College Basketball: UConn surprises the No. 2 Spartans
Kemba Walker scored 30 points and hit a key jumper with less than a minute left, helping Connecticut (4-0) outlast No. 2 Michigan State (3-1) by 70-67 in a physical Maui Invitational semifinal in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday.
Kemba Walker scored 30 points and hit a key jumper with less than a minute left, helping Connecticut (4-0) outlast No. 2 Michigan State (3-1) by 70-67 in a physical Maui Invitational semifinal in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday.
Connecticut fought the Spartans for every inch every minute, refusing to be pushed around by a team projected to be a national title contender.
Elsewhere: Jon Diebler scored 20 points and David Lighty added 11 to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 64-45 win over Morehead State to win the Global Sports Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. . . . Ashton Gibbs scored 20 points and No. 5 Pittsburgh pulled away from smaller Robert Morris after leading by only five points with 11 minutes left, winning by 74-53 in Pittsburgh. . . . JaJuan Johnson had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 10 Purdue get past Austin Peay, 87-65, in West Lafayette, Ind.
Jordan Hamilton scored 25 points and No. 20 Texas gave coach Rick Barnes career victory No. 500, an 84-50 win over Sam Houston State in Austin. . . . Thomas Robinson had 15 points and Marcus Morris added 12, leading No. 6 Kansas past outmanned Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 82-41, in Lawrence, Kan. . . . Michael Dixon scored a career-high 17 points to help No. 11 Missouri beat Wyoming, 72-62, in the semifinals of the Cancun Challenge in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. . . . Will Coleman and Will Barton each scored 20 points to lead 14th-ranked Memphis to a 102-80 victory over Tennessee-Martin in Memphis, Tenn. . . . Kenny Boynton scored 21 points, Alex Tyus added 19 and No. 16 Florida beat Florida Atlantic, 79-66, in Gainesville, Fla.
Steven Gray scored 20 points and No. 22 Gonzaga stopped a rare two-game losing streak with a 66-63 victory over Marquette in the third-place game of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo. . . . D.J. Richardson scored 16 points to lead No. 19 Illinois to a 73-47 win over Yale in Champaign, Ill.
In the area: Sharif Bray scored 25 points and David Burton added 17 as Cheyney remained unbeaten by defeating Washington Adventist University, 74-66.
Women
Baylor 100, Texas Southern 43 - Brittney Griner scored 27 points and became Baylor's career blocks leader as the second-ranked Bears (5-1) overwhelmed Texas Southern (0-3) in Waco, Texas.
In the area: Junior Shey Peddy scored a game-high 23 points in Temple's 79-56 defeat of visiting Northern Illinois. . . . Caitlin Shaw scored a career-high 34 points for University of the Sciences, but the Devils lost to visiting Bloomsburg, 69-62. . . . Freshman Kayla Moritzky had a game high 21 points to lead Swarthmore past Dickinson, 63-49, in Carlisle, Pa. . . . Allison Hostetter and Megan Stewart each scored 14 points to lead West Chester past visiting Philadelphia University, 73-63.