The Associated Press

LAHAINA, Hawaii - Kentucky faced a zone defense for the second straight day, and the results were markedly different.

The 15th-ranked Wildcats beat No.20 Gonzaga 80-72 to finish third in the Maui Invitational on Wednesday, one day after shooting 2-for-22 from 3-point range in a 75-61 loss to Virginia.

"Playing against Virginia helped us identify some things we had to work," Wildcats coach Tubby Smith said. "We did a better job of shot selection and getting the ball inside. We just did a better job than yesterday."

Keith Bogans scored 18 points for the Wildcats (2-1), who went inside to take control against the Bulldogs (2-2), who staged a comeback for a second straight game only to fall short.

Marquis Estill and Jules Camara, Kentucky's big men, scored 15 of the Wildcats' final 26 points as the Wildcats didn't settle for outside shots as they did against Virginia.

"Jules is a good shooter and passer from the high post and Marquis is also, and they did a good job with our attention on being focused inside and getting the ball in the right spots," Smith said.

Gerald Fitch had 13 points for Kentucky, 5-for-12 from 3-point range against Gonzaga's 2-3 zone. Camara had 12 points, Chuck Hayes 11 and Estill nine.

Blake Stepp had 24 points for Gonzaga, including 15 in the first half when he made four of his five 3-pointers. Tony Skinner had all but two of his 17 points on 3s as the Bulldogs went 12-for-27 from long range.

"They riddled and exploited our zone," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "They did a great job of attacking it with the high-low. They did a great job of moving the ball."

Estill and Camara combined on consecutive high-low plays for layups, and Camara added a layup as part of a 12-0 run that gave Kentucky a 62-49 lead with 7:20 to play.

Gonzaga, which made up all but one point of a 17-point deficit in the final three minutes of a 76-75 semifinal loss to No. 19 Indiana, rallied again. The Bulldogs got within 74-70 with 36 seconds left on a thundering baseline dunk by Ronny Turiaf, but the Wildcats scored the next six points, four by Bogans and two by Camara, to seal it.

"Jules' defense was very effective in the second half and I thought we made some good adjustments as far as matchups went," Smith said.

Turiaf, who had a career-high 24 points in each of the first two games, finished with 12 on 2-for-11 shooting. He also had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots.

"We didn't do anything special on him, just played aggressively," Estill said of Turiaf. "We knew he liked to go hard inside, and we just tried to play stronger than he did."

Kentucky	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Barbour	21	1	5	1	2	1	2	0	2	3
Hayes	18	4	10	3	6	9	3	3	0	11
Estill	18	4	5	1	3	6	2	4	0	9
Fitch	36	5	12	1	2	5	4	0	0	13
Bogans	35	6	10	5	6	3	2	2	3	18
Stockton	7	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	2
Carrier	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cote	10	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Azubuike	16	3	4	2	2	2	1	5	1	9
Camara	35	3	7	6	6	8	4	3	4	12
Totals	200	27	56	21	29	38	19	17	11	80

Team rebounds: 2.

Gonzaga	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Skinner	22	6	8	0	1	0	2	4	1	17
Violette	33	3	9	1	2	8	0	4	0	7
Gourde	10	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0
Brooks	26	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Stepp	36	7	19	5	5	6	4	3	5	24
Reisman	10	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	5
Bankhead	27	2	6	2	6	5	4	2	1	7
Fox	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0
Turiaf	30	2	11	8	10	10	1	4	3	12
Totals	200	22	60	16	21	32	15	23	14	72

Team rebounds: 2.

Kentucky	33	47	-80
Gonzaga	32	40	-72

Attendance-2,500. 3-point goals-Kentucky 5-12 (Barbour 0-1, Fitch 2-4, Bogans 1-4, Stockton 0-1, Cote 1-1, Azubuike 1-1); Gonzaga 12-27 (Skinner 5-6, Violette 0-2, Stepp 5-13, Reisman 1-1, Bankhead 1-5). Technical fouls-None.