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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012
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No. 1 Syracuse crushes Friars The Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dion Waiters had 12 points, seven coming during a decisive firsthalf run, Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists, and top-ranked Syracuse beat undermanned Providence 78-55 on Saturday night to remain unbeaten. The victory for the Orange (19-0, 6-0 Big East) matches the school record for wins to start a season, set in 1999-2000. Syracuse will try to break the mark Monday night at home against Pittsburgh. The Panthers (11-7, 0-5) are the only winless team in the Big East after a 62-57 loss on Saturday at No. 25 Marquette — their sixth straight setback. The win also was the 875th for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, moving him within one of Adolph Rupp for fourth place all-time in Division I. Kris Joseph led Syracuse with 13 points, seldom-used Mookie Jones had 10, and C.J. Fair added nine. Kadeem Batts led Providence with 13 points, LaDontae Henton had 12 points on 5-of-16 shooting and Gerard Coleman had 11 points on 4-of-14 from the field. Syracuse has led every game at halftime. The closest games the Orange have had were a 69-63 triumph over Stanford at Madison Square Garden in the NIT Season Tip-off in late November and a 72-68 win over then-No. 10 Florida at home on AP PHOTO Dec. 2, five days after associate head coach Bernie Fine was Syracuse’s C.J. Fair has his shot rejected by Providence’s Bilal Dixson, right, and Brice Kofane durfired amid allegations of sexual ing the first half Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. abuse. despite not having leading who takes all his shots close to Bears (17-0, 4-0 Big 12), who No. 17 Connecticut 67, scorer Kyle Kuric. the basket, entered the game extended their school-record Notre Dame 53 leading the nation in shooting at winning streak to 17 games. No. 15 Murray State 82, Freshman Quincy Miller had 21 76.8 percent. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — ShaTennessee Tech 74 points with three 3-pointers. bazz Napier scored 16 points No. 10 Kansas 82, MURRAY, Ky. — Donte Poole and freshman Andre DrumIowa State 73 Northwestern 81, scored a career-high 28 points mond had 10 points and 13 and grabbed eight rebounds to LAWRENCE, Kan. — Tyshrebounds to lead No. 17 Connec- No. 6 Michigan St. 74 lead unbeaten No. 15 Murray awn Taylor scored 22 of his EVANSTON, Ill. — John ticut to a victory over Notre State to its 18th straight victory. career-high 28 points after halfShurna scored 22 points and Dame, snapping the Fighting Northwestern beat No. 6 Michi- time, and No. 10 Kansas used a Irish’s 29-game home winning Oklahoma 82, game-changing second-half run gan State, ending the Spartans’ streak. No. 18 Kansas St. 73 to knock off Iowa State. 15-game winning streak No. 2 Kentucky 65, NORMAN, Okla. — Andrew Drew Crawford added 20 No. 22 San Diego State 69, Tennessee 62 Fitzgerald scored 21 points to points and Davide Curletti, No. 12 UNLV 67 lead four Oklahoma players in KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Darius making his first start of the double figures and the Sooners SAN DIEGO — Jamaal Franseason, had a season-high 17 for Miller made two free throws got their first Big 12 win under the Wildcats (12-5, 2-3 Big Ten), klin made an off-balance layup and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist coach Lon Kruger, a victory with three-tenths of a second who rebounded from a tough added another in the final 20 over No. 18 Kansas State. overtime loss at Michigan three left to give No. 22 San Diego seconds and No. 2 Kentucky State a thrilling victory over No. days ago. beat Tennessee. No. 20 Mississippi State 56, Michigan State (15-3, 4-1) lost 12 UNLV in a marquee MounThe Wildcats (17-1, 3-0 SouthAlabama 52 tain West Conference opener. for the first time since it was eastern Conference), who STARKVILLE, Miss. — Arbeaten by Duke in Madison trailed by as many eight points Iowa 75, No. 13 Michigan 59 nett Moultrie had 25 points and Square Garden on Nov. 15. in the second half, took a 62-54 13 rebounds, and No. 20 MisIOWA CITY, Iowa — Senior lead with 53 seconds to go. No. 9 Missouri 84, Texas 73 sissippi State rallied in the final guard Matt Gatens scored 19 No. 4 Baylor 106, minutes to beat Alabama. points and Iowa beat No. 13 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Phil Oklahoma St. 65 Pressey had 18 points, including Michigan. No. 25 Marquette 62, seven straight to get No. 9 MisWACO, Texas — Perry Jones Pittsburgh 57 No. 14 Louisville 76, souri out of trouble in the secIII had 19 points and 12 reMILWAUKEE — Darius Johnbounds and No. 4 Baylor stayed ond half of a victory over Texas. DePaul 59 son-Odom scored 18 points and LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russ Ricardo Ratliffe made his first undefeated with a victory over Jae Crowder added 15 to help Smith scored 25 points, Chris eight shots and had 21 points Oklahoma State. No. 25 Marquette beat PittsSmith added 20 and No. 14 and Marcus Denmon had 18 Pierre Jackson scored 18 burgh for the Panthers’ sixth Louisville got back on the right points and 11 rebounds for the points and made five of the season-high 15 3-pointers by the Tigers (16-1, 3-1 Big 12). Ratliffe, track with a victory over DePaul straight loss.
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Florida State’s Michael Snaer gets a shot off past the defense of North Carolina’s Jackson Simmons during the second half.
Seminoles trounce No. 3 Tar Heels
North Carolina suffers its worst loss in Roy Williams era against Florida State. By BRENT KALLESTAD Associated Press Writer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Deividas Dulkys’ childhood dream came true Saturday. And you couldn’t blame him if he might have believed it had been a dream. The senior Florida State guard scored a career-high 32 points and was 8 of 10 from 3point range to key the Seminoles’ 90-57 victory over No. 3 North Carolina that snapped a nine-game winning streak and was the Tar Heels’ worst loss under coach Roy Williams. “Every little kid has a dream when you’re playing on a big stage like I did today,” Dulkys said. “I guess today was my day.” And that was an understatement. Dulkys, a native of Lithuania whose previous career-high was 22 points, was 12 of 14 from the field overall and added four steals and a blocked shot. His eight 3s were a Florida State record in Atlantic Coast Conference play. “We tried to keep him from scoring if we could but he just kept getting so open and our guys were running into screens,” Williams said. “It was a great performance shooting the basketball.” It was an unexpected turnabout for a Florida State team that lost 79-59 at Clemson just a week ago and came into Saturday’s game with the poorest 3point shooting mark in the conference at 30.2 percent.
But behind Dulkys, the Seminoles hit 12 of 27 from long distance while the Tar Heels were simply off while playing on the road for the first time in six weeks. North Carolina made only 9 of 20 free throws and were beaten 43-35 on the boards despite Tyler Zeller’s 14 rebounds. North Carolina had not been beaten on the boards in its previous seven games. Micahel Snaer added 17 points and Okaro White contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles. Dulkys said he made 28 straight from beyond the 3-point arc while warming up earlier in the day with the help of two student managers who took care of rebounding the shots. “He shoots this well every day in practice,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “He’s had a difficult time transferring that to the game. Sometimes when he misses that first shot, he gets a little tight.” The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1) started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its most lopsided conference loss since a 96-56 defeat at Maryland in 2003, the season before Williams took over. Harrison Barnes scored15 points and Zeller added 14 for North Carolina (15-3, 2-1), which finished 4 of 21 from 3-point range. Williams took his team — except for five walk-ons who finished the game — from the court with14.2 seconds left in expectation of the court-storming by the Florida State fans. “We just tried to be cautious,” Williams explained. “It’s been shown that’s it not always been safe in some scenarios.”
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Rutgers pulls out overtime triumph against Cards; Irish, Huskies win The Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Erica Wheeler scored 23 points, including an off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock running out in overtime, and No. 8 Rutgers beat 16th-ranked Louisville 71-68 on Saturday. Trailing 68-67, Wheeler corraled the rebound off a miss from Khadijah Rushdan and dribbled out to the 3-point line. She barely recognized the shot clock was down to its last tick before turning around and connecting with 1:12 left in the extra period. The Scarlet Knights (15-2, 4-0 Big East) forced a shot clock violation on the other end. After Monique Oliver’s lay-in rolled off the rim with 13 seconds left, Louisville had one last chance to tie it, but Bria Smith’s drive came up short and Rushdan seal the win with a free throw with 1.2 seconds left. Freshman Shawnta’ Dyer led the Cardinals (14-4, 3-2) with a season-high 16
points. No. 2 Notre Dame 76, Cincinnati 50 CINCINNATI — Natalie Novosel scored 21 points Saturday, and point guard Skylar Diggins steadied Notre Dame’s balanced offense with 11 assists, leading the Fighting Irish to a victory over Cincinnati. Notre Dame (17-1, 5-0 Big East) has won 19 straight games against teams from Ohio since 1993. No. 3 Connecticut 72, Villanova 49 VILLANOVA — Tiffany Hayes scored 14 of her 22 points in the second half to lead No. 3 Connecticut to a win over Villanova. Rachel Roberts scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who got within five points when two baskets by Emily Leer made it 41-36, but Connecticut (14-2 overall, 4-1 Big East) answered
sin-Green Bay to a victory over Detroit. Lydia Bauer added 16 points and Julie Wojta finished with 15 points and eight rebounds to help the Phoenix (15-0, 5-0 Horizon League) post a school-record 35th straight regular-season victory. Sarah Eichler had 13 points.
by scoring 12 of the next 15 points to retake control of the game. No. 4 Stanford 80, Colorado 54 BOULDER, Colo. — Joslyn Tinkle matched her career high with 20 points and No. 4 Stanford routed Colorado. Toni Kokenis and Chiney Ogwumike added 19 points each for Stanford (15-1, 6-0 Pac-12), which won its 12th in a row since its only loss of the season to Connecticut 68-58 on Nov. 21. Brittany Wilson and Jen Reese both scored 10 points for Colorado (13-3, 2-3), which was 11-0 before beginning league play.
The ball gets away as Louisville’s Becky Burke (11) collides with Rutgers’ Monique Oliver (34) and Khadijah Rushdan, center, during the second half Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.
Kansas State 62, No. 10 Texas Tech 61 LUBBOCK, Texas — Jalana Childs scored 23 points to lead Kansas State to a win over No. 10 Texas Tech, handing the Lady Raiders their second loss
in a row. Childs scored seven of the Wildcats’ last nine points to erase Texas Tech’s 58-53 lead. She hit two free throws with 1:43 to put Kansas State (13-3, 4-0) up for the first time since
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43-40 earlier in the half. No. 14 Wis.-Green Bay 68, Detroit 59 DETROIT — Adrian Ritchie scored 20 points to lead unbeaten and 14th-ranked Wiscon-
Saint Mary’s 66, No. 23 Gonzaga 63 SPOKANE, Wash. — Alex Carbonel scored 18 points and Saint Mary’s made four free throws in the last 25 seconds to beat No. 23 Gonzaga, ending the Bulldogs’ West Coast Conference winning streak at 34 games. Down eight with 1:27 to play, Gonzaga reeled off seven quick points before the Gaels’ Danielle Mauldin made two free throws with 23 seconds left. After Katelan Redmon’s basket made it 64-63 with 8.7 seconds to go, Jasmine Smith made two free throws with 8.3 remaining.