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No. 5 Duke routs BC, ties for ACC lead (AP)

BOSTON (AP)—For a change, Duke didn’t have to puncture itself out of a hole.
Its invulnerability took caring of that by smothering Boston College.

The No. 5 Blue Devils, entrance off uninterrupted wins with late rallies, held
the Eagles to their lowest indicate sum this deteriorate in a 75-50 feat on Sunday
night. Seth Curry had 18 points and Austin Rivers scored 16, though invulnerability was the
big difference.

Duke altered a proceed after descending behind 13-7 as BC done a first
five shots. It strike only 10 of 39 a rest of a way.

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No. 5 Duke routs BC, ties for ACC lead (AP)

“We didn’t give adult 3s,” Duke manager Mike Krzyzewski said. “It’s only an
unconventional offense for us to defend, and to reason them to a 50 points, we
were pleased. And we didn’t give adult many second shots.”

BC managed only dual descent rebounds and was beaten 45-21 off a boards.
The Blue Devils were never in risk of descending into a third true huge
deficit.

They had come from 20 points behind in a final 11 1/2 mins to beat
North Carolina State 78-73 on Thursday night. Eight days earlier, they had
rallied from 10 points down with 2 1/2 mins left to kick North Carolina
85-84.

But opposite BC, Duke went forward for good on a layup by Rivers mid through
the initial half, 15-13, led 30-21 during mangle and stretched that to 28 points
midway by a second half.

“I was unequivocally gratified we got a large operative margin, though I’m still worried,”
Krzyzewski said. “I wish us to demeanour good all a time. We got a small sloppy
there for a notation and afterwards a kids picked it adult again. It’s not point
differential or anything. Whoever’s playing, we wish them to be sharp.”

Duke (23-4, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) pulled into a tie for a league
lead with North Carolina and Florida State with a fourth true win after a
78-74 overtime detriment to Miami. But Krzyzewski doesn’t consider his organisation is playing
as good as a Top 5 organisation should, generally after committing 18 turnovers against
BC.

“They’re a good group. We’re only not some form of juggernaut,” he said.
“We’ll have spurts of unequivocally good defense. Our resilient has gotten better.
Until today, we were holding unequivocally good caring of a ball.”

Boston College (8-19, 3-10) was led by Ryan Anderson with 21 points and
eight rebounds. The beginner had a season-high 22 in BC’s final game, an 81-65
loss during Maryland. Matt Humphrey combined 12 points as BC mislaid for a ninth time in
10 games and is 1-10 opposite Duke given fasten a ACC.

“We apparently came out and played flattering well,” Eagles manager Steve Donahue
said. “I suspicion we continued to govern good by a rest of a first
half though we strike a dry spell.”

Duke’s invulnerability was so effective that a Eagles went though a basket for
more than 14 mins after holding a 13-7 lead on a 3-pointer by Anderson with
16:34 left in a initial half. They didn’t get another margin idea until a 3 by
Humphrey cut a lead to 25-19 with 2:21 to play before a break.

“It’s always frustrating when we govern offensively and we don’t get the
ball to go in a basket,” Anderson said. “We let it get to us.”

The Blue Devils kept blanketing a Eagles, who didn’t get their first
basket of a second half until Humphrey strike another 3 with 16:43 left in the
game. That was only BC’s fourth margin idea in a camber of only underneath 20 minutes.

By that time Duke, that scored a initial 6 points after intermission, led
39-25. It was 46-31 when Duke unequivocally took control with a 13-0 run that done it
59-31 with 8:16 remaining. It used a long-distance shooting—it leads a ACC
in 3-pointers made—to lift away.

Curry started a swell with a four-point play. Ryan Kelly afterwards connected on
a straightaway 3 and Andre Dawkins followed with a 3 from a left corner. Curry
then finished a run with a three-point play on a pushing layup and a free
throw.

The Blue Devils got a shock early in a initial half when Miles Plumlee left
after apparently removing poked in a eye. But he returned a few mins later
and finished a half with a thespian dunk.

Rivers attempted a prolonged 3-pointer that missed, though Plumlee raced toward the
basket and pressed in a miscarry with 2 seconds to go.

“I was disturbed about tonight’s game, generally in expectation of the
Florida State diversion on Thursday night,” Krzyzewski said. “At this time of the
year a lot of bizarre things occur in college basketball since nobody’s going
to give adult and if we disremember anybody there’s a good possibility you’re going to get
beat. And we didn’t disremember Boston College and came divided with a unequivocally good
win.”

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Spartans stay in Big Ten driver’s chair (AP)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)—Michigan State manager Tom Izzo called out his
star actor during halftime Sunday.

Draymond Green’s response exceeded even Izzo’s expectations.

Green scored 20 points, had 10 rebounds, 7 assists and almost
single-handedly tighten down Purdue’s Robbie Hummel in a second half, heading No.
7 Michigan State to a pivotal 76-62 feat over a short-handed Boilermakers.

“I told him `We’re going to put a group on your back,’ and child did he
answer a bell,” Izzo said. “We wanted a round in his hands a lot, and we
put it there. we usually suspicion he finished some big-time plays.”

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Spartans stay in Big Ten drivers seat (AP)

Green’s energetic bid couldn’t have come during a improved time for the
Spartans, either.

Sunday’s feat gives Michigan State (22-5, 11-3) a one-game lead in the
conference pretension competition over No. 6 Ohio State and No. 17 Michigan with 4 games
remaining—at Minnesota, home opposite Nebraska, during No. 18 Indiana and a
season-ending rematch in East Lansing opposite a Buckeyes.

And a Spartans are in a driver’s chair interjection to Green.

The comparison brazen scored 14 of his 20 points in a second half, and more
importantly figure out how to extent Hummel’s scoring chances though getting
into tainted trouble. It was something he listened about during halftime.

“He (Izzo) pronounced `I’m severe you, we gave adult 18 points and that’s not
all you, though that is your man,”’ Green said. “You know that’s inexcusable. You
can’t give adult 18 points to anyone in a half.”

When Green and a Spartans returned for a second half, they finished the
necessary changes and reverted to their some-more normal form of tough, physical
defense with a winning opening on a glass.

Without dual of their tip scorers, a Boilermakers (17-10, 7-7) had no
chance to recover. Hummel finished with 24 points, usually 6 in a second half,
and Lewis Jackson had 15, though a Boilermakers were cursed after going 1 of 23
from a margin to open a second half.

Sure, things competence have incited out differently if Purdue had starting guard
Kelsey Barlow and pivotal swingman D.J. Byrd assisting out. But they weren’t around.
Barlow was booted off a group Friday and Byrd was dangling for this game
following an occurrence outward a internal bar. It was a deleterious blow to a team
still wanting wins to stir a NCAA contest preference committee.

“Distractions kill you,” Izzo said. “The pursuit he (Purdue manager Matt
Painter) and his staff did to get his group prepared to play underneath a circumstance
was incredible. we contend that not out of fondness somebody, we contend it out of
experience. Been there and finished that. we give Matt and his staff and Hummel, what
a warrior, a lot of credit for what they did given they outplayed us for over
half that game.”

Hummel desperately attempted to keep his group tighten after going 0 for 11 from
the margin and finishing with usually dual points in an 83-58 detriment final month during East
Lansing. The comparison category was perplexing to collect adult a 100th career win, and Purdue
was looking for a initial three-game winning strain given November.

The deplorable second-half sharpened thwarted any chance.

“I suspicion we got a lot of good shots around a rim,” Hummel said.

They usually didn’t fall.

Hummel rallied a Boilermakers after Michigan State went on an early 10-0
run and by halftime, Hummel had a Boilermakers in front 38-35 opposite a team
that was permitting usually 58.5 points per game.

But when Izzo went to a locker room, he challenged Green and his teammates
to start personification Michigan State defense.

“It was like `What’s going on here? This is not us,”’ pronounced Austin
Thornton, who had a career-high 17 points. “We’ve been a very, very, really good
defensive group this year, and we had to make some adjustments, that we
discussed during halftime.”

The changes flipped a game.

Thornton non-stop a second half with a mid-range jumper and Derrick Nix
followed that with a layup to make it 39-38. Keith Appling afterwards strike 1 of 2 free
throws, Brandon Wood knocked down a 3-pointer and Thornton scored on a putback
to make it 45-38 with 14:35 to go.

Hummel finally pennyless a shutout with dual giveaway throws and Ryne Smith knocked
down a 3-pointer, Purdue’s initial basket of a second half, with 13:05 to go to
make it 45-43.

Then Michigan State went on a 17-3 run to build a 62-46 lead with 7:09 left,
and Purdue never got closer than 8 a rest of a way.

“We were as dissapoint as manager was with a initial half, and a lot of that was
my fault,” Green said. “So he did plea me, and we responded.”

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No. 2 Syracuse beats Rutgers, now 27-1 (AP)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)—There’s no list on any circular house designating
which Syracuse actor should be a one to make a large play.

The second-ranked Orange seem to be a group unequivocally gentle with a depth
and miss of star appetite and they looked that approach in a 74-64 feat over Rutgers
on Sunday.

It might have been a third tighten diversion for Syracuse in a final four, but
they have all been wins and this one creates it 7 true given a usually loss
of a season—at Notre Dame.

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No. 2 Syracuse beats Rutgers, now 27 1 (AP)

“This team’s finished plays when games have been tighten late,” Syracuse coach
Jim Boeheim said. “Veteran guys make plays. Everybody’s pronounced all along `OK
who’s going to make plays?’ We got a lot of guys who creates plays. we consider that’s
going to be a good thing. It has been a good thing for us and that’s because where
we’re at—different guys can make plays.”

C.J. Fair scored a career-high 21 points and Scoop Jardine combined 17,
including a dagger 3-pointer with 1:11 to play.

Jardine sat in front of his locker with a grin as he answered questions
about a large shot, a one that finished him a man who finished a large play.

“I’ve finished that a integrate of times in my career,” he pronounced with a wink.
“It’s doing what we know we should. we was pushing all diversion so he was backing
off me and we got some space and had a certainty to strike it in.”

Fair had no problem with Jardine, who had 7 assists, sketch the
postgame attention.

“He finished a integrate of large shots,” Fair said. “We unequivocally executed today.”

Jardine had some high regard for Fair, whose prior career-high was 17
points opposite Rutgers final season.

“He’s a man we have to have if you’re going to win a national
championship,” Jardine pronounced of Fair, one of those sparkling open-court players
who isn’t labeled with a position. “He can’t be stopped and we know I’m always
looking for him. He’s been sharpened a round great.”

The Orange (27-1, 14-1), who have 7 players averaging between 14.0 and
7.0 points, softened their lead in a Big East standings to 2 1-2 games over
No. 12 Marquette and No. 23 Notre Dame.

The Scarlet Knights (12-15, 4-10) had some success this deteriorate opposite some
of a improved teams in a country. They kick dual Top Ten teams during home—
Florida and Connecticut—and they were right there with a Orange, who have
won 12 true games in a series.

“I suspicion as distant as a quarrel and a compete, this was substantially one of
the some-more unchanging games we’ve played all month,” Rutgers manager Mike Rice
said. “We only didn’t finish plays.”

And Rice concurred that Syracuse has so many options.

“Their depth,” he said. “You only don’t know where it’s entrance from, you
just don’t know where you’re removing strike at.”

Gilvydas Biruta matched his career high with 21 points for Rutgers, which
was within dual points 4 times from a 8:45 symbol until there was 3:08 to
play.

The Scarlet Knights couldn’t tie a diversion or take a lead on seven
possessions with a two-point deficit.

The final time they got that tighten was 64-62 with 3:08 left.

“Our guys kept a fighter’s mentality. They didn’t behind down,” Rice said.
“It wasn’t a negative, undone reaction. I’ve been operative on that, have an
edge, have a passion though don’t turn frustrated. That’s greedy and takes away
your energy.”

Jardine strike a jumper 25 seconds after to make it a four-point game. Rutgers
turned a round over and afterwards got a mangle when Dion Waiters missed dual free
throws with 1:54 to go.

Eli Carter missed a 3-point try for Rutgers and after a timeout by
Syracuse, Jardine drilled a 3 from a conduct of a pivotal with 1:11 left and the
Orange had a 69-62 lead.

Fair pronounced a tighten games—a three-point overtime win over No. 10
Georgetown and a two-point win during No. 19 Louisville—have been good for the
Orange.

“To tell we a law it’s always improved to win tighten games,” he said
when asked about a disproportion of winning all those blowouts this season. “You
get experience. You get momentum. You get certainty in box it occurs again.”

Kris Joseph combined 14 points for Syracuse, that was 24 for 48 from the
field, including 5 of 12 on 3s. The Orange had a large advantage during a giveaway throw
line, going 21 of 31 to Rutgers’ 9 of 11.

Mike Poole had 10 points—eight in a final 9:19—for a Scarlet
Knights, who shot 41.9 percent (26 for 62) though finished only 3 of 18 3-point
attempts. Rutgers has forsaken 5 true and 7 of eight.

Syracuse sealed a initial half on an 8-2 run to take a 40-34 lead.

Biruta, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, came into a diversion averaging 9.3 points. He
had that many 8 1-2 mins into a game, holding advantage of relocating a ball
down low opposite Syracuse’s famed 2-3 zone. He was 6 of 9 from a margin for 14
points and had 5 of Rutgers’ 17 rebounds as a Scarlet Knights managed a
17-13 advantage off a play in a initial half.

Biruta pennyless double total only once in his final 12 games.

“The final integrate of practices, we worked in section and we finished some calls and
worked a invulnerability better,” Biruta said. “I consider operative a high post,
that’s what helped me.”

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Michigan State women tip No. 17 Purdue 67-52 in OT (AP)

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP)—Becca Mills scored 17 points and Michigan State
beat No. 17 Purdue 67-52 in overtime Sunday.

Lykendra Johnson had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots for the
Spartans (17-10, 9-5 Big Ten), who scored a initial 11 points in overtime and
outscored a Boilermakers 18-3 in a additional 5 minutes.

Porsche Poole combined 13 points and Kiana Johnson had 11 points and seven
assists for Michigan State. The Spartans never trailed in a game.

Brittany Rayburn had 17 points and 9 rebounds to lead Purdue (19-8, 9-5).
KK Houser and Chantel Poston scored 10 points every for a Boilermakers.
Houser’s giveaway throws with 1:22 left in law tied a diversion during 49.

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Creighton partner manager arrested in DUI box (AP)

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP)—An partner manager of a Creighton University women’s
basketball group has been arrested on guess of inebriated driving.

Bellevue military arrested Carrie Moore early Sunday. Officers had been called
to a McDonald’s around 2:50 a.m. by employees who’d found Moore defunct in her
vehicle. It was sitting in a drive-thru lane.

Sarpy County authorities contend a 26-year-old’s blood-alcohol turn was
nearly twice a authorised limit.

A open phone inventory for Moore could not be found. It’s misleading whether
she has an attorney. Online justice annals don’t nonetheless list a case.

Creighton University officials declined to comment.

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St. John’s snaps UConn’s 99 diversion home win strain (CBS Interactive U-WIRE)

UConn hadn’t mislaid to an unranked group during home given 1993. They were on a trail for their 100th home win. Tiffany Hayes was respected as she took a justice for her final time in uniform during Gample. For a Huskies, and a sole comparison Hayes, it would have been another tack in a flashy career. For St. John’s, it was a ideal storm, winning 57-56.

“Funny thing is, if we reason a group to 57 points , you’re ostensible to win that game. That’s not a lot of points. But we struggled and St. John’s never sundry from what they wanted to do. Everytime they indispensable to make a shot or a play, they finished it,” pronounced Coach Auriemma.

The Huskies suffered 18 turnovers, double a Red Storm’s nine. Guard Shenneika Smith played unusual invulnerability on Hayes, holding her to 8 points, and forcing 7 turnovers from a UConn guard.

“She has sealed adult each ensure on each group this season,” pronounced St. John’s conduct manager Kim Barnes Arico of Smith’s defense.

At half-time, a assertive St. John’s led by two. While a second half started with a 3 from Hayes, a Red Storm kept their speed, steals and drives during a consistently faster gait than a Huskies. For a initial time given a Notre Dame game, a Huskies found themselves racing opposite a time and a Big East foe. A clarity of coercion was employed, something both a group and a fans are unknown with this season.

“The kids stepped adult to a plea and showed what kind of group we are and what we are means of. Isn’t it good for women’s basketball? ” pronounced Arico. “Playing anyone in a joining on their home justice is intensely difficult. But when we initial started coaching, people were losing by 50 points a night opposite Connecticut. The diversion is growing. It’s come a prolonged way.”

With a notation to go, a diversion was tied during 54. Gample was resounding as Stefanie Dolson finished a layup from a feed from Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis with usually 30 seconds left.

With 8 seconds to play, Smith strike a 3 to take a dual indicate lead for St. John’s. For Smith it was merely her fourth 3 of a season. This one cumulative a win.

“She was gutsy. She wanted it. Should we go for a win or for a tie? Why not go for a win?” pronounced Coach Arico. “She does it a lot for us on a defensive finish though tonight she wanted a round and she finished a large play.”

St. John’s strike usually dual threes a whole game. When asked where their 3 indicate commission lies in their skills, Coach Arico laughed, “Last. We are terrible. But we finished a one that counted tonight.”

At a buzzer, a three-point try from Bria Hartley bounced off a edge as a Red Storm slid opposite a justice in celebration, finale a streak.

“Winning that many games is tough to fathom no matter what. Ranked or unranked. We’ve finished things that other coaches and programs found incredulous. Yet we’ve finished it. But it’s a blessing and a curse. Its good that we’ve been means to put adult those numbers consistently in a module day in and day out,” pronounced Coach Auriemma. “But these kids haven’t won a 100 in a row… St. John’s out played us today. It was lousy for us, though a wise finish for them. we don’t caring if a 900 in a row, tonight reminded us that we usually win when we merit to win.”

Freshman Kiah Stokes and Mosqueda-Lewis led a Huskies in points with a total 23. UConn is scheduled to take on dual highway opponents, Pittsburgh and Marquette, before returning to a XL core for a rematch opposite Notre Dame subsequent Monday.

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No. 1 Syracuse 19-0 after routing Friars (AP)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)—On a night when a shots weren’t descending early,
top-ranked Syracuse denounced one of a manly weapons—the press. Without star
point ensure Vince Council, Providence was no match.

Dion Waiters had 12 points, 7 entrance during a wilful first-half run
spurred by that press, Scoop Jardine combined 10 points and 9 assists, and
Syracuse kick undermanned Providence 78-55 on Saturday night to sojourn unbeaten.

“We had a delayed initial half offensively,” pronounced Kris Joseph, who led Syracuse
with 13 points. “But we consider a final 6 or 7 mins when we threw in the
press … that unequivocally incited things around for us going into halftime.”

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No. 1 Syracuse 19 0 after routing Friars (AP)

After dual giveaway throws by Henton changed Providence within 17-16 with 5:57 left
in a initial half, Syracuse put together one of a spurts that have finished the
Orange unbeatable this season, using off 15 true points as a Friars
self-destructed with 6 true turnovers. They’ve also had a 23-point run and
two 19-point runs.

“It starts with a guards and a power and removing a teammates
involved,” Jardine said.

Providence had 16 turnovers in a opening duration and a Orange took
advantage, scoring 16 points off a giveaways.

“We only try to get after it as many as we can,” Waiters said. “We came
out kind of sluggish. Our offense wasn’t clicking, a invulnerability wasn’t. We just
didn’t have no enthusiasm, and when we came in a diversion we still didn’t collect it
up. We had to find somebody to get it going. we started it off by removing a
steal. Everything else was story from there.”

The feat for a Orange (19-0, 6-0 Big East) matches a propagandize record
for wins to start a season, set in 1999-2000. Syracuse will try to mangle the
mark Monday night during home opposite Pittsburgh. The Panthers (11-7, 0-5) are the
only winless group in a Big East after a 62-57 detriment on Saturday during No. 25
Marquette—their sixth true setback—but they’ve beaten Syracuse five
straight times.

“We’re only perplexing to get prepared for a subsequent game,” Syracuse manager Jim
Boeheim pronounced after a 875th feat of his career changed him within one of
Adolph Rupp for fourth place all-time in Division I. “Pitt’s a good team. I
don’t caring what their record is. They’ll come in here and play well.”

Kadeem Batts led Providence with 13 points, LaDontae Henton had 12 on
5-of-16 sharpened and Gerard Coleman 11 on 4-of-14 from a field.

The Friars (12-7, 1-5) were entrance off a startling 90-59 win over No. 14
Louisville, though they had to play Syracuse though youth ensure Vince Council,
their heading scorer and playmaker. Head manager Ed Cooley dangling him for the
game.

“From an burden standpoint, if I’m going to build a module the
right approach it doesn’t matter if you’re a leading-minute guy, we wish to build a
program formed on impression and integrity,” Cooley pronounced afterward. “If you
can’t be a association man and do things a right way, it doesn’t matter who you
are to me. we wish to build a group where it’s about guileless any other, and if
you don’t do that, you’re not going to play.”

Without Council, a Friars committed 22 turnovers, 9 some-more than they had
in a initial assembly with a Orange—an 87-73 detriment 10 days ago.

“We’re singular with a personnel. When they pulpy us, a lot of a warts
came out—our inability to hoop a ball,” Cooley said. “Let’s face it:
they’re a No. 1 group in a nation for a reason.”

Council, who had 15 points and 14 assists opposite Louisville—the most
assists in a joining diversion this season—has scored 20 or some-more points 5 times
and is averaging 16.4 a game. He had 17 points and 5 assists in Providence’s
loss to Syracuse.

In that game, Providence stayed with Syracuse for many of a night and shot
48.9 percent, a second-highest Syracuse has authorised this season. The Friars
also finished 6 3-pointers though were incompetent to overcome a hot-shooting Orange,
who strike 19 of 26 (73.1 percent) shots in a second half, including 5 of 7 from
beyond a arc.

The Orange didn’t resemble that group on Saturday night and seemed developed for
an dissapoint when they started sluggishly, blank their initial 9 3-point attempts
and going some-more than 5 mins between baskets. After Baye Keita, Waiters and
James Southerland missed 3 true shots in a flurry underneath a Providence
basket, a Friars tied it 12-all on Brice Kofane’s turnaround jumper during the
shot-clock buzzer.

Joseph started a wilful rush with a flattering no-look, over-the-shoulder
pass to Jardine for a layup and Fair afterwards stole a round and fed Jardine for a
fast-break layup. Waiters followed with a pull-up jumper in a lane, his first
basket after dual misses from prolonged range, and Fair converted a brief baseline
jumper to boost a Syracuse lead to 25-16 with 3:38 left in a opening half.

Waiters afterwards strike a 3 and a fall-away jumper, both from a right wing, and
Joseph’s dual giveaway throws finished it 32-16 with 2:04 to go. Jardine’s 3 during the
first-half buzzer off a feed from Waiters gave Syracuse a autocratic 38-21 lead
at a break.

If a Friars had any wish of a rally, they had a many steeper stand than
the initial meeting, when they trailed 36-34 during halftime.

Syracuse finished that suspicion indecisive when it began a second half with a 15-4
run as Jardine’s play-making ability was on full display. He fed Fab Melo for a
pair of impact dunks, upheld to Joseph underneath for a retreat layup, and hit
Rakeem Christmas for another asperse after Christmas finished a retard during a other end.

“As we came out in a second half, we had a same intensity,” Joseph
said. “This is a best we’ve finished so distant gripping a intensity, starting the
second half with high power that we’ve finished all year. we consider that was a
good step brazen for us.”

Syracuse has led each diversion during halftime. The closest games a Orange have
had were a 69-63 delight over Stanford during Madison Square Garden in a NIT
Season Tip-off in late Nov and a 72-68 win over then-No. 10 Florida during home
on Dec. 2, 5 days after associate conduct manager Bernie Fine was dismissed amid
allegations of passionate abuse.

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Northwestern ends Spartans’ 15-game run (AP)

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP)—Michigan State built a 15-game winning strain on
solid, unchanging play and an ability to urge an array of teams and
approaches.

The sixth-ranked Spartans matched adult Saturday opposite a character they couldn’t
contain.

Northwestern stars John Shurna and Drew Crawford got their points and their
shots, though what unequivocally harm Michigan State was a play of backup core Davide
Curletti, who done his initial start of a deteriorate and second of his career.

Curletti had a season-high 17 points and 6 rebounds, and his dispatch helped
the Wildcats lift of an critical feat for their NCAA resume—an 81-74
victory over a Spartans.

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Northwestern ends Spartans 15 game run (AP)

“Curletti was a disproportion in a game, if we ask me,” pronounced Michigan
State manager Tom Izzo, who fell to 26-4 opposite a Wildcats in his career.

“I suspicion he played intensely good and outplayed a centers and that’s
something we’ve been flattering plain on lately,” Izzo added.

Shurna had 22 points, 13 in a second half, and Crawford had 20 as the
Wildcats (12-5, 2-3) rebounded from a tough overtime detriment during Michigan 3 days
ago.

Michigan State (15-3, 4-1) mislaid for a initial time given it was beaten by
Duke during Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15.

Izzo was disturbed about his younger players and how they would handle
Northwestern’s Princeton-style offense—with a array of picks and cuts—as
the shot time was using down.

But he didn’t design a Wildcats to get such a lift from Curletti.

“It is fun when we play good like that, assisting other guys is a great
feeling, generally for us,” pronounced Curletti, who also had 4 assists. “Our
offense is built around any other, creation behind doorway cuts, creation behind door
passes. … We were hardly ever out of a offense and we were means to really
run it to perfection.”

Northwestern shot 54 percent in a second half, finishing right during 50
against a group that was permitting usually 37 percent all season. Teams had been
averaging usually 59.6 points opposite a Spartans by a initial 17 games.

“We didn’t remove that diversion on a descent end, we mislaid it on a defensive
end,” Izzo said. “We’re not authorised to give adult 81 points. It’s ridiculous.”

Keith Appling led a Spartans with 17 points, and Draymond Green had 14
points and 14 rebounds. Michigan State shot 65 percent in a initial half and
went cold in a second 20 mins opposite Northwestern’s zone.

“The categorical thing was interlude them in transition since they have so many
fast guards,” pronounced Crawford, who has been battling a flu. “Once we were able
to stop them in transition, we’re assured in a section in a half justice and we
were kind of means to delayed them down a bit, that unequivocally helped us out.”

Northwestern fans stormed a justice after a victory, maybe a pivotal one
for a Wildcats as they fire for a initial NCAA contest berth in school
history. They indispensable a win badly after a detriment during Michigan and one in their
previous diversion during home to Illinois.

Crawford strike a jumper and afterwards done a 3-pointer as Northwestern extended its
lead to 6 points 5 mins into a second half—with a assistance of five
straight missed shots by a Spartans.

Even after personification good defense, a Spartans had difficulty controlling
Northwestern.

Shurna put adult a furious shot to kick a shot time though teammate Reggie Hearn
sailed by a line and followed it up. Then Curletti pennyless for a basket
on a behind doorway play and dunked to give a Wildcats a seven-point lead with just
over 12 mins left.

After such a vehement sharpened initial half, a Spartans missed 12 of their
first 15 margin idea attempts in a second. Shurna pennyless giveaway for a layup and
minutes after had a asperse as Northwestern increasing a lead to 12 with 8:32
left.

State rallied with a 7-0 run started by Travis Trice’s 3-pointer and cut the
lead to 69-64 with 5:32 left. But Dave Sobolewski strike dual giveaway throws and Shurna
made another 3-pointer from a tip of a pivotal and a lead was behind to 10.

Michigan State done 9 of a initial 10 shots, including 4 of 5 from
3-point range. Green strike 3 true early 3-pointers and a Spartans led by
as many as nine, carrying small difficulty with Northwestern’s invulnerability early.

But a second half was a turnaround. The Spartans shot 34.4 percent (11 for
32) in a final 20 mins and were usually 4 for 11 on 3-pointers.

Izzo, still dual wins bashful of his 400th career victory, looked behind during the
first half when a Spartans had several leads and a integrate of missed
opportunities, and authorised Northwestern to combat rebounds divided and score. On
one of them, Curletti converted a three-point play.

“Probably a biggest thing was dispatch plays. We had rebounds they took
from us and scored 3 opposite times. … Each time we had a six- or
seven-point lead and they took it and laid it up. One time they done a
three-point play. That became a disproportion in a game.”

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FSU stuns No. 3 UNC with 90-57 drubbing (AP)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)—Deividas Dulkys’ childhood dream came true
Saturday. And we couldn’t censure him if he competence have believed it had been a
dream.

The comparison Florida State ensure scored a career-high 32 points and was 8 of
10 from 3-point operation to pivotal a Seminoles’ 90-57 feat over No. 3 North
Carolina that snapped a nine-game winning strain and was a Tar Heels’ worst
loss underneath manager Roy Williams.

“Every small child has a dream when you’re personification on a large theatre like we did
today,” Dulkys said. “I theory currently was my day.”

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FSU stuns No. 3 UNC with 90 57 drubbing (AP)

And that was an understatement.

Dulkys, a local of Lithuania whose prior career-high was 22 points, was
12 of 14 from a margin altogether and combined 4 steals and a blocked shot. His
eight 3s were a Florida State record in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

“We attempted to keep him from scoring if we could though he usually kept removing so
open and a guys were using into screens,” Williams said. “It was a great
performance sharpened a basketball.”

It was an astonishing turnabout for a Florida State group that mislaid 79-59 at
Clemson usually a week ago and came into Saturday’s diversion with a lowest 3-point
shooting symbol in a discussion during 30.2 percent.

But behind Dulkys, a Seminoles strike 12 of 27 from prolonged stretch while the
Tar Heels were simply off while personification on a highway for a initial time in six
weeks. North Carolina done usually 9 of 20 giveaway throws and were beaten 43-35 on the
boards notwithstanding Tyler Zeller’s 14 rebounds. North Carolina had not been beaten on
the play in a prior 7 games.

Micahel Snaer combined 17 points and Okaro White contributed 12 points and 10
rebounds for a Seminoles.

Dulkys pronounced he done 28 true from over a 3-point arc while warming up
earlier in a day with a assistance of dual tyro managers who took caring of
rebounding a shots.

“He shoots this good each day in practice,” Florida State manager Leonard
Hamilton said. “He’s had a formidable time transferring that to a game.
Sometimes when he misses that initial shot, he gets a small tight.”

The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1) started a second half on a 30-8 run to take a
66-36 lead en track to handing North Carolina a many unilateral discussion loss
since a 96-56 improved during Maryland in 2003, a deteriorate before Williams took over.
Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Zeller combined 14 for North Carolina (15-3,
2-1), that finished 4 of 21 from 3-point range.

Williams took his team—except for 5 walk-ons who finished a game—
from a justice with 14.2 seconds left in expectancy of a court-storming by
the Florida State fans.

“We usually attempted to be cautious,” Williams explained. “It’s been shown
that’s it not always been protected in some scenarios.”

Hamilton pronounced he had suggested Williams mislay a players as a precaution.

The Seminoles never trailed after Dulkys’ initial 3-pointer 43 seconds into
the game.

Florida State led by as many as 12 points in a initial half, grabbing a
31-19 lead on Dulkys’ fourth 3-pointer with 7:35 remaining and afterwards again with
6:08 left on Bernard James’ riveting asperse on a put back. The 6-foot-10 James,
who had 6 rebounds in a early going, drew his second tainted usually 5 seconds
later and sat a rest of a half.

Dulkys was 6 of 7 from a margin in a initial half, including 4 of 5 from
3-point distance.

North Carolina had reeled off 9 true wins during a 35-day home stand,
shoring adult on invulnerability and resilient that contributed to early deteriorate waste to
UNLV and Kentucky. But those deficiencies returned to haunt Williams’ bar in a
big approach Saturday.

“Princeton’s invulnerability contingency be a ruin of a lot improved than ours,” Williams
said. “They can reason them to 10 points in a half and we give adult 8,000.”

It was a initial win of a deteriorate over a ranked group for Florida State,
which returned 9 pivotal players from final season’s group that modernized to the
NCAA’s informal finals.

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Tinkle leads No. 4 Stanford women past Colorado (AP)

BOULDER, Colo. (AP)—With Stanford star Nnemkadi Ogwumike slowed by an
ankle injury, Joslyn Tinkle helped collect adult a slack.

Tinkle matched her career high with 20 points and a No. 4 Stanford women’s
basketball group routed Colorado 80-54 Saturday.

Toni Kokenis and Chiney Ogwumike combined 19 points any for Stanford (15-1,
6-0 Pac-12), that won a 12th in a quarrel given a usually detriment of a deteriorate to
Connecticut 68-58 on Nov. 21.

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Tinkle leads No. 4 Stanford women past Colorado (AP)

Just 4 mins into a game, though, Stanford got a shock when Nnemkadi
Ogwumike, who came in streamer a discussion in scoring during 24.0 points per game,
tripped in a hasten underneath a basket and fell to a building in pain with a
right ankle injury. She returned mid by a initial half after removing her
ankle re-taped and finished with 15 points.

“She tweaked her ankle, though we are not a one actor team,” Stanford coach
Tara VanDerveer said. “I suspicion Joslyn Tinkle stepped adult large for us, Chiney,
she’s a warrior. She plays tough any singular game. we consider this is a breakout
game for Joslyn. I’m genuine vehement for her to play in this environment.”

Tinkle pronounced she was dynamic to assistance fill a blank in Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s
absence.

“Especially that,” she said. “I suspicion currently we unequivocally stepped adult and
did a unequivocally good job.”

Brittany Wilson and Jen Reese both scored 10 points for Colorado (13-3,
2-3), that was 11-0 before commencement joining play.

Stanford close down Colorado’s streamer scorer, Chucky Jeffery, who was held
to dual points on 1 of 10 sharpened from a floor. Jeffery, who averaged 17.2
points per diversion streamer into a contest, unsuccessful to measure in double sum for
the initial time this season.

“When another group has good players like Stanford does, they pivotal on her,”
Colorado manager Linda Lappe said. “She had some decent looks in a initial half
but she was a small tentative. She’s entitled to a bad diversion like anybody else.
Hopefully, she gets her certainty and strut back.”

VanDerveer pronounced containing Jeffery was a focal indicate for Stanford.

“We worked tough opposite her,” VanDerveer said. “We had 4 or five
people guarding her, and they’re not a one dimensional group either. we consider we
had a inside strength as well. We were means to go inside to Nnemkadi, go
inside to Joslyn. We missed on a lot of shots early though afterwards we finished on them
later.”

Stanford led 32-15 during halftime, tying a Buffaloes to their lowest
first-half indicate sum in a home game. Colorado shot 21 percent from a field
(6-29) and committed 10 of a 15 turnovers in a opening 20 minutes. Overall,
Stanford outshot a Buffaloes 50 percent to 32.8 percent.

Colorado didn’t measure until 6:59 into a diversion when Jasmine Sborov done two
free throws and didn’t get a margin idea until Sborov connected on a brief jumper
as a Buffaloes missed their initial 14 shots, descending behind 11-4.

After Lexy Kresl strike a 3-pointer to lift a Buffaloes to 13-9, Stanford
pulled divided again with a 19-6 run over a final 10:45 of a half.

Tinkle and Kokenis any strike 3s in a run, and Nnemkadi Ogwumike strike two
jumpers and dual giveaway throws as she regained her balance from a progressing ankle
injury.

Colorado’s Meagan Malcom-Peck non-stop a second half by creation a 3, but
Stanford answered with a 9-0 run that Kokenis keyed with a 3 of her own. The
Buffaloes trailed by during slightest 20 a rest of a way.

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