College Basketball Roundup : Villanova Wins in Upset Over No. 14 Georgetown

When sophomore center Tom Greis plays as big as he is tall, Villanova is tough to beat.

The 7-foot-2 Greis scored 21 points and blocked 9 shots Monday night in leading the Wildcats to a 64-58 upset of 14th-ranked Georgetown in a Big East Conference game at Philadelphia.

Greis made 8 of 10 shots from the field and was 5 of 5 from the foul line in 38 minutes. He played aggressively but did not incur a personal foul.

Greis, who got only five rebounds, said he got his blocked shots when Georgetown tried to stuff over him.

“I’d get a piece of the shot,” he said. “There are nights when I get a lot of rebounds and then nights like this where I block more.”

Mark Plansky had 14 points for Villanova, now 15-6 overall and 7-3 in Big East play. Mark Tillmon scored 24 points for Georgetown (14-5, 4-4).

The Hoyas shot only 32.4% from the field and made only 3 of 8 free throws.

Wichita St. 116, Bradley 92--Junior Dwayne Praylow scored a career-high 24 points as the Shockers upset the 18th-ranked Braves in a Missouri Valley Conference game at Wichita, Kan.

Wichita State, 12-7 overall, took sole possession of the conference lead with a 5-2 record. Bradley fell to 13-3 and 4-2.

Bradley’s Hersey Hawkins, the nation’s leading scorer, led all scorers with 37 points before fouling out with more than four minutes remaining.

Duke 101, Clemson 63--Sophomore Phil Henderson scored 18 points as the No. 4 Blue Demons won at Durham, N.C., to remain atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Duke (14-2, 4-1) used a 26-8 scoring spurt to build a 54-26 halftime lead.

Freshman guard Donnell Bruce scored 15 points for Clemson (11-7, 1-5).

Michigan St. 76, Ohio St. 64--Ken Redfield scored 20 points to lead the Spartans (7-10, 2-5) over the Buckeyes (10-7, 3-4) in a Big Ten game at East Lansing, Mich. Jerry Francis had 19 for Ohio State.

Michigan State, which led 32-29 at half, never trailed after Redfield’s jumper made it 16-14 at the 10:25 mark. Redfield scored 14 in the second half.

Louisville 107, Virginia Tech 99--LaBradford Smith scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and sparked a decisive scoring run that pushed the Cardinals (11-8, 2-3) over the Hokies (14-6, 3-2) in a Metro Conference game at Louisville.

With Louisville trailing by a point with 14 minutes left, Smith scored 7 straight points to start a 21-4 outburst that gave the Cardinals a 76-60 lead with 8:35 to go. Guard Vernell (Bimbo) Coles scored 34 points for Virginia Tech, and guard Wally Lancaster had 29.

Herbert Crook scored 20 points for Louisville and Kenny Payne added 18.

New Mexico 60, Colorado St. 51--Charlie Thomas scored 16 points to lead a balanced scoring attack that carried the Lobos (17-6, 5-3) to a Western Athletic Conference victory over the Rams (11-6, 2-3) at Albuquerque, N.M.

Virginia 77, Jacksonville 52--Mel Kennedy scored 19 points and triggered a second-half run that put the game away as the Cavaliers (12-9) beat the Dolphins (5-14) at Charlottesville, Va.