WASHINGTON (AP) -DuJuan Summers had a career-high 24 points, and No. 6 Georgetown used a 12-0 run late in the first half to overcome a horrendous start and beat South Florida 63-53 Tuesday night.
Summers made eight of 13 field goals, including 4-of-8 3-pointers, and had nine rebounds to lead the Hoyas (19-2, 9-1 Big East) to their sixth straight win and 18th in a row at home. Roy Hibbert, who had his hands full with Kentrell Gransberry, missed his first three shots but finished with 13 points and eight rebounds.
The Hoyas shot just 39 percent, the worst performance of the season for a team that entered the game leading the Big East with a 50.3 percent average.
Dominique Jones scored 15 points, and Gransberry had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls (10-13, 1-9), who have lost nine straight.
No. 15 Drake 73, Illinois State 70
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Josh Young scored all but one of his 18 points in the second half, and Drake used a 17-2 run to secure its 20th straight victory, the second longest-winning streak in the nation.
chance to tie in the closing seconds, after Jacob Baryenbruch hit one of two free throws with 11 seconds left. But Levi Dyer missed a long 3-pointer, Osiris Eldridge missed a putback, and Drake escaped.
Only No. 1 Memphis (21-0) has won more in a row than the Bulldogs (21-1, 12-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Leonard Houston led Drake with 22 points.
Dom Johnson scored 17 for Illinois State (16-7, 8-4 MVC) and Eldridge added 16.
M 69, Iowa State 51
M, which secured the win with a 31-9 run that stretched from the end of the first half until midway through the second.
M (19-4, 5-3 Big 12), which started 1-3 in conference play, snapped Iowa State’s nine-game home winning streak and picked up just its second road win.
Jiri Hubalek scored 18 points to lead the Cyclones (13-10, 3-5), who lost for the fourth time in five games. Wesley Johnson, playing with a sore left ankle, added 13.
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