College Basketball Roundup : Maryland Comes All the Way Back to Upset No. 7 Duke, 72-69

When Maryland’s basketball program hit rock bottom, there was speculation it might take a decade for the rebuilding. Coach Bob Wade has done it in just over a year.

Derrick Lewis powered home a dunk with 24 seconds left Saturday night, and the Terrapins upset seventh-ranked Duke, 72-69, at Durham, N.C.

“This win is just tremendous for us,” Wade said. “The biggest thing about it is that it came on the road against a team that is ranked No. 7 in the country.”

It was Wade’s first ACC road victory after the Terrapins (10-4, 3-1) went 0-14 in the conference last season.

Lewis’ dunk broke a 69-69 tie, and Rudy Archer added a free throw with seven seconds left to give Maryland its first victory at Duke (10-2, 1-1) in three years.

Maryland took a 34-31 halftime lead, but Duke opened a 61-55 advantage on Robert Brickey’s three-point play with 7:10 left.

The Terrapins ran off nine straight points, four by Lewis, to reclaim the lead at 64-61 with 4:22 left. Danny Ferry’s three-point play at 3:53 gave the Blue Devils a 64-64 tie, and his two free throws 30 seconds later put Duke ahead.

Greg Koubek converted a turnover into a three-point basket at 2:44, and Duke stretched its lead to 69-64. But Keith Gatlin hit a field goal and a three-point basket to tie the game at 69-69 with 1:34 left, leaving it up to Lewis, who scored 20 points.

Ferry had 23 points for Duke.

Connecticut 51, Syracuse 50--Cliff Robinson made a foul shot with two seconds left, and the Huskies stunned the ninth-ranked Orangemen at Syracuse, N.Y.

Sherman Douglas of Syracuse was called for an intentional foul trying to prevent Robinson from going to the basket. Robinson missed the first shot, but with about 30,000 Syracuse fans screaming, he swished the second for Connecticut’s only lead of the game.

The Huskies (9-4, 2-2) got the ball back on the intentional foul and ran out the clock to hand Syracuse (12-4, 2-2) its second consecutive loss.

Syracuse had a 50-44 lead, but Phil Gamble, who scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half, hit a three-pointer with 1:53 left and tied the score on another bomb with 1:01 left.

Derrick Coleman had 16 points, 14 rebounds and 7 blocked shots for Syracuse.

Kansas State 69, Oklahoma 62--Mitch Richmond scored 33 points, and the Wildcats ambushed the No. 3 Sooners in a Big Eight game at Manhattan, Kan.

Oklahoma (14-2, 1-1) dropped its second straight game, having lost at LSU on Monday night. Kansas State (8-4) won its conference opener by holding the Sooners, averaging 112 points per game, to their lowest score of the season.

The Wildcats made 10 straight free throws during the final 1:46 to preserve the victory.

Kansas State controlled the tempo throughout the first half and led, 31-28, at halftime.

Oklahoma’s Harvey Grant, averaging 23 points a game, was held to four first-half points on 1-for-10 shooting. He finished with 19 points and center Stacey King added 15.

Boston College 68, Georgetown 66--Dana Barros capped a 30-point performance with a jump shot as time expired, and the Eagles knocked off the 11th-ranked Hoyas at Boston.

Barros scored the Eagles’ final eight points, and Boston College (10-5, 2-3) beat Georgetown for the first time in 10 games dating to March 2, 1983.

Georgetown (11-3, 1-2), which scored six straight points, all by Mark Tillmon, to pull into a 66-66 tie with 14 seconds remaining, lost its second straight game.

Charles Smith scored 21 points for Georgetown, which lost at Providence, 78-74, on Wednesday night.

Michigan State, 75, Indiana 74--Steve Smith scored 5 of his 18 points in overtime and George Papadakos added 4 of his 15, including the winning basket with 13 seconds left, as the Spartans surprised the No. 15 Hooisers in a Big Ten game at East Lansing, Mich.

It was the second defeat in three games for the Hoosiers (9-5, 1-3).

Michigan State (6-8, 1-3), which snapped a five-game losing streak, tied the score, 66-66, with 10 seconds left in regulation on Ed Wright’s three-point shot.

Dean Garrett, who scored 17 points, tipped in a rebound for a 72-71 Indiana lead in overtime, but two free throws by Smith put Michigan State back on top with 1:13 to play. A baseline jumper by Garrett with 46 seconds left gave Indiana its last lead, 74-73.

Pitt 85, Villanova 73--Jerome Lane had 17 points and 13 rebounds as the sixth-ranked Panthers downed the Wildcats in a Big East game at Pittsburgh.

Freshman point guard Sean Miller scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half as the Panthers (13-1, 3-1) dealt Villanova (12-4, 4-1) its first Big East loss.

Villanova, which trailed, 42-25, early in the second half, scored 11 straight points and closed to within 50-46 after 6-10 Pitt center Charles Smith picked up his fourth foul.

But Miller hit two foul shots and freshman Bobby Martin, Smith’s replacement, scored on a layup to start an 8-2 Pitt burst that made it 58-48 with 9:17 to play.

North Carolina 87, Virginia 62--Jeff Lebo scored 23 points, and the second-ranked Tar Heels routed the Cavaliers in an ACC game at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Carolina (13-1, 2-0), which struggled to a 38-30 halftime lead, used a 11-2 spurt to pull away early in the second half. The Tar Heels (8-8, 1-2) held Virginia to four points in the first five minutes of the half.

J.R. Reid added 19 points for North Carolina and Mel Kennedy scored 23 for Virginia.

Nevada Las Vegas 92, Providence 72--The No. 13 Runnin’ Rebels came from behind by scoring the first 11 points of the second half and defeated the Friars at Providence, R.I.

UNLV (14-1) never led in the opening half and trailed, 49-43, at halftime as Jarvis Basnight and Gerald Paddio each missed close to 10 minutes with three fouls apiece.

Basnight scored the first two baskets of the second half and Paddio hit one of his three three-pointers to give UNLV its first lead, 50-49. Keith James sank two foul shots and Paddio capped the spurt with a stuff.

Freshman Stacey Augmon had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Las Vegas. Basnight added 18 points, Paddio had 17 and James scored 16.

Darryl Wright had 12 points for Providence (8-5).

Temple 73, St. Bonaventure 63--Freshman Mark Macon scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, and the fourth-ranked Owls turned back the Bonnies in an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Olean, N.Y.

Macon hit a three-point shot with 3:43 to play to put the Owls (12-0, 6-0) ahead, 63-59, and Temple pulled away.

Rich McCormick brought the Bonnies (7-5, 2-2) from a 45-28 halftime deficit with 13 points early in the second half as St. Bonaventure chopped the lead to 56-53 with 10 minutes to play.

Iowa 92, Northwestern 68--Jeff Moe scored 19 points, including three three-point shots in a second-half scoring spree, and the 17th-ranked Hawkeyes trounced the Wildcats in a Big Ten game at Iowa City.

Moe hit the three-pointers in a 19-0 run as the Hawkeyes (11-5, 2-2) turned a 46-39 deficit into a 12-point lead in just under three minutes.

Jeff Grose had 21 points for Northwestern (6-8, 1-3).

Kentucky 83, Tennessee 65--Rex Chapman scored 23 points, and the fifth-ranked Wildcats pounded the Volunteers in a Southeastern Conference game at Lexington, Ky.

The Wildcats (12-1, 5-1) forced Tennessee (9-3, 2-2) the Volunteers into 23 turnovers, including eight in the first seven minutes when the Wildcats took control.

Tennessee’s Dyron Nix scored 28 points and Ed Davender added 18 for Kentucky.

Auburn 65, Mississippi State 57--John Caylor scored 18 points, and the No. 19 Tigers scored 13 straight points in the first half as they beat the Bulldogs in an SEC game at Auburn, Ala.

Mississippi State (9-5, 1-3) cut the margin to 56-53 on Reginald Boykin’s dunk with 3:07 left, but Auburn (10-3, 3-1) finished with a 9-4 spurt.

Iowa State 123, U.S. International 92--Jeff Grayer had 32 points and a career-high 24 rebounds as the No. 14 Cyclones overwhelmed the Gulls at Ames, Iowa.

Gary Thompkins had 21 points for Iowa State (15-2) and Russ Heicke scored 26 for U.S. International (7-12).

Illinois 80, Wisconsin 65--Glynn Blackwell scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half to lead the 20th-ranked Illini to a Big Ten victory over the Badgers at Madison, Wis.

Trent Jackson’s three-point shot pulled Wisconsin (8-6, 2-2) to within 68-63 with 2:56 left, but the Badgers didn’t score again until Danny Jones scored with 12 seconds remaining--after Illinois (12-3, 3-1) scored 10 straight points.

Kansas 95, Hampton 69--Danny Manning scored 22 points, and the No. 16 Jayhawks overpowered the Pirates at Lawrence, Kan.

The Jayhawks (12-4) stretched their home-court winning streak to 55 games. Stacy Clark scored 25 points for Hampton (6-6).