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UConn Gets 13th Straight Win

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The Associated Press

Published: February 15, 2009

NEWARK, N.J. - Hasheem Thabeet had career highs of 25 points and 20 rebounds and just missed his second triple-double in two weeks with nine blocks, helping No. 1 Connecticut win its 13th straight game, 62-54 against Seton Hall on Saturday.

The 7-foot-3 Thabeet was 10-for-13 from the field and dominated again inside for the Huskies (24-1, 12-1 Big East), who matched the 1995-96 team for the best start in school history.
Jeff Adrien had 14 points and 15 rebounds - his 44th career double-double - for Connecticut, which finished with a 55-43 rebounds advantage and blocked 11 shots.

John Garcia had a career-high 22 points and had 15 rebounds for the Pirates (14-10, 5-7), who had won their last six, all in the Big East.

It was Connecticut's first game since losing second-leading scorer Jerome Dyson.

NO. 2 OKLAHOMA 95,

TEXAS TECH 74

NORMAN, Okla. - Blake Griffin set career highs with 40 points and 23 rebounds to break a school record with his 22nd double-double of the season in the Sooners' 13th consecutive win.

Griffin became the third player for Oklahoma (25-1, 11-0 Big 12) to record at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in a game, joining Wayman Tisdale and Alvan Adams.
Nick Okorie scored a career-high 24 points to lead Texas Tech (12-13, 2-8) in its 11th straight road loss.

NO. 4 PITTSBURGH 85,

CINCINNATI 69

PITTSBURGH - Sam Young scored 18 points and DeJuan Blair had 17 to lead the Panthers to their fifth consecutive win and into a showdown Monday with top-ranked UConn.

Jermaine Dixon added 14 points and Gilbert Brown had 12 for the Panthers (23-2, 10-2 Big East), who shot a season-best 67.4 percent from the field.

Mike Williams had 17 points and Larry Davis had 13 for Cincinnati (17-9, 7-6). The Bearcats came into the game having won three in a row and five of six, but they still lack a signature win a victory at a top-five team would give.

NO. 8 MEMPHIS 72,

SOUTHERN MISS 47

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Tyreke Evans scored 19 points, including nine in a row during the clinching run, and Antonio Anderson and Robert Dozier added 12 apiece to lead the Tigers.

Evans' personal 9-2 run early in the second half helped Memphis (22-3, 10-0 C-USA) to their 16th consecutive win and the team's three seniors to their 126th victory, tying the school record.

Jeremy Wise scored 15 points and Courtney Beasley added 12 for Southern Miss (13-11, 3-7).

NO. 10 MARQUETTE 73,

ST. JOHN'S 59

MILWAUKEE - Jerel McNeal scored 20 points, helping No. 10 Marquette snap a two-game losing streak with victory vs. St. John's.

Lazar Hayward scored 18 and Dominic James added 14 for the Golden Eagles (21-4, 10-2 Big East), who played better defense than they had in back-to-back road losses and pulled away from St. John's with several scoring spurts from their high-octane offense.

Paris Horne scored 23 for St. John's (12-13, 3-10), which has lost four straight.

ARIZONA 84,

NO. 11 UCLA 72

TUCSON, Ariz. - Nic Wise scored 26 points and Jordan Hill had 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Wildcats to their seventh win in a row.

Arizona (18-8, 8-5 Pac-10) broke an eight-game losing streak to the Bruins, who were swept in the desert for the first time since 2005.

Darren Collison scored 26 for UCLA (19-6, 8-4), who trailed by as many as 25 in the second half before a late rally twice cut it to nine.

NO. 14 XAVIER 88,

FORDHAM 53

CINCINNATI - Brad Redford matched his career high with 15 points, all from behind the arc, and the Musketeers recovered from back-to-back losses with a dominating second half.

Xavier (21-4, 9-2 Atlantic 10) hasn't lost three in a row since early in the 2004-05 season, and were never in trouble against the Rams (3-19, 1-9), who start a pair of freshmen and two sophomores. Fordham has lost four in a row, all by at least 23 points.

NO. 16 KANSAS 85,

KANSAS ST. 74

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Cole Aldrich had 21 points, Sherron Collins added 19 and the Jayhawks used their stingy defense to rally from a 16-point first-half deficit against K-State.

Coming off a last-second, 62-60 loss at Missouri on Monday, Kansas (20-5, 9-1 Big 12) shot 56 percent to reach 20 wins for the 20th straight season. Marcus Morris had 15 points and Brady Morningstar 12 for Kansas, which has won 38 of the past 40 meetings against Kansas State.

Denis Clemente had 26 points and Jacob Pullen added 22 for the Wildcats (17-8, 6-5), who were 9-for-28 from the floor in the second half.

NO. 17 MISSOURI 70,

NEBRASKA 47

COLUMBIA, Mo. - DeMarre Carroll and reserve Matt Lawrence had 13 points apiece to help the Tigers (22-4, 9-2 Big 12) win their 17th straight at home with a win against Nebraska (15-8, 5-5).

J.T. Tiller added 11 points and Marcus Denmon 10 for Missouri, which has won nine of 10 since losing by five points in the Big 12 opener at Nebraska on Jan. 10.

NO. 20 PURDUE 49,

IOWA 45

IOWA CITY, Iowa - E'Twaun Moore scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Boilermakers held their second straight opponent to less than 50 points to break a two-game slide.

JaJuan Johnson added 13 points, including a key jumper with 1:26 left. Two late defensive stops by Purdue (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) helped stave off a rally by the Hawkeyes (13-13, 3-10), who lost for the sixth time in seven games.

BOISE STATE 66,

NO. 21 UTAH STATE 56

BOISE, Idaho - Mark Sanchez scored 20 points, Anthony Thomas had 18 and Boise State (17-7, 7-4 WAC) snapped the longest winning streak in the nation with a victory against Utah State (24-2, 12-1).

NO. 23 SYRACUSE 98,

GEORGETOWN 94

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Jonny Flynn had 25 points and Eric Devendorf scored 23, and the two Syracuse stars combined for 14 points in overtime to lead the Orange (19-7, 7-6 Big East).

Chris Wright's 3 with 10.7 left sent the game to overtime for Georgetown (13-10, 4-8), which has dropped seven of eight. Wright finished with 25 points before fouling out.

WISCONSIN 55,

NO. 24 OHIO STATE 50

MADISON, Wis. - Marcus Landry scored 17 points, and Joe Krabbenhoft made a key 3-pointer and steal down the stretch to help Wisconsin (16-9, 7-6 Big Ten) beat Ohio State (17-6, 7-5) for its fourth straight win.

BARRY 60, TAMPA 53

MIAMI SHORES - Karega Tucker scored 14 points as Barry (9-14, 4-8, SSC) ended Tampa's four-game winning streak.

The Spartans (13-8, 6-5) were led by Rashad Callaway, who had 15 points, but the team shot only 35 percent from the field, and 28 percent from 3-point range in the loss.

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