College Basketball Roundup : Indiana Beats James Madison, Will Play Washington State

Rick Calloway scored 10 of his 16 points in the first nine minutes, and No. 6 Indiana defeated James Madison, 84-52, Friday night in the opening game of the 14th Indiana tournament at Bloomington, Ind.

In tonight’s title game, Indiana (4-1) will play Washington State, a 73-61 winner over Indiana State.

The only other Hoosiers in double figures were Jeff Oliphant and Todd Jadlow. Oliphant, who made a pair of three-point shots, had 12 points and Jadlow 11. Dean Garrett had 7 blocked shots for the Hoosiers.

The Dukes (1-5) were led by Alan Dorsey with 12 points.

Said James Madison Coach John Thurston: “I don’t think our effort was what it should be. I don’t know if it was awe or what. I just know I could tell we were in trouble when we came out to shoot yesterday. They came out and watched the five NCAA championship banners. They just looked around.”

Despite the easy win, Indiana Coach Bob Knight said: “This is a team that just makes too many mental mistakes. We made enough dumb plays last Saturday (in an overtime loss to Kentucky) to last a lifetime. We’ve just got to eliminate that.”

Washington State was led by David Sanders with 24 points, 19 in the first half. Todd Anderson added 20 points.

Anderson had 11 points in the second half when the Cougars led by as many as 29 points. The Sycamores, who were led by Rotimi Alakija with 16 points, never got closer than the final score.

Illinois 109, Illinois Chicago 53--Kendall Gill scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half as the Illini (6-1) coasted to victory over the Flames (2-2) in the first round of the Illini tournament at Champaign, Ill.

The Illini will meet Auburn (4-0), a 70-65 winner over San Jose State (2-2).

Illinois led, 57-22, at halftime, converting 5 of 9 shots from three-point range.

Ilinois Chicago was led by Nate Chambers with 16 points.

Auburn was led by Jeff Moore with 18 points. Ricky Berry of San Jose State, hitting 10 of 16 shots, led all scorers with 22 points.

Auburn had a 36-29 lead at halftime, but it was cut to 36-34 by Berry with a pair of field goals to open the second half, including a three-pointer.

Auburn stretched its lead to 58-46 with 8:40 remaining on a three-pointer from Johnny Lynn.

Baylor 74, Mississippi Valley 72--Michael Williams scored 36 points and Darryl Middleton added 24 as the Bears (6-2) rallied past the Delta Devils (1-2) in the first round of the Runnin’ Joe tournament at Jonesboro, Ark.

Consecutive steals by Williams in the second half ignited the Bears after they had fallen behind, 62-54. Williams also hit four clutch free throws in the final three minutes.

Chicago State 59, Idaho State 52--Laurent Crawford scored 6 of his game-high 16 points in the final three minutes to lead Chicago State (2-4) in the first round of the Cougar tournament at Provo, Utah.

Chase Brown had 12 points for Idaho State (2-3).

Chicago State will face host Brigham Young, which routed Weber State, 104-71, as Michael Smith scored 25 points. BYU is 5-0, Weber State 1-3.