THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008
SPORTS
7B
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Duke,UCLA,Texas win big during weekend
Duke,UCLA, Villanova,Nebraska beat ranked teams
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NO.5 DUKE 86,
ST.JOHN'S 56
DURHAM, N.C. — Kyle Singler led five double-figure scorers with 16 points and Duke snapped a two-game losing streak.
Gerald Henderson and Nolan Smith scored 13 points apiece for the Blue Devils (23-3), who overwhelmed the Red Storm with a 32-9 run late in the first half and cruised to their NCAA-leading 59th straight nonconference victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Jon Scheyer added 12 points in his first start of the season and center Brian Zoubek had 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for Duke.
Freshman DJ, Kennedy had 16 points for the Red Storm (10-16).
NO. 6 UCLA 75
OREGON 65
LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook scored 16 points and helped rally UCLA from an 11-point second-half deficit.
The Bruins (24-3, 12-2) extended their lead in the Pac-10 to 1/2 games over No. 9 Stanford, which plays California on Sunday.
Westbrook helped ignite a 38-17 game-ending run.
Kevin Love, dogged by double teams, added 15 points and 11 rebounds for his 16th double-double for the Bruins, while Darren Collison had 17 points.
Maarty Leuenen had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Oregon (15-12, 6-9), which has lost eight of 11.
NO. 7 TEXAS 62,
OKLAHOMA 45
AUSTIN, Texas —D.J. Augustin scored 19 points and Texas held the Sooners to a season-low point total.
The Longhorns (23-4, 10-2) have won seven straight, the school's longest winning streak in the Big 12.
Texas has also won five in a row and 10 of the last 13 against the Sooners (18-9, 6-6).
Blake Griffin led Oklahoma with 16 points and 16 rebounds.
Jonathan Cox added 13 points for Drake, which got its first nonconference victory over a Top 25 team since 1980.
Drake (24-3) snapped a nine-game winning streak for Butler (25-3), which led by four points midway through the second half but went scoreless for almost 5 minutes during a decisive 9-0 run by Drake.
North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough drives past Wake Forest's Chas McFarland during the first half of a college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday. North Carolina won 89-73
NO. 16 DRAKE 71,
NO. 8 BUTLER 64
points for Butler
INDIANAPOLIS — Josh Young scored a career-high 25 points, including three free throws when he was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 20 seconds to go, for Drake.
Matt Howard finished with 16
NO.12 GEORGETOWN 73,
CINCINNATI 53
Roy Hilbert, the Hoyas' leading scorer and rebounder, had 12 points and five blocked shots — one short of his career high — as Georgetown won its 19th straight game at the Verizon Center.
WASHINGTON — Jessie Sapp scored 16 points and Austin Freeman added 13 to lead Georgetown.
John Williamson and Deonta Vaughn both had 13 points for the Bearcats (13-13, 8-6), who were seeking their season-high fourth straight win but instead suffered their worst loss of the season.
VILLANOVA 67, NO.13 CONNECTICUT 65
PHILADELPHIA — Corey Stokes and Scottie Reynolds both scored 18 points and Villanova snapped the Huskies' 10-game winning streak.
Antonio Pena added 10 points for the Wildcats (17-9, 7-7 Big East), who won their third straight game.
A. J. Price scored 16 points and Jeff Adrien had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (21-6, 10-4), which hadn't lost since Jan. 17.
The Huskies had a chance to tie the game, but Price, a 75 percent free throw shooter, made one of from the line with 6.4 seconds left to make it 66-65.
Villanova's Dante Cunningham was fouled with 4.9 seconds to go, and he missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Pena tipped the rebound back to Cunningham, who was fouled again with 2.3 seconds remaining. He hit the first free throw and missed the second to make it 67-65.
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NO.15 INDIANA 85,
NORTHWESTERN 82
EVANSTON, Ill. — A day after Indiana bought out coach Kelvin Sampson's contract and players threatened to boycott, Armon Bassett scored a season-high 24 points and the Hoosiers escaped with a victory over Northwestern.
The game seemed like a fitting conclusion to one of the most difficult weeks in the storied program's history. The Hoosiers had to hang on against a team still searching for its first Big Ten win.
DJ. White deflected a potential goahead layup by Northwestern's Michael Thompson, then hit two free throws to make it 85-82 with 5 seconds left. Thompson missed a pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Hoosiers (23-4, 13-2 Big Ten) moved into a three-way tie for first with Wisconsin and Purdue.
Kevin Coble scored a career-high 37 points for Northwestern (7-18, 0-1)
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Louisville's David Padgett drives to the basket as Pittsburgh's Tyrell Biggs defends in the first half of the basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday. Louisville won, 75-73.
ARIZONA 65, NO.17 WASHINGTON STATE 55
Northwestern students hold signs during the first half of a basketball game against Indiana Saturday in Evanston, Ill.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Chase Budinger scored 22 points and Jerryd Bayless had all 20 of his points in the second half to help Arizona upset Washington State.
Jordan Hill added 13 for the Wildcats (17-10, 7-7 Pacific-10), who avoided a third straight loss. The Wildcats are trying to keep alive their streak of 23 straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Taylor Rochester scored 14 points, Derrick Low added 12, and Kyle Weaver had 10 for the cold-shooting Cougars, who hit just 17-of-50 (34 percent) of their shots.
Arizona swept Washington State (21-6, 9-6) in the series. The Wildcats won 76-64 in Tucson on Jan. 24.
NO.19 MICHIGAN ST.66 IOWA 52
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Raymar Morgan scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and coach Tom lzzo got his 300th career win with the Spartans.
Six weeks after a humbling 43-36 loss to the Hawkeyes, the Spartans (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten) jumped to a 20-1 lead over the opening 10:20 and were never seriously threatened.
Sundiata Gaines had 24 points for Georgia (12-13, 3-9), which led 38-37 at halftime. But Vanderbilt stepped it offensively behind Foster, who scored 21 points after halftime including opening the final 20 minutes with his first 3-pointer of the game. The Commodores made 17 of their first 24 shots in the second half to take an 86-68 lead on a 3-pointer by Foster with
Michigan State committed a season-low five turnovers, 13 fewer than it had in Iowa City.
Cyrus Tate led Iowa (12-16, 5-10) with a career-high 26 points and nine rebounds.
The Commodores (23-4, 8-4) extended their winning streak to six games and remained one game behind Kentucky for second place in the Southeastern Conference East Division.
NO. 20 VANDERBILT 86,
GEORGIA 74
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shan Foster scored 29 points Alex Gordon added 23 to lead Vanderbilt.
4:38 remaining
NEBRASKA 65,NO.22 TEXAS A&M 59
The loss was the third straight for the Aggies (20-7, 6-6 Big 12).
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Sek Henry and Steve Harley scored 10 points each to lead Nebraska to its second straight win over a ranked team.
Nebraska (16-9, 5-7) beat No. 24 Kansas State 71-64 on Wednesday.
Derrick Roland led Texas A&M with 13 points.
NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE FOREST 73
Hansbround turned in another ster-
lar performance, going 9-for-13 from
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough had 29 points to help keep third-ranked North Carolina atop the Atlantic Coast Conference with an 89-73 win over Wake Forest on Sunday night.
Wayne Ellington added 17 points for the Tar Heels, who won their fourth straight in the series and fifth in a row overall. Danny Green added 15 points to help North Carolina (26-2, 11-2) move a half-game ahead of idle Duke.
James Johnson scored 22 points for the Demon Deacons (16-9, 6-6), who were within two points late in the first half before the Tar Heels steadily pulled away.
the field and 11-for-14 from the line. It was his seventh straight game with at least 22 points.
NO.10 XAVIER 57
DAYTON 51
DAYTON, Ohio — Josh Duncan scored 14 points, Drew Lavender made four free throws in the final 35 seconds and Xavier beat Dayton.
It was the Musketeers' 10th straight win and assured them of at least a share of the Atlantic 10 championship.
Lavender finished with nine points for Xavier (24-4, 12-1 Atlantic 10). Lavender, who had been playing with a sprained left ankle that limited his movement and interfered with his shooting, played 33 minutes.
Brian Roberts led Dayton (17-9,
5-8) with 15 points.
NO.11 WISCONSIN 58,
OHIO ST. 53
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jason Bohannon came off the bench to score 16 points and Wisconsin relied on its stout defense to hold off Ohio State.
The victory moved the Badgers (23-4, 13-2) a half game ahead of Purdue and Indiana for the Big Ten lead.
Michael Flowers had 14. points and
Marcus Landry 10 for the Badgers.
Jamar Butler, Ohio State's captain and leading scorer, was held out of the starting lineup because of what was termed a "coach's decision."
Butler led the Buckeyes (17-10, 8-6) with 14 points with Kosta Koufos adding 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ohio State has lost four of its last six.
NO.18 LOUISVILLE 75,
PITTSBURGH 73
PITTSBURGH — David Padgett made three of four free throws in the final 32.1 seconds and Louisville moved back into a first-place tie in the Big East, holding on to beat Pittsburgh for its seventh consecutive victory.
Padgett finished with 21 points and reserve Edgar Sosa scored 18 as Louisville (22-6, 12-3) regained a share of the conference lead with No. 12 Georgetown.
Sam Young and Deljuan Blair scored 20 points each for Pitt (19-8, 7-7), which has lost three in a row and six of 10.