College Basketball Roundup : No. 13 Iowa Serves Notice With a 95-87 Upset of No. 7 Michigan

Coach Tom Davis believes Iowa’s big guns are heating up at just the right time, with the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament approaching.

Ed Horton had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Roy Marble had 19 points as the 13th-ranked Hawkeyes rallied in the final eight minutes to beat No. 7 Michigan, 95-87, Saturday in a Big Ten game at Iowa City, Iowa.

“Both Marble and Horton have been on streaks,” Davis said. “Marble, the last three or four games, has played the best ball of the season and for Eddie, it’s the best play of his career.”

For Marble, a junior from Flint, Mich., the come-from-behind victory took a little of the sting out of a 120-103 thrashing at the hands of Michigan earlier this month.

“Now I can go home,” he said.

Michigan (22-5, 11-3) led by eight points twice in the first half and three times in the second half. Iowa (20-7, 10-4) led by as many as 14 points in the first half.

“With running teams, you’re going to have those big swings in the game,” Davis said. “With the two highest-scoring teams in the league, you’re not going to have consistency.

“(Coming back) says something about the unselfishness on this team. They are constantly working on that.”

Michigan had a 75-67 lead with just less than eight minutes left, but Marble keyed a 12-4 Iowa run that tied the game, 79-79, with 6:07 left.

The lead changed hands three times after that, with Horton’s jumper putting Iowa ahead for good, 86-85, with 2:31 left. B.J. Armstrong and Bill Jones hit two free throws apiece to give Iowa a 90-85 lead with 1:13 to go.

Gary Grant hit a long jump shot for Michigan with 18 seconds left that was first called a three-pointer and then ruled a two-point shot to cut the margin to 90-87, but Iowa hit 3 of 4 free throws and Horton added a score-capping slam at the buzzer.

“We got control of the game,” Michigan Coach Bill Frieder said. “We just didn’t sustain it. Iowa came back and got control, and that’s just the way it goes.”

Grant, who played the second half with four fouls, scored 24 points and Glen Rice added 20 for Michigan.

Kansas 82, Missouri 77--Danny Manning scored 37 points, and the Jayhawks scored 20 straight points in the first half to upset the No. 15 Tigers and snap their 21-game home-court winning streak in a Big Eight game at Columbia, Mo.

Manning scored nine of Kansas’ points during the eight-minute run that gave Kansas (18-10, 7-5) a 26-8 lead. Missouri (17-8, 6-6), which got 20 points from Derrick Chievous, came within 38-29 at halftime and closed the gap to 52-50 on a basket by Gary Leonard with 11:56 left.

Leonard’s shot kept the Tigers within 58-56, but Keith Harris hit two free throws and Milt Newton added a three-pointer, and Kansas pulled away. Kevin Pritchard’s three-point play made it 76-66 with 2:07 left.

Utah 62, Brigham Young 60--Keith Chapman hit a pair of three-point baskets in the final minute, and Mitch Smith scored 25 points as the Utes surprised the 11th-ranked Cougars in a Western Athletic Conference game at Salt Lake City.

After Chapman’s second three-pointer gave Utah (17-9, 9-5) a 60-59 lead with 33 seconds left, Tommy Connor hit two free throws with nine seconds remaining to clinch the victory.

Jeff Chatman scored 19 points for BYU (17-9, 9-5), which has wrapped up the WAC’s regular-season championship.

Purdue 69, Northwestern 51--Troy Lewis hit a pair of three-pointers to cap a 13-point run that opened the second half, and the second-ranked Boilermakers overpowered the Wildcats in a Big Ten game at Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern (7-16, 2-12) had a 33-24 halftime lead, but Purdue (24-2, 13-1) turned the game around with its streak and opened a two-game lead over second-place Michigan with four games remaining.

Todd Mitchell scored 15 points for Purdue, Everette Stephens had 11 of his 13 in the second half and Lewis added 12 of his 14 after halftime. Phil Styles and Don Polite had 10 points each for Northwestern, which lost its ninth straight game.

Oklahoma 134, Colorado 84--Stacey King scored 29 points, and Harvey Grant added 27 points and 11 rebounds as the fourth-ranked Sooners clinched a tie for the Big Eight title by overwhelming the Buffaloes at Norman, Okla.

The Sooners (26-2, 11-1), shooting 58% and forcing 26 Colorado turnovers, stormed to a 71-37 halftime lead, tying the conference record they set last season for most points in a half, en route to their 12th straight victory.

Scott Wilke scored 23 points for Colorado (7-18, 3-9) and set a school record by scoring in double figures for the 45th straight game.

Pittsburgh 74, Connecticut 69--Charles Smith and Darelle Porter each made a pair of free throws in the final 25 seconds, and the sixth-ranked Panthers slipped past the Huskies at Hartford, Conn.

Connecticut (13-12, 4-11) rallied from an 18-point deficit early in the second half to get within 70-68 on a three-point play by Tate George with 1:39 left and had a chance to tie the score, but Smith blocked a shot with 46 seconds left.

Jerome Lane had 22 points and 16 rebounds, and Smith added 20 for Pitt (20-4, 10-3), which had a 48-30 lead with 17:39 remaining. Phil Gamble scored 23 points for Connecticut, including two three-pointers to start the comeback.

North Carolina State 64, Virginia 63--Rodney Monroe and Charles Shackleford each scored 18 points, and the No. 18 Wolfpack survived the Cavaliers in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Charlottesville, Va.

Virginia (12-16, 4-8) took a 63-60 lead on a three-point shot by John Crotty with 3:59 left, but the Cavaliers were blanked the rest of the way in losing their seventh straight game.

Monroe got N.C. State (20-6, 8-4) close on a basket with 3:17 left and hit the winning shot with 2:55 left. Mel Kennedy had 22 points for Virginia, which missed two shots in the final six seconds.

Vanderbilt 75, Notre Dame 66--Frank Kornet scored 17 points, and the No. 17 Commodores beat the Fighting Irish at South Bend, Ind.

Notre Dame (17-8) closed to within 51-46 on Joe Fredrick’s 12-footer with 12:17 left, but Vanderbilt (18-7) put together an 11-2 spurt to make it 62-48 with 6:09 left.

Fredrick scored 19 points, and David Rivers added 18 for Notre Dame. Barry Goheen had 16 for Vanderbilt.

Bradley 95, Indiana State 74--Hersey Hawkins scored 36 points, and Anthony Manuel had 13 points and 18 assists as the 14th-ranked Braves clinched a tie for the Missouri Valley Conference championship by routing the Sycamores at Peoria, Ill.

Hawkins, the nation’s leading scorer with an average of 34 points a game, scored 12 points as Bradley (22-4, 11-2) jumped to a 17-5 lead and wasn’t threatened the rest of the way.

Rob Vickers hit five three-pointers and scored 17 points for Indiana State (7-20, 3-11).

Wyoming 85, San Diego State 59--Fennis Dembo had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead the No. 16 Cowboys past the Aztecs in a Western Athletic Conference finale at Laramie, Wyo.

The Cowboys (22-5, 11-5) used a 14-3 run to take a 44-27 lead at halftime and opened the second half with a 16-6 run, eventually building the lead to 31 points.

Sam Johnson scored 14 points for San Diego State (11-15, 4-10).

Seton Hall 84, Villanova 58--Mark Bryant collected 38 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Pirates past the Wildcats in a Big East game at East Rutherford, N.J.

Seton Hall (19-10, 7-7) is making a run for a spot in the NCAA playoffs with 5 straight victories and 7 in its last 8 games. Bryant scored eight straight points to start the second half, and the Pirates broke away with a 15-5 run to take a 51-38 lead.

Kenny Wilson scored 15 points for Villanova (18-10, 9-6).

Louisville 87, Virginia Tech 82--Pervis Ellison had 21 points and grabbed 22 rebounds as the Cardinals assured themselves of at least a tie for the Metro Conference title by downing the Hokies at Blacksburg, Va.

Virginia Tech (19-7, 6-4) had a nine-point lead in the first half, but Herbert Crook scored two baskets at the end of the half to give Louisville (18-9, 8-3) a 39-38 lead. The Hokies never caught up in the second half.

Wally Lancaster scored 27 points, and Bimbo Coles added 24 for Virginia Tech. Crook added 22 for Louisville.