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NBA Draft 2012: Hornets select Davis with No. 1 pick in NBA draft

June 29, 2012 By Admin

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NBA commissioner David Stern poses with No. 1 overall draft pick Anthony Davis on Thursday in Newark, N.J. Photo by The Associated Press.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Anthony Davis hugged his college teammate, hugged his coach, and climbed on stage as the No. 1 pick.

Turns out, that was just the start of Kentucky’s party at the NBA draft.

The Wildcats became the first school to have the top two picks and tied a record with six players taken overall Thursday night.

After the New Orleans Hornets made the long-expected selection of Davis, Charlotte followed by taking fellow freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

Saying he was nervous even though his selection was no surprise, Davis shared an embrace with Kidd-Gilchrist, seated at a nearby table.

“My arm was shaking and my hands were sweaty. Got up and hugged Michael, my best friend, wanted to hug him for a minute,” Davis said. “When my name got called, wanted to make sure he stayed close.”

He did — following Davis as the next player to climb up and shake Commissioner David Stern’s hand.

“It’s crazy,” Davis said moments after Kidd-Gilchrist’s selection. “Michael is a great player. We have two down and four more to go. Hopefully, all of them will go in the first round.”

They didn’t, the only disappointment for the Wildcats. They settled for four in the first round and a tie with North Carolina, which won the race to four picks — all in the top 17 selections.

Harrison Barnes (No. 7, Golden State), Kendall Marshall (No. 13, Phoenix), John Henson (No. 14, Milwaukee) and Tyler Zeller (No. 17, Dallas and later traded to Cleveland) all went between Kidd-Gilchrist and the next Kentucky player, Terrence Jones at No. 18 to Houston.

Otherwise, it was the Wildcats’ night.

Kentucky got its fourth first-round pick at No. 29 with Marquis Teague, another freshman, who is headed to Chicago as a possible replacement for the injured Derrick Rose. Doron Lamb went 42nd to Milwaukee, and Darius Miller was 46th to New Orleans.

Only UNLV in 1977 had six players drafted — but none in the first round.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has been criticized for recruiting “one-and-done” players, they stay the required one year and leave, but he looked thrilled hugging his two stars at the start of the night.

It’s been a long time since a school made such an impact at the top of the draft.

UCLA had the Nos. 1 and 3 picks in 1969, when Milwaukee took Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — then Lew Alcindor — and Lucius Allen went third to the Seattle SuperSonics.

Davis will begin his pro career in the same city where he ended it with a national title. College basketball’s player of the year as a freshman was the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four despite shooting just 1 for 10 from the field in the championship game, grabbing 16 rebounds and blocking six shots in the victory over Kansas.

Davis slipped on a blue and purple Hornets hat above a conservative gray suit that took no attention away from basketball’s most famous eyebrow. Davis even attempted to capitalize on the attention his unibrow gets, trademarking “Fear The Brow” and “Raise The Brow” earlier this month.

On the floor, Davis has the agility of a guard — and he was one only a few years ago.

The 6-foot-10 Davis averaged 14.2 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.7 blocks, becoming a dominant defender after growing 7 inches from the start of his junior year of high school.

A season after the Hornets traded longtime star Chris Paul, Davis is ready to be their centerpiece, since playing for the Wildcats means he is already accustomed to plenty of attention.

“Like I said, at Kentucky we had it all the time, especially the six who played, we had the spotlight all the time,” Davis said. “I think it really prepared me.”

Charlotte, coming off a 7-59 season and the worst winning percentage in NBA history, had been open to moving the No. 2 pick if it found the right deal. Instead, Michael Jordan’s team went with Kidd-Gilchrist, whose selection by the Bobcats was loudly cheered, a sharp contrast from the boos Stern received when he came out to announce the picks.

The new Charlotte swingman played in high school at nearby St. Patrick’s in Elizabeth, N.J., and fans chanted “MKG! MKG!” as he walked off the stage. Though he and Davis talked before the draft, they didn’t discuss the history the Wildcats were about to make.

“No. I was shocked at first,” Kidd-Gilchrist said. “I was shocked. But no, we didn’t. We didn’t at all.”

Florida’s Bradley Beal went third to Washington, making it three SEC freshman in the first three picks. Cleveland followed with the surprisingly early pick of Syracuse sixth man Dion Waiters at No. 4.

Thomas Robinson of Kansas, who hoped to go second, fell to Sacramento at No. 5. Portland took Weber State’s Damian Lillard at No. 6 with its first of two lottery picks, and Barnes was taken seventh by Golden State.

After Washington’s Terrence Ross went to Toronto and Connecticut’s Andre Drummond to Detroit, the Hornets rounded out the top 10 by taking Duke guard Austin Rivers with a pick they acquired in the Paul trade. Rivers hugged his father, Boston coach Doc Rivers, who came to be with his family instead of with the Celtics, who owned two later first-round picks.

Davis was the only clear-cut pick entering the draft, and there were some early surprises. Players such as Waiters and Ross went higher than expected, while Robinson dropped to the Kings.

“I really didn’t know where I was going to end up at, but it is a bit of a surprise,” he said, tearing up when talking about his difficult journey that included the deaths of multiple family members in college. “I didn’t work out for Sacramento at all, I probably talked to them about once. But I’m here, so I’m meant to be here.”

Houston took Jeremy Lamb of Connecticut at No. 12 with its first of three top-20 picks. But the Rockets, who also had the Nos. 16 and 18 picks, were hoping not to use all of them, instead packaging them for an established player after their pursuit of the Lakers’ Pau Gasol fell through last year.

The Rockets tabbed Iowa State’s Royce White at No. 16, and Terrence Jones two picks later.

Jared Sullinger, once considered a top-10 pick, ended up in a draft free-fall over concerns with his back but was finally taken at No. 21 by Boston. The Celtics followed with Fab Melo of Syracuse, giving them two potential replacements if Kevin Garnett doesn’t return.

The NBA champion Miami Heat took forward Arnett Moultrie of Mississippi State at No. 27 with their first-round pick, but traded his rights to Philadelphia for the rights to LSU center Justin Hamilton and a future first-round pick.

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March Madness 2012: Kentucky wins National Championship 67–59

April 3, 2012 By Admin

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before his confetti-flecked suit gets back from the cleaners, John Calipari will be on the road.

Such is life for a coach who recruits all that NBA-ready talent – especially when those players get in the habit of bringing championships back to their ol’ Kentucky home.

Cal’s latest group of one-and-doners doesn’t have much left to prove at this level. Despite a rough shooting night by the best of Kentucky’s talented freshmen, Anthony Davis, the Wildcats defeated Kansas 67-59 on Monday night to win their eighth national title, and first since 1998.

“What I’m hoping is there are six first-rounders on this team,” Calipari said. “I’m fine with that. That’s why I’ve got to go recruiting on Friday.”

Among those he could be looking to replace:

-Doron Lamb, a sophomore with first-round-draft-pick potential, who led the Wildcats with 22 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the second half that shut down one of Kansas’ many rallies.

-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a probable lottery pick, who scored all 11 of his points in the first half, while the Wildcats (38-2) were building an 18-point lead.

-Terrence Jones (nine points, seven rebounds), Marquis Teague (14 points) and Darius Miller (two of Kentucky’s 11 blocked shots) are in the mix, too.

-And then there’s Davis, who might have had the most dominating six-point night in the history of college basketball, earning the nod as the most outstanding player. Midway through the first half, he was scoreless but still on pace for a triple-double. He finished with 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists and three steals – and made his only field goal with 5:13 left in the game.

It was a surefire illustration of how the 6-foot-10 freshman can exert his will on a game even on a rare night when the shot isn’t falling.

“I love the fact Anthony Davis goes 1 for 10, and you all say he was biggest factor of game,” Calipari said. “He was 1 for 10. I asked these guys what they would do without scoring. You have an idea what he does.”

Over the next few weeks, Davis will decide whether to return to college – unlikely – or head to the NBA, where he’ll probably be the top pick. Kidd-Gilchrist could go second.

Kansas (32-7) also has a lottery pick in AP All-American Thomas Robinson. He was harassed all night by Davis and Jones and finished with 18 points and 17 rebounds on a 6-for-17 shooting night. He was huge in the second half, while the Jayhawks were making one of those desperate comebacks that have become their trademark this year. This time, KU trimmed Kentucky’s lead to five with 1:37 left. But the Wildcats made five free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

“It (stinks) that we have to be down 14 before we want to start fighting,” KU guard Tyshawn Taylor said. “Guess that’s kind of what happened.”

So, the Jayhawks settled for the “B” League title this year, as Calipari avenged a final-game loss to Bill Self back in 2008 when Cal was coaching Memphis. The Tigers missed four late free throws in blowing a nine-point lead in that one. Kansas didn’t get any such help this time.

Even so, it wasn’t a bad season in Lawrence, considering where KU began.

Kansas lost four of its top five scorers off last year’s roster. There were times early in the season when Self and his old buddy and mentor, Larry Brown, would stand around at practices and wonder if this was a team that could even make the tournament. It did. Won its eighth straight conference title, too.

“Nobody even expected us to be here in the first place, for us to have a great season,” KU guard Travis Releford said. “And we did. We were able to compete for a championship. We had a great year.”

Kentucky’s was better, and Davis certainly did nothing to hurt his draft stock despite missing more shots in this game than he had in the last three.

He set the tone early on defense, swatting Robinson’s shot twice, grabbing rebounds, making pretty bounce passes for assists.

Early in the second half, he made a steal that also could have been an assist, knocking the ball out of Robinson’s hands and directly to Jones, who dunked for a 46-30 lead.

Then, finally. With 5:13 left in the game, he spotted up for a 15-foot jumper from the baseline that swished for a 59-44 lead, putting a dagger in one of Kansas’ many comebacks.

“He was terrific,” Self said. “The basket he made was one of the biggest baskets of the game.”

His only bucket of the game – could that be a different sort of spin on “one and done?”

Well, if Davis does choose to leave, Cal can certainly handle it. He has mastered the art of rebuilding on the fly.

He’s the coach who brings in the John Walls, Brandon Knights and Derrick Roses (at Memphis) for cups of coffee, lets them sharpen up their resumes, then happily says goodbye when it becomes obvious there’s nothing left for them to do in school.

The coach refuses to apologize for the way he recruits or how he runs his program. Just playing by the rules as they’re set up, he says, even if he doesn’t totally agree with them. Because he refuses to promise minutes or shots to any recruit and demands teamwork out of all of them, he says he comes by these players honestly.

He has produced nine first-round picks in the last four drafts, including five in 2010. That draft day was as big a moment for the school as any, Calipari said. A pretty big statement for the program built by Adolph Rupp.

“The reason was, I knew now that other kids would look and say, `You’ve got to go there,”‘ Calipari said.

This latest group came and won it all.

“I wanted that,” Calipari said. “I told them I wanted this to be one for the ages.”

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March Madness 2012: Kentucky, Kansas to meet for national title

April 1, 2012 By Admin

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(Reuters) – Top seed Kentucky will face Kansas for the national basketball championship on Monday night after the two storied programs won their NCAA Tournament semi-final games at the Superdome on Saturday.

Kentucky (37-2) took a bold step toward winning its eighth championship by defeating bitter intrastate rival Louisville 69-61, while Kansas (32-6) knocked off Ohio State, 64-62.

“We got a game closer to our dreams, our goal,” said Kentucky freshman forward Anthony Davis, who led the Wildcats with 18 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots.

“We have to come out here Monday night and perform. We can’t come out lackadaisical. We have to come out with a lot of energy.”

Kansas, looking for a fourth title, last won the championship in 2008 when it needed overtime to defeat a Memphis team coached by John Calipari, who is now at Kentucky.

The Jayhawks trailed 59-56 with just over two minutes left but scored six straight points to take a 62-59 lead and hang on for the dramatic victory.

Louisville overcame a 13-point second-half deficit and tied the score at 49-49 on a three-point bomb by junior guard Peyton Siva with just over nine minutes left.

But Kentucky reserve guard Darius Miller scored five points in an 11-2 surge that gave the Wildcats a 60-51 lead with 4:29 remaining to put the game on ice.

Miller described reaching the national championship as “emotional.”

“We’ve worked extremely hard to get to this point,” he said. “I feel like we’ve all did a great job throughout the whole year. This is what we’ve been reaching for.

“At the end of this game we have a chance to win a national championship. It’s an opportunity that not most people get. Can’t really explain it in words. You have to experience it.”

Kentucky held Louisville to 35 percent shooting but was outrebounded 40-33, including 19-6 on the offensive glass.

“I’m proud of this team,” said Calipari, searching for his first title in his fourth appearance at the Final Four, although two appearances were vacated for the use of an ineligible player.

“They’re coming together. They’re taking on shots and runs like Louisville did today and they’ve held their own. I’m so proud of them.”

The loss, before more than 73,000 at the Superdome, snapped Louisville’s eight-game winning streak that started with their improbable run to the Big East Tournament title.

“There are no moral victories when you’re trying to win a national championship,” said Louisville coach Rick Pitino. “But I couldn’t be prouder. A lot of great teams did not get here.”

In a contest seen by many as a civil war in the state of Kentucky, the Cardinals, who lost to Kentucky 69-62 in December, fired blanks for most of the night but stayed around long enough to make it a game.

Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Marquis Teague are all freshman starters for Kentucky but it is unlikely they will all forego the NBA and return to Lexington next season.

“They really don’t play like freshmen,” said Louisville swingman Kyle Kuric. “They just have maturity in just the way they play. They carry themselves with confidence.

“They aren’t shy or afraid of big moments. They always step up and come through.”

Ohio State led for most of the game but ultimately fell victim to 34 percent shooting from the floor and an off night from its best player, Jared Sullinger, who had just 13 points on five of 19 shooting.

A follow-up jam by William Buford with 9.6 left trimmed the Buckeyes’ deficit to 62-61 with 9.6 seconds left but two free throws by Elijah Taylor hiked the Kansas lead to 64-61 with 8.3 seconds remaining.

A foul shot by guard Aaron Craft cut the lead to two with 2.9 seconds left but his attempt to miss the second shot on purpose failed and the Jayhawks ran out the clock.

Thomas Robinson, who paced Kansas with 19 points, said the Jayhawks, who lost to Kentucky 75-65 back in November, are at their best when they are facing defeat.

“It’s just been our whole thing all year,” he said. “For some reason my team is pretty good when we’re down.”

(Reporting By Steve Ginsburg; Editing by Larry Fine and Nick Mulvenney)

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College Basketball Roundup: Florida State beats Virginia 63-60

March 2, 2012 By Admin

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Darius Miller hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Georgia 79-49 on Thursday night to extend the nation’s longest home winning streak to 52 games and push its overall run to 21 in a row.

Kentucky (29-1, 15-0 Southeastern Conference) made an emphatic statement in its final game at Rupp Arena this season with an offensive flurry that nearly equaled the stiff defensive effort the Wildcats have given all season.

Kentucky, the nation’s best defensive team by field goal percentage, made a season-best 15 3-pointers, hitting six in a row in the second half.

Donte’ Williams led Georgia (13-16, 4-11) with 17 points. The Bulldogs were 3 of 19 from 3-point range.

NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE 63, NO. 24 VIRGINIA 60

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Ian Miller made a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left and No. 22 Florida State rallied from 11 points down in the last 4 1/2 minutes to stun Virginia.

Miller scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, and got just free enough from Sammy Zeglinski in the final seconds to make the shot from deep in the right wing. It was Miller’s fifth 3-pointer and the seventh for the Seminoles (20-9, 11-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Mike Scott scored 28 points, his career high in an ACC game, for the Cavaliers (21-8, 8-7), who lost for the first time in 18 games when scoring 60 points. Jontel Evans added 10 points for Virginia, which played with only seven scholarship players available to coach Tony Bennett.

Michael Snaer and Xavier Gibson added 12 points each for the Seminoles.

NO. 13 MICHIGAN 72, ILLINOIS 61

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. had 25 points and 11 rebounds to help keep Michigan in the Big Ten title race with a victory over Illinois.

Trey Burke added 21 points for Michigan (22-8, 12-5).

Illinois (17-13, 6-11) closed to 40-39 with just over 15 minutes left, but missed three chances to tie or take a lead. Meyers Leonard led Illinois with 18 points and nine rebounds.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Julie Wojta scored 24 points, and No. 11 Green Bay pulled away in the second half to beat Loyola of Chicago 85-56 on Thursday night.

Wojta was 9 of 14 from the floor, part of a 53 percent shooting night for Green Bay (26-1, 16-1 Horizon League). The Phoenix reached the 26-win mark for the eighth time in school history. They have already wrapped up the conference regular-season championship.

Stephanie Sension added 14 points for Green Bay, and Adrian Ritchie and Lydia Bauer had 10 apiece.

Monica Albano led the Ramblers (12-16, 7-10) with 14 points.

No. 24 NEBRASKA 88, NORTHWESTERN 56

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Hooper scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half to help Nebraska beat Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

The sixth-seeded Cornhuskers (22-7) will face third-seeded Iowa in the quarterfinals Friday.

Lindsey Moore added 14 points, and Rebecca Woodberry had 12 for Nebraska. The Cornhuskers shot 51 percent (28 of 55) and went 9 of 19 from 3-point range.

Dannielle Diamant led the 11th-seeded Wildcats (14-16) with 14 points.

No. 25 SOUTH CAROLINA 57, ALABAMA 38

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — La’Keisha Sutton scored 15 points, and No. 25 South Carolina beat Alabama in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference.

The Gamecocks (22-8) play 16th-ranked Georgia in the quarterfinals Friday night.

Markeshia Grant also scored 10 points for South Carolina.

Jasmine Robinson led Alabama (12-19) with 11 points, and Kyra Crosby 10. The Tide scored a season-low 14 in the first half and led only once on Robinson’s tip-in for the first bucket.

South Carolina scored the next nine points.

The Gamecocks then went cold except at the free throw line between Sancheon White’s layup with 16:40 to go before Grant’s layup with 6:47 left, missing 10 straight shots. Alabama tied it up at 10 on a layup by Jessica Merritt with 10:38 remaining. But Sutton hit two free throws with 7:30 left to put South Carolina head to stay, and the Gamecocks led 32-14 at halftime.

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College Basketball Roundup: No.1 Kentucky beats No.8 Florida 78-58

February 8, 2012 By Admin

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory over No. 8 Florida on Tuesday night.

The Wildcats (24-1, 10-0) have won 49 straight at home and matched their best start in league play since 2005.

Doron Lamb scored 18 points and freshman Anthony Davis added 16 for Kentucky, which won its 16th straight overall and ended Florida’s run of seven consecutive wins.

Kenny Boynton led the Gators (19-5, 7-2) with 18 points, but the team with the nation’s most 3-pointers this season went 6 of 27 from behind the arc and shot 34.9 percent overall from the field.

Freshman point guard Marquis Teague finished with 12 points and 10 assists for the Wildcats.

Florida scored the first two baskets of the second half to cut it to 38-30, but Kentucky answered with an 11-0 run sparked when Teague and Darius Miller hit consecutive 3-pointers.

NO. 3 OHIO ST. 87, PURDUE 84

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — William Buford scored a career-high 29 points to lead Ohio State to its 39th consecutive home win.

Buford scored 21 points in the second half to carry the Buckeyes (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten) while All-America Jared Sullinger and point guard Aaron Craft were on the bench with foul trouble. He scored seven straight points for Ohio State as it took the lead for good, then had a dunk with 39 seconds left that sealed it.

D.J. Byrd, averaging 6.5 points a game, had a career-best 24 points for the Boilermakers (15-9, 5-6), while Kelsey Barlow and Lewis Jackson each had 14 and Robbie Hummel added 13.

Sullinger had 18 points and Deshaun Thomas and Craft 13 added apiece for the first-place Buckeyes, who have won six straight and eight of nine.

No more than three points separated the teams for the entire second half until Buford went off down the stretch.

EVANSVILLE 65, NO. 17 CREIGHTON 57

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Colt Ryan gave Evansville the lead for good by making a 17-footer with 3:08 to play and the Purple Aces closed the game on a 13-1 run.

The nation’s best shooting team was out of sync all night and wound up losing a second straight game for the first time this season. Creighton (21-4, 11-3 Missouri Valley Conference) was led by Doug McDermott with 21 points.

Kenny Harris scored 15 points to lead Evansville (12-12, 7-7), which ended a six-game losing streak against the Bluejays. The Purple Aces limited Creighton to 40.4 percent shooting from the field, including 4 of 22 on 3-pointers, and didn’t trail until early in the second half.

Evansville was behind 48-41with 12:56 to go but rallied with a 9-2 run to tie the score at 50.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Devereaux Peters had a season-high 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Kayla McBride added 19 points and No. 2 Notre Dame beat Syracuse 74-55 on Tuesday night.

It was the 21st straight win for Notre Dame (24-1, 11-0 Big East) and improved its road record to 12-1 against Syracuse (15-10, 4-7), which lost at home by 41 points to No. 3 Connecticut two weeks ago.

Skylar Diggins, the Irish’s leading scorer, finished with 11 points, all in the second half. She scored five straight points to get the Irish going after the Orange had pulled within 49-39 on a 3-pointer by Rachel Coffey and two free throws by Shakeya Leary midway through the half.

Iasia Hemingway had 15 points and Kayla Alexander added 11 for Syracuse.

NO. 3 CONNECTICUT 56, NO. 20 LOUISVILLE 46

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Caroline Doty had 15 points to lead Connecticut.

Doty, scoreless in her last game against Rutgers, made 5 of 11 3-point attempts. Tiffany Hayes added nine points and 11 rebounds before fouling out for UConn (22-2, 10-1 Big East).

Shoni Schimmel led Louisville (17-7, 6-5) with 20 points and eight rebounds. Sara Hammond added 10 points, eight in the second half.

The Huskies held Louisville to just two field goals over the final 12 minutes of the first half to take a 33-17 lead.

Louisville cut the Huskies’ lead to 46-40, but Bria Hartley made a 3-pointer from the left corner.

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College Basketball Roundup: Kentucky beats struggling LSU 74-50

January 29, 2012 By Admin

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Terrence Jones highlighted a 27-point performance with a 13-0 run on his own and No. 1 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for a 74-50 win over struggling LSU on Saturday.

Anthony Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds despite briefly leaving the game when he hurt his right shoulder in a scramble for a loose ball.

Darius Miller added 13 points, including three 3-pointers for Kentucky (21-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference), which has won 13 straight.

Johnny O’Bryant III had 12 points and nine rebounds for LSU (12-9, 2-5), which has lost four of five.

Jones had the last four points of the first half, then helped Kentucky break the game open by scoring the first nine of the second half on two dunks, a fast-break layup and another basket inside as he was fouled. His last of 13 straight points in the game gave Kentucky a 44-26 lead.

NO. 2 MISSOURI 63, TEXAS TECH 50

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kim English scored 19 points in the first half, Marcus Denmon added 13 after the break and Missouri had just enough to avoid a second straight upset with a shaky victory over Texas Tech.

Jaye Crockett had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Ty Nurse scored 13 for Texas Tech (7-13, 0-8 Big 12), which shaved a 15-point deficit to seven on Clark Lammert’s 3-pointer off the glass at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:36 to go.

Missouri (19-2, 6-2) finished with six straight points, including Ricardo Ratliffe’s dunk in transition with a minute left after English blocked a shot and then saved the ball from going out of bounds.

English had 22 points, Denmon scored 19 despite 4-for-15 shooting and Phil Pressey matched his career best with 12 assists. Missouri remained unbeaten at home, three days after an upset loss at Oklahoma State. The Tigers’ first 11 home victories had been by an average of 27 points.

NO. 3 SYRACUSE 63, WEST VIRGINIA 61

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Brandon Triche had 18 points, including a pair of free throws that broke the final tie with 88 seconds left, and Syracuse beat West Virginia.

After Triche’s free throws, the Mountaineers missed four straight shots, including an airball 3 by Darryl “Truck” Bryant and a miss on the follow by Deniz Kilicli. But when Kris Joseph snared the rebound and tried to dribble away, he fell out of bounds with 6.2 seconds left, giving West Virginia one last chance. Kevin Jones missed a 3 from the left corner at the buzzer and Syracuse hung on.

Syracuse (22-1, 9-1 Big East) has won 13 of the past 14 games against West Virginia (15-7, 5-4). The win was the 878th for Orange coach Jim Boeheim, moving him within one victory of tying former North Carolina coach Dean Smith for third in Division I history.

Jones led West Virginia with 20 points and eight rebounds.

IOWA STATE 72, NO. 5 KANSAS 64

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Royce White had 18 points and nine rebounds as Iowa State upset Kansas, snapping the Jayhawks’ winning streak at 10 games.

Melvin Ejim added 15 points for the Cyclones (15-6, 5-3 Big 12), who had lost 13 straight to Kansas since their last victory in 2005.

White, a 39 percent free thrower shooter in Big 12 games, hit a pair to put Iowa State up 64-59 with 1:47 left. Kansas threw the ball away and Chris Babb drained a 3 to give the Cyclones an eight-point lead with 55.6 seconds left.

Tyshawn Taylor led five players in double figures with 16 points for Kansas (17-4, 7-1), which hadn’t lost since Dec. 19 against Davidson. Thomas Robinson had 13 points, but he committed five turnovers and the Jayhawks were outrebounded 36-23.

NO. 6 BAYLOR 76, TEXAS 71

WACO, Texas (AP) — Perry Jones III scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, Pierre Jackson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and Baylor withstood a second-half rally to beat Texas.

Baylor (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) led by 12 early in the second half before J’Covan Brown led a charge that helped the Longhorns tie the game.

Jackson’s 3-pointer gave the Bears a 69-66 lead with 2:36 left, and they hit seven free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

Brown scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half for Texas (13-8, 3-5), but he missed a 3-point attempt with 10 seconds left that would have tied the game. The Longhorns have lost four of five.

Quincy Miller had 18 points for the Bears, who are 6-2 in conference play for the first time since 1986-87. Quincy Acy added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

NO. 8 DUKE 83, ST. JOHN’S 76

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Mason Plumlee had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help Duke hold off St. John’s.

Ryan Kelly scored 16 points and Andre Dawkins added 14 for the Blue Devils (18-3), who led by 22 with 17 minutes left but shot just 30 percent in the second half while the Red Storm rallied.

Moe Harkless had 30 points and 13 rebounds for St. John’s (9-12). He and D’Angelo Harrison each hit 3-pointers in the final minute to make things tense.

Austin Rivers finished with 12 points for the Blue Devils, who claimed their 94th straight nonconference victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Harrison had 21 points for St. John’s, the last non-Atlantic Coast Conference team to win at Cameron, in 2000.

PITTSBURGH 72, NO. 9 GEORGETOWN 60

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nasir Robinson scored 23 points and made all nine of his field goal attempts to lead Pittsburgh past Georgetown.

Lamar Patterson added 18 points, seven assists and four rebounds for the Panthers (13-9, 2-7 Big East), who never trailed while improving to 12-0 against Top 10 teams at the Petersen Events Center.

Otto Porter led the Hoyas (16-4, 6-3) with 14 points and Henry Sims added 10 but Georgetown couldn’t overcome a 17-point first-half deficit.

The Panthers won their second straight following an eight-game losing streak.

NO. 11 MURRAY STATE 73, EASTERN ILLINOIS 58

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Donte Poole and Isaiah Canaan each scored 18 points, and Murray State remained the only unbeaten team in Division I with a victory over Eastern Illinois.

Poole also had six assists and four rebounds while Ed Daniel grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds for the Racers (21-0, 9-0 Ohio Valley Conference). Murray State tied the OVC record for longest winning streak set by Western Kentucky with 21 consecutive victories in 1953-54 and 1966-67.

Racers coach Steve Prohm matched Columbia’s Lou Rossini (1950-51) for the third-best start to a season by a first-year coach.

Joey Miller had 17 points and four rebounds for the Panthers (9-11, 2-6).

NO. 12 UNLV 65, AIR FORCE 63, OT

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Chace Stanback stole a Todd Fletcher pass with two seconds remaining in overtime to help UNLV escape Air Force with a win.

Oscar Bellfield’s 3-pointer with 2:28 left in overtime broke a 61-61 tie and gave the Rebels (20-3, 4-1 Mountain West) the lead for good.

UNLV’s Mike Moser had a chance to make it a two-possession game with 12.5 seconds left, but missed a pair of free throws.

Air Force committed six of its 17 turnovers and was only able to attempt one shot in overtime. The Falcons (11-8, 1-4) fell to 1-74 against ranked opponents.

Moser finished with a game-high 27 points and 12 rebounds, marking his 12th double-double of the season and eighth in the past nine games.

COLORADO STATE 77, NO. 13 SAN DIEGO STATE 60

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Wes Eikmeier scored 19 points and Colorado State made all 23 of its free throws, beating San Diego State for its first home win over a ranked team in more than eight years.

Will Bell added 17 points and the Rams (14-6, 3-2 Mountain West) frustrated the fatigued Aztecs (18-3, 4-1) all afternoon, limiting them to 3-of-21 shooting from 3-point range.

It was the first time Colorado State beat a Top 25 team at Moby Arena since knocking off Purdue 71-69 on Dec. 30, 2003. The Rams set a conference record by going 23 for 23 at the foul line.

Jamaal Franklin had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Aztecs, who had their 11-game winning streak snapped. Chase Tapley, the conference’s leading scorer, was held to 10 points.

NO. 14 FLORIDA 69, NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI ST. 57

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 19 points, Patric Young made several crowd-rousing plays and Florida beat Mississippi State, extending its home winning streak to 17 games.

The Gators (17-4, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) used an 11-0 run in the second half — sparked by Beal’s third 3-pointer and highlighted by Young’s two dunks — to turn a tight game into a double-digit affair.

Mississippi State (17-5, 4-3) trailed 62-47 after the spurt and never got the lead to single digits. The Gators made enough plays down the stretch to secure their second win in six games against the Bulldogs.

Young, still battling tendinitis in his right ankle, finished with 12 points and six rebounds.

Arnett Moultrie led Mississippi State with 12 points and 13 rebounds, his league-leading 13th double-double of the season. He fouled out with 2:04 remaining.

NO. 15 CREIGHTON 73, BRADLEY 59

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug McDermott scored 24 points and Creighton turned back two Bradley comeback attempts in the second half.

A school-record crowd of 18,436 watched as the Bluejays (20-2, 10-1 Missouri Valley Conference) won their 10th straight. Bradley (6-17, 1-10) has lost 13 of 14.

Josh Jones and Gregory Echenique each had 14 points for the Bluejays, who have won 14 straight against Bradley in Omaha since 1998. Echenique also had 10 rebounds.

Dyricus Simms-Edwards scored 19 points to lead the Braves, who twice cut Creighton’s lead to three in the second half.

NO. 17 MARQUETTE 82, VILLANOVA 78

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Darius Johnson-Odom scored 26 points to help Marquette storm back from an 18-point deficit and beat Villanova.

Jae Crowder had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Marquette (18-4, 7-2 Big East) and played just as big a role in the second half as Johnson-Odom in helping the Golden Eagles win their sixth straight game.

JayVaughn Pinkston led Villanova (10-12, 3-7) with 17 points. Maurice Sutton had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Villanova had the lead with 6:15 left when Maalik Wayns was whistled for a technical. Johnson-Odom hit two free throws and Crowder tied it on a driving layup. Johnson-Odum made it 71-69, putting Marquette ahead for good.

NO. 19 VIRGINIA 61, N.C. STATE 60

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mike Scott scored 18 points to help Virginia beat North Carolina State.

Joe Harris and Sammy Zeglinski each added 12 for the Cavaliers (17-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 60 percent in the first half to take the lead and then turned away a second-half rally.

Virginia led by 10 with about 6 1/2 minutes left before the Wolfpack (15-7, 4-3) pushed back. Scott Wood hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 61-60 with 46.3 seconds to go, and N.C. State got the ball back with a chance to win.

But after a timeout with 7.8 seconds left, Lorenzo Brown managed a desperate 3-pointer that missed everything.

C.J. Leslie scored 17 points to lead the Wolfpack. Richard Howell had a career-high 18 rebounds before fouling out with 1:47 left.

NO. 21 ST. MARY’S 80, BYU 66

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brad Waldow scored 19 points and Clint Steindl added 16 off the bench to lead St. Mary over BYU.

The Gaels (21-3, 10-0 West Coast) also got 13 points and nine rebounds from Rob Jones.

St. Mary’s leading scorer Matthew Dellavedova had 10 points.

Steindl scored 14 points in the first half when he hit his first four 3-point shots. He finished 4 of 6 from behind the arc.

The Cougars (18-6, 6-3) were led by Noah Hartsock and Matt Carlino, who scored 15 points. Brandon Davies added 14 points and seven rebounds.

OKLAHOMA 63, NO. 22 KANSAS STATE 60

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Steven Pledger scored 30 points and Oklahoma weathered a second-half charge by Kansas State and some tense moments down the stretch to give coach Lon Kruger a victory over his former team.

Sam Grooms made a key steal in the closing minute and two free throws with 5 seconds left for the Sooners (13-7, 3-5 Big 12), who watched as Rodney McGruder’s potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer bounced off the back iron.

McGruder finished with 19 points for the Wildcats (15-5, 4-4), who trailed by 10 in the second half but went on a 12-2 run and later pulled into the lead.

It was Kruger’s first game back in Bramlage Coliseum as the opposing coach.

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WACO, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 28 points and moved into second place on the NCAA career blocks list in No. 1 Baylor’s 74-46 rout of Kansas on Saturday night.

Griner passed Michigan State’s Alyssa DeHaan midway through the first half. The 6-foot-8 phenom has 506 blocks in her career and now only trails Saint Mary’s star Louella Tomlinson, who had 663.

Kimetria Hayden added 10 points and Destiny Williams had 11 rebounds for Baylor (21-0, 8-0 Big 12), which is one of two unbeatens left. Wisconsin-Green Bay improved to 19-0 on Saturday by routing Valparaiso.

Carolyn Davis scored 12 and Angel Goodrich and CeCe Harper had 10 points each for Kansas (16-4, 5-3). Aishah Sutherland had 10 rebounds.

No. 2 NOTRE DAME 71, ST. JOHN’S 56

NEW YORK (AP) — Skylar Diggins scored 24 points to help Notre Dame beat St. John’s for the Fighting Irish’s 18th straight victory.

Devereaux Peters added 18 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and four steals for Notre Dame (21-1, 8-0 Big East), which was coming off a 28-point blowout of No. 7 Tennessee on Monday night.

Trailing 6-1 early on, Notre Dame went on a 19-2 run to take an early 12-point lead. Diggins had the final eight points of the run, including a pretty floater down the lane that made it 20-8 with 11:16 left in the half.

St. John’s scored the next eight points, including two 3-pointers by Tesia Harris, to cut it to a four-point game. That’s as close as the Red Storm (13-8, 5-3) would get as Notre Dame put it away with a 14-0 spurt.

No. 3 CONNECTICUT 77, SOUTH FLORIDA 62

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tiffany Hayes scored 33 points and Connecticut won its 97th consecutive game at home, beating South Florida.

Stefanie Dolson tied a season high with 22 points and added 18 rebounds for UConn (19-2, 8-1 Big East).

Hayes, coming off a 35-point performance at Syracuse on Wednesday, had back-to-back 30-point games for the first time in her career. It was her 10th consecutive game in double figures and 18th this season.

Caitlin Rowe had a career-high 20 points and Inga Orekhova added 16 for South Florida (12-10, 4-4).

Connecticut was up by just one point early in the second half before using a 17-5 run to take control.

The win was the 790th in UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s career.

No. 4 STANFORD 74, CALIFORNIA 71, OT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Chiney Ogwumike scored three of her career-high 27 points in overtime to help Stanford wrap up a perfect first half of the Pac-12 season with a victory over rival California.

Toni Kokenis added 18 points, including two key free throws in overtime,and Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 12 to move past Val Whiting into fourth place on the all-time scoring list for the Cardinal (18-1, 9-0). Stanford has won 15 straight games overall and has a three-game lead over the Golden Bears (15-6, 6-3) and Arizona State at the midpoint of the conference season.

This one wasn’t easy as the Cardinal allowed the final nine points of regulation to force overtime and then got only one basket in the extra session, a layup by Chiney Ogwumike on their opening possession.

No. 12 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 65, VALPARAISO 37

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Julie Wojta scored 14 of her 19 points in the first half and Wisconsin-Green Bay remained unbeaten with a victory over Valparaiso.

The Phoenix (19-0, 9-0 Horizon), who along with No. 1 Baylor are the only undefeated teams left, led by three early on before closing the first half on a 32-11 run to take a 24-point lead at the break.

Lydia Bauer added 11 points and Adrian Ritchie had 10 for Green Bay, which is off to the best start in school and Horizon League history.

The Phoenix forced 26 turnovers which they converted into 32 points.

Gina Lange scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting to lead Valparaiso (5-15, 1-8).

IOWA 59, No. 13 PURDUE 42

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kamille Wahlin scored all 13 of her points in the second half and Iowa upset Purdue, snapping the Boilermakers’ 11-game winning streak.

Center Morgan Johnson added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (12-10, 4-5 Big Ten), who had lost four of their last five games.

Purdue’s Brittany Rayburn hit a 3-pointer to cut Iowa’s lead to 40-37 with 11 minutes left, but the Hawkeyes answered with a 16-2 run over an 8-minute stretch to pull away.

It’s the first Big Ten loss for Purdue (18-4, 8-1), which was beaten for the first time this month.

No. 16 LOUISVILLE 62, VILLANOVA 58

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Asia Taylor scored 12 of her season-high 14 points in the second half and Louisville held off Villanova.

Shoni Schimmel scored 18 points and Bria Smith added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinals (17-4, 6-2 Big East).

Louisville trailed 38-32 with 11:30 left before going on a 15-6 run to take a three-point lead. The Wildcats (13-8, 3-5) regained a 48-47 advantage on Devon Kane’s two free throws with 4:18 left.

Taylor, who was starting for the first time in five games, put Louisville ahead for good with a jumper 20 seconds later. She then was fouled on the next possession and converted both free throws.

Louisville converted its final eight free throws to seal the victory.

Laura Sweeney had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Wildcats.

No. 21 TEXAS TECH 75, TEXAS 71

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Jordan Barncastle scored 19 points, including a key three-point play with 24 seconds left, to help Texas Tech end a five-game skid with a victory over Texas.

Texas led for just the second time in the game after free throws by Ashleigh Fontenette made it 71-70 with 48 seconds to play. Barncastle’s offensive rebound and put back moments later gave the Lady Raiders the lead again, and a corner three by Texas’ Chassidy Fussell bounced off the side of the backboard with 9 seconds left.

Texas Tech (15-5, 3-5 Big 12 Conference) avoided a six-game conference losing streak for the third consecutive year. The Lady Raiders were ranked as high as No. 10 after a 14-0 start.

Fussell scored 19 for Texas (13-7, 3-5).

No. 22 GONZAGA 75, SAINT MARY’S 70

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Taelor Karr made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 minutes left then added three free throws in the final 31 seconds to help Gonzaga beat Saint Mary’s.

Katelan Redmon had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Kayla Standish scored 18 points and Haiden Palmer added 16 for the Bulldogs (19-3, 8-1 West Coast Conference).

Jasmine Smith had 20 points for Saint Mary’s but committed a critical backcourt violation with 15 seconds left and the Gaels (16-7, 7-3) down by three.

Two weeks after the Zags had their 34-game conference winning streak snapped with a 66-63 loss to the Gaels in Spokane, Gonzaga blew a 15-point halftime lead and needed a late rally after Saint Mary’s surged in front.

No. 23 DEPAUL 71, SETON HALL 59

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Jasmine Penny scored 19 points and No. 23 DePaul avoided its longest losing streak since the 2003-04 season by holding off Seton Hall.

Anna Martin added 18 points and Katherine Harry had 13 points and 13 rebounds as the injury-ravaged Blue Demons (16-6, 4-4 Big East) snapped a three-game slide, which matched their longest since 2007-08.

Brittany Hrynko hit two long 3-pointers late and finished with 13 points for DePaul, which had a 13-point second half lead trimmed to one.

Terry Green scored 18 of her career-high 21 points in the second half for Seton Hall (7-15, 0-8), which dropped its 10th straight. The losing streak ties the longest for the Pirates since the end of the 2007-08 season.

No. 23 BYU 74, SANTA CLARA 64

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kristen Riley had 17 points and 11 rebounds to help Brigham Young beat Santa Clara.

Jennifer Hamson added 16 points for the Lady Cougars (20-3, 9-1 West Coast Conference), who are playing their first year in the WCC and have won nine straight since dropping their conference game at Saint Mary’s. The Lady Cougars entered the Top 25 this week for the first time since 2006.

The Broncos (8-13, 1-7) wasted a near-perfect shooting performance from guard Meagan Fulps, who made her first seven field goal attempts and initial seven free throws before finally missing her last two shots from the floor. She finished with 24 points.

Santa Clara center Lindsay Leo had 14 points and 14 rebounds.

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College Basketball Roundup: Kentucky cruises by Georgia 57-44

January 25, 2012 By Admin

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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Darius Miller came off the bench to score 19 points and Kentucky cruised in its first game since returning to No. 1 in the rankings, beating Georgia 57-44 on Tuesday night.

Miller, who had started eight of the previous nine games for the Wildcats (20-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference), returned to the sixth-man role he had played earlier in the season. The senior made 7 of 8 shots, including all four from 3-point range.

Kentucky used spurts of 10-0 and 10-1 to build a 38-26 halftime lead. The Bulldogs (10-10, 1-5) never threatened in the second half, even though the Wildcats cooled off considerably. They went more than 5 minutes without scoring and made just 7 of 23 shots over the final 20 minutes.

Kentucky, which had been No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings for two weeks early in the season, returned to the top spot after Syracuse lost last weekend.

Dustin Ware led Georgia with 12 points.

NO. 6 BAYLOR 77, OKLAHOMA 65

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Perry Jones III had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Pierre Jackson added 16 points as Baylor bounced back after its first two losses of the season.

The Bears (18-2, 5-2 Big 12) led throughout but needed a strong finish to put away the Sooners, who were within 62-60 in the final 5 minutes.

Quincy Acy contributed 13 points and three blocks for Baylor, which shot 54 percent to get back on the winning track after losses to Kansas and Missouri, both Top 10 teams.

Steven Pledger led Oklahoma (12-7, 2-5) with 17 points, and Romero Osby had 16 points and 11 rebounds.

It was only the second win in 18 tries for the Bears at the Lloyd Noble Center in a series that was heavily lopsided in the Sooners’ favor until recent years.

Oklahoma had won 30 straight games in the series from 1978 to 2009 before Baylor won three in a row. The Sooners then won at home and knocked the Bears out of the Big 12 tournament last season to regain the upper hand.

NO. 13 SAN DIEGO ST. 52, WYOMING 42

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Jamaal Franklin had 12 points and 11 rebounds and San Diego State extended its winning streak to 11 games.

Chase Tapley added 12 points for the Aztecs (18-2, 4-0 Mountain West).

The victory was the 250th at San Diego State for coach Steve Fisher, who is in his 13th season with the Aztecs.

Leonard Washington had 12 points and eight rebounds and Luke Martinez added 11 points for Wyoming (16-4, 2-2).

The Cowboys trailing only 25-22 at halftime but San Diego State opened the second half with a 16-4 run, keyed by seven points from James Rahon, to open a 41-26 lead with 12:15 to go.

NO. 17 MARQUETTE 67, SOUTH FLORIDA 47

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Darius Johnson-Odom scored 17 points to lead Marquette.

Davante Gardner and Jae Crowder added 15 points each for the Golden Eagles (17-4, 6-2 Big East), who have won five straight.

Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls (12-9, 5-3), who had won three straight.

It was the 100th career victory for Marquette coach Buzz Williams.

Marquette went on a 7-0 run at the end of the first half to take a 33-21 lead.

The Golden Eagles put together another surge coming out of halftime, and Johnson-Odom’s 3-pointer gave Marquette a 39-22 lead with 18:49 left in the game.

The Golden Eagles forced 22 turnovers while committing only five. Marquette outscored South Florida 20-3 off turnovers.

NO. 20 MICHIGAN 66, PURDUE 64

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points and Jordan Morgan had 12 points and seven rebounds for Michigan.

Stu Douglass scored 12 points and Evan Smotrycz added 10 points for the Wolverines (16-5, 6-2), who entered the game in a tie for first place in the Big Ten.

Michigan shot 54 percent from the field and outrebounded the Boilermakers 30-23.

Lewis Jackson scored 17 points and Robbie Hummel added 16 for the Boilermakers (14-7, 4-4). Hummel missed a 3-pointer that could have given the Boilermakers the lead in the final seconds.

Purdue, which was coming off an 83-58 loss to No. 10 Michigan State, has lost two of its past three at home after a 26-game home winning streak.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brandon Triche scored 16 points, including three straight 3-pointers early in the second half, and No. 1 Syracuse pulled away from Providence for an 87-73 victory Wednesday night.

It is the second straight season the Orange (16-0, 3-0 Big East) have opened with 16 straight wins. Last season’s team went 18-0 before its first loss.

Scoop Jardine added 10 points and 11 assists for Syracuse.

Gerard Coleman and Vincent Council each scored 17 points for Providence, and LaDontae Henton had 11 points and 13 rebounds. The Friars (11-5, 0-3) were playing the No. 1 team in the nation for the first time since beating top-ranked Pittsburgh 81-73 in Providence in 2009.

Providence took its last lead of the game when Council was fouled making a 3-pointer with 1:46 left in the first half. He made the free throw to give the Friars a 34-33 lead, but Triche hit a 3-pointer to give Syracuse a 36-34 halftime lead.

TEMPLE 78, NO. 5 DUKE 73

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Khalif Wyatt scored 22 points and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson had 17 to lead Temple to the upset.

Using tough man-to-man defense that limited Duke’s long-range shots, the Owls (10-3) grabbed the lead for good midway through the first half. When the Blue Devils (12-2) crept within three points late, Wyatt hit consecutive 3-pointers for a 66-57 lead.

The Owls had lost nine straight times to Duke, and hadn’t beat the Blue Devils since Jan. 25, 1996. This gave the Owls a win over a Top 10 teams for the fourth straight season, all in Philadelphia.

Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils, who lost for the first time since a Nov. 29 game at Ohio State.

NO. 9 GEORGETOWN 73, NO. 20 MARQUETTE 70

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jason Clark scored 26 points and Hollis Thompson’s tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than 30 seconds left capped Georgetown’s comeback from a 17-point deficit.

The Hoyas (13-1, 3-0 Big East) ran their winning streak to 11 games, their longest in five years. They got 16 points from Thompson, 13 from Henry Sims, and key contributions from four freshmen who played significant minutes in the second half.

Marquette (12-3, 1-1) lost for the third time in five games, despite 18 points from Darius Johnson-Odom, 17 from Jae Crowder, and 16 from Todd Mayo.

The Golden Eagles led 43-29 at halftime and stretched that to 56-39 on Mayo’s 3-pointer with 13:10 left. But Clark brought Georgetown back, making 6 of 7 shots in the second half, when he scored 18 points.

When the game was tied at 70-all Thompson made his biggest shot of the game. Johnson-Odom and Crowder both got late looks at potential tying 3s.

NO. 14 KANSAS 67, NO. 23 KANSAS ST. 49

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Thomas Robinson had 15 points and 14 rebounds to lead Kansas.

Trailing by as many as 18 points early, the Wildcats (11-2, 0-1 Big 12) got 3-pointers from Jamar Samuels and Rodney McGruder in a 10-0 run and closed to 39-36. But Conner Teahan’s two 3-pointers triggered a rally by Kansas (11-3, 1-0) that included dunks by Robinson on consecutive possessions.

The Jayhawks went on to their 43rd victory over their state rivals in the last 46 meetings of the 272-game series.

Travis Releford had 16 points and Tyshawn Taylor had 13 as Kansas launched its campaign for an eighth straight Big 12 championship with its 21st straight conference-opening victory.

McGruder had 15 points and Samuels had 12 for Kansas State, which was only 5 for 20 from 3-point range.

The Jayhawks dominated the boards 50-26.

NO. 19 MURRAY ST. 76, E. KENTUCKY 67

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Donte Poole scored 22 points and Isaiah Canaan added 16 — including the 1,000th of his career — and Murray State remained unbeaten.

The Racers (15-0, 3-0 Ohio Valley Conference) are one win from matching the school’s all-time best start set in 1935-36.

The Colonels trailed by as many as 15 points, but came within one with just under 5 minutes to go before falling for the seventh straight time in the series.

Jaron Jones scored 23 points for Eastern Kentucky (9-7, 3-1).

The Racers played their first game without senior forward Ivan Aska, the team’s leading rebounder who is out indefinitely with a broken right hand. Ed Daniel scored 16 points and Stacy Wilson added 13 for the Racers.

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College Basketball Roundup: Notre Dame upsets No.1 Syracuse 67-58

January 22, 2012 By Admin

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WACO, Texas (AP) — Jack Cooley had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help Notre Dame upset No. 1 Syracuse 67-58 on Saturday.

Fans stormed the court after the Irish’s rousing victory. It was the eighth time Notre Dame has beaten a No. 1 team, tied for fourth-most all-time.

The Orange (20-1, 7-1) played without Fab Melo, who did not make the trip and will not play Monday against Cincinnati.

Without Melo in the middle, the 6-foot-9, 248-pound Cooley was a major force for Notre Dame (12-8, 4-3) and the Irish won the rebound battle 38-25. School officials gave no explanation why the talented center did not make the trip. C.J. Fair started for the Orange.

James Southerland scored 15 points for Syracuse, which shot just 34 percent and had its lowest scoring game of the season.

Scott Martin added 13 for Notre Dame, which hit 50 percent of its field-goal attempts.

NO. 2 KENTUCKY 77, ALABAMA 71

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Darius Miller hit four free throws in the final minute and freshmen Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis each added two more as Kentucky earned its nation’s best 47th straight home victory.

Kentucky (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) led the entire second half, but Alabama’s Trevor Releford scored all 17 of his points in the second half to keep the Crimson Tide (13-6, 2-3) close until the end.

Terrence Jones, who finished with 15 points, made Kentucky’s final field goal with 6:57 left, but the Wildcats hit 23 of 29 second-half free throw attempts — including all eight in the final minute — in a game that featured 45 fouls.

Doron Lamb had 14 points for the Wildcats, who scored their final 15 points from the free-throw line.

JaMychal Green had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Alabama, which lost its third in a row.

NO. 5 MISSOURI 89, NO. 3 BAYLOR 88

Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points and Missouri held on for the big road win.

Ratliffe had a big two-handed slam dunk midway through the second half when he scored six points in an 8-0 spurt that put the Tigers (18-1, 5-1 Big 12) up 68-58. Missouri still had a 10-point lead with 3:07 left but didn’t score again until Ratliffe’s two free throws with a minute left.

Missouri had to make 10 of 12 free throws in the final minute for the victory. Marcus Denmon’s free throw with 4 seconds left made it 89-85 before Brady Heslip hit a 3-pointer for Baylor (17-2, 4-2), which has lost two in a row after a 17-0 start.

Quincy Miller led Baylor with 29 points while Pierre Jackson had 20 points and 15 assists.

FLORIDA STATE 76, NO. 4 DUKE 73

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Michael Snaer hit a 3-pointer as time expired, and Florida State snapped Duke’s 45-game home-court winning streak.

With the game tied, Luke Loucks sprinted up the middle of the court before zipping a pass over to Snaer on the right side in front of the FSU bench. Snaer quickly launched a shot that dropped cleanly through the net, stunning the once-rowdy crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium and sending the Seminoles’ bench spilling onto the court in celebration.

Snaer scored 14 points — including a banked-in 3 to beat the buzzer on the final play of the first half — and the Seminoles (13-6, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their fourth straight game.

Austin Rivers had 19 points for the Blue Devils (16-3, 4-1), including a tying drive with 4.9 seconds left.

Xavier Gibson led Florida State with 16 points.

NO. 6 OHIO STATE 79, NEBRASKA 45

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — William Buford scored 15 points, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas had 14 apiece, and Ohio State blew out Nebraska for the second time this month.

The Buckeyes (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten) swept their games against Nebraska by a combined 65 points and moved into a three-way tie for first place in the conference with Michigan and Michigan State.

Ohio State came to Lincoln looking to polish its game on the road. The Buckeyes were 2-3 in road games, including 1-2 against Big Ten opponents.

Brandon Ubel and Bo Spencer had eight points apiece for Nebraska (10-9, 2-6), which had two field-goal droughts of longer than eight minutes.

NO. 7 KANSAS 69, TEXAS 66

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jeff Withey made a layup and free throw with 37 seconds left to give Kansas the lead, and the Jayhawks survived another tough fight with Texas.

Withey’s three-point play put Kansas up 68-66 and Thomas Robinson made a free throw with 8 seconds left. Texas’ J’Covan Brown got off a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left but it bounced off the rim. Brown also missed with 15 seconds left.

Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 points and Robinson finished with 17 points and eight rebounds for Kansas (16-3, 6-0). The Jayhawks have won nine in a row and are the only Big 12 team still undefeated in conference play.

Brown scored 24 points for the Longhorns (12-7, 2-4), who have lost three in a row and absorbed their first home loss of the season.

NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 83, PURDUE 58

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Freshman Branden Dawson scored 14 points to help Michigan State pull away for the easy victory.

The Spartans (16-4, 5-2) moved into a tie for the Big Ten lead by stopping their second two-game skid this season.

The Boilermakers (14-6, 4-3) have lost three of their last five games.

The Spartans led by seven at halftime and built a 23-point lead midway through the second half.

Purdue’s Robbie Hummel didn’t make a shot for the first time in his injury-filled career that dates to 2007. Hummel, who entered the game averaging a team-high 16 points, was 0 for 11 and scored just two points.

NO. 10 GEORGETOWN 52, RUTGERS 50

WASHINGTON (AP) — Otto Porter scored the final six points, including two free throws with 8.5 seconds left, lifting Georgetown to the win.

Harry Sims led Georgetown (16-3, 6-2 Big East) with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. He made 8 of 13 free throws, part of a 25-of-36 effort from the line for the Hoyas.

Mike Poole made a long 2-pointer with 2 seconds left on the shot clock and Eli Carter made a 3-pointer to extend Rutgers’ lead to 50-45 with 2:35 left.

Porter made a layup with 1:36 left, and after Rutgers (11-9, 3-4) committed an offensive foul, Porter made a jumper with 1:10 left to tie the game at 50.

Georgetown is 18-2 at home against Rutgers, including a 10-game winning streak that dates to 2000.

NO. 12 MURRAY STATE 82, SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 65

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Isaiah Canaan scored 21 points, Jewuan Long added a season-high 17 and Murray State became the only unbeaten team in Division I.

The Racers (20-0, 8-0 Ohio Valley Conference) got their ninth road win of the season. The nation’s other unbeaten team, No. 1 Syracuse, lost at Notre Dame 67-58 earlier in the day.

Donte Poole added 14 points and Latreze Mushatt had seven points and eight rebounds for the Racers, who led 49-35 at half.

Mark Yelovich paced Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (5-12, 3-5) with 17 points.

TENNESSEE 60, NO. 13 CONNECTICUT 57

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jarnell Stokes had 16 points and 12 rebounds in his first start, and Tennessee hit 7 of 10 free-throw attempts in the final minute to secure the win.

The Volunteers (9-10) led by 10 points with 3:15 remaining in the second half and had a 55-48 lead when the Huskies’ Jeremy Lamb sank a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left. Lamb then fouled Trae Golden, who hit one of his two free throws before Shabazz Napier hit a 3 to cut the Vols’ lead to 56-54 with 23 seconds to go.

Niels Giffey fouled Tennessee’s Skylar McBee, who hit both free throws to seal it.

Lamb led the Huskies (14-5) with 23 points. Napier finished with 18 points.

NO. 14 UNLV 80, NEW MEXICO 63

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Moser scored 14 points and UNLV’s reserves combined for 28 points to fend off preseason Mountain West favorite New Mexico.

Carlos Lopez, sporting a fresh mohawk, led the Runnin’ Rebels’ reserves with 14 points in 14 minutes, hitting 8 of 14 free throws.

Moser grabbed his 10th rebound in the game’s final seconds, notching his 10th double-double this year.

UNLV (18-3, 2-1) trailed by five midway through the first half, but took its first lead at 25-23 with 6 minutes left on a pair of free throws, eventually finishing the half up 39-35.

The Rebels then ran it up in the second half, scoring 26 points off 11 turnovers. UNLV finished with 26 fastbreak points, pressing the lead as high as 20 points.

Kendall Williams and Tony Snell each had 15 points for New Mexico (15-4, 1-2).

NO. 16 SAN DIEGO ST. 57, AIR FORCE 44

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chase Tapley scored 16 points, and Jamaal Franklin had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help San Diego State beat Air Force for its 10th straight win.

Tapley had two quick baskets in the final minute for the Aztecs (17-2, 3-0 Mountain West Conference), who seemed somewhat sluggish following two high-intensity games they played in the last week.

The Aztecs beat then-No. 12 UNLV 69-67 at home a week earlier and then won 75-70 at New Mexico on Wednesday night after falling behind 10-0. The Aztecs head back on the road for games at Wyoming on Tuesday night and at Colorado State on Saturday.

Taylor Broekhuis scored 16 for Air Force (11-6, 1-2).

NO. 17 FLORIDA 76, LSU 64

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Erik Murphy scored 15 points and Florida extended its home win streak to 16 games.

The Gators (15-4, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) had five players in double figures, a balanced effort that helped them overcome an off night from 3-point range. Erving Walker had 12 points, and Kenny Boynton, Bradley Beal and Mike Rosario finished with 11 points apiece for Florida, which made 7 of 21 shots from behind the arc.

Justin Hamilton led the Tigers with a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds. The 7-footer made 13 of 22 shots, nearly as many as the rest of his team.

Hamilton helped LSU (12-7, 2-3) trim the lead to 68-60 with 3 minutes remaining, but the Gators pulled away down the stretch.

NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 78, VANDERBILT 77, OT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dee Bost scored on a layup with 51.8 seconds left in overtime and Mississippi State snapped Vanderbilt’s eight-game winning streak.

The Bulldogs (16-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) won in Memorial Gym for the first time since 2004 and snapped their own three-game skid in Nashville. They appeared headed toward another loss after trailing 39-28 at halftime.

Vanderbilt (14-5, 4-1) had plenty of chances to extend its winning streak but missed three shots after Bost’s layup, the last a 3-point attempt by John Jenkins that hit the front of the rim just before the buzzer.

Bost scored 24 points, and Arnett Moultrie had his 11th double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds.

Jenkins led Vanderbilt with 21 points.

NO. 19 CREIGHTON 75, INDIANA STATE 49

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug McDermott had 12 points and Creighton cruised to its eighth consecutive victory.

For McDermott, it tied a season low for points, but it didn’t matter. Creighton hit seven of its first 10 3-point shots, including four during a decisive 17-5 first-half run.

The Bluejays (18-2) improved to 8-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference in front of 17,411 — the sixth-largest crowd in school history.

Indiana State (11-9, 2-7) lost its third straight and seventh in nine games after a 9-2 start to the season. Dwayne Lathan had 15 points but the Sycamores lost their 13th straight game to Creighton in Omaha.

ARKANSAS 66, NO. 20 MICHIGAN 64

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — BJ Young scored 15 points and Arkansas hit its first 11 shots while remaining undefeated in Bud Walton Arena this season.

Trey Burke missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the Razorbacks (14-5) their second victory over a ranked opponent at home, following a win over then-No. 15 Mississippi State on Jan. 7.

Arkansas built a 34-14 lead on the strength of its early shooting and led 49-33 early in the second half. The Wolverines (15-5) cut the lead to two before the Razorbacks regained control and held on in front of a sellout crowd of 19,050.

Mardracus Wade added 12 points and Rickey Scott and Hunter Mickelson had 11 apiece for Arkansas, which shot 50 percent.

Zack Novak led Michigan with 17 points, and Jordan Morgan had 16.

NO. 21 MARQUETTE 79, PROVIDENCE 72

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jae Crowder scored 18 points and reserve Jamil Wilson had a career-best 16 to power Marquette to its first conference road victory.

Wilson and Davante Gardner combined for all the points in a 14-3 run that carried the Golden Eagles (16-4, 5-2 Big East) to their fourth straight league win. Darius Johnson-Odom added 16 points.

Bryce Cotten led the Friars (12-8, 1-6) with 28 points and LaDonte Henton had 14.

Golden Eagles coach Buzz Williams earned his 99th career win.

NO. 23 LOUISVILLE 73, PITTSBURGH 62

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Kuric scored 21 points in his return from an ankle injury to lead Louisville past struggling Pittsburgh.

Chane Behanan added a career-high 19 points for the Cardinals (15-5, 3-4 Big East), who took control during an 11-2 run midway through the second half.

The Panthers (11-9, 0-7) have lost eight straight. Ashton Gibbs and Lamar Patterson led Pitt with 14 points each but the defending Big East champions remained the only winless team in conference play.

The Panthers hoped the return of point guard Tray Woodall, who missed 11 of the last 12 games with groin and abdominal injuries, would end the program’s longest losing streak in more than a decade. Instead, Woodall went scoreless in 21 minutes and Pitt’s miserable stretch continued.

Louisville turned an early six-point deficit into a 31-28 halftime lead.

NO. 24 SAINT MARY’S 93, SANTA CLARA 77

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Dellavedova had 26 points and seven assists, and Rob Jones added 14 points and 15 rebounds to help Saint Mary’s hold off Santa Clara.

The Gaels were outhustled and outshot for most of the game and trailed midway through the second half before going on a 15-2 run to pull away for their ninth consecutive win. Saint Mary’s (19-2, 9-0 West Coast Conference) is off to its best start under 11th-year coach Randy Bennett.

Jorden Page scored a career-high 19 points and Brad Waldow had 14 points and a career-best 16 rebounds for Saint Mary’s, which has won six straight in the series.

Niyi Harrison had 23 points and nine rebounds for Santa Clara (8-10, 0-5), which lost its sixth straight.

Saint Mary’s won despite going 26 of 45 from the free throw line and 5 for 16 on 3-pointers.

NO. 25 KANSAS STATE 66, OKLAHOMA STATE 58

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Freshman Angel Rodriguez scored 14 points in his second start, Jamar Samuels added 12 points and 12 rebounds and Kansas State snapped an 11-game losing streak at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

The Wildcats (14-4, 3-3 Big 12) held Oklahoma State without a made basket for a 15-minute stretch spanning halftime, building up a 46-33 lead on Will Spradling’s runner in the lane with 9:08 to play. Then they held off a late charge as the Cowboys (9-10, 2-4) closed to 59-56 with just over 2 minutes left.

Rodriguez and Rodney McGruder combined to make seven of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal the Wildcats’ first win in Stillwater since 1993.

Oklahoma State’s Keiton Page had 17 points on 4-for-17 shooting.

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WACO, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner had 22 points and 12 rebounds and No. 1 Baylor stretched its school-record home winning streak to 34 with a 76-41 victory over No. 23 Kansas State on Saturday night.

The Lady Bears (19-0, 6-0 Big 12), one of only two undefeated women’s teams in Division I, grabbed control with a 12-0 run midway through the first half. Baylor has won all six of its games this season against Top 25 teams.

Brittany Chambers had 16 points and Tasha Dickey 10 for Kansas State (13-5, 4-2).

Kimetria Hayden added 11 points for the Lady Bears. Destiny Williams had 13 rebounds for her fourth consecutive game and sixth of seven with at least 10 rebounds. Griner played 29 minutes for her 10th double-double this season and 36th in 91 career games.

NO. 2 NOTRE DAME 76, VILLANOVA 43

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Skylar Diggins scored 20 points, Devereaux Peters added 19 and Notre Dame extended its winning streak to 16 games.

Notre Dame (19-1) remained unbeaten at 7-0 in the Big East, and won its fourth straight game by more than 20 points. The Irish’s national championship team won its first 23 games in 2000-01.

Rachel Roberts scored 14 for Villanova (12-7, 2-4), which had 20 turnovers.

Villanova coach Harry Perretta was not with the team because of a death in the family. A team spokesman said Perretta attended a funeral Saturday and would return to practice Sunday. Assistant coach Joe Mullaney ran the team in his absence.

The Irish will host No. 9 Tennessee on Monday night.

NO. 3 CONNECTICUT 88, NO. 21 DEPAUL 44

CHICAGO (AP) — Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis tied a season high with 25 points and Connecticut breezed to its fifth straight win.

The Huskies (17-2, 6-1 Big East) had won their previous four by an average of 44.5 points, and this one never was in doubt, either. They jumped out to a big lead in the opening minutes and snapped DePaul’s 28-game home winning streak.

Lewis set the tone, scoring 18 points as the Huskies built a 53-23 halftime lead. The freshman hit 5 of 7 3-pointers in the game and grabbed seven rebounds.

The Huskies outshot the Blue Demons (15-5, 3-3) 54.7 percent to 27.8 percent overall. DePaul got 18 points from Brittany Hrynko but never had a chance in this one.

NO. 4 STANFORD 65, WASHINGTON 47

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 17 points, Chiney Ogwumike had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Stanford picked up another victory at home.

Taylor Greenfield came off the bench to score 12 points and spark a late rally for the Cardinal (17-1, 8-0 Pac-12), who won their 73rd consecutive home game and 65th straight against a conference opponent.

Jazmine Davis scored 16 points for the Huskies (10-7, 2-5), who lost their 12th straight against Stanford. Mercedes Wetmore added 11 points.

Nneka Ogwumike moved into fifth place on Stanford’s career scoring list with 2,082 points. She is five points shy of moving into fourth.

NO. 7 RUTGERS 72, SOUTH FLORIDA 66

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — April Sykes had 23 points and 10 rebounds, leading Rutgers to the win.

Khadijah Rushdan scored 16 points and Monique Oliver finished with 14 for the Scarlet Knights (16-3, 5-1 Big East), who had a six-game winning streak snapped Tuesday in a 62-57 loss to St. John’s.

South Florida (11-9, 3-3) got 15 points from Inga Orekhova.

Rutgers’ lead slipped to 70-64 in the final minute, but the Scarlet Knights were able to secure the win with two late free throws.

NO. 12 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 80, CLEVELAND STATE 58

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Julie Wojta scored 12 points and Wisconsin-Green Bay set a school record by improving to 17-0.

Sarah Eichler, Lydia Bauer and Stephanie Sension also scored 12 apiece for the Phoenix (7-0 Horizon League). Green Bay hasn’t lost a regular-season game since a 63-60 setback at Marquette on Dec. 12, 2010.

The Phoenix had just two turnovers and shot 47 percent in building a 43-23 halftime lead.

Honesty King led Cleveland State (8-10, 3-4) with 19 points.

NO. 14 TEXAS A&M 76, KANSAS 65

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kelsey Bone had 18 points to lead four Aggies in double figures, and Texas A&M weathered Kansas’ second-half rally before pulling away for the win.

Adaora Elonu added 17 points, Sydney Carter had 13 and Tyra White 12 for the Aggies (13-4, 4-2 Big 12), who led by as many as 17 in the first half, had the lead trimmed to seven midway through the second, and then went on another scoring binge to re-establish the 17-point cushion.

The Jayhawks (15-3, 4-2) didn’t have enough time to mount yet another comeback. Angel Goodrich scored a career-high 28 points, but she also contributed 11 of the Jayhawks’ 23 turnovers.

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College Basketball Roundup: No.2 Kentucky beats Arkansas 86-63

January 18, 2012 By Admin

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 27 points and blocked seven shots to set a season school record in No. 2 Kentucky’s 86-63 victory over Arkansas on Tuesday night.

The Wildcats (18-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) won their 10th straight overall and extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 46, including 45 straight at Rupp Arena.

The Wildcats jumped on the Razorbacks (13-5, 2-2) by taking a 10-2 lead and extending it to as many as 20 before halftime.

Davis, who had 14 rebounds, blocked his 84th shot with just under 5 minutes left in the first half when he turned away freshman B.J. Young’s layup to set the record previously held by Melvin Turpin and matched by Andre Riddick.

Doron Lamb scored 14 points, Terrence Jones 13, Darius Miller 11 and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 10 for Kentucky.

Mardracus Wade had 12 points for Arkansas, which hasn’t won in four road games this season.

NO. 20 MICHIGAN 60, NO. 9 MICHIGAN ST. 59

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Stu Douglass made a layup with 36.5 seconds remaining for the lead and Michigan held on through a wild final sequence.

On Michigan State’s last possession, Keith Appling drove to the basket but had his shot blocked by Jordan Morgan. Brandon Wood of the Spartans came up with the ball, and Draymond Green was able to get another shot off from near the free throw line, but it missed.

Freshman Trey Burke scored 20 points for Michigan. He rebounded a miss by Appling in the final minute and turned it into a transition chance, eventually passing to Douglass for the winning layup.

Michigan (15-4, 5-2 Big Ten) has won three straight over Michigan State (15-4, 4-2).

Derrick Nix led Michigan State with 13 points.

NO. 10 GEORGETOWN 83, DePAUL 75

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Jason Clark scored a career-high 31 points and Georgetown dominated the rebounding.

The Hoyas (15-3, 5-2 Big East) outrebounded DePaul 47-25 and consistently worked inside for second shots. Henry Sims added 16 points and Otto Porter had 15 rebounds for Georgetown.

Clark made 11 of 14 shots from the field, including 5 of 7 from behind the 3-point line.

Cleveland Melvin scored 19 points and Moses Morgan had 17, including five 3-pointers, for the Blue Demons (10-8, 1-5), who lost their fourth straight.

Morgan made two 3-pointers and Melvin had a jumper in an 8-0 run that made it a two-point game with 14 minutes to go. Clark had a driving reverse layup, Hollis Thompson scored on a follow and Clark made a 3-pointer in a 12-2 run for a 60-48 lead.

The Hoyas have won 11 straight against DePaul and lead the series 20-6

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NEW YORK (AP) — Eugeneia McPherson scored 17 points and Nadirah McKenith added 15 to help St. John’s shock No. 7 Rutgers 62-57 on Tuesday night, the Red Storm’s fifth win in six games.

St. John’s (12-7, 4-2 Big East) was up 52-43 with 2:35 left before holding off a late rally by Khadijah Rushdan and Rutgers. Rushdan scored eight points and had an assist to get Rutgers within 57-55 with 22 seconds left.

After McPherson hit one of two free throws, Briyona Canty made two from the line to make it a one-point game with 18 seconds to go.

Shenneika Smith converted two free throws at the other end to restore the three-point lead.

April Sykes missed a 3-pointer from the wing with 7.5 seconds left that would have tied the game.

McKenith sealed the win with two more free throws.

Rushdan finished with 16 points for Rutgers (15-3, 4-1), which saw its six-game winning streak end.

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No. 2 NOTRE DAME 120, PITTSBURGH 44

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Devereaux Peters scored 20 points in 18 minutes to lead Notre Dame to its most lopsided Big East victory ever.

It was the second-highest scoring game for the Irish this season. They scored 128 against Mercer in December. It was also the second time this season Notre Dame had won a Big East game by at least 50 points. The Irish beat Marquette 95-42.

Seven other players scored in double figures for the Irish (18-1, 6-0).

Natalie Achonwa (19), Kaila Turner (14), Natalie Novosel (13), Kayla McBride (11), Skylar Diggins (11 points and nine assists), Brittany Mallory (11), and Markisha Wright 11.

Pittsburgh (8-11, 0-6) was led by Ashlee Anderson’s 14.

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No. 19 GEORGETOWN 67, MARQUETTE 39

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sugar Rodgers scored 18 points and Tommacina McBride added 14 points as Georgetown rolled to its first victory ever against Marquette.

Georgetown (15-4, 4-2) won its second straight Big East game since it was drubbed 80-60 by second-ranked Notre Dame on Jan. 10.

The loss snapped Marquette’s (12-7, 3-3) three-game Big East winning streak. Overall, the Golden Eagles had won seven of their last eight games. Sarina Simmons led Marquette with 11 points.

Georgetown used an aggressive half-court trap to take control of the game right from the start. The Hoyas jumped out to a 20-6 lead when McBride made a layup with 10:14 remaining.

The Hoyas forced 11 Marquette turnovers and had 10 steals in the first 13 minutes of the game. The Golden Eagles only made three of their first 13 shots.

Georgetown extended the lead to 35-17 at halftime as Alexa Roche scored on a rebound with 1 second remaining.

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SOUTH FLORIDA 66, No. 21 DEPAUL 63, OT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Akila McDonald hit a layup with 9 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime and South Florida beat DePaul.

Kaneisha Saunders and Jasmine Wynne led the Bulls (11-8, 3-2 Big East) with 16 points each, and Inga Orekhova added 11 points.

Anna Martin scored 20 points and Megan Rogowski added 11 for DePaul (15-4, 3-2), which hosts No. 3 Connecticut on Saturday.

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OKLAHOMA 65, No. 23 KANSAS STATE 57

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Aaryn Ellenberg had a season-high 31 points to go with nine steals, and Oklahoma held off a last-gasp rally by Kansas State.

Morgan Hook added 11 points for the Sooners (11-5, 3-2 Big 12), who rebounded from a meltdown at Oklahoma State to ruin the Wildcats’ first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2008-09 season.

Tasha Dickey scored 18 points and Jalana Childs had 16 for the Wildcats (13-4, 4-1), who had knocked off then-No. 9 Texas A&M and then-No. 10 Texas Tech during a five-game winning streak. They had also won eight straight games at Bramlage Coliseum.

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College Basketball Roundup: Florida State upsets North Carolina 90-57

January 15, 2012 By Admin

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Deividas Dulkys scored a career-high 32 points and Michael Snaer added 17 as Florida State stunned No. 3 North Carolina 90-57 on Saturday, handing the Tar Heels their worst loss under coach Roy Williams.

The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its most lopsided conference loss since a 96-56 defeat against Maryland in 2003.

The loss also snapped North Carolina’s nine-game win streak.

Dulkys, whose previous career-high was 22 points, was 12 of 14 from the field and 8 of 10 from 3-point range. He added four steals and a blocked shot. His 8 treys were a Florida State record in ACC play.

Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Tyler Zeller added 14 for the Tar Heels (15-3, 2-1), who went 4 of 21 from 3-point range.

NO. 1 SYRACUSE 78, PROVIDENCE 55

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Dion Waiters had 12 points, seven coming during a decisive first-half run, Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists, as Syracuse beat undermanned Providence.

The victory for the Orange (19-0, 6-0 Big East) matches the school record for wins to start a season, set in 1999-2000. Syracuse will try to break the mark Monday against winless Pitt.

The win also was the 875th for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, moving him within one of Adolph Rupp for fourth place all-time in Division I.

Kris Joseph led Syracuse with 13 points, seldom-used Mookie Jones had 10.

Kadeem Batts led Providence (12-7, 1-5) with 13 points and LaDontae Henton had 12.

NO. 2 KENTUCKY 65, TENNESSEE 62

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Miller made two free throws and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added another in the final 20 seconds to help Kentucky hold off Tennessee.

The Wildcats (17-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference), who trailed by as many as eight points in the second half, took a 62-54 lead with 53 seconds to go. Tennessee’s Skylar McBee hit a 3-pointer and after a timeout, Jeronne Maymon fouled Kentucky’s Doron Lamb, who missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Cameron Tatum hit a 3 to cut the margin to 62-60 with 28 seconds left.

Anthony Davis scored 18, and Kidd-Gilchrist added 17 points and 12 rebounds for Kentucky.

Tatum led the Vols (8-9, 1-2) with 16 points, and Maymon had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

NO. 4 BAYLOR 106, OKLAHOMA ST. 65

WACO, Texas (AP) — Perry Jones III had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Baylor made a season-high 15 3-pointers to beat Oklahoma State and remain undefeated.

Pierre Jackson scored 18 points and made five 3s for the Bears (17-0, 4-0 Big 12), who extended their school-record winning streak to 17. Freshman Quincy Miller had 21 points.

Baylor came in as one of three undefeated teams in major college basketball, along with No. 1 Syracuse and No. 15 Murray State. A big test comes Monday night against No. 10 Kansas.

Keiton Page, the lone senior, and sophomore Markel Brown had 15 points each for Oklahoma State (9-8, 2-2).

NORTHWESTERN 81, NO. 6 MICHIGAN ST. 74

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — John Shurna scored 22 points to help Northwestern end Michigan State’s win streak at 15.

Drew Crawford added 20 points and Davide Curletti, making his first start of the season, had a season-high 17 for the Wildcats (12-5, 2-3 Big Ten).

Michigan State (15-3, 4-1) lost for the first time since it was beaten by Duke at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15.

Keith Appling led the Spartans with 17 points and Draymond Green had 14 points and 14 rebounds.

NO. 9 MISSOURI 84, TEXAS 73

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Phil Pressey had 18 points, including seven straight to get Missouri out of trouble in the second half, and 10 assists to lead the Tigers over Texas.

Ricardo Ratliffe made his first eight shots and had 21 points, and Marcus Denmon had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers (16-1, 3-1 Big 12). Ratliffe, who takes all his shots close to the basket, entered the game leading the nation in shooting at 76.8 percent.

J’Covan Brown had 34 points, including the 1,000th of his career, for Texas (12-5, 2-2). Myck Kabongo had 12 points and 10 assists, and Jonathan Holmes had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Longhorns.

NO. 10 KANSAS 82, IOWA STATE 73

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 of his career-high 28 points after halftime, and Kansas used a game-changing second-half run to knock off Iowa State.

Taylor hit three 3-pointers and dished out six assists, leading the Jayhawks (14-3, 4-0 Big 12) on a 17-2 run midway through the second half. It was part of a larger 30-9 burst by the defending conference champions that carried them to their seventh consecutive victory.

Jeff Withey added 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots, and Thomas Robinson 11 points and 14 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season.

Royce White had 18 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Cyclones (12-5, 2-2).

NO. 22 SAN DIEGO ST. 69, NO. 12 UNLV 67

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jamaal Franklin made an off-balance layup with three-tenths of a second left to give San Diego State over UNLV in a thrilling Mountain West Conference opener.

Franklin, who had 24 points and 10 rebounds, had just come back into the game after landing hard while going for a rebound and then sitting out for a possession. He set a screen for Xavier Thames, then got a pass back at the top of the key and drove to the basket.

On the inbound play, UNLV’s Mike Moser stepped over the line and the Aztecs got the ball.

James Rahon added 22 points for SDSU (15-2, 1-0), which won its eighth straight game.

Anthony Marshall tied his career high with 26 points for UNLV (16-3, 0-1).

IOWA 75, NO. 13 MICHIGAN 59

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Matt Gatens scored 19 points and Iowa used balanced offense and stout defense to beat Michigan.

Roy Devyn Marble added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists for Iowa (11-8, 3-3 Big Ten), which snapped an two-game losing streak and picked up its first conference home win.

Iowa went on a 10-0 run in the second half to build a 53-37 lead and it was never close again. The spurt included a 3-pointer by Gatens and a dunk by Melsahn Basabe — both on assists from backup point guard Bryce Cartwright, who finished with five.

Trey Burke led Michigan (14-4, 4-2) with 19 points despite playing through foul trouble.

NO. 14 LOUISVILLE 76, DEPAUL 59

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Russ Smith scored 25 points, Chris Smith added 20 and Louisville beat DePaul despite not having leading scorer Kyle Kuric.

The Cardinals (14-4, 2-3 Big East) had lost four of their previous five games, but avoided their first three-game home losing streak in 11 years by jumping out to an early lead against the Blue Demons and thwarting a late rally.

Kuric, averaging 13 points, sustained a high left ankle sprain in practice earlier this week after the Cardinals had already lost to Providence by 31 points.

Brandon Young scored 14 points for the Blue Demons (10-7, 1-4).

NO. 15 MURRAY ST. 82, TENNESSEE TECH 74

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Donte Poole scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead unbeaten Murray State over Tennessee Tech.

Isaiah Canaan added 24 points for the Racers (18-0, 6-0 Ohio Valley Conference), who surpassed the longest win streak in school history. Murray State won 17 in a row in 2009-10.

Kevin Murphy scored 19 points, and Jud Dillard had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Tennessee Tech (11-7, 3-2), which was the preseason favorite to win the conference.

The game was tied 57-all with less than 10 minutes to go before Murray State, picked to finish third in the OVC, began pulling away.

NO. 17 CONNECTICUT 67, NOTRE DAME 53

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Shabazz Napier scored 16 points, and freshman Andre Drummond had 10 points and 13 rebounds to help UConn snap Notre Dame’s 29-game home winning streak.

Alex Oriakhi added 12 points for the Huskies (14-3, 4-2 Big East), who played without freshman guard Ryan Boatright who is being held out by Connecticut while the NCAA investigates eligibility matters that predate his enrollment at the school.

Eric Atkins scored 20 points for Notre Dame (11-7, 3-2), who led 25-24 at halftime.

Connecticut used an 18-8 run over the first 10 minutes to take a 42-33 lead. The Irish scored five straight points, but UConn answered with a 12-2 run to thwart the rally.

OKLAHOMA 82, NO. 18 KANSAS ST. 73

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Andrew Fitzgerald scored 21 points to lead four players in double figures and Oklahoma beat K-State for its first Big 12 win under coach Lon Kruger.

Romero Osby and Steven Pledger both had 18 points, and Cameron Clark added 10 for Oklahoma (11-5, 1-3), which shot 55 percent and forced the Wildcats (12-4, 1-3) into 19 turnovers.

Trailing by nine points at halftime, Kansas State fell behind by as many as 18 before cutting the deficit to six with 57 seconds remaining. The Sooners withstood the rally by making four of six free throws over the final 1:21.

Rodney McGruder led Kansas State with 19 points.

NO. 19 FLORIDA 79, SOUTH CAROLINA 65

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kenny Boynton scored 15 points and hit four of No. 19 Florida’s 12 3-pointers in a victory over South Carolina.

The Gators (14-4, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) came in leading the league in 3-pointers with nearly 11 per game. They reached double figures from long range for the 13th time this season but first in SEC play.

Will Yeguete and Bradley Beal had 14 points each, Erik Murphy and Erving Walker 11 apiece, and Mike Rosario added 10 for Florida.

Bruce Ellington had 17 points to lead the Gamecocks (8-9, 0-3).

NO. 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE 56, ALABAMA 52

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Arnett Moultrie had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Mississippi State rallied in the final minutes to beat Alabama.

Mississippi State (15-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) was 0 for 14 from 3-point range until late in the second half, when Dee Bost hit three 3-pointers in the final minutes.

Alabama trailed 33-23 early in the second half but methodically worked its way back into the game. The Crimson Tide took a 46-42 lead with 5:40 left, but then Bost’s 3-point barrage began. His last one gave the Bulldogs a 51-48 lead with 1:32 remaining.

JaMychal Green led Alabama (13-4, 2-1) with 14 points.

NO. 21 GONZAGA 62, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 58

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elias Harris scored 19 points and Gary Bell added 16 to help Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount.

Kevin Pangos scored nine points and Robert Sacre had eight for the Bulldogs (14-3, 4-1 West Coast Conference), who pulled away early in the second half to avoid a second straight upset.

Ashley Hamilton had 16 points and LaRon Armstead added 14 for Loyola Marymount (10-8, 3-2), which made just six shots after halftime.

The Bulldogs trailed by two at halftime but opened the second with a 9-0 run. Bell hit a jumper, Sacre and Mike Hart had layups and Pangos hit a 3 for a 41-34 lead.

NO. 25 MARQUETTE 62, PITTSBURGH 57

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Darius Johnson-Odom scored 18 points and Jae Crowder added 15 to help Marquette send Pittsburgh to its sixth straight loss.

The Panthers (11-7, 0-5) remain the only winless team in the Big East, while the Golden Eagles (14-4, 3-2) won their second straight in the conference.

Ashton Gibbs led Pittsburgh with a career-high 29 points and Nasir Robinson added 10. Gibbs hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 54.1 seconds remaining to trim Marquette’s lead to 60-57.

Crowder missed a 3-point attempt, but Davante Gardner grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 18.1 seconds left. He hit both free throws for the final margin.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Natalie Novosel scored 21 points Saturday, and point guard Skylar Diggins steadied Notre Dame’s balanced offense with 11 assists, leading the second-ranked Fighting Irish to a 76-50 victory over Cincinnati.

Notre Dame (17-1, 5-0 Big East) has won 14 straight, part of one of the three best starts in school history. The Irish have also won 19 straight games against teams from Ohio since 1993.

Dayeesha Hollins scored 14 points for Cincinnati (9-8, 0-4), which fell apart against Notre Dame’s unrelenting defensive pressure. The Bearcats had 22 turnovers during their most lopsided loss.

The Fighting Irish completed a challenging stretch — four road games out of the last five. Their only home game during that stretch was a 74-67 overtime win that snapped Connecticut’s 87-game Big East winning streak.

NO. 3 CONNECTICUT 72, VILLANOVA 49

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Tiffany Hayes scored 14 of her 22 points in the second half to lead Connecticut.

Rachel Roberts scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who got within five points when two baskets by Emily Leer made it 41-36, but Connecticut (14-2 overall, 4-1 Big East) answered by scoring 12 of the next 15 points to retake control of the game.

Hayes scored 10 straight points during a four-minute stretch to give UConn a 58-42 lead with less than six minutes to play.

Villanova (11-6, 2-3) went 7:49 without scoring in the first half, turning a 15-11 lead into a 26-15 deficit. Connecticut went into halftime leading 37-26.

NO. 4 STANFORD 80, COLORADO 54

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Joslyn Tinkle matched her career high with 20 points to lead Stanford to its 12th straight win.

Toni Kokenis and Chiney Ogwumike added 19 points each for the Cardinal (15-1, 6-0 Pac-12), who last lost on Nov. 21 to Connecticut 68-58.

Stanford got a scare when senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike, who came in leading the conference in scoring at 24.0 points per game, tripped in a scramble under the basket and fell to the floor in pain with an apparent ankle injury four minutes into the game. But she returned midway through the first half after getting her ankle re-taped and finished with 15 points.

Brittany Wilson and Jen Reese both scored 10 points for Colorado (13-3, 2-3), which was 11-0 before beginning league play.

NO. 8 RUTGERS 71, NO. 16 LOUISVILLE 68, OT

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Erica Wheeler scored 23 points, including an off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock running out in overtime to lift Rutgers.

Trailing 68-67, Wheeler corraled the rebound off a miss from Khadijah Rushdan and dribbled out to the 3-point line. She barely recognized the shot clock was down to its last tick before turning around and connecting with 1:12 left in the extra period.

The Scarlet Knights (15-2, 4-0 Big East) forced a shot clock violation on the other end. After Monique Oliver’s lay-in rolled off the rim with 13 seconds left, Louisville had one last chance to tie it, but Bria Smith’s drive came up short and Rushdan seal the win with a free throw with 1.2 seconds left.

Freshman Shawnta’ Dyer led the Cardinals (14-4, 3-2) with a season-high 16 points.

KANSAS STATE 62, NO. 10 TEXAS TECH 61

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Jalana Childs scored 23 points to help Kansas State hand Texas Tech its second straight loss.

Childs scored seven of the Wildcats’ last nine points to erase Texas Tech’s 58-53 lead. She hit two free throws with 1:43 to put Kansas State (13-3, 4-0 Big 12) up for the first time since 43-40 earlier in the half.

The Lady Raiders (14-2, 2-2) had a chance with 6.6 seconds left after a jump ball. But Monique Smalls missed a short jumper as time expired.

Kierra Mallard scored 18 points and Christine Hyde and Morris scored 10 each. The win gave the Wildcats their first 4-0 start since winning the regular season Big 12 title in 2007-08.

NO. 12 TEXAS A&M 59, IOWA STATE 33

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Adaora Elonu scored 14 points and Texas A&M kept Iowa State winless in the Big 12.

The defending national champions harassed the Cyclones with a physical, aggressive defense in bouncing back from Wednesday night’s home loss to unranked Texas. The 33 points matched the fewest Iowa State has scored in a game in coach Bill Fennelly’s 17 seasons.

A&M (11-4, 2-2) closed the first half with a 15-1 run to open a 33-15 lead and Iowa State never seriously threatened through the final 20 minutes.

Iowa State (9-6, 0-4) trailed 18-14 after Chelsea Poppens made a reverse layup with 9:05 left in the first half. But the Cyclones didn’t hit another field goal until Poppens threw in an off-balance putback as the shot clock buzzer sounded a little more than a minute into the second half.

NO. 14 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 68, DETROIT 59

DETROIT (AP) — Adrian Ritchie scored 20 points to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay to its school-record 35th straight regular season victory.

Lydia Bauer added 16 points and Julie Wojta finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for the Phoenix (15-0, 5-0 Horizon League). Sarah Eichler had 13 points.

Up 29-22 at intermission, Green Bay allowed just one basket in the first eight minutes of the second half during a 13-5 run that pushed the lead into double digits. The Titans (8-10, 4-2) never got closer than seven points the rest of the game and finished the game with 23 turnovers.

Shareta Brown had 19 points and 15 rebounds for Detroit, which also got 18 points from Demeisha Fambro.

NO. 21 DEPAUL 86, PITTSBURGH 83

CHICAGO (AP) — Anna Martin scored 29 points, including two free throws with 19.7 seconds left, and DePaul held off a late rally by Pittsburgh.

Martin was 11 for 16 from the field for the Blue Demons (15-3, 3-1 Big East). Megan Rogowski had 15 points, all on 3-pointers, Jasmine Penny added 13 points and Brittany Hrynko had 11 for DePaul.

Abby Dowd scored 23 points to lead four players in double figures for Pitt (8-10, 0-5). Ashlee Anderson had 19 points, Brianna Kiesel 11 and Leeza Burdgess 10 as the Panthers lost their fourth straight.

Pitt rallied from a 12-point deficit and trailed 84-83 on Anderson’s fast break layup with 1:47 left but couldn’t sustain the rally.

SAINT MARY’S 66, NO. 23 GONZAGA 63

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Alex Carbonel scored 18 points and Saint Mary’s made four free throws in the last 25 seconds end Gonzaga’s West Coast Conference winning streak at 34 games.

Down eight with 1:27 to play, Gonzaga (15-3, 4-1) reeled off seven quick points before the Gaels’ Danielle Mauldin made two free throws with 23 seconds left. After Katelan Redmon’s basket made it 64-63 with 8.7 seconds to go, Jasmine Smith made two free throws with 8.3 remaining.

Kayla Standish missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer and Gonzaga’s 10 game winning streak came to an end.

Mauldin, Smith and reserve Mogan Hatten each had 11 for Saint Mary’s (14-5, 5-1), which had lost 17 straight to the Bulldogs.

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