College basketball roundup
Illinois stays undefeated with win over Wisconsin CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Luther Head scored 26 points and Dee Brown hit two 3-pointers down the stretch to seal top-ranked and unbeaten Illinois’ 70-59 victory over No. 20 Wisconsin on Saturday.
The Illini tied the school record with their 25th consecutive win. That streak was set over three seasons from February 1914 to February 1916. It was Illinois’ 19th straight win at home and was played before a record Assembly Hall crowd of 16,865.
Brown, who played in foul trouble most of the game and had 16 points, hit the first big 3 with 3:10 to go and only 2 seconds remaining on the shot clock to end a 6-2 run by the Badgers and give Illinois (25-0, 11-0 Big Ten) a 57-49 lead. He hit the second with 1:43 left to give the Illini a 62-51 lead.
Alando Tucker scored 24 points for the Badgers (16-6, 7-4).
No. 3 Kansas 89, Colorado 60
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Wayne Simien had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead Kansas in one of the more lopsided series in college basketball.
Simien was 11-for-11 from the free throw line – all in the first half. It was the 31st victory for the Jayhawks (20-1, 10-0 Big 12) in their last 32 games against Colorado and their 22nd straight over the Buffaloes at home. It was the 16th straight season Kansas reached 20 wins.
No. 5 Kentucky 60, Georgia 51
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Chuck Hayes and Patrick Sparks each scored 14 points and Kentucky held off a late run by undermanned Georgia.
Kentucky (19-2, 10-0 Southeastern Conference) led by as many as 21 points in the second half, but Georgia (7-14, 1-10) rallied within 55-50 with 2 minutes left and came up empty on two other chances to further cut into the margin.
No. 6 Wake Forest 87, Fla. St. 48
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Justin Gray scored 20 points and Eric Williams had 15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for the Demon Deacons.
Sixth-man Taron Downey finished with 14 points for Wake Forest (21-3, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which lost in overtime at Tallahassee three weeks ago. In that one, Downey missed a free throw with less than a second left in regulation that would have won it.
Von Wafer had 16 points for the Seminoles (11-13, 3-8).
Maryland 99, No. 7 Duke 92, OT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Travis Garrison had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Maryland wore down No. 7 Duke in overtime.
John Gilchrist scored 19 points, Chris McCray had 17 and reserve guard Mike Jones added 15 for Maryland (15-7, 6-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), which completed its first regular-season sweep of the Blue Devils since 1995.
Including their win in the finals of the ACC tournament last March, the Terps have won three straight against Duke (18-3, 8-3) for the first time since 1982.
Shelden Williams had 23 points and 16 rebounds for Duke.
No. 9 Louisville 65, S. Florida 57
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ellis Myles scored 15 points and Taquan Dean and Larry O’Bannon each added 13 for Louisville (21-4, 9-2 Conference USA).
Terrence Leather scored 18 points to lead South Florida (10-12, 3-8), which lost for the eighth time in 10 games.
No. 13 Mich. St. 64, Michigan 49
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Alan Anderson scored 16 points and Shannon Brown had eight of his 14 in the opening minutes for Michigan State.
The Spartans (17-4, 8-2 Big Ten) have won 14 of their last 16 games and have lost only one of the previous 13 matchups against the Wolverines.
No. 8 Syracuse 90, No. 22 Villanova 75
PHILADELPHIA – Hakim Warrick scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Syracuse handed Villanova its worst loss of the season.
Gerry McNamara had 18 points for the Orange (22-3, 9-2 Big East), who had two of their last three games, both to Top 25 teams.
Missouri 68, No. 16 Oklahoma 65
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Thomas Gardner scored 11 of his 18 points in the final 2 minutes of regulation and the overtime to help Missouri end a five-game losing streak.
Kevin Young’s layup with 1:17 left was the go-ahead basket for the Tigers (11-13, 3-7 Big 12), who twice rallied from double-digit deficits in the second half. Missouri won despite hitting only one of six free throws in overtime, the one by Linas Kleiza for a three-point lead with 16 seconds to go.
DePaul 85, No. 21 Cincinnati 66
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Quemont Greer scored 25 points and Drake Diener added 22 to lead the Blue Demons, who lost 83-54 in Cincinnati on Jan. 6.
DePaul (16-5, 8-2 Conference USA) went on a 16-4 run to take a 73-49 lead with 9:03 left. The Blue Demons have won four straight and eight of nine.
No. 23 Texas 75, Kansas St. 72
AUSTIN, Texas – Daniel Gibson scored 14 points in overtime and the Longhorns snapped a three-game losing streak.
Iowa St. 81, No. 25 Texas Tech 68
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Jared Homan broke out of a shooting slump with 23 points and freshman Tasheed Carr added 17 for Iowa State. The Cyclones (13-8, 5-5 Big 12) rallied from an early 14-point deficit to go up by 12 midway through the second half, then held off the Red Raiders several times to win their fifth straight game. The streak started after Iowa State had lost six in a row.