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No. 2 UConn Tops No. 8 Gonzaga In OT

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The Associated Press

Published: December 21, 2008

SEATTLE - A.J. Price scored a season-high 24 points - including the 3-pointer that sent the game into overtime - and Jerome Dyson scored six of his 21 points in the extra period to rally No. 2 Connecticut to a wild, 88-83 victory against eighth-ranked Gonzaga on Saturday.

Dyson and Price rallied the Huskies (10-0) from 11 down with 12 minutes left.
Steven Gray scored a career-high 23 points for the Bulldogs (8-2), who fought through the foul trouble of leading scorer Josh Heytvelt but still lost for the second time in three games.
Gavin Edwards had 14 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and a key steal late in regulation, while Price added a career-best 10 assists.

NO. 1 NORTH CAROLINA 85,

VALPARAISO 63

CHICAGO - Tyler Hansbrough scored 25 points to help the Tar Heels overcome a poor start.

Hansbrough, who became North Carolina's career scoring leader Thursday night in a victory vs. Evansville, sparked runs at the end of the first half and beginning of the second.

North Carolina (11-0) won by double figures for the 11th straight game, tying a school record also held by the 1992-93 team that won the national championship.

Valparaiso (3-7) was facing the No. 1 team for the fifth straight season and the seventh time in school history. The Crusaders are now 0-7 in those games.

NO. 19 MICHIGAN STATE 67,

NO. 5 TEXAS 63

HOUSTON - Durrell Summers hit a 3-pointer with 18.6 seconds left, and the Spartans smothered Texas star guard A.J. Abrams to pull the upset at the Toyota Center.

Summers finished with 14 points and Goran Suton had 18 for the Spartans (8-2).

Gary Johnson scored a career-high 20 for Texas (9-2). Abrams, who averaged 28.5 points in his previous four games, went 3-for-10 from the field and scored eight points.

NO. 6 DUKE 82,

NO. 7 XAVIER 64

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Jon Scheyer matched his season high with 23 points, and the Blue Devils took a 31-point halftime lead on their way to an easy victory.

It never looked like a matchup of top-10 teams as the Blue Devils (10-1) were ahead 22-3 before Xavier (9-1) managed its first field goal, a layup by C.J. Anderson 5:54 into the game.

MINNESOTA 70,

NO. 9 LOUISVILLE 64

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Al Nolen scored 18 points, 13 from the free-throw line, and the Golden Gophers improved on their best start in more than three decades.

Blake Hoffarber came off the bench to score 15 for Minnesota, which hadn't won its first 10 games since starting 11-0 in 1976-77.

Terrence Williams scored 17 points and Earl Clark 16 for Louisville (7-2), which looked weary after crossing the country to play less than 48 hours after a game in Cincinnati.

The game was a reunion for Louisville's Rick Pitino and his former Kentucky assistant, Tubby Smith, who succeeded him at the helm in Lexington.

NO. 11 SYRACUSE 72,

NO. 23 MEMPHIS 65

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Jonny Flynn had 24 points and six assists, and Paul Harris added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Orange (11-1).

Flynn, who was questionable for the game because of an ailing hip, was 9-for-17 from the field.

Memphis (6-3) shot 34 percent from the field and was just 7-for-33 outside the 3-point arc.

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 88,

DELAWARE ST. 50

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Luke Harangody had 20 points and eight rebounds and Ryan Ayers added 18 points to lead No. 12 Notre Dame.

Notre Dame dominated inside, outscoring the Hornets in the paint 32-10 with a 41-24 rebounding advantage. Delaware State tried to slow Notre Dame's high-scoring offense with its slow, deliberate offense, but had minimal success because the Hornets couldn't slow Harangody.

NO. 13 PURDUE 76,

NO. 22 DAVIDSON 58

INDIANAPOLIS - Robbie Hummel had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Purdue (9-2) rolled to a 21-0 lead before hanging on against the Wildcats (8-2) in the Wooden Tradition.

Davidson star Stephen Curry, who entered the game averaging 31.9 points, scored 13 and made just five of 26 field-goal tries in one of the worst shooting games of his career.

NO. 15 GEORGETOWN 69,

MOUNT ST. MARY'S, MD. 58

WASHINGTON - Chris Wright scored 19 points, including seven during a decisive second-half run to help the Hoyas (8-1) avoid an upset.

The Hoyas shot a season-low 38 percent to beat the pesky Mountaineers (3-7), and the game was in doubt until Wright led an 11-1 spurt to take a 47-33 lead with 11:01 left. His off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock expiring game the Hoyas' their biggest lead of the game.

NO. 16 TENNESSEE 79,

BELMONT 77

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Bobby Maze hit a key 3-pointer as the Volunteers rallied from a six-point second-half deficit to get by a senior-laden Bruins team that had its chances.

Belmont cut a 75-69 deficit to one with 2:10 remaining, but Maze buried a 3-pointer to give the Vols (8-2) a 78-74 cushion. Senior guard Alex Renfroe had a career-high 30 points for the Bruins (4-4).

NO. 17 OHIO ST. 71, IONA 53

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Evan Turner had 21 points and ignited a second-half rally with nine points and two blocked shots to guide the Buckeyes to their 13th straight win.

Jon Diebler added 16 points and William Buford 10 for Ohio State (8-0), playing its first game without captain David Lighty, who could miss 12 weeks after breaking a bone in his foot.

NO. 20 ARIZONA STATE 76,

BYU 75

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Referees overturned a basket by BYU's Charles Abouo at the buzzer to preserve the Sun Devils' come-from-behind victory.

James Harden made the last of his 21 free-throw attempts with nine seconds left to give Arizona State (9-1) its first lead of the second half.

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