No. 1 Blue Devils crush Seton Hall
J.J. Redick scored 18 points and top-ranked Duke turned in an overwhelming defensive performance to rout Seton Hall, 93-40, in the quarterfinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off in Durham, N.C.
DeMarcus Nelson added 16 points for the Blue Devils (2-0), who advanced to the tournament semifinals in New York to face the winner of tonight's Sam Houston State-Drexel game.
Brian Laing scored 11 points to lead the Pirates (1-1), who missed 22 straight shots to fall behind by 30 at the break and ended up with the second-worst loss in program history. It is the biggest margin of defeat for Seton Hall since a 104-62 loss to Villanova in February 1972.
Texas 77, Samford 33 -- P.J. Tucker had 22 points and eight rebounds and No. 2 Texas got a near-record defensive performance in its win over Samford in the second round of the Guardians Classic tournament in Austin, Texas.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (2-0), who just missed having three players record double-doubles. Brad Buckman finished with 9 points and nine rebounds.
Travis Peterson scored 12 to lead Samford (1-1), which scored just 13 points in the first half, matching the second-fewest points allowed in a half by Texas since the 1949-50 season. The Texas record is 12, a mark accomplished twice, most recently in last season's 97-52 win over Centenary.
Arizona 104, Team Georgia 81 -- Chris Rodgers scored 22 points and Hassan Adams added 18, leading No. 10 Arizona to an exhibition victory over Team Georgia in Tucson.
Marcus Williams finished with 15 points for the Wildcats in their final preseason game before opening their season Nov. 21 against Kansas at the Maui Invitational.
Women's basketball
Oklahoma 74, New Mexico 63 -- Freshman Courtney Paris scored 26 points and had 18 rebounds for her third straight double-double of the season and No. 25 Oklahoma pulled away in the second half for a victory over New Mexico in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT in Albuquerque.
The Sooners (3-0) will play the winner of today's semifinal between No. 9 Connecticut and Boston College for the preseason tournament title.
Hockey
UMass-Dartmouth 3, Stonehill 0 -- Freshman goalie Jon Dryjowicz-Burek stopped 23 shots for his first collegiate shutout and Kyle McCullough got a goal and an assist to lift the Corsairs over the Skyhawks in Bridgewater.
Wentworth 6, Suffolk 5 -- Joey Sides and John Rocchio scored two goals each and Mark Cavanagh scored his first goal of the season in overtime to lift the host Leopards to victory over the Rams.
