College Basketball Roundup : Indiana’s Winning Shot Sounds Good to Edwards

Jay Edwards didn’t actually see the shot, but he knew it was good.

Edwards was knocked to the floor after releasing his three-point bomb just before the buzzer that lifted ninth-ranked Indiana to a 76-75 victory over No. 13 Michigan Sunday in a Big Ten Conference game at Bloomington, Ind.

“I heard everybody scream,” Edwards said, explaining how he knew the shot went in. “I couldn’t believe it at first. I’m just now realizing what happened.

“I think I heard a horn while it was in the air. I didn’t hear it before I shot it.”

On the Michigan side, they weren’t so sure about that.

“I’ll get ripped if I say it was good because people will say I’m not standing up for my team, and I’ll get ripped if I say it wasn’t good because they’ll say I was making excuses,” Michigan Coach Bill Frieder said.

Added Rumeal Robinson, who scored 24 points for the Wolverines: “We had the game in our hands. A referee call in a crucial game like this is what will give them the Big Ten championship.”

Indiana (21-5 overall, 11-1 in the Big Ten) has a three-game lead over Illinois (8-4) with six games left. Michigan (19-5, 7-5) fell into a tie with Iowa for third place.

Edwards scored 23 points, including 13 in the game’s final 8:48 after getting just four in the first half. He also made three of four free throws in the final 1:22 to keep the Hoosiers close after Michigan took a 75-71 lead on a three-pointer by Sean Higgins.

Glen Rice, the Big Ten’s leading scorer at 26.4, scored just seven points and missed Michigan’s final shot before Edwards scored.

UNLV 62, Temple 60--Greg Anthony’s three-point play with 28 seconds left pushed the No. 18 Rebels past the Owls at Las Vegas.

Temple (15-9) had a 56-53 lead before Anthony tied it on a three-pointer with four minutes left. Anderson Hunt’s three-pointer with 3:31 left gave UNLV (18-6) a 59-56 lead.

Mark Macon, who had 27 points, made a jumper with 2:10 left and added two free throws with 1:05 left to give Temple a 60-59 lead.

Missouri 79, Nebraska 63--Gary Leonard scored 11 of the first 17 points for the third-ranked Tigers, who rolled past the Cornhuskers in a Big Eight game at Columbia, Mo.

Missouri, 2-2 since interim Coach Rich Daly replaced ailing Norm Stewart, jumped to a 19-6 lead and extended it to 38-21 at halftime.

Leonard scored 23 points and Anthony Peeler added 22 for Missouri (22-5, 8-2). Rich King had 22 points for Nebraska (14-12, 2-8).

North Carolina 86, Maryland 75--Steve Bucknall scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and the eighth-ranked Tar Heels held off the Terrapins at College Park, Md.

Maryland (8-16, 10-11) trailed by 10 points early in the second half, but pulled to within 70-66 with just over two minutes left before Bucknall halted the rally on a three-point shot with 1:50 left.

J.R. Reid scored 17 points for North Carolina (22-5, 8-3). John Johnson had 24 for Maryland.

West Virginia 90, Rhode Island 66--Chris Brooks scored 22 points and Ray Foster added 17 as the No. 14 Mountaineers beat the Rams in an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Morgantown, W.Va., stretching the nation’s longest winning streak to 21 games.

Steve Berger added 15 points for the Mountaineers (22-2, 15-0). John Evans scored 23 points for Rhode Island (11-13, 7-8).

Notre Dame 89, Houston 80--Joe Fredrick scored 25 points and LaPhonso Ellis had 21 to lead the Irish past the Cougars at South Bend, Ind.

Houston (15-11) trailed by 10 points early, but pulled to within 82-78 with 1:40 left on three-point shots by Horace Chaney, who had 22 points, and Richard Hollis.

Notre Dame (16-5) held on by making seven of eight free throws.