LAHAINA » North Carolina didn't need Tyler Hansbrough. Chaminade needed a lot of help.

Senior Danny Green scored a career-high 26 points and the top-ranked Tar Heels, again playing without Hansbrough, beat the Silverswords 115-70 last night in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

Hansbrough missed three weeks of practice and the first two games of the season with a stress reaction in his right shin, and the reigning player of the year wasn't expected to play all three games in the three-day tournament. He played 25 minutes and had 13 points Friday against UC Santa Barbara, but didn't see any time against the Division II host school.

“;If this had been for the national championship he would have played,”; North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “;I made my mind up before we left Santa Barbara that he wouldn't play three straight days and he tweaked his left ankle at the end of that game. If he doesn't play two games now it will be because of the other leg.”;

The Tar Heels (4-0) will play Oregon in the semifinals today. A school spokesman said Hansbrough is considered questionable for that game.

Ty Lawson had 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting and six assists for North Carolina. Wayne Ellington added 14 points and Deon Thompson had 13.

Shane Hanson had 15 points to lead five Silverswords in double figures.

The Silverswords fell to 5-66 in the tournament with their last win coming over Princeton in last year's seventh-place game. Kansas beat Chaminade 102-54 in the seventh-place game in 2005.

North Carolina is in the Maui Invitational for the fifth time.

The Tar Heels won the tournament in 1999 and 2004 and finished second in 1989 and 1995.

Other Maui Invitational games

No. 6 Texas 68, Saint Joseph's 50

A.J. Abrams had 17 points and the Longhorns (3-0) turned in another strong defensive effort in a victory over the Hawks (1-2) in the opening round.

Ahmad Nivins had 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead Saint Joseph's.

No. 8 Notre Dame 88, Indiana 50

Tory Jackson had 21 points and fellow guard Kyle McAlarney added 18 for the Fighting Irish (3-0) in the win over the Hoosiers (2-1).

Tom Pritchard had 14 points for Indiana.

Oregon 92, Alabama 69

Michael Dunigan had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Ducks (3-1) to a win over the Crimson Tide (1-2).

Other Top 25 games

No. 2 Connecticut 76, No. 25 Wisconsin 57

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands » Jerome Dyson scored 21 points and the Huskies (5-0) beat the Badgers (4-1) to win the Paradise Jam championship.

Keaton Nankivil led Wisconsin with 11 points.

Syracuse 89, No. 17 Florida 83

KANSAS CITY, Mo. » Paul Harris had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Jonny Flynn scored 18 points and the Orange (4-0) beat the Gators (3-1) in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

Alex Tyus had a career-best 24 points for Florida .

No. 19 Wake Forest 62, Winston-Salem State 31

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. » Jeff Teague scored 14 points and the Demon Deacons (3-0) shook off a sloppy first half on its way to the win over the Rams (0-3).

No. 22 Miami 80, San Diego 45

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands » Brian Asbury scored 14 points to lead the Hurricanes (4-1) to third place in the Paradise Jam with a victory over the Toreros (2-3).

No. 24 Davidson 76, Florida Atlantic 60

DAVIDSON, N.C. » Stephen Curry scored 39 points and the Wildcats (4-1) beat the Owls (3-2) in an NIT Season Tip-Off consolation game.

No. 22 Kansas 73, Washington 54

KANSAS CITY, Mo. » Cole Aldrich had a career-high 16 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked six shots, helping the Jayhawks (3-0) rout the Huskies (2-2) in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

WAC

Boise St. 74, Montana St. 61

BOISE, Idaho » Paul Noonan scored 25 points and added four assists to lead the Broncos (3-1) to a win over the Bobcats (1-2).

Presbyterian 47, San Jose St. 46

CLINTON, S.C. » Al'Lonzo Coleman hit the game-winning shot with 3.9 seconds left on his way to scoring a game-high 22 points to lead the Blue Hose (1-3) to a win over the Spartans (2-2).

Tim Pierce scored 14 points for San Jose State.

E. Washington 69, Idaho 59

Brandon Moore scored 14 points to lead the Eagles (3-1) past the Vandals (2-3).

Mac Hopson led Idaho with 25 points.