MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -Joey Dorsey had 12 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Memphis remained the nation’s only undefeated team with an 85-64 win over Central Florida on Saturday.
Derrick Rose led the Tigers (23-0, 9-0 Conference USA) with 15 points, and Antonio Anderson scored 11 as Memphis extended the country’s longest active home winning streak to 46 and continued their conference supremacy.
Willie Kemp, Robert Dozier and Rose hit consecutive 3s as the Tigers scored 16 straight points over a six-minute run early in the second half to take control.
Mike O’Donnell led UCF (12-11, 5-4) with 15 points, and Jermaine Taylor added 13.
No. 2 Duke 90, Boston College 80
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Kyle Singler scored 24 points and the Blue Devils shook off some early cold shooting to beat Boston College and extend their winning streak to 11.
DeMarcus Nelson added 23 for Duke (21-1, 9-0 ACC), which used a 17-2 run to take control.
ints in the first half for the Eagles (12-10, 3-6), who shot 55 percent but allowed an eight-point first-half lead to slip away in losing their sixth straight and falling to 0-4 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Still, Duke couldn’t pull away in this one until midway through the second half, when Singler bookended the decisive run with 3-pointers from the same area of the court.
No. 4 Kansas 100, Baylor 90
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Darrell Arthur scored 23 points, and Russell Robinson had 22 and helped fuel a 17-6 spurt in the second half that carried the Jayhawks to victory.
Despite its second-highest point total of the season, Kansas (23-1, 8-1 Big 12) was 0-for-9 from behind the arc and failed to hit a 3-point bucket for the first time since 1999 – a span of 271 games. The Jayhawks trailed by as many as seven points in the first half.
Curtis Jerrells scored 30 for the Bears (17-5, 5-3), who were nationally ranked two weeks ago for the first time in 39 years. But they lost for the third time in four games and fell to 0-8 in Allen Fieldhouse, where the Jayhawks have won 21 in a row overall.
Louisville 59, No. 6 Georgetown 51
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – David Padgett scored 18 points, Jerry Smith added 16 and the Cardinals shook up the Big East with a win over the Hoyas.
g streak by playing the kind of clampdown defense that has become Georgetown’s trademark.
The Cardinals held the Hoyas to just 35 percent shooting in the second half, keeping the Hoyas without a field goal for a decisive eight-minute stretch in which the Cardinals took command.
Austin Freeman and Roy Hibbert led the Hoyas with 14 points apiece, but Georgetown fell apart during an uncharacteristically sloppy second half.
No. 7 Tennessee 47, LSU 45
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – JaJuan Smith’s steal and layup with 11 seconds left gave the Volunteers a win over the Tigers in their first game since the firing of coach John Brady.
Tennessee (21-2, 8-1 SEC) had lost all of a 12-point second-half advantage when Chris Johnson converted a three-point play with 1:15 left. LSU squandered a chance to take the lead moments later, and Smith made his steal from Marcus Thornton and drove almost three-quarters of the court for the go-ahead layup. The basket represented his only points of the game.
Lofton led Tennessee with 15 points, while Tyler Smith finished with 12.
Johnson led LSU (8-14, 1-7) with 17 points, and Thornton had 12.
No. 24 Purdue 72, No. 8 Wisconsin 67
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Freshman Robbie Hummel scored a career-best 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Purdue upset Wisconsin to extend the Boilermakers’ winning streak to nine.
Purdue (19-5, 10-1 Big Ten) last beat a team ranked in the Top 10 on the road on March 1, 1998. The Boilermakers had last beaten the Badgers (19-4, 9-2) in Madison on Feb. 7, 1996, a span of eight games.
The Boilermakers are a game up on Wisconsin, which had its 16-game conference winning streak at home snapped. Chris Kramer scored 12 points and Moore added 11 points.
Wisconsin got 14 points a piece from Jason Bohannon and Michael Flowers, 12 from Joe Krabbenhoft and 10 from Brian Butch.
No. 9 Stanford 71, Oregon St. 56
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) – Lawrence Hill scored 14 points and reserves Kenny Brown and Taj Finger sparked a big first-half run that helped the Cardinal reach the 20-win plateau for the first time under fourth-year coach Trent Johnson.
Stanford (20-3, 9-2 Pac-10) followed up a 72-43 victory over Oregon on Thursday by going on a 15-0 run to end the first half and coast to the win against the Beavers (6-17, 0-11).
Marcel Jones led the Beavers with 13 points, Calvin Haynes added 12 and Seth Tarver had 11.
Oregon State interim coach Kevin Mouton, who took over when Jay John was fired last month, dropped to 0-5. The Beavers are trying to avoid becoming the first team to go through Pac-10 play winless since the 18-game schedule began in 1978-79.
No. 10 Butler 62, Wisconsin-Green Bay 57
straight.
Mike Green scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half and Pete Campbell and Matt Howard each chipped in 10 apiece for the Bulldogs (21-2, 10-2 Horizon League).
Terry Evans led the Phoenix (13-10, 7-6) with 14 points and 15 rebounds. Ryan Tillema also had 14 points, and Rahmon Fletcher added 12.
Graves made just 4-of-11 shots from the field, but he made six straight free throws over the final 1:27 to help clinch the win.
No. 11 Michigan St. 70, Northwestern 55
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Drew Neitzel scored 13 of his 21 points in less than 4 minutes to help the Spartans rally past lowly Northwestern.
After not attempting a shot for the first 12:35, Neitzel hit five straight attempts, including three 3-pointers, to help turn a four-point deficit into a 35-29 halftime lead.
Raymar Morgan and Drew Naymick each had 10 points, and Naymick had eight rebounds for the Spartans (20-3, 8-2 Big Ten), winners of 18 straight at Breslin Center.
Craig Moore, who had 28 points in the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 24, scored 21 for the Wildcats (7-14, 0-10). He finished 7-for-12 from the field and 5-for-9 beyond the arc.
No. 12 Texas 71, Iowa State 65, OT
AMES, Iowa (AP) – A.J. Abrams scored 25 points, D.J. Augustin added 17 and the Longhorns rallied from a 13-point deficit for their sixth win in seven games.
held Iowa State to three points in overtime. Damion Jones had eight points and 14 rebounds for Texas, which has won three straight against the Cyclones.
Jiri Hubalek had 24 points to lead Iowa State (13-11, 3-6), which lost its ninth straight against ranked opponents. Wesley Johnson scored 10 on 4-of-17 shooting.
No. 15 Drake 73, Evansville 65
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Jonathan Cox scored 10 of his season-high 21 points during a decisive second-half run that carried Drake to its 21st straight victory.
Leonard Houston added 15 points and Josh Young 13 for Drake (22-1, 13-0 Missouri Valley Conference), which has a four-game lead in the league race with five to play and needs only one more victory to clinch at least a share of its first championship in 37 years.
Shy Ely led Evansville (7-16, 2-11) with 18 points and Jay Cousinard scored 11.
It was a rare comfortable victory for Drake, which had trailed at some point in the second half in each of its last eight games. The Bulldogs never trailed in this one and led by as many as 19.
No. 22 Notre Dame 86, No. 16 Marquette 83
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Luke Harangody scored 18 points, including four free throws in the final 26 seconds, and the Irish survived going the final 6:22 without a field goal to win.
. The game was a sharp contrast to their contest last month, when the Golden Eagles dominated throughout in winning 92-66.
The victory stretched Notre Dame’s home win streak to 34 games, four-shy of the school record set from 1943-48. The last loss for the Irish (18-4, 8-2 Big East) was Feb. 25, 2006.
Lazar Hayward had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Marquette (16-6, 6-5). David Cubillan added 11 and Jerel McNeal 10 points.
No. 17 Washington St. 74, Southern Cal 50
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Kyle Weaver scored 17 points to help the Cougars break a three-game home losing streak and make it a season sweep of the Trojans.
Taylor Rochestie added 13 points as Washington State (18-5, 6-5 Pac-10) shot 59.6 percent from the floor and registered nine steals against the Trojans. Weaver made all eight of his field goal attempts and surpassed 1,000th points for his career.
O.J. Mayo scored 14 points and Davon Jefferson 13 for Southern Cal (15-8, 6-5), which lost for only the second time in the past eight games and never really threatened.
M 77, Missouri 69
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Donald Sloan scored a career-high 21 points, and the Aggies used a 15-point run to open the second half and cruise to victory.
M won for only the second time in seven tries at Missouri.
Missouri (13-11, 3-6) lost for the third time in four games since a nightclub altercation in which guards Stefhon Hannah and Jason Horton were arrested.
Leo Lyons, who served a one-game suspension for the incident, had a career-best 24 points off the bench. Keon Lawrence had 13 points and reserve Justin Safford added a career-best 10.
No 19. Connecticut 80, Georgia Tech 68
STORRS, Conn. (AP) – Hasheem Thabeet scored a career-high 24 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked six shots in leading UConn to its seventh consecutive win.
Jeff Adrien had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies (18-5), his 12th double-double of the season, and A.J. Price added 14 points, all but four after intermission.
The teams were tied at 60 with 6:51 left before UConn went on a 14-2 run to take control. The run was highlighted by a dunk from the 7-foot-3 Thabeet with 2:21 left.
Anthony Morrow scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and Jeremis Smith added 14 on 5-of-6 shooting for Georgia Tech (11-11).
No. 20 Kansas St. 82, Oklahoma St. 61
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Michael Beasley had 23 points and 13 rebounds for his school-record 19th double-double, helping the Wildcats beat Oklahoma State for the first time in five years.
Jacob Pullen hit four 3-pointers in the first six minutes as the Wildcats (17-5, 7-1 Big 12) built an early 16-point lead. They never let Oklahoma State get all the way back in it.
Pullen finished 5-of-7 on 3-pointers and had 17 points, and Bill Walker added 14 for the Wildcats, winners of nine straight home games and off to their best start since 1981-82.
Beasley broke Larry Comley’s school record for double-doubles, set in 1960-61, and needs three more to tie the NCAA freshman record, set by Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony in 2002-03.
Oklahoma State simply couldn’t get shots off. The Cowboys (11-12, 2-7) committed 24 turnovers, took 34 fewer shots and were outrebounded 51-29.
No. 23 Vanderbilt 66, South Carolina 65
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Jermaine Beal drove the length of the court and hit a short fadeaway jumper with 0.6 seconds left to give the Commodores the win.
South Carolina’s defense got no pressure on Beal until he got within a few feet of the basket. The shot came after Devan Downey’s driving reverse lay-up with six seconds to go put South Carolina (11-11, 3-5 SEC) ahead.
Shan Foster led Vanderbilt (20-4, 5-4) with 21 points, while A.J. Oglivy added 15.
South Carolina was led by Evaldas Baniulis’ 19 points. Zam Fredrick added 14 points, but turned the ball over and badly missed a 3-pointer in the final minute.
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