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No. 23 North Carolina dispatches Miami
Feb 12 2006 11:21PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - The first half belonged to Tyler Hansbrough. His teammates did the rest during a second-half surge. Hansbrough scored 25 points and Bobby Frasor made two key jump shots late in the game to lead No. 23 North Carolina to an 80-70 win over Miami on Sunday night.
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No. 9 West Virginia tops No. 15 Georgetown
Feb 12 2006 10:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kevin Pittsnogle went from zero to 25 in three days. John Beilein went from zone to man-to-man in 15 minutes, the length of a halftime. When the star player and head coach both have a good game, West Virginia is tough to beat. The No. 9 Mountaineers rebounded from their only Big East loss, dominating the second half in a 69-56 victory over No. 15 Georgetown on Sunday night.
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No. 7 Ohio State ices Iowa 88-77
Feb 12 2006 9:27PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Iowa did everything it needed to do when it had the ball against No. 7 Ohio State in a matchup of the Big Ten's top offenses. The Hawkeyes just couldn't slow down the Buckeyes on the other end of the court.
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No. 5 Tennessee escapes No. 22 Vanderbilt
Feb 12 2006 9:24PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee still isn't playing with the intensity coach Pat Summitt wants, and she doesn't understand it. Candace Parker scored 19 points and fifth-ranked Tennessee rallied to beat No. 22 Vanderbilt 70-67 on Sunday to avoid losing consecutive home conference games for the first time in nearly 20 years.
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No. 1 North Carolina spanks Virginia 72-60
Feb 12 2006 9:10PM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Ivory Latta had seen enough. With Virginia closing to within five points, and the crowd at University Hall getting more and more excited, Latta made a statement play for No. 1 North Carolina.
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No. 17 DePaul KOs Notre Dame 79-50
Feb 12 2006 8:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Allie Quigley had 26 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 17 DePaul to a 79-50 victory over Notre Dame on Sunday night.
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No. 20 New Mexico throttles TCU 87-63
Feb 12 2006 8:06PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Abbie Letz and Katie Montgomery made four 3-pointers apiece as No. 20 New Mexico hit a season-high 11 Sunday in an 87-63 win over TCU.
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No. 3 LSU clamps down on No. 13 Georgia
Feb 12 2006 7:14PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU showed off its defense against No. 13 Georgia on Sunday. Seimone Augustus scored 17 points and the third-ranked Lady Tigers held the Lady Bulldogs scoreless for nearly 7 minutes in the second half en route to a 68-61 victory.
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No. 4 Connecticut holds off Texas 71-58
Feb 12 2006 6:50PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - One rally-killing 3-pointer, followed by another. Two shots by Ann Strother and Mel Thomas in the final 2 minutes Sunday snuffed out a furious Texas rally and sent No. 4 Connecticut to a 71-58 victory that was much tougher than the Huskies probably expected.
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No. 10 Purdue pops No. 11 Minnesota 63-31
Feb 12 2006 6:44PM (CT)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue got physical and Minnesota paid the price. Aya Traore scored 22 points and the No. 10 Boilermakers used a 23-0 run spanning halftime to beat the 11th-ranked Gophers 63-31 Sunday and remain in first place in the Big Ten. It was Minnesota's worst conference loss in six years.
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No. 14 Pitt pounds Cincinnati 89-69
Feb 12 2006 6:42PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Cincinnati has won either the regular season or conference tournament championship in the first season the last five times it joined a new league. That run will likely end this year. Carl Krauser had 18 points and reserve Keith Benjamin scored a career-high 16 as No. 14 Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 89-69 in the first Big East meeting between the schools. Seven-foot center Aaron Gray added 15 points and 10 rebounds for his Big East-leading 13th double-double of the season.
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No. 9 Oklahoma nips No. 12 Baylor in OT
Feb 12 2006 6:28PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Courtney Paris had 31 points and 19 rebounds, and hit two key free throws to keep No. 9 Oklahoma ahead in the final minute of an 81-77 overtime win against 12th-ranked Baylor on Sunday.
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No. 15 Michigan State nudges Wisconsin
Feb 12 2006 6:25PM (CT)
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Lindsay Bowen started a 24-4 run with two 3-pointers and finished it with four free throws as No. 15 Michigan State beat Wisconsin 53-47 Sunday.
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Richmond tops No. 19 Temple 56-54
Feb 12 2006 6:03PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Araceli Gil hit two free throws with .4 seconds left to lift Richmond over No. 19 Temple 56-54 Sunday.
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No. 16 Arizona St. defeats Oregon 62-52
Feb 12 2006 5:49PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Emily Westerberg and Aubree Johnson each scored 10 points to lead No. 16 Arizona State over Oregon 62-52 Sunday.
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Sutton's status for Kansas game uncertain
Feb 12 2006 5:12PM (CT)
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton is resting at home two days after a car accident, and his status is uncertain for Monday's game against Kansas.
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No. 21 Boston College mauls Miami 79-69
Feb 12 2006 5:01PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Brooke Queenan had a career-high 25 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 21 Boston College to a 79-69 victory over Miami in a game played in front of only about 200 fans Sunday because of the storm in the Northeast.
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No. 19 Ohio St. rolls over No. 10 Illinois
Feb 12 2006 4:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There was no postgame party after beating Illinois this time. Ohio State still has other big games to play. Jamar Butler scored 22 points, Terence Dials had 19 and 16 rebounds and Je'Kel Foster added 18 points to lead the 19th-ranked Buckeyes to a 69-53 victory over No. 10 Illinois on Sunday.
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Snyder resignation from Missouri official
Feb 12 2006 12:58PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri completed its settlement Sunday with basketball coach Quin Snyder, who resigned two days earlier with seven games left in the season.
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Morrison helps No. 5 Gonzaga beat Stanford
Feb 12 2006 7:19AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Adam Morrison went to work when No. 5 Gonzaga needed him the most. Morrison scored 12 of his 34 points in the final 3 minutes to help the Bulldogs hold off Stanford 80-76 on Saturday night.
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Duke seniors shoot down Maryland 96-88
Feb 12 2006 7:18AM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - J.J. Redick insisted that beating Maryland wasn't anything special. So why did the Duke senior walk off the Terrapins' home court for the final time Saturday wearing an ear-to-ear grin as he shot a glance toward the screaming Maryland fans?
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UConn has its most lopsided Big East win
Feb 12 2006 6:14AM (CT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Even Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun had to step back and marvel at his team's second-half dismantling of Seton Hall. "I'm not that impressed by my team very much, but we were very good tonight," Calhoun said after his top-ranked Huskies beat the Pirates 99-57 on Saturday night for their most lopsided Big East win ever. "I can't think of a game where we shared the ball so well and ran so well."
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Anderson helps No. 18 BYU beat UNLV 55-51
Feb 12 2006 1:21AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ambrosia Anderson's tiebreaking 3-pointer with 23 seconds left sent No. 18 Brigham Young to a 55-51 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.
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