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Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair caught the attention of the Hoyas, finishing with 20 points and 17 rebounds in the Panthers' win. (Joe Giza/Reuters) |
Men's Basketball roundup
Pitt answers skeptics with romp over Hoyas
From Staff And Wire Reports
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January 4, 2009
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Fourteen games into the season, No. 3 Pittsburgh took its first major test and passed it with plenty to spare - thanks to the inside muscle of DeJuan Blair.
Blair had 20 points and 17 rebounds to win his duel with Georgetown standout freshman Greg Monroe, and the No. 3 Panthers never trailed in yesterday's 70-54 win over the No. 11 Hoyas, ending Georgetown's 29-game home winning streak.
In a rematch of the last two Big East tournament championship games, Pittsburgh (14-0, 2-0) broke open a close contest with a 17-4 run midway through the second half. They dominated the Hoyas on the boards (46-21), in the paint (48-22), and with their depth (14-2 bench scoring).
DaJuan Summers scored 22 points to lead Georgetown, keeping his team in the game in the first half. Monroe added 15 points for the Hoyas (10-2, 1-1), who were dealt a sobering reality check five days after their road upset of No. 2 Connecticut.
The Panthers didn't face a ranked team while winning their first 13 games and had to overcome a 7-point second-half deficit to beat Rutgers Wednesday, but any doubts over a soft schedule were put to rest.
Blair set the tone early in both halves. He won the opening tip, scored the game's first points with a half-hook, then picked off a pass and made the score 4-0 with a layup. In the second half, he scored Pitt's first 7 points.
UConn 80, Rutgers 49 - Hasheem Thabeet led a balanced attack with 15 points and eight rebounds, and the second-ranked Huskies snapped back from their first loss with a rout of the Scarlet Knights in Storrs, Conn.
Jerome Dyson added 14 points and Jeff Adrien had 13 for UConn (12-1, 1-1 Big East). The loss was the third in a row to a highly ranked team for Rutgers (9-6, 0-2), which was beaten last Sunday by No. 1 North Carolina and lost Wednesday to No. 3 Pittsburgh.
UConn coach Jim Calhoun missed the second half with an illness, but still moved into a tie with Lefty Driesell for seventh place on the NCAA career wins list with 786.
Wake Forest 94, BYU 87 - Jeff Teague scored 30 points and the No. 6 Demon Deacons (13-0) broke a tie with a late 8-0 run to beat the Cougars (11-2), ending the nation's longest home winning streak at 53, dating to the opener of the 2005-06 season.
St. John's 71, Notre Dame 65 - D.J. Kennedy scored 20 points, including four free throws in the final 15 seconds, and had 10 rebounds to help the host Red Storm (10-4, 1-1 Big East) upset the No. 7 Fighting Irish.
Luke Harangody had 28 points and 14 rebounds for Notre Dame (10-3, 1-1).
Michigan St. 77,
Kansas 92, Tennessee 85 - Sherron Collins had 26 points and nine assists, and Cole Aldrich had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help the Jayhawks (10-3) knock off the No. 14 Volunteers (9-3) for their 32d straight win at Allen Fieldhouse.
Oklahoma 93, Coppin St. 62 - Tony Crocker scored 20 points to lead the No. 4 Sooners (13-1) to a rout of the visiting Eagles (2-11).
Clemson 79, East Carolina 66 - Sophomore reserve Jerai Grant had a career-high 14 points and the No. 20 Tigers improved to 14-0 for the second time in three years by beating the visiting Pirates (8-5).
Minnesota 68, Ohio St. 59 - Lawrence Westbrook scored 15 points and the 21st-ranked Gophers (13-1, 1-1 Big Ten) wore down the No. 24 Buckeyes (10-2, 1-1) in Minneapolis.
Xavier 84, Virginia 70 - B.J. Raymond hit four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, leading the No. 22 Musketeers (11-2) over the host Cavaliers (6-5). Northeastern 60, William & Mary 44 - Matt Janning scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, as the host Huskies (7-5, 2-0 Colonial Athletic) pulled away to down the Tribe (5-7, 0-2).
Providence 62, DePaul 54 - Weyinmi Efejuku scored 18 points to lead four Friars in double figures as Providence (10-4, 2-0 Big East) edged the visiting Blue Demons (8-7, 0-2).
URI 79, Akron 50 - Delroy James and Keith Cothran each scored 16 points to help the Rams (10-4) extend their home win streak to 13 against nonconference opponents.
Binghamton 70, Maine 62 - D.J. Rivera scored 24 points, helping the visiting Bearcats (8-4, 1-0 America East) hand the Black Bears (5-9, 0-1) their fifth straight loss. Freshman guard Gerald McLemore scored 16 points for Maine.
Vermont 73, NJIT 47 - Marqus Blakely scored 15 points and added nine rebounds and the host Catamounts (9-4) won for the fifth time in six games with a rout of the Highlanders (0-14).
Hartford 64, Albany 54 - Morgan Sabia scored 16 points to pace the host Hawks (5-9, 1-0 America East) past the Great Danes (8-6, 0-1).
Army 61, Dartmouth 54 - Cleveland Richard scored 20 points and the Black Knights (4-9) handed the host Big Green (2-10) their fifth straight loss.
Yale 86, MIT 63 - Jordan Gibson scored 13 points and the host Bulldogs (3-9) overcame Jimmy Bartolotta's 32 points to down the Engineers (7-4).
Stonehill 78, Bentley 65 - Nick Smith came off the bench to score 18 points and the visiting Skyhawks (10-2, 5-2 Northeast-10) stopped the Falcons (9-4, 3-3).
UMass-Lowell 83, Saint Michael's 47 - Victor Colon finished with 19 points and eight rebounds and the River Hawks (9-3, 4-3 NE-10) raced past the visiting Knights (5-5, 3-5).
Salem St. 83, Curry 70 - Brian Clark (15 points, 10 rebounds) powered the Vikings (10-2) over the host Colonels (2-7).
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