THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. Brady Morningstar scored a season-high 19 points and made five of second- ranked season-best 13 3-pointers in an 86-66 victory over Nebraska on Saturday. The Jayhawks played with- out Josh Selby, their most accurate 3-point shooter who sat out with an injured right foot. Markieff Morris made a career-high three 3s and Tyrel Reed added three more as the Jayhawks beat Nebraska for the 17th time in a row and handed the Cornhuskers their loss in 15 home games. Morris had 17 points, Marcus Morris added 16 and Tyrel Reed 14 for Kan- sas (22-1, 7-1 Big 12).
Brandon Richardson scored 16 points, Toney McCray had 11 and Caleb Walker and Lance Jeter 10 apiece for the Huskers (15- 7, 3-5). The Devaney Sports Cen- sellout crowd since 2008 began thinning when the Jayhawks started to wear down the Huskers. Kansas called timeout with 10:07 left, after the Huskers had pulled to 60- 54. The Jayhawks then went on a 15-3 run to seal it. Nebraska was held to three field goals after the Brady Morningstar shoots a 3-pointer against Nebraska in the second half of timeout, with two coming NCAA basketball game in Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas defeated Nebraska 86-66. in the 2 minutes after the game was out of reach. sive half and led No. 5 struggled recently, hit a No. 4 Pittsburgh 71, Cincinnati 59 PITTSBURGH Ashton Gibbs tied a career-high points and 12 rebounds half.
with 25 points and No. 4 while Kyle Singler added Pittsburgh took advantage 14 points for the Blue Devils made two free throws for eight rebounds for the of the fact Cincinnati was (21-2, 8-1), as the top team Connecticut with 19 sec- Cougars. playing without suspended in the ACC had little trou- onds left for a three-point forward Yancy Gates, beat- ble with one of its worst. ing the Bearcats 71-59 on Saturday night. Gilbert Brown added 11 points for the Panthers (21-2, 9-1), who have built Walker scored 19 points when he was intentionally cord of 2,189 points set by a two-game lead in the Big and No.
6 Connecticut fouled by Herb Pope. East standings. No. 5 Duke 76, N.C. State 52 DURHAM, N.C.
No- 10 points with 8:17 to play. buzzer for the Pirates (10- got 16 points from An- lan Smith scored 18 of his 20 points during the deci- leading scorer who has goal of the 8 minutes. Trevon Willis. Duke past struggling North 3-pointer with 2:32 to play Carolina State, 76-52 on Sat- that capped a 12-1 run and mer Fredette scored 16 of urday night. Mason Plumlee had 16 their lead of the second from the free-throw line, No.
6 UConn 61, Seton Hall 59 NEWARK, N.J. Kemba throws with 3.7 seconds left ference, breaking the re- stopped a two-game losing streak with a 61-59 victory possession but the ball was over Seton Hall on Satur- thrown away and Fuquan three-game winning streak day night after trailing by Edwin laid it in at the by UNLV (17-6, 5-4), which Walker, the Big 14, 4-8), their only field thony Marshall and 15 from gave the Huskies (18-4, 6-4) his game-high 29 points Freshman Roscoe Smith ers added 12 points and lead, and after Alex Oriakhi cap a three-point play with blocked Jeremy 3:24 remaining made him 3-point attempt, Oriakhi the career scoring leader added one of two free in the Mountain West Con- Connecticut retained Heath in 2007. No. 9 BYU 78, UNLV 64 PROVO, Utah Jim- and reserve Stephen Rog- free throw to San Diego Brandon BYU (22-2, 8-1) halted a No. 12 Villanova 66, No.
25 West Virginia 50 PHILADELPHIA Maalik Wayns scored 17 points, Corey Fisher had 16 and No. 12 Villanova used a 19-3 run to pull away from the Mountaineers in the closing minutes. Wayns, Fisher and Corey Stokes all hit 3s during the spurt and the Wildcats (19- 4, 7-3 Big East). Fisher and Wayns shot a combined 12 of 19 out of the backcourt and had nine assists. Kevin Jones scored 16 points and John Flowers had 15 for the Mountain- eers (15-7, 6-4).
No. 13 Georgetown 83, Providence 81 WASHINGTON Georgetown nearly blew an 18-point second-half lead and overcame a 43-point performance by Marshon Brooks to win their sixth straight game. a r- i game was the most points scored by a Big East player this season and the fifth highest total ever in a Big East game. But his chance to tie or win it ended when he was stripped by Chris Wright at midcourt just before the nal horn. Austin Freeman scored 23 points, Jason Clark had 18, Wright added 16 and Julian Vaughn put in 14 for the Hoyas (18-5, 7-4 Big East).
Brooks added 10 rebounds for Providence (14-10, 3-8). Baylor 76, No. 16 Texas 74, OT COLLEGE STATION, Texas Anthony Jones scored on a layup with 3.1 seconds left in overtime, and A.J. Walton stole the ball from Khris Middleton to preser ve the win for Baylor. Perr Jones, who led the Bears (15-7, 5-4 Big 12) with a season-high 27 points, gave them a 74-73 lead with his 3-point play with just over a minute left in overtime.
B.J. Holmes made one of two free throw attempts to tie it at 74. Holmes with 19 points to lead Texas (17-5, 4-4). No. 17 Syracuse 72, South Florida 49 TA PA a i Jackson scored a season- high 21 points with 12 rebounds for his 16th double-double, and Kris Joseph added 14 points to lead the No.
17 Orange. Syracuse (20-4, 7-4 Big East) has now won at least 20 games in 33 of 35 sea- sons under Jim Boeheim, whose 849 victories rank second among active Divi- sion I coaches. The Orange built on momentum from a victory over No. 6 Connecticut that stopped a four-game losing streak, limiting cold- shooting USF (8-16, 2-9) to 35 percent from the Oregon 81, No. 20 Washington 76 EUGENE, Ore.
Jo- evan Catron had 20 points and nine rebounds and Or- egon handed No. 20 Wash- ington its third straight loss this week with an 81-76 victory Saturday. E.J. Singler added 16 points for the Ducks (12- 11, 5-6 Pac-10), including four on free throws in the final 25.7 seconds, after the Huskies twice cut Or- lead to two points. Tyrone Nared finished with 14 points and Jay-R Strowbridge had 12.
No. 24 Vanderbilt 78, South Carolina 60 A I Te John Jenkins scored 18 points, Jeffery Taylor and Festus Ezeli added 17 apiece and the No. 24 Commodores stayed in the SEC East chase with a much-needed win. Brad Tinsley also had 11 points and nine assists for Vandy (16-6, 4-4), which hit 11 of 20 from 3-point range its most against an SEC opponent this sea- son. Ramon Galloway had 16 points for South Carolina (13-8, 4-4), which has lost three of four.
AP PHOTO Jayhawks shoot past Huskers By RUSTY MILLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio The phrase is being added to the Big Ten lexicon. To put it quite simply, teams are trying to beat unbeaten Ohio State by beating up center Jared Sullinger. At least a theory floating around the top- ranked Buckeyes these days, and teammate William Bu- ford a bit surprised at the tactic. a big monster down Buford said Saturday, shortly before the Buckeyes (23-0, 10-0 Big Ten) boarded a charter for test at Minnesota. really stop him.
I think if you put two people on him you can re- ally stop him. So you have to send people who just hack him all The 6-foot-9, 280-pound freshman leads the Buck- eyes with averages of 18 points and 10.1 rebounds. Built like an 18-wheeler and almost as utilitarian, few teams even try to guard him one-on-one. So, they drop a defender off one of Ohio perimeter shooters to help out. A master at using his body for leverage, he invariably gets fouled, gets a bucket in or both.
So far, the blows have bounced off body, which is more akin to that of Charles Barkley than your typical, chiseled big man. But that mean Buckeyes coach Thad Matta likes all the hand-to-hand combat. After a black-and-blue, 62-53 win over Michigan on Thursday night with Sullinger muscling his way for 19 points and 15 re- bounds an exasperated Matta said there was a third way to try to Sullinger: continually foul him. He cited something he heard after 7-footer Greg Oden, a dominant force in the middle during Ohio 35-4 national runner- up team from four years ago, moved on to the NBA. like a Big Ten coach told me after Oden left: told our guys, foul him ev- ery single time they call every Matta said.
Matta compares Sullinger with former North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough, a legendary giver and receiver of punishment around the hoop. even reached out to the Tar coach- ing staff to ask how they handled the surplus of hard fouls dealt to Hansbrough. In the rough-and-tumble Big Ten, where assault and battery is just a form of good defense, those knots and welts build up. Matta has no doubt teams just figure send three big men out to exhaust all their 15 fouls and hope Sullinger gets frustrated or even strikes back. I think that they say, be as rough and as physical as we no doubt about Matta said.
John Beilein disagrees. He said his team set out to intention- ally pound on the big man, in part because Sullinger is such a good free-throw shooter and be- cause he want to thin out his corps of big men. a 70-percent he said of Sullinger. end up getting guys in foul trouble (and) going to foul out of the game. never really used that strategy un- less it was late in the Others believe that Sull- not being treated any differently than anyone else; textbook defense in the conference to make an opposing star earn every point.
Besides, not as if just under the basket where Big Ten games turn into wrestling matches. Take, for example, Min- Trevor Mbakwe, who will butt heads and other body parts with Sull- inger on Sunday. was one of the main reasons why I came here. My game he said of the rough-and-tumble Big Ten. one of those guys that invites contact.
I think it my game pretty well. a very physical con- ference. We beat each other up on a nightly Ohio State freshman point guard Aaron Craft was an all-state quarterback in high school. some brutal football games. But overall just being here and playing the amount of games, this is more of a grind on your he said.
mean, the guards are no slouches themselves. definitely some bumping and grinding go- ing on out there as Adding to Ohio unease are that only one a a i Lighty, has ever won a game at Williams Arena, and that the Golden Gophers are deep and tal- ented on the frontline. know if a more post-oriented team than Matta said. In other words, that many more candidates to throw in way. Matta believes teams playing AP PHOTO (22-1, 11-0 Horizon League) Maya Moore is fouled by Keisha built a 26-0 lead and had a Hampton as Moore goes to the basket during the second half of NCAA basketball game in Storrs, Conn.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STORRS, Conn. Maya last league loss was 57-54 at lead, then added two more Moore had 34 points, 11 California on Jan. 18, 2009. free throws with 13 seconds rebounds and six assists to lead No. 2 Connecticut to an 89-66 victory over ninth- ranked DePaul on Saturday.
Moore was 14 of 16 from Danielle Adams scored 22 the as UConn shot 68 of her 26 points in the sec- Danielle Robinson scored percent in its 100th win in ond half and No. 6 Texas 20 points and No. 13 Okla- the last 101 games the handed Texas Tech homa rebounded from its lone loss coming to Stan- its straight loss. ford on Dec. 30.
The Hus- kies have won 10 straight 50 midway through the sec- 7-2 Big 12) scored just one since that defeat. No. 4 Stanford 91, Arizona 61 TUCSON, Ariz. Jea- the game out of reach. nette Pohlen made five 3-pointers, all five Stanford starters reached double ures scoring and the fourth- ranked Cardinal matched ber Harris scored 16 points, their conference record of 48 including a three-point play consecutive Pac-10 victories.
with 55 seconds left in over- Ta i a a i The Cardinal (20-2, 11- time to lead No. 7 Xavier. 0) tied the Pac-10 mark they set from Feb. 9, 1995, to give the Musketeers (19- with a 11-0 run to snap No. to Jan.
12, 1998. 2, 8-0 Atlantic 10) a 67-64 No. 6 Texas 79, Texas Tech 65 Te a Texas Tech pulled to 53- season. Oklahoma (17-5, ond half, before the Aggies basket in the 11 min- (19-2, 7-1 Big 12) went on utes, but got key free throws a 20-6 run that included 12 from Robinson and Jasmine points from Adams to put Hartman in the final 45.5 No. 7 Xavier 70, Dayton 66, OT DAYTON, Ohio Am- Harris added a free throw burgh finished the game left for the margin.
No. 13 Oklahoma 65, No. 22 Iowa State 62 NORMAN, Okla. most lopsided loss of the seconds to pull out the win after blowing a 14-point halftime lead. Pittsburgh 60, No.
14 West Virginia 53 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. scored 30 points and Pitts- 14 West 31-game home winning streak. No. 17 Georgetown 55, Cincinnati 38 WASHINGTON Rubylee Wright scored 14 points to help No. 17 Georgetown pull away for its straight win.
Adria Crawford added eight of her 10 points in a crucial second-half stretch for the Hoyas (19-5, 7-3 Big East). No. 21 Bay 84, Youngstown State 25 GREEN BAY, Wis. Ce- leste Hoewisch scored 14 of her 20 points in the half and No. 21 Wisconsin- Green Bay took a big lead early and cruised to their 13th straight win.
Julie Wojta had 13 of her 17 in the half as the Phoenix 49-8 halftime cushion. Moore scores 34 to lead UConn over DePaul College Basketball C4 The Times Argus Sunday, February 6, 2011 The Rutland Herald.
