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No. 2 Memphis Halts Cincinnati

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The Associated Press

Published: December 20, 2007

CINCINNATI - Freshman guard Derrick Rose scored a career-high 26 points Wednesday night, steadying No. 2 Memphis in a 79-69 victory against Cincinnati.

Memphis improved to 9-0 for the first time since 1985-86, when the Tigers won their first 20 games, a school record. This one didn't come so easily.

Struggling Cincinnati (4-6) kept it close by taking advantage of two second-half technical fouls and the Tigers' inability to sustain anything for more than a few minutes.

NORTH CAROLINA 88, NICHOLLS STATE 78: Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points and showed no ill effects from a weekend concussion to help No. 1 North Carolina (10-0) beat visiting Nicholls State (4-8).
Wayne Ellington added 20 points for the Tar Heels, who played at home for the first time in a month after six straight games away from the Smith Center. But North Carolina looked lethargic against the determined Colonels, who hung around.

MICHIGAN STATE 85, SAN JOSE STATE 45: Raymar Morgan and Durrell Summers both scored 16 points and Drew Neitzel added 14 to help No. 9 Michigan State (10-1) beat visiting San Jose State (3-5).

Morgan was 6-for-10 from the field and Neitzel was 6-for-9 for Michigan State.

TENNESSEE 86, UNC-ASHEVILLE 73: Chris Lofton scored 24 points and became Tennessee's all-time 3-point shooter in the process, leading the No. 12 Volunteers (10-1) past visiting UNC-Asheville (8-3).

J. P. Prince added 13 points and seven assists for the Volunteers, who played their only December home game. Tennessee has won 23 consecutive games at Thompson-Boling Arena.

TEXAS A&M 79, DETROIT 39: Freshman DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 14 Texas A&M (10-1) past visiting Detroit (4-7).

Jordan, who leads the nation in field-goal percentage, missed only the last of his eight shots.

BUTLER 83, BRADLEY 64: A.J. Graves scored 21 points and freshman Mike Green had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 16 Butler (10-1) past visiting Bradley (7-4).

WEST VIRGINIA 90, RADFORD 60: Darris Nichols and Alex Ruoff both scored 23 points to lead No. 24 West Virginia (9-1) past host Radford (4-9).

TAMPA 69, HAWAII PACIFIC 56: Tampa (5-2) started the game on a 14-0 run to beat Hawaii Pacific (3-4) in Laie, Hawaii, late Tuesday night.

Tampa's Johnathan Ball scored 17 of his game-high 19 points in the second half. Jeremy Black and Chris Evans added 15 and 14 respectively.

Women

SOUTH FLORIDA 74, BELMONT 55: Center Jessica Lawson led South Florida with 19 points and seven rebounds as the Bulls (9-2) extended their winning streak to seven games by beating Belmont (6-7) in USF's final game of the Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico.

Guard Shantia Grace added 18 points and four steals.

LSU 63, MIAMI 52: Quianna Chaney scored 16 points, and Sylvia Fowles had 13 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 8 LSU (8-2) beat Miami (5-7) in the Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico.

BAYLOR 69, TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 42: Danielle Wilson had 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 11 Baylor (8-1) past visiting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-8).

AUBURN 80, SAM HOUSTON STATE 36: DeWanna Bonner scored 24 points as No. 16 Auburn (11-1) defeated host Sam Houston State (1-10).

OHIO STATE 84, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 50: Freshman center Jantel Lavender had 16 points and 10 rebounds as No. 18 Ohio State (8-2) defeated visiting Youngstown State (5-6).

OKLAHOMA STATE 77, NORTH TEXAS 55: Andrea Riley scored 27 points and No. 20 Oklahoma State (9-1) beat host North Texas (5-7) to rebound from its first loss of the season a night earlier.

SAINT LEO 74, ASHLAND 69: Senior Amanda Holloway scored a game-high 21 points and junior Melissa Guerero added a career-high 19 points to lead Saint Leo (6-2) past Ashland (6-5) in the Florida Southern Classic in Lakeland.

The Lions will conclude the FSC Classic today when they face Georgia Southwestern State at 5:30 p.m.

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