Texas' Connor Atchley, left, pressures Tennessee's Tyler Smith. Texas won, 97-78, on Saturday in Newark, N.J.

Newark, N.J. ? Texas is finding there is life and a lot of good basketball even with Kevin Durant playing in the NBA.

D.J. Augustin scored 23 points, A.J. Abrams had 21 and the 15th-ranked Longhorns shot 64 percent from the field in routing No. 7 Tennessee, 97-78, in the championship game of the StubHub! Legends Classic on Saturday night.

Connor Atchley added a career-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, Justin Mason had 21 points and the Longhorns (5-0) continued their great start to the post-Durant era.

“I knew we were going to be a great team,” Augustin said. “We have to keep getting better as we go on. Kevin is off in the NBA and we wish him well, but we are moving on and becoming the team that we know we can be.”

Texas was in another league in beating Tennessee (5-1) in the new Prudential Center.

Preseason All America Chris Lofton was held to 18 points, 17 less than he had against Texas in an overtime win last December. The Vols also were limited to 39 percent shooting from the field.

“We’re better organized,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said. “We’re a year older. We’re further along right now than we were in December, I can tell you that. I don’t think we’re anywhere we need to be, but we’re further along in understanding things that need to get done.”

This was supposed to be the biggest test for Barnes’ young team, which starts three sophomores and two juniors.

It turned out to be a mismatch.

The Vols beat Texas 111-105 in overtime a year ago, rallying from a 17-point halftime deficit in a contest that Lofton scored a career-high 35 points.

The only similarity this time was that Tennessee, which got 13 points from JaJuan Smith and 11 from Tyler Smith, was again behind at the half.

The difference was that Texas rode the dynamic guard play of Augustin and Abrams in the second half and poured it on.

“Last year was Kevin’s team, and this year it’s D.J.’s team,” Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said of Texas. “Anytime you put a team in a great point guard’s hand, I think it will serve you very well.”

Pearl said Augustin shoots well and finds shots for everyone. Abrams is the shooter, Atchley is the big guy inside and Damion James is an athletic player inside.

Baylor 85, Centenary 62

Waco, Texas – Freshman LaceDarius Dunn tied a career high with 17 points to lead Baylor over Centenary. Henry Dugat had 17 points and six rebounds for the Bears (5-0), who are off to their best start since 2001-02.

Baylor tied a season high with 12 3-pointers and shot a season-best 43 percent from the behind the arc. Dugat was 3-of-5 and Dunn was 3-of-6.

Centenary (3-3) scored the game’s first basket, but the Bears went ahead for good on a 7-0 run.

Creighton 74, Nebraska 62

Omaha, Neb. – Dane Watts and Cavel Witter scored 14 points apiece, and Creighton withstood Nebraska’s comeback attempt from a 27-point halftime deficit.

The Bluejays (3-0) used a smothering full-court defense to force 17 first-half turnovers, and they rode a 24-3 run to a 47-20 lead. But the Huskers (3-1) turned over the ball only four times after that and cut the lead to single digits.

Late Friday game

Texas Tech 73, No. 14 Gonzaga 63

Anchorage, Alaska – Alan Voskuil’s 28 points and big contributions off the bench sparked Texas Tech to a 73-63 upset of Gonzaga in the semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout.

Gonzaga (4-1) went scoreless for the first 6:27 of the second half.

Gonzaga was led by Micah Downs with 15, including 12 in the first half.