAVIER 70: Kam Jones scored 20 points and David Joplin added 19 as the visiting Eagles overcame a late rally by the Musketeers.

Marquette (11-2, 2-0 Big East) led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but Xavier (8-5, 0-2) fought back with a 12-0 run to take a 64-63 lead with 2:07 left.

Jones made one of two free throws to put Marquette ahead 72-70 with 3.6 seconds left.

NO. 10 OREGON 76,STANFORD 61: Kwame Evans Jr. made 10 free throws on the way to a team-high 13 points and the Ducks beat the Cardinal in San Jose.

Evans made just one basket from the field — a 3-pointer — but managed to get to the line repeatedly to lead a balanced scoring attack for Oregon (11-1).

Maxime Raynaud had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead Stanford (9-3), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

This was the first nonconference game between the former Pac-12 rivals since the 1967 Portland Far West Classic as Oregon is playing its first season in the Big Ten and Stanford is now in the ACC.

NO. 11 UCONN 78, BUTLER 74: Alex Karaban scored 21 points, including two late 3-pointers, and the Huskioes won their sixth straight, beating the host Bulldogs.

Liam McNeeley added 17 points for UConn (10-3, 2-0 Big East)

Andre Screen and Patrick McCaffery each scored 17 points for Butler (7-6, 0-2).

Butler used an 8-0 run to tie it at 63-all but could never get the lead. McNeeley’s three-point play put UConn ahead 66-63 with 4:18 remaining.

NO. 13 GONZAGA 86, BUCKNELL 65: Graham Ike had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bulldogs topped the visiting Bison (4-8).

Gonzaga (9-3) improved to 6-0 at home.

No. 15 HOUSTON 87, TEXAS A&M-CC 51: Emanuel Sharp scored 18 points, L.J. Cryer added 17 and the host Cougars beat the Islanders (7-6) for their fourth straight win.

Houston (8-3) led 46-27 at halftime after shooting 61% and going 8 of 13 on 3-pointers.