College Basketball Roundup: Streaking Louisville wins again
Published 12:00 am Monday, January 26, 2009
Associated Press
The college basketball roundup ….
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ó Earl Clark scored five of his 16 points in the final two minutes and No. 9 Louisville held off No. 8 Syracuse 67-57 on Sunday.
It was the seventh straight win for Louisville (15-3, 6-0 Big East). Syracuse (17-4, 5-3) lost its second straight.
No. 4 Pittsburgh 79, West Virginia 67
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ó Sam Young scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half to lead Pittsburgh to its second easy win since surrending its top ranking a week ago.
No. 7 Michigan St. 78, Ohio St. 67
COLUMBUS, Ohio ó Durrell Summers had 26 points to almost double his career high and the Spartans dominated the boards in beating the Buckeyes.
Kalin Lucas added 20 points and Goran Suton 13 for the Spartans (16-3, 6-1 Big Ten).
No. 21 Minnesota 67, Indiana 63
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ó Damian Johnson had 18 points and six rebounds, and Ralph Sampson III finished with 13 points to help the Golden Gophers snap a two-game skid.
The Gophers (17-3, 5-3) won for the first time in Bloomington since February 2004.
No. 24 Florida 94, Vanderbilt 69
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ó Chandler Parsons hit seven 3-pointers, including his first five, and finished with a career-high 27 points to lead the Gators (17-3, 4-1 SEC).
OTHER
WEST POINT, N.Y. ó Cleveland Richard scored 17 points and Josh Miller added 14 as Army edged Navy 76-71 on Sunday. The Black Knights (5-13, 1-3) led 33-26 at the half against Navy (12-6, 3-2).
WOMEN
AUBURN, Ala. ó DeWanna Bonner scored a career-high 35 points and the unbeaten Auburn Tigers earned an 82-68 victory over the No. 10 Lady Vols before an overflow crowd of 12,067, which broke the 20-year-old school mark by nearly 5,000 fans.
Both the fans and players were sensing a real shot at a rare win for Auburn (20-0, 5-0 SEC) over the Lady Vols. The Tigers hadn’t beaten Tennessee (15-4, 4-2) in 12 years or at home since 1991, losing 24 of the previous 25 meetings and 16 straight ó including an 85-52 rout last season.
Auburn opened 1,500 extra seats in the upper section of the arena for the game.