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No. 7 Carolina runs past No. 3 Ohio St.
Nov 29 2006 11:46PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Tyler Hansbrough started and ended North Carolina's game-breaking 17-2 run in the second half and the seventh-ranked Tar Heels went on to a 98-89 victory over No. 3 Ohio State on Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
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Crump, Purdue crimp No. 25 Cavs in upset
Nov 29 2006 11:39PM (CT)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue's quickest player made the Boilermakers' biggest shot of the season. Tarrance Crump came off a screen, drove to the basket and hit a floater with 1 second remaining, giving Purdue a 61-59 victory over No. 25 Virginia in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night.
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In a 1st, Ducks beat ranked team in East
Nov 29 2006 11:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Eastern time zone has not been kind to Oregon. They had played seven games in school history against Top 25 schools on the other side of the continent and lost them all. On Wednesday night, it seemed the jinx was on again. The unbeaten Ducks thoroughly outplayed Georgetown from start to finish, but they keep missing wide open looks. The shots didn't begin to fall until well into the second half, and Oregon finally pulled away in the final minutes for a 57-50 upset of the 18
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Hustling No. 20 UConn beats Sacred Heart
Nov 29 2006 11:28PM (CT)
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - With just over four minutes left in the game and a 38-point lead over Sacred Heart, three Connecticut players went diving on the floor for a loose ball.
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Despite win, Sooners seek consistency
Nov 29 2006 11:22PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Only five games into the season, the Oklahoma Sooners have developed a habit Coach Sherri Coale wants to eliminate.
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No. 17 Wichita St. outguns Mo.-KC by 30
Nov 29 2006 11:19PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - P.J. Couisnard scored 16 points and No. 17 Wichita State made its first 11 shots in the second half to beat Missouri-Kansas City 85-55 on Wednesday night.
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No. 5 Duke pounces on Old Dominion 89-40
Nov 29 2006 11:17PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Led by veteran coach Wendy Larry, Old Dominion knew exactly what to expect when the Monarchs showed up at Duke. But things still turned out worse than they hoped.
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Kemp, Fazekas lead No. 24 Nevada to win
Nov 29 2006 11:13PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Marcelus Kemp and Nick Fazekas combined for 40 points and 24th-ranked Nevada broke open a close game midway through the second half to take an 86-74 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday night.
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Mitchell's hot second-half lifts LSU
Nov 29 2006 11:11PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Garrett Temple had 17 points and Tasmin Mitchell scored 14 of his 16 in the second half, leading No. 10 LSU to a 91-57 win over McNeese State on Wednesday night.
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Marshall no match for No. 1 Maryland
Nov 29 2006 11:08PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Maryland overcame another mistake-filled game. The top-ranked Terrapins committed 21 turnovers but never trailed in a 68-49 win over poor-shooting Marshall on Wednesday night.
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Gray rescues No. 2 Pitt from upset
Nov 29 2006 11:04PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt's outside shots weren't dropping, and Robert Morris began to sense it could beat the nation's No. 2 team. At least until the Panthers began feeding the ball to the one player on the court the Colonials couldn't defend.
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No. 17 DePaul wins with 0.4 seconds left
Nov 29 2006 10:41PM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Caprice Smith hit a runner in the lane with 0.4 seconds left to give No. 17 DePaul a 71-70 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay on Wednesday night.
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Houts, No. 8 Lady Bulldogs rout Memphis
Nov 29 2006 10:13PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Tasha Humphrey was back in her element _ on the basketball floor for eighth-ranked Georgia and in the interview room with the press.
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George Washington beats Villanova 73-47
Nov 29 2006 9:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jessica Adair had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Kimberly Beck added 18 points to lead No. 21 George Washington past Villanova 73-47 Wednesday night.
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DeHaan's 28 leads No. 20 Michigan State
Nov 29 2006 9:40PM (CT)
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Allyssa DeHaan scored a career-high 28 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots to help Michigan State beat Rhode Island 67-40 on Wednesday.
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Wright leads No. 23 BYU past Harvard
Nov 29 2006 9:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dani Wright scored 14 points and Cassie King added 11 to help No. 23 BYU beat Harvard 66-51 on Wednesday night.
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Elliott, Humphrey lift No. 24 Kentucky
Nov 29 2006 9:24PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Sarah Elliott scored 22 points and Jennifer Humphrey had 12 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 24 Kentucky beat Detroit 79-44 on Wednesday night.
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Sooners, Cornhuskers revive rivalry
Nov 29 2006 6:53PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - With Barry Switzer on one side and Tom Osborne on the other, no rivalry was bigger than Oklahoma-Nebraska.
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No. 1 UCLA cruises past Long Beach State
Nov 29 2006 3:30AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Newly anointed as the nation's No. 1 team, UCLA played the first half against Long Beach State like it hadn't heard the news.
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Hetland, Gators working to snap slump
Nov 29 2006 3:26AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's place-kicking job is open again, an all-too-familiar occurrence for the fourth-ranked Gators as they prepare for the Southeastern Conference championship game.
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Radenovic lifts No. 16 Arizona past UNLV
Nov 29 2006 1:51AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - For more than a month, Arizona coach Lute Olson has prodded his team to play better defense, with little success. But now he's found a way to mask some of the Wildcats' defensive deficiencies. Switching from man-to-man defense to zone defenses midway through the first half, 16th-ranked Arizona shut down UNLV 89-75 Tuesday night.
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Howland howls and No. 1 UCLA wins
Nov 29 2006 1:24AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Hawaii hangover afflicted UCLA for the first 20 minutes against Long Beach State. The cure was a sharp-tongued halftime rebuke by coach Ben Howland.
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No. 11 Duke rides defense past Hoosiers
Nov 29 2006 12:39AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke's young team is still trying to figure out how to play offense. The Blue Devils are fortunate the defense is coming along a little quicker.
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Tulane's Scelfo out as football coach
Nov 29 2006 12:14AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane fired football coach Chris Scelfo on Tuesday, ending an eight-year stint for a coach that held the program together through Hurricane Katrina but struggled to win before and after the storm.
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No. 21 Jackets 'Clinch' win over Lions
Nov 29 2006 12:11AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt will not settle for mediocre defense, so he continues to challenge his players' efficiency.
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Lady Vols turn up defense, top La. Tech
Nov 29 2006 12:08AM (CT)
RUSTON, La. (AP) - Louisiana Tech had no answer for Tennessee's defensive pressure. The fourth-ranked Lady Vols forced 19 turnovers in the first half and beat Louisiana Tech 71-50 on Tuesday night.
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