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Hurricanes Win 12th Straight

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The Associated Press

Published: December 24, 2007

CORAL GABLES - Jack McClinton forgot his game jersey. Luckily he remembered his shooting touch.

Forced to miss the game's first 2:44 after leaving his jersey in the dressing room, McClinton scored 17 points and No. 22 Miami defeated North Carolina A&T 95-64 Sunday to stretch its season-opening winning streak to 12 games.

"Coach gave us a pregame speech and I was zoning on it," McClinton said. "I was focused on the game."

McClinton made up for his brief memory lapse once he entered the game, going 6-for-10 from the field and 3-for-6 from 3-point range.
James Dews and Raymond Hicks each scored 16 points for the Hurricanes, who are two games shy of the school record for victories to open a season set in 2001-02.

"We weren't distracted. It's a tough time of the year," Miami head coach Frank Haith said. "A lot of these guys have plane tickets and are thinking about going home."

The Hurricanes opened the game on a 17-0 run in the first 5:07 and were never threatened. They shot a season-high 58 percent from the field to remain one of nine unbeaten Division I teams.

Down 45-25 at halftime, the Aggies (5-7) got no closer than 47-32 after James Porter's field goal 2:55 into the second half.

The Hurricanes countered with an 18-4 run in the next 5:09. Dews scored eight points, including two 3-pointers, during the spurt.

Austin Ewing led North Carolina A&T with 14 points.

WASHINGTON STATE 75, IDAHO STATE 45: Derrick Low scored 20 points and Kyle Weaver had 18 to lead No. 7 Washington State.

The Cougars (11-0) took control in the early going and coasted the rest of the way, leading by more than 20 points most of the second half.

Low was sharp, hitting five 3-pointers.

Weaver's turn came in the second half, when he scored seven of Washington State's first 13 points. His 3-pointer at the 16:03 mark put the Cougars up 47-23 and the Bengals (2-8) failed to get much closer the rest of the way.

Washington State shot 48.8 percent for the game, hit 50 percent (8-for-16) from 3-point range and had 11 steals.

The victory brought the Cougars one game shy of tying the best season-opening start in school history, a 12-0 run by the 1991-92 team.

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