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Yancy Gates scored 17 points and added 13 rebounds and Deonta Vaughn had 16 points to lead Cincinnati to the championship game of the Maui Invitational with a 69-57 victory over No. 21 Maryland last night at the Lahaina Civic Center in Hawaii.
Gates scored 10 of his 17 points during a decisive second-half stretch that put the game out of reach for the Terrapins (4-1), who will play Wisconsin or Gonzaga for third place today, while the Bearcats (4-0) take on the other team in the championship.
Greivis Vasquez led Maryland with 19 points.
In the consolation round, John Jenkins had 14 points and No. 24 Vanderbilt (3-1) went on a 24-0 run in the second half for a 68-41 victory over tournament host Chaminade.
In other games:
* At Kansas City, J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh, 78-62, in the CBE Classic championship game. It ended the Panthers' streak of 38 November victories.
* At Cancun, Mexico, freshman John Wall scored 15 points as No. 5 Kentucky (5-0) beat Cleveland State in the Cancun Challenge.
* At West Virginia, John Flowers came off the bench to score 13 points and the No. 8 Mountaineers (2-0) beat The Citadel, 69-50.
* At Syracuse, freshman Brandon Triche scored 21 points as the No. 10 Orange (5-0) beat Cornell for the 32nd straight time, 88-73.
* At Ohio State, David Lighty scored a career-high 22 points to lead the No. 17 Buckeyes (4-1) past Lipscomb, 84-64.
* At Illinois, Demetri McCamey scored 21 points as the No. 20 Illini beat Wofford, 78-64, in the Las Vegas Invitational.
* At Notre Dame, Luke Harangody had 29 points and 15 rebounds to help the No. 23 Fighting Irish (5-0) beat Kennesaw State, 80-62, in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
