Matt Janning scored 16 points and the Northeastern men's basketball team held off a late charge by New Hampshire to earn a 62-57 victory last night at Durham, N.H.
The Huskies (3-4) breezed to a 38-24 halftime lead, shooting 52 percent while holding the Wildcats to just 29 percent from the field.
Northeastern's hot shooting carried over to the second half. Johan Gunterberg knocked down a 3-pointer with 14 minutes remaining for a 48-34 Northeastern advantage.
But the Wildcats found their range and went on a 21-8 run, cutting the deficit to one, 56-55, on a Tyrece Gibbs 3-pointer with 4:30 remaining.
That's as close as they would come, however, as Northeastern's Matt Smith hit a 3-pointer to make it 60-55 with 3:26 remaining, and UNH (3-4) missed its final three shots with a chance to tie down the stretch.
Mike Christensen led the Wildcats with 17 points.
Dartmouth 70, UC Davis 67 - At Hanover, N.H., Johnathan Ball and DeVon Mosley each scored 13 points, and the Big Green (4-4) shot 56.9 percent from the field and hit their final six shots of the game to earn the victory.
Vince Oliver scored 19 points for UC Davis (4-4).
Brown 86, Quinnipiac 79 - Mark McAndrew scored 21 points and Damon Huffman added 18 as the Bears (4-3) beat the Bobcats (2-4) in overtime at Hamden, Conn.
Indiana 84, Tennessee St. 72 - D.J. White scored a career-high 29 points and the No. 15 Hoosiers (7-1) survived an injury to high-scoring freshman Eric Gordon to prevail at Bloomington, Ind.
Gordon left the game with about 6 minutes left in the first half after he fell hard to the floor. He didn't return in the second half.
Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson said Gordon, who came into the game averaging 26.6 points per game, suffered a bruised back and would probably play Saturday against Kentucky.
Dorrell dismissed
UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell was fired, a day after the Bruins accepted a bowl bid and two days after a loss to cross-town rival Southern California.
Dorrell was let go despite leading the Bruins to a postseason game in each of his five seasons.
The 43-year-old Dorrell, a former UCLA player who previously had not held a head coaching job, had a 35-27 record.
The Bruins (6-6) will play BYU (10-2) in the Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 22. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero said Dorrell will decide whether he wants to coach that game and, if not, defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker will serve as interim coach.
BC's Ryan honored
Boston College's Matt Ryan was named the winner of the Johnny Unitas Gold Arm Award, given annually to the top senior quarterback in college football. Ryan has thrown for 4,258 yards and 28 touchdowns this season, both school records. He will be honored at a ceremony in Baltimore Dec. 7 . . . LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey won the Bronco Nagurski Trophy as college football's top defensive player . . . UNH quarterback Ricky Santos of Bellingham was named to the FCS All-New England team as selected by the New England football writers. Other notables selected to the team include Northeastern running back Maurice Murray, Yale running back Mike McLeod, Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph, and Harvard receiver Corey Mazza. Complete list, D10 . . . Southern Connecticut State quarterback Steve Armstrong, who threw 31 touchdown passes this season as a junior, was named the recipient of the Division 2-3 Gold Helmet Award.
