College Basketball: Top 25 Roundup

Published 12:00 am Saturday, December 30, 2006

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Joakim Noah had 13 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots and No. 3 Florida rallied for a 75-70 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night in the Orange Bowl Classic.

Corey Brewer scored 19 points for Florida.

No. 6 Ohio St. 91, Coppin St. 54

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Greg Oden had his best collegiate game with 18 points and 16 rebounds and fellow freshman Daequan Cook led Ohio State with a career-high 23 points.

No. 7 Arizona 89, Stanford 75

TUCSON, Ariz. — Marcus Williams scored 23 points and Ivan Radenovic added 22 for Arizona in its 11th straight victory.

No. 9 Kansas 80, Rhode Island 69

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Julian Wright, held out of the starting lineup for the first time this season, scored a career-high 23 points for Kansas (12-2).

No. 10 Pittsburgh 77, Florida A&M 51

PITTSBURGH — Mike Cook had 16 points and Antonio Graves added 14 to lead Pittsburgh (12-2).

No. 13 Oklahoma St. 84, Texas-San Antonio 47

STILLWATER, Okla. — JamesOn Curry scored 24 points and Mario Boggan had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys (13-1) shot 55.2 percent from the field while recording their 13th win, matching the school record for victories before January, set during 2001-02.

No. 15 Butler 55, Wis.-Milwaukee 50

MILWAUKEE — Mike Green scored 16 points and A.J. Graves added 14 as Butler (13-1, 2-0 Horizon League)won its third straight.

N. Iowa 63, No. 16 Wichita St. 59

WICHITA, Kan. — Grant Stout had 17 points and Eric Coleman had 11 points and 11 rebounds as Northern Iowa handed Wichita State its third straight loss.

No. 18 Marquette 69, Savannah St. 51

MILWAUKEE — Dominic James and Wesley Matthews each scored 22 points for Marquette (13-2).

No. 19 Notre Dame 95, Stony Brook 66

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Russell Carter scored 23 points to help Notre Dame (12-1) extend its winning streak to 11 games, its longest since 1986-87.

No. 20 Oregon 76, Oregon St. 73

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Bryce Taylor had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon remained unbeaten with the victory in the teams’ Pac-10 opener.

No. 21 Tennessee 93, East Tennessee St. 88

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Chris Lofton scored 28 points and JaJuan Smith matched his career high with 23 for Tennessee.

No. 24 Nevada 82, Gonzaga 74

SEATTLE — Nick Fazekas had 24 points, and Ramon Sessions scored all 20 of his in the second half for Nevada as Gonzaga lost three straight games for the first time since December 2000.