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Georgetown Tops Alabama

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The Associated Press

Published: December 6, 2007

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - DaJuan Summers had 18 points and nine rebounds and No. 5 Georgetown dominated down the stretch to beat Alabama 70-60 in the first game of the SEC/Big East Invitational on Wednesday night.

The Hoyas (6-0) went on a 14-1 run after the Crimson Tide (4-3) briefly took the lead in the final minutes, giving up only a free throw before allowing a last-second basket in the final four minutes.

Georgetown turned up the defensive heat against an Alabama team relying heavily on freshmen, forcing bad passes and tough shots.
Roy Hibbert added 14 points, nine boards and four blocked shots for the Hoyas. He was 8-for-12 from the free-throw line as the smaller Tide mostly denied the 7-foot-2 center the ball or fouled him when he got it around the basket.
Richard Hendrix led Alabama with 17 points and nine boards.

KANSAS 85, EASTERN WASHINGTON 47: Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson dominated inside and No. 3 Kansas (8-0) cruised to an easy victory against undersized Eastern Washington (3-7).

TEXAS 88, NORTH TEXAS 72: D.J. Augustin had 29 points and 10 assists and No. 4 Texas ran its record to 8-0, three days after pulling off one of the Longhorns' biggest road wins in recent years at UCLA.

PITT 73, DUQUESNE 68: Levance Fields scored four consecutive points in the final minute and No. 12 Pittsburgh (8-0) held off a frantic rally by city rival Duquesne (6-2) to remain unbeaten.

CLEMSON 82, E. CAROLINA 67: Freshman Terrence Oglesby hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points to lead No. 18 Clemson (8-0).

XAVIER 79, CREIGHTON 66: Drew Lavender scored 17 points in a tone-setting first half, and No. 21 Xavier (7-1) used another balanced, blink-of-an-eye run to set up a victory vs. Creighton (5-1).

VANDY 83, WAKE FOREST 80: A.J. Ogilvy made a hook shot with 30 seconds to play and then hit two free throws to seal No. 23 Vanderbilt's win vs. Wake Forest (5-2) as the Commodores improved to 8-0.

Women

TENNESSEE 83, OLD DOMINION 51: Angie Bjorklund scored 19 points and Candace Parker added 14 as top-ranked Tennessee (7-0) beat No. 24 Old Dominion (6-3).

UCONN 75, VIRGINIA 45: Tina Charles scored 18 points and Brittany Hunter added 14 as No. 2 Connecticut beat Virginia (6-4), moving to 7-0 for the 12th time since 1994.

MARYLAND 74, MIDDLE TENN. 69: Kristi Toliver scored 19 points and started a late 11-0 run to help No. 3 Maryland (11-1) hold off an upset bid by Middle Tennessee (3-4).

AUBURN 99, COLGATE 47: Freshman Ruth Ketcham scored 26 points to lead No. 14 Auburn (9-0) to a win vs. Colgate (1-8).

NOTRE DAME 86, BOWLING GREEN 84: Charel Allen's jumper with 1 second left in overtime gave No. 16 Notre Dame (7-1) a win against Bowling Green (6-1).

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