Associated Press
TEMPE, Ariz. ó Arizona State buried Idaho State with an avalanche of 3-pointers.
The 20th-ranked Sun Devils won 90-55 in a rout so complete coach Herb Sendek could find nothing to criticize.
“You hope at some point synergy ó kind of a fun word ó takes over and the whole does become greater than the sum of its parts, and guys do make each other better, feed off each other and help each other,” Sendek said. “That’s the way the game’s meant to be played.”
The Sun Devils (10-1) were a school-record 17 of 32 on 3s. James Harden scored 18 points in just 26 minutes.
Port. St. 77, No. 7 Gonzaga 70SPOKANE, Wash. ó Jeremiah Dominguez scored 25 points as Portland State (9-3) earned its first win over a ranked team since it reinstated its basketball program before the 1996-97 season.
The Vikings hit a dozen 3s against the Zags (8-3) in their third home loss since 2004.
Phil Nelson’s 3-pointer gave Portland State a 72-69 lead with 44 seconds left. Jeremy Pargo missed on the other end, and Dominic Waters was fouled. He made both free throws.
No. 12 Georgetown 76, FIU 38WASHINGTON ó Austin Freeman scored 17 points, Chris Wright had 14 and DaJuan Summers added 13 to lead Georgetown (9-1) past Florida International.
Butler 74, No. 14 Xavier 65
CINCINNATI ó Matt Howard and Gordon Hayward had 19 points for Butler (10-1).
Xavier (9-2) was coming off an 82-64 loss to Duke.
“Duke was a lesson learned, and from today we’ve got to find out a lesson and learn from this,” forward B.J. Raymond said.
No. 23 Minn. 80, SE Louis. 71MINNEAPOLIS ó Reserves Blake Hoffarber and Lawrence Westbrook both scored 15 points to lift Minnesota (11-0) in its first game as a ranked team in six years.Illinois 75, No. 25 Missouri 59ST. LOUIS ó Demetri McCamey scored 18 of his 20 points in the first half of Illinois’ ninth straight win in the Braggin’ Rights game.