--- 24. 1. KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 / SPORTS 3B NBA New Jersey Nets Kris Humphries goes up with a shot in the second quarter of the Nets' victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. The Nets won 103-87. ASSOCIATED PRES New Jersey gets fourth victory in a long season ASSOCIATED PRESS ST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kris Humphries scored a career-high 25 points and the New Jersey Nets avoided the worst 44-game start in NBA history with a 103-87 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The Nets (4-40) were tied with the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks (3-40) for the NBA's worst record after 43 games and all they had to do was lose another to secure another mark in this miserable season that opened with a league-record 18 straight losses. It didn't happen but the Nets managed to blow a 16-point first-half lead in the third quarter before winning for the first time in 2010. Brook Lopez added 19 points and nine rebounds and Keyon Dooling had of 10 in 18 points in the fourth quarter for New Jersey, which snapped an 11-game losing streak, their third double-digit losing skid of the season. Chris Kaman had 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers, Craig Smith added 18 points and eight rebounds. Nets public address announcer Gary Sussman entertained the crowd of 9,220 with "Nets WIN! Nets WIN!" seconds after the final buzzer and the Izod Arena speakers blared "Celebrate." And the Nets did it without their starting backcourt. Devin Harris (sprained wrist) and Courtney Lee (oral surgery) both sat out. The key for the Nets was coming back after the Clippers rallied to tie the game early in the third quarter at 53. Instead of folding, New Jersey countered with a 14-4 spurt that featured nine points by Humphries, who was 10 of 14 from the field in eclipsing his previous career best of 21 points. New Jersey led 71-64 entering the fourth quarter and they never let the Clippers get closer than 73-70 on a 3-pointer by Rasual Butler (14 points). The margin was 79-74 when Dooling sandwiched a drive and a jumper around a steal and two free throws by Jarvis Hayes for an 85-74 lead and Los Angeles never threatened. Lopez hit a long 2-point set shot and Humphries drove the lane for a dunk for a 77-70 lead. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Longhorns put a stop to losing streak ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas forward Gary Johnson, center, attempts to move around Texas Tech forward Theron Jenkins, Texas won the game 9-5, avoiding a three-game loss streak. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas go some unexpected scoring from guards Justin Mason and Dogus Balbay, and the No. 6 Longhorns beat Texas Tech 95-83 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game losing streak. Mason scored 18 points and Balbay had 13, helping the Longhorns bounce back from losses at Kansas State and Connecticut last week that cost them the nation's top ranking. Mason and Balbay went into the game averaging just more than seven points between them. But with defenses concentrating on stopping Damion James and Dexter Pittman down low, the Texas guards finally took advantage of the space given to them to knock down shots. James had 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Longhorns (18-2, 4-1 Big 12) to set the Big 12 record for career double-doubles with 48. John Roberson scored 27 points for Texas Tech (14-6, 2-4). first time in school history before losing two in a row last week. It took the two players least likely to score to provide the offensive punch the Longhorns needed to Texas reached No. 1 for the end the brief skid. Texas, one of the worst freethrowing shooting teams in the country, struggled again, hitting just 16 of 29 from the line. COLLEGE BASKETBALL UConn drops game against Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jamine Peterson had 23 points to go with 14 rebounds, scoring eight of Providence's 14 straight points as the Friars took the lead and ran away from No. 19 Connecticut to win 81-66 on Wednesday night. Sharaud Curry scored 18, and Bilal Dixon had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Providence (12-8). 4-4 Big East). Students stormed the court in the final seconds in the biggest win for the Friars since last year's defeat of then-No.1 Pittsburgh. Kemba Walker and Gavin Edwards each scored 17 for UConn (13-7,3-4). It was the Huskies first loss under substitute coach George Blaney, who took over on Jan.19 when Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun took a medical leave. left before the Friars scored the next 14 points, 20 of the next 23 and 26 of 31 until Walker made a meaningless 3-pointer in the final minute. UConn was ranked as high as 10th in The Associated Press Top 25 before three straight losses dropped it out of the polls. 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