LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Randolph Morris scored 20 points, including nine of Kentucky’s final 11, and the 20th-ranked Wildcats held off DePaul 87-81 on Monday night in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

The Wildcats (3-0) will play the winner of the late game between No. 5 UCLA and Chaminade in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Kentucky was never able to shake the Blue Demons (1-3) in a game that saw both teams shoot better than 53 percent from the field.

Sammy Mejia and Wilson Chandler both had 17 points for DePaul, which was within 74-69 on a 3-pointer by Marcus Heard with 4:45 to play. Morris scored the last four points of a 6-0 run that had the Wildcats up 80-69 with 2:50 to play.

Morris’ last field goal of the game, a baseline move with 2:10 to play, put Kentucky up 82-71, but DePaul scored six straight points to get to 82-77 with 1:22 to go.

Kentucky went 5-for-6 from the free throw line over the final 53 seconds and the Wildcats drew two charges to finally seal the win.

Ramel Bradley had 16 points for Kentucky, which shot 57.1 percent (32-for-56).

Heard had 11 points for the Blue Demons, who finished 32-for-60 from the field (53.3 percent).

Morris, who was 7-for-13 from the field and 6-for-9 from the free throw line, had nine rebounds as the teams finished even on the boards with 28 each.

Kentucky, which won this tournament in 1993, scored the first 10 points and was up 16-4 five minutes into the game. The Wildcats led 18-7 with 14:29 left after making eight of their first 11 shots from the field.

Draelon Burns of DePaul then scored the next seven points of the game – he finished with nine. Kentucky was able to take one more double-digit lead in the first half – 33-21 with 8:50 left on a 3 by Jodie Meeks – but DePaul was within 43-38 at halftime.

The Blue Demons took the lead twice, the last time at 50-49 on a layup by Mejia with 14:59 to play.