By Associated Press - Thursday, November 22, 2018

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):

11:45 p.m.

Terance Mann scored 17 points and No. 14 Florida State advanced to the AdvoCare Invitational semifinals with an 81-63 victory over UAB on Thursday night.

The unbeaten Seminoles (4-0) will play No. 19 LSU on Friday night for a spot in Sunday’s championship game. The Tigers defeated College of Charleston 67-55.

Defending national champion Villanova and Oklahoma State square off in the other semifinal.

Christ Koumadje had 12 points and nine rebounds for Florida State. Mfiondu Kabengele, the nephew of former NBA All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo, added 10 points.

Tyreek Scott-Grayson scored 16 for UAB (3-1).

The Blazers, who trailed 44-37 with 17 minutes remaining, will face College of Charleston in the consolation bracket Friday.

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9:05 p.m.

Emmitt Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds as No. 19 LSU beat College of Charleston 67-55. Skylar Mays added 12 points for the Tigers (5-0), off to their best start since opening 6-0 in 2012-13.

Tigers freshman Naz Reid, slowed by an ankle injury, had six points and two rebounds in 15 minutes. The forward had four points over 10 minutes in last Friday’s 74-67 win over Louisiana Tech.

College of Charleston (3-2) got a season-high 27 points and nine rebounds from Jarrell Brantley. It was his 19th game of 20 or more points.

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6:25 p.m.

Cameron McGriff had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Oklahoma State beat Memphis 84-64 to reach the semifinals.

Thomas Dziagwa had 14 points, and Michael Weathers added 13 for the Cowboys (3-1). They will face Villanova on Friday.

Memphis, which will play Canisius in the consolation round, got 14 points from Tyler Harris. The Tigers entered averaging 87 points per game.

Former Orlando Magic star Penny Hardaway is the first-year coach for Memphis.

Memphis players wore No. 23 shirts before the game to honor late teammate Karim Sameh Azab. He died last week at 22 after fighting leukemia.

The eight-team field for the 2019 Advocare Invitational will include 2018 NCAA Tournament participants Texas A&M and Davidson. Also competing will be Harvard, Marquette, Temple, USC, Maryland and Fairfield. The event will take place from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1.

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4:15 p.m.

Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree had 15 points and 13 rebounds as defending national champion Villanova stopped a two-game skid by beating Canisius 83-56.

Phil Booth also scored 15 points for the Wildcats (3-2).

Villanova went from No. 8 to out of the AP Top 25 after losing to Michigan 73-46 in a rematch of last season’s championship game and getting beaten 76-68 in overtime by Furman last week. That marked the first time Villanova lost back-to-back games since March 2013.

Villanova stars Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo and Omari Spellman were all selected in the NBA draft after last season’s championship run.

Canisius (1-3) got 19 points from Isaiah Reese. Takal Molson, who entered averaging 21.3 per game, had 10.

The Golden Griffins got to 63-52 with 4½ minutes left before Villanova pulled away.

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