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The Associated Press

Published: December 29, 2007

ORLANDO - Jerome Dyson scored 23 points to lead five University of Connecticut players in double figures Friday as the Huskies defeated UCF 85-82.

UConn led by three early in the second half but used an 8-2 run to take a 56-46 lead it would never relinquish.

A.J. Price scored five points during that stretch, hitting a 3-pointer and a driving layup. He scored 13 points while Jeff Adrien finished with 16 points and nine rebounds.

The Huskies made eight of 14 shots from 3-point range to finish above 50 percent shooting threes for the first time this season.

UCF, which lost for the fourth time in five games, stayed close with good perimeter shooting, as the Knights equaled a season high by hitting 10 three-point shots.

Jermaine Taylor hit four 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 30 points. Largo graduate Mike O'Donnell added 20 for the Knights.

BUTLER 57, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 55: A.J. Graves sank a halfcourt shot at the buzzer to lift No. 16 Butler to a win against Southern Illinois.

Wesley Clemmons made a 3-pointer with just over a minute remaining to give the Salukis a 55-52 lead but Mike Green converted a layup for the Bulldogs.

Southern Illinois' Tyrone Green then missed a free throw, setting the stage for Graves' shot.

MISSISSIPPI 78, SOUTHERN MISS 58: Chris Warren scored 17 points, Dwayne Curtis added 15 and No. 22 Mississippi (12-0) set a school record for consecutive wins to start the season.

RHODE ISLAND 92, EASTERN MICHIGAN 75: Will Daniels and Jimmy Baron scored 18 points each to lead No. 25 Rhode Island past Eastern Michigan.
LSU Women Upset By Middle Tennessee
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Amber Holt scored a career-high 41 points and added nine rebounds to help Middle Tennessee upset No. 8 LSU 67-56.

Holt finished one shy of the school record for most points in a game, which was set by Kim Webb in 1987 against Eastern Kentucky.

The senior guard finished 15-for-25 from the floor for Middle Tennessee (7-5), which snapped the Lady Tigers' (9-3) six-game winning streak.

DUKE 84, HOUSTON 68: Joy Cheek had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 13 Duke past Houston.

TEXAS A&M 69, TEXAS-ARLINGTON 55: Danielle Gant had 22 points and eight rebounds to help No. 14 Texas A&M beat Texas-Arlington. Gant also had five assists.

AUBURN 66, DAVIDSON 59: Freshman Alli Smalley scored 15 points and Sherell Hobbs added 12 to help No. 15 Auburn hold off Davidson in the Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic.

OLD DOMINION 71, KENTUCKY 62: T.J. Jordan scored 22 points to lead No. 23 Old Dominion past Kentucky.

The Lady Monarchs (8-3) now have won five of their last six games while Kentucky (4-7) has lost three straight.

OKLAHOMA STATE 83, ORAL ROBERTS 65: Danielle Green scored a season-high 22 points, Andrea Riley added 19 points and No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Oral Roberts for its 22nd straight nonconference home win.

COLORADO 81, SOUTHERN UTAH 38: Jackie McFarland scored 22 points and Brittany Spears added 17, guiding No. 25 Colorado to a win over Southern Utah.

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