Top 25 Capsules
November 26th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketballLAHAINA, Hawaii – Marcus Morris and Xavier Henry each scored 19 points, leading No 1 Kansas to an 89-59 victory over Oakland, Mich, on Wednesday night that stretched the nations longest home court winning streak to 44 games.
Morris, a 6-foot-8 sophomore showing significant progress since an inconsistent freshman campaign, added 11 rebounds. He shot 6 for 10 from the field, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range, and committed only one turnover for the Jayhawks (4-0).
The Golden Grizzlies (2-3), the preseason favorites in the Summit League, trailed all night but stayed within shouting distance of the heavily favored Jayhawks until about midway through the second half. By then, Kansas depth and talent took their toll.
Keith Benson had 20 points and Derrick Nelson 19 for Oakland, which dropped to 1-18 against ranked teams since moving to Division I in 1998.
No. 5 Kentucky 73, Stanford 65, OT
Freshman sensation John Wall scored a season-best 23 points, including clutch shots in the final minute that sent the game to overtime, and Kentucky closed with an eight-point run to beat gritty Stanford in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge at the Moon Palace Resort.
Wall hit a 12-foot fadeaway jumper from the right wing to tie the score at 61 with 30.6 seconds remaining in regulation, then two free throws with 2.4 seconds left to send the game to overtime.
Fellow freshman Eric Bledsoe made an NBA-length 3-pointer with 33 seconds to go that gave Kentucky (6-0) a 69-65 lead it did not relinquish. Wall capped his big night with a slam dunk at the final horn, setting off a wild celebration by Kentucky players before a crowd of 1,425.
Landry Fields led Stanford (3-3) with 23 points and Jeremy Green had 18.
No. 7 Duke 64, Arizona St. 53
Jon Scheyer had 16 points and six assists, and Duke used a 19-3 second-half run to take control against Arizona State in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Nolan Smith had 14 points and Kyle Singler added 13 for Duke (5-0), which led by only four at halftime.
The Sun Devils (4-1), who managed to stay close behind their patient offense and pesky zone defense, tied it at 43 on two free throws by Derek Glasser with 13:11 to play only to see Duke break it open with the deciding run.
The Blue Devils will face No. 13 Connecticut in the championship game Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Trent Lockett, limited to 30 minutes by foul trouble, and Glasser both had 13 points for the Sun Devils.
No. 13 Connecticut 81, LSU 55
Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points, and Connecticut routed previously unbeaten LSU in the other semifinal of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Gavin Edwards added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies. Stanley Robinson finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
UConn (4-0) had been underwhelming during its first three games this season, even trailing Hofstra by nine late in the second half in the tournament quarterfinals.
The Huskies were simply overwhelming in this one.
Connecticut held Tasmin Mitchell to nine points and Bo Spencer to five on 2 of 14 shooting. Storm Warren scored 15 to lead the Tigers (3-1).
Wisconsin 78, No. 21 Maryland 69
Jason Bohannon scored 20 points and Jon Leuer added 16, leading Wisconsin past Maryland in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.
Trevon Hughes scored 14 points for the Badgers (4-1), who made 10 of 22 3-pointers, including four by Bohannon.
Greivis Vasquez led the Terrapins (4-2) with 18 points.
Maryland scored the first seven points before Wisconsin answered with a 16-2 run. Maryland pulled to 51-48 with just more than 10 minutes remaining, but got no closer. Led by Leuers seven points, Wisconsin went on a 14-5 run to open a 65-53 lead with 5:51 to play. The Badgers led by at least seven the rest of the way.
No. 24 Vanderbilt 84, Arizona 72
A.J. Ogilvy had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Jermaine Beal added 18 points and five assists to lead Vanderbilt over Arizona in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational.
The Commodores (4-1) shot 53 percent from the field, including 7 of 20 from beyond the 3-point line, to make up for woeful free-throw shooting – 15 for 29.
Arizona (3-2) was led by Solomon Hills 17 points and Kyle Foggs 10. Nic Wise, coming off a 30-point effort in an overtime win over Colorado, was limited to nine.
Jeffery Taylor added 13 points for Vanderbilt, which went 18 for 26 from the field in the second half (69 percent) to overcome a 41-36 halftime deficit.
