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By The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 21 points and Derrick Rose added 19 to lead No. 1 Memphis to an 81-73 victory over Gonzaga on Saturday.
The Tigers (19-0) extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 43 straight by showing off their athleticism and running over Gonzaga (15-5), which had a six-game winning streak.
Antonio Anderson added 12 points for Memphis, and Joey Dorsey had nine points and 13 rebounds. John Calipari joined Larry Finch as the only Memphis coaches with at least 200 wins, improving to 200-63 in his eighth season.
Jeremy Pargo led Gonzaga with 25 points while Josh Heytvelt added 13.
The Bulldogs got within six inside the final minute but no closer than that even though Memphis went 7-of-12 from the line.
Memphis dominated on the boards behind Dorsey (40-28) but hurt Gonzaga most with 23 fast-break points – 21 off turnovers.
No. 2 Kansas 84, Nebraska 49
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Darrell Arthur scored 18 points and Brandon Rush had 17 points and eight rebounds for Kansas.
The Jayhawks (20-0, 5-0 Big 12), who led 44-15 at halftime, kept pace with No. 1 Memphis (19-0) as the nation’s only unbeaten Division I teams.
Aleks Maric, the Huskers’ 6-foot-11 senior who had been averaging almost 17 points, failed to score for the first time since his sophomore year. He was 0-for-6 from the field and 0-for-2 from the line in 21 minutes.
Rush was 5-of-7 from behind the 3-point arc, exactly what he was two weeks earlier in a 79-58 victory at Nebraska.
Steve Harley had 16 points for Nebraska (11-6, 0-4), the only Big 12 team without a conference win.
Connecticut 68, No. 7 Indiana 63
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Fill-in starter Craig Austrie had 15 points and the Huskies dominated the middle in snapping the Hoosiers’ 13-game winning streak and their 29-game home winning streak.
UConn (14-5) was without starting guard Jerome Dyson and backup Doug Wiggins, who were suspended Friday for violating team rules. So the Huskies relied on power, outscoring the Hoosiers 34-16 in the paint and grabbing a 44-28 rebounding edge.
Armon Bassett led Indiana (17-2) with 18 points and Eric Gordon added 14.
A.J. Price finished with 14 points for the Huskies, while Hasheem Thabeet had 12.
UConn held the Big Ten’s best shooting team to just 27.6 percent in the half and 37.1 percent for the game.
Purdue 60, No. 11 Wisconsin 56
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – E’Twaun Moore scored 16 points and Purdue snapped the Badgers’ 10-game winning streak.
Robbie Hummel added 10 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a game-winning block for Purdue (15-5, 6-1 Big Ten), which has won five straight.
Brian Butch had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Badgers (16-3, 6-1), while Trevon Hughes added 11 points.
Wisconsin got the ball, trailing 58-56 with 10 seconds to play. Michael Flowers took the ball at the top of the key and drove to his right, but Hummel blocked his layup. Hummel grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 1.2 seconds left. He made both free throws to seal the win as the students in the sellout crowd of 14,123 stormed the court.
No. 15 Butler 73, Ill.-Chicago 57
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Matt Howard scored 20 points and A.J. Graves added 16 for Butler.
It was the 12th straight game of double-figure scoring for Howard, a 6-foot-8 freshman, while Graves had his most points in more than a month.
Graves’ fourth 3-pointer ended a brief second-half comeback by the Flames (10-10, 4-5 Horizon League), then Howard scored the next six points and the Bulldogs (19-2, 8-2) took their biggest lead at 61-44 with under 8 minutes remaining.
Josh Mayo, the nation’s leader in 3-point percentage, finished with 19 points for the Flames.
M 59, Oklahoma St. 56
M held on to snap a three-game losing streak.
After Kirk put the Aggies (16-4, 2-3 Big 12) up 57-56, the Cowboys squandered their first chance to move ahead when forward Ibrahima Thomas – a 64 percent free throw shooter – came up empty on two foul shots with 20 seconds left.
James Anderson, Oklahoma State’s leading scorer, missed a 3-pointer that could have put the Cowboys (10-9, 1-4) on top.
M, which lost in five overtimes to No. 25 Baylor on Wednesday.
Anderson led Oklahoma State with 15 points.
Notre Dame 90, No. 18 Villanova 80
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Kyle McAlarney scored 30 points, and Luke Harangody had 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead Notre Dame to its first conference road win of the season.
Rob Kurz added 12 points for the Irish (14-4, 4-2 Big East) who hit nine 3-pointers and shot 51 percent from the field.
Antonio Pena scored 17 points for Villanova (13-5, 3-4), which lost 80-68 at Rutgers on Wednesday.
Oklahoma 77, No. 25 Baylor 71
WACO, Texas (AP) – Freshman standout Blake Griffin made an unexpected return from a sprained left knee and had 17 points and 15 rebounds as Oklahoma beat Baylor for the 27th straight time since 1977.
M in their first game as a ranked team since 1969, overcame a 16-point second-half deficit against Oklahoma. The Bears went ahead 71-70 with about 2 minutes left when Henry Dugat rebounded a missed 3-pointer and drove the length of the court for a layup.
The Bears didn’t score again.
Griffin answered for the Sooners (14-5, 2-2) with a strong inside basket. Then after a Baylor miss, he drove the baseline to make it 74-71.
After getting hurt early at No. 2 Kansas on Jan. 14, Griffin was supposed to be out up to four weeks. But he missed only one game and was playing 13 days later.
Curtis Jerrells led Baylor with 17 points while Kevin Rogers had 13 points and 16 rebounds.
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