College Basketball : Wilbur Leads Villanova’s 70-63 Win; DePaul, Oklahoma, TCU Are Victors

Villanova Coach Rollie Massimino gave credit to Dwight Wilbur for his team’s 70-63 victory over Pittsburgh Tuesday night in a Big East Conference game at Philadelphia.

“I got a very good effort from Wilbur,” Massimino said of the 6-foot-2 junior guard, who scored 19 points for the 18th-ranked Wildcats.

“Our outside shooting was good. Harold Jensen (who was 4 for 5 from the floor) hit a couple, and Dwight shot the ball well.”

Wilbur was 7 for 10 from the field as Villanova shot 64.3% for the game. He was helped by 15 points and 9 rebounds from center Ed Pinckney.

Villanova improved its record to 14-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big East. Pitt fell to 10-7 and 2-5.

DePaul 56, Princeton 42--At East Rutherford, N.J., Tyrone Corbin scored 14 points and Dallas Comegys came off the bench to ignite two 14-0 spurts to lead the Blue Demons (14-4) to victory over the Tigers (5-9).

DePaul, held scoreless for the first 5:30 of the game, ripped off 14 straight points to go ahead, 26-17, at the half. The Blue Demons took control midway through the second half, scoring 14 straight points to turn a 33-29 game into a 47-29 rout.

Comegys finished with 11 points. Kenny Patterson added 10 for the Blue Demons, who are ranked 13th and 15th in the wire-service polls.

Oklahoma 90, Colorado 71--Wayman Tisdale scored 17 points in the second half, finished with 27 and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Sooners to their sixth straight victory in a Big Eight game at Boulder, Colo.

Oklahoma, ranked sixth and seventh in the national polls, improved its record to 16-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference. Colorado fell to 7-11 and 1-4.

Also scoring in double figures for the Sooners were Darryl Kennedy with 19 points, Tim McCalister with 18, Anthony Bowie with 12 and David Johnson with 10. Michael Lee led the Buffaloes with 18.

TCU 48, Texas Tech 47--Carven Holcombe’s lay-up with one minute to play enabled the Horned Frogs to win a Southwest Conference game at Lubbock, Tex.

The loss dropped Tech, which upset SMU Saturday, out of a tie for second place in the conference. The Red Raiders fell to 12-6 and 5-3. TCU is 11-8 and 3-5.

Dennis Nutt led TCU with 17 points. Holcombe finished with 13.