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USF continues streak with upset victory
Georgetown center Greg Monroe goes for a rebound against South Florida forward Jarrid Famous Wednesday. The Bulls won 72-64.
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WASHINGTON — Dominique Jones ignited a comeback by scoring 22 of his 29 points in the second half, and South Florida extended its longest Big East winning streak, stunning No. 7 Georgetown 72-64 on Wednesday night.
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South Florida shot 65 percent after halftime to win its fourth straight conference game, including a 70-61 win over then-No. 17 Pittsburgh on Sunday that gave the Bulls three straight for the first time since joining the Big East in 2005.
The Bulls (15-7, 5-5), who also have five Big East wins in a season for the first time, trailed by 13 points late in the first half and by 35-26 at halftime due to 60 percent shooting by Georgetown (16-5, 6-4). But the Hoyas went cold in the second half and Jones began to show the flair that has him averaging 35 points during the winning streak.
Jones went 6 of 9 in the second half, played 39 of 40 minutes, and finished with eight rebounds and four assists. With 1:05 to play and his team leading by eight points and shooting free throws, Jones walked to the crowd and twice bellowed: "Yall come watch Dominique Jones play!" He flexed
his muscles at the final horn and told the local USF radio crew his "heart was beating too fast" to do a postgame interview.
Greg Monroe had 21 points and eight rebounds — none in the second half — before fouling out with 2:52 to play.
The Hoyas stumbled in a trap game sandwiched between the president-attended win over Duke and an upcoming Saturday showdown against No. 2 Villanova.
Austin Freeman also scored 21 points for the Hoyas, who shot 36 percent in the second half — 24 percent worse than in the first. The Hoyas also missed half of their free throws, making only 11 of 22 for the game.
Jones initially found himself having to work hard to find shots against Georgetown's defense — he missed his first three before scoring on a putback more than 12 minutes into the game. But he helped get the Bulls going in the second half by scoring seven straight points for his team with a driving layup, a steal and a dunk and a three-point play. Mike Mercer tied the game at 42 with two free throws with 12:28 to play, and Jones made a free throw following a steal to give the Bulls their first lead since 10-9.
At one point, South Florida had outscored Georgetown 30-13 in the second half and held a 56-48
lead with 628 to play. Here's an idea how things were going: Jones banked in a three-pointer at one end, while at the other Monroe had a free throw wiped out by a lane violation.
visitors' momentum with a jumper from Freeman and a basket and two free throws by Monroe to cut the deficit to two.
ing a putback after catching an air ball. Georgetown never regained the lead, and Jones' final play was a dish to Mercer for a dunk to end the game.
The Hovas finally stopped the
But Monroe was soon gone from the game, getting his fifth foul when Jarrid Famous was attempt-
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Durant scores 30 in victory
Oklahoma City Thunder center Nerad Kastri, rearr, batters New Orleans Hornets forward Pea Stoliakovic for a loose ball in the first half of the Thunder-Hornets game. The Thunder won 103-99.
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NEW ORLEANS — Kevin Durant scored 30 points, and Russell Westbrook had 26 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 103-9 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
Westbrook hit a mid-range shot with 13.7 seconds left to give the Thunder a 99-97 lead. After the Hornets cut it to 101-99 on Peja Stojakovic's layup, Durant hit a pair of free throws with 8.5 seconds left, finally putting away a Hornets team playing without injured All-Star point guard Chris Paul.
Westbrook dominated his matchup with Paul's replacement, rookie Darren Collison.
Marcus Thornton scored 22 points for New Orleans before leaving with a lower-back contusion after a hard fall in the fourth quarter. Stojakovic and David West added 15 each, but Oklahoma City limited West to two points after the first quarter.
The Thunder snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Hornets dating to Dec.26,2006,when the franchise was in Seattle.
Oklahoma City led by as many as 12 and trailed only once, 95-94, but the Hornets hung around until the final seconds despite playing without Paul for the third consecutive game. Paul will have arthroscopic surgery Thursday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and likely will miss all of February. Hornets coach Jeff Bower wouldn't give a timetable for his return.
"We are anticipating a very successful process," Bower said. "The time frame will be determined after the surgery. I won't speculate on that."
Paul hurt the knee Jan. 27 against
Oklahoma City shot a seasonhigh 57.5 percent. Nenad Krastic hit his first seven attempts, including five in the third quarter, before finally missing one.
Golden State, then aggravated the injury when he collided with a camera while chasing an errant pass in the final seconds of regulation against the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
to give Oklahoma City the lead for good, 97-95. Jeff Green's bank shot gave the Thunder a four-point cushion with 1:50 left.
The Hornets, who trailed by 12 several times, took their only lead on Darren Collison's three-point shot with 4:17 left. Stojakovic's three-pointer 36 seconds earlier had drawn New Orleans within two.
The Hornets stayed close by forcing 18 turnovers and committing only nine.
Durant tied it at 95, then scored
Celtics get home win against Heat
BOSTON — Rajon Rondo had 22 points and 14 assists in his second straight outstanding game against the Miami Heat, leading the Boston Celtics to a 107-102 victory Wednesday night.
Rondo hit a three-pointer at the 24-second buzzer to make it 60-58 early in the third quarter and the Celtics never trailed after that, although Miami stayed close. Boston won its second straight game after losing three in a row, while Miami lost for the fifth time in six games despite 30 points and 13 assists from Dwyane Wade.
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The last time the teams met, the Celtics won 112-106 on Jan. 6 after Rondo's layup on a pass from Paul Pierce a split-second before the fourth-quarter buzzer sent the game into overtime. Rondo finished that game with 25 points.
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Pierce was on the bench in street clothes for the rematch after spraining his left foot Monday night in a 99-88 win at Washington. Coach Doc Rivers said Pierce, Boston's leading scorer, would miss at least one more game.
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The Celtics were leading 97-94 when Tony Allen stripped the ball from Wade near the Miami free throw line with 37 seconds left. He was fouled and made both shots for a 99-94 lead. That forced the Heat to foul and the Celtics scored their last eight points on free throws.
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the last 32 seconds, and Kevin Garnett added 14 and a seasonhigh nine assists for Boston. Rafer Alston and Udonis Haslem each scored 15 points for Miami.
Wade gave the Heat one last chance when his three-pointer cut Boston's lead to 105-102 with seven seconds left, but Ray Allen secured the win with two free throws with 4.9 seconds to go.
Ray Allen scored 23 points including five three throws in
With the score tied at 74 entering the fourth quarter, the Celtics scored the first five points. They led 82-78 after Wade hit a free throw, then scored the next six points on a short jumper by Rasheed Wallace followed by a dunk and a layup by Kendrick Perkins that gave them the biggest lead of the game, 88-78 with 6:36 to qc
Miami dropped below .500 at 24-25 after the opener of a stretch of eight road games and just one home game.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jermaine Beal scored 17 points,
and No. 18 Vanderbilt held off Mississippi State 75-72
on Wednesday night, the Commodores' 11th win in 12
games.
BY TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press
Vanderbilt (17-4, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) bounced back after losing their first league game last weekend at then-No. 1 Kentucky. The Commodores had been on the road for four of the first six games in SEC play, and they looked very happy to be back in cozy and sold-out Memorial Gym.
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The Bulldogs (16-6, 4-3) almost did it again, fighting back from a 14-point deficit to get within 73-72 with 28.6 seconds left on a three-pointer by Dee Bost. Vanderbilt's John Jenkins made two free throws with 6.8 seconds remaining, then Bost missed a 3 before Romero Osby of the Bulldogs missed two free throws with 1 second left.
But this hasn't been an easy series for the Commodores with Mississippi State having won seven of the past 10.
A. J. Ogilvy added 16 points for Vanderbilt, while Jenkins had 12 and Brad Tinsley 11.
The Bulldogs brought in the nation's third-stingiest scoring defense, holding opponents to 36.5 percent shooting. Vanderbilt features the SEC's best shooters in league play, and the Commodores shot 44.6 per cent despite going cold late, not scoring from the field after Festus Ezell's dunk with 4 minutes left.
Vandy earns home victory
Vanderbilt led 38-31 at half-time and led twice by 14 points
The Commodores did hit 4 of 6 at the free throw line to preserve the win.
time and led twice by 14 points — matching the Bulldogs biggest deficit this season. Beal's bucket matched the Commodores' biggest lead at 69-55 with 4:40 left. That's when Stewart got going, scoring the next 11 points for the Bulldogs including three threes.
Jarvis Varnado had 12 points, 14 rebounds and nine blocks for the Bulldogs, while Kodi Augustus had 15 points, Barry Stewart 13 and Bost 12. Varnado and Stewart set the school record by playing in their 127th game. The Bulldogs have lost three of four.
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