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LAHAINA—Joseph Bertrand had a season-high 14 points as Illinois beat Division II Chaminade 84-61 on Tuesday night to advance to the final of the Maui Invitational.Brandon Paul scored 13 points, D.J. Richardson had 11 and Tyler Griffey added 10 as the Illini denied the tournament’s host school a chance at shocking the college hoops world on consecutive nights. Illinois (5-0) shot 49 percent from the field and never trailed.Illinois will play Butler on Wednesday night for the tournament title. Butler took down the eight-team field’s only ranked team earlier Tuesday, beating No. 9 North Carolina 82-71.Chaminade (3-2) will play UNC in the third-place game. The tiny Catholic school became a trending topic on Twitter after a rout of Texas on Monday night.

LAHAINA—Vander Blue scored 18 points and Davante Gardner had a double-double as Marquette won big over Mississippi State 89-62 on Tuesday in its second game at the Maui Invitational.Marquette (3-1) never trailed, and the Bulldogs never trailed by less than 10 points after the opening minutes.Gardner finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.Mississippi State didn’t score in the first four minutes as Marquette built an 8-0 lead. Gavin Ware hit a jumper and Craig Sword had a steal and dunk to make it 8-4, but Marquette responded by scoring 10 straight points in less than two minutes.Mississippi State (1-3) had 22 turnovers – 15 in the first half. Fred Thomas had 17 points for the Bulldogs.