College Basketball Roundup : Syracuse Routs Western Michigan, 94-71

Sherman Douglas scored 27 points Wednesday night at Syracuse, N.Y., leading No. 3-ranked Syracuse to a 94-71 victory over Western Michigan in front of a subdued Carrier Dome crowd stunned by a plane crash earlier in the day that killed at least 36 university students.

Minister Michael Rothermel said a prayer for the students before the game. That was followed by a moment of silence. No survivors were found among 258 passengers on the Pan American jumbo jet that crashed in Scotland on its way to New York.

Syracuse (11-0) built a 40-26 halftime lead with an 18-5 spurt. Douglas and Stephen Thompson each scored 5 points during the run, which made it 23-10.

Syracuse played most of the second half without forward Derrick Coleman and center Richard Manning, who each had 4 fouls. Coleman finished with 16 points.

Douglas and Thompson, who had 22 points, combined for 8 points during a 10-0 run with just under 5 minutes remaining as the Orangemen put the game out of reach.

Duke 94, Wake Forest 88--Danny Ferry scored 22 of his 33 points in the second half as the No. 1 Blue Devils (7-0) held off the Demon Deacons (4-2) in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Durham, N.C.

Ferry, who had an ACC-record 58 points against Miami on Dec. 10, continued his torrid pace, making 7 of 11 shots in the second half. He also had 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

Duke led, 50-47, at halftime but couldn’t pull away from the Demon Deacons during a half in which 29 fouls were called.

Wake Forest trailed only 83-80 with 4:19 left, but the Blue Devils went on a 6-0 run over a 3-minute span to seal the victory.

Sam Ivy led Wake Forest with 18 points, and freshman Chris King had 17.

Nevada Las Vegas 88, Rhode Island 69--Stacey Augmon scored 21 points and Greg Anthony had 19 for the No. 13 Rebels in the opening game of the Rebel Roundup at Las Vegas.

UNLV (4-2) jumped off to a 15-2 lead and led at halftime, 50-32.

Kenny Green had 22 points for Rhode Island (1-4).

Michigan 121, Youngstown State 72--Glen Rice had 30 points and 9 assists and Loy Vaught had 26 points for the No. 2 Wolverines, who continued to pile up the points against inferior opposition at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Youngstown State (0-8) has lost 21 straight games since last Jan. 23.

Michigan, averaging 100.5 points a game, has scored at least 100 points in 6 of its last 7 games. The Wolverines had a season-high 125 against Northern Michigan, one of three National Collegiate Athletic Assn. Division II schools on a schedule that also has included Eastern, Western and Central Michigan, Tampa, Grambling and South Dakota State.

Kevin Haddock scored 27 for Youngstown State, which starts three sophomores and two freshmen.

Missouri 114, Southern 96--Byron Irvin scored 30 points for the No. 10 Tigers, who overcame a 34-point performance by Johnny Steptoe of the Jaguars at Columbia, Mo.

Missouri (10-3) led, 83-76, with 8:24 left before going on a 14-3 burst to break it open. Southern fell to 4-4.

Kansas 81, Texas Tech 80--Mike Maddox made a short jump shot with 20 seconds left to rally the No. 20 Jayhawks to victory at Lubbock, Tex.

Kansas (8-1) squandered an 18-point halftime lead. Texas Tech (2-6) went in front, 80-79, on Sean Gay’s shot with 1:47 left.

After the teams exchanged possessions, Maddox drove the right baseline for his go-ahead basket. Gay made a turnover on the Red Raiders’ next possession. Texas Tech got the ball back again with 1 second left, but Wes Lowe could not handle an inbounds pass.

Milt Newton scored 27 points, Mark Randall 19 and Kevin Pritchard 14 for Kansas.

Jerry Mason scored 24, Todd Duncan 23 and Gay 16 for Texas Tech.

Northwestern 96, Radford 89--Walker Lambiotte had 24 points including a 3-point play that put the Wildcats ahead for good in the Golden Panthers tournament at Miami.

Radford (5-2) pulled ahead, 69-68, with 7 minutes to go. Lambiotte then scored on a layup, was fouled and converted the free throw to give Northwestern (5-1) the lead.

Louisville 76, Eastern Kentucky 40--Pervis Ellison made all 8 of his shots in scoring 17 points for the No. 14 Cardinals (6-2) at Louisville, Ky.

Eastern Kentucky dropped to 1-7.

Minnesota 93, Detroit 69-- Willie Burton had 8 points and 3 assists in the first 7 minutes when the Gophers built a 23-6 lead and then cruised to the victory at Minneapolis.

Burton finished with 18 points for the Gophers (5-2).

Brigham Young 74, Utah State 72--Michael Smith had 23 points and Steve Schreiner 20 as the Cougars evened their record at 4-4 at Logan, Utah.

Reid Newey had 22 points for Utah State (1-6).

San Jose State 93, Eastern Washington 75--Steven Haney had 23 points and Dietrich Waters had 16 points for the Spartans (3-5) at San Jose.

David Peed scored 22 points for Eastern Washington (2-9).