College basketball
Seventh-ranked Blue Devils forced to come from behind against Sooners NEW YORK (AP) – J.J. Redick had 19 of his 26 points in the second half and Daniel Ewing had 12 of his 17 after halftime, leading No.7 Duke to a come-from-behind 78-67 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday.
The Blue Devils trailed 39-29 at half and rallied to their fourth 8-0 start in the last five seasons.
No. 6 Wake Forest 89, No. 14 Texas 88
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Chris Paul had 23 points and a career-high 12 assists, and Eric Williams added 19 points, helping Wake Forest hold off Texas.
Kenton Paulino missed an 18-foot jumper just before the buzzer that would have won it for the Longhorns.
No. 9 Kentucky 60, No. 13 Louisville 58
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Patrick Sparks made three free throws with 0.6 seconds left to cap his 25-point performance and complete Kentucky’s comeback win over Louisville and Rick Pitino.
The Wildcats (7-1) trailed 32-16 at halftime and were down 58-57 after Larry O’Bannon hit two free throws for Louisville with 15.2 seconds to go.
No. 15 Arizona 48, Marquette 43
MILWAUKEE – With leading scorer Salim Stoudamire benched, Arizona relied on Chris Rodgers’ 16 points and key late layup to beat Marquette.
It was the Wildcats’ lowest scoring output in nearly 20 years.
Arizona coach Lute Olson didn’t say why he sidelined Stoudamire. The player was coming off a career-low one field-goal attempt in a 67-62 win over Utah last week, just Stoudamire’s third scoreless game in 101 at Arizona.
No. 19 GW 85, Towson 69
WASHINGTON – Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 15 points and Ricky Lucas added 13 of his season-high 14 points in the second half to help George Washington win its seventh straight.
Omar Williams scored 10 of his 12 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half, and finished with eight rebounds for the Colonials (7-1).
No. 21 Michigan St. 63, Delaware St. 45
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Chris Hill had 14 points, including four 3-pointers, Kelvin Torbert added 12 points and Shannon Brown had 10 for the Spartans (6-2).
Jahsha Bluntt had 11 points for the Hornets (2-6), who still haven’t played a home game.
Michigan State shot 52 percent overall, and had 13 of its 19 assists in the second half.
No. 8 Syracuse 74, Drexel 54
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Hakim Warrick scored 21 points and Darryl Watkins had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his first career double-double for Syracuse.
The Orange (9-1) won their second straight after a loss to No. 4 Oklahoma State and did it by dominating the boards against Drexel (3-4), which managed just 17 rebounds to Syracuse’s 44. It was the lowest total the Orange have allowed since Princeton managed only 15 rebounds in a game during the 1982-83 season.
No. 16 Iowa 88, W. Carolina 75
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Jeff Horner scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half and almost single-handedly broke the game open for Iowa.
Iowa (9-1) led by only seven after a sloppy first half against a team that had lost its four previous games to power conference opponents by an average of 20 points. And Western Carolina (5-7) hung around for a while in the second half.
Then Horner took over, scoring 15 of the Hawkeyes’ next 18 points and feeding Alex Thompson for a dunk, the only other Iowa basket in that stretch.
No. 17 Alabama 87, Tennessee St. 79
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Chuck Davis scored 24 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked seven shots to lead Alabama.
Alabama (9-1) never trailed in the game and led by as many as 25 points in the second half before Tennessee State rallied late, mostly against reserves.
Kennedy Winston scored 19 points for Alabama, while Earnest Shelton had 15.
It was a big day both on and off the court Saturday for Shelton, a senior guard who graduated from Alabama on Saturday morning with a degree in management after 31/2 years. He will begin work on a second degree in January.
No. 20 Mississippi St. 80, Xavier 74
CINCINNATI – Winsome Frazier emerged from a deep shooting slump by scoring 20 points and No. 20 Mississippi State kept its road streak going by beating Xavier.
The Bulldogs (9-2) won their 14th straight road game, the longest current streak in Division I. Mississippi State shot a season-high 54 percent from the field.
Xavier (2-4) has lost three consecutive home games.
No. 25 Cincinnati 81, Northwestern St. 65
CINCINNATI – Jason Maxiell scored 21 points, including 14 in the second half, to lead Cincinnati to the win in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
The Bearcats (7-0) are ranked for the first time this season.
The game was coach Bob Huggins’ 500th at Cincinnati, where he is 381-119.
Tramaine Hancock scored 12 points and Clifton Lee added 11 to lead Northwestern State (5-5), which lost its third straight after a five-game winning streak.
Cincinnati’s Eric Hicks had 11 points and 11 rebounds, after missing the previous game with a knee injury.