Ochai Agbaji had 18 points and Christian Braun added 16 as No. 4 Kansas beat North Texas 71-59 in the first round of the ESPN Events Invitational on Thursday.

For an underdog named Javion Hamlet and his group of scrapping North Texas teammates, that was an easy question. North Texas scored the first 11 points. It gave North Texas a nine-point lead with 7:45 left. Which North Texas won, too. North Texas moves on to play Friday night’s winner between Winthrop and Villanova.