COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Scott, Georgia Tech Drop Pitt

A fallaway bank shot by Dennis Scott, who scored 42 points, gave No. 18 Georgia Tech a 93-92 victory over No. 22 Pittsburgh Monday night at Hartford, Conn., in the opening game of the Big East-ACC Challenge.

Scott, who made eight of 14 three-point shots, took a pass near the lane with four seconds left and then drove toward the basket, pulling up for the game-winning shot.

“Dennis Scott put on a performance not like too many people are going to see too often,” Pitt Coach Paul Evans said.

Jason Matthews, formerly of St. Monica High, had given Pitt a 92-91 lead, making a pair of free throws with nine seconds left.

But Georgia Tech (3-0) advanced the ball to midcourt and called a timeout to set up the winning play for Scott, a junior swingman who has scored 101 points in three games.

Darelle Porter scored 25 points to lead Pitt, which got 19 from Matthews and 18 from Rod Brookin.

Brian Oliver scored 21 points and freshman guard Kenny Anderson scored 20 for Georgia Tech.

No. 2 Kansas 103, Tennessee-Martin 48--The Jayhawks (7-0) opened the second half with a 32-4 run to win easily at Lawrence, Kan., over an outmanned Division II opponent.

Terry Brown scored 21 points and Mark Randall scored 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for Kansas, which increased a 21-point halftime lead to 83-44 with 7:45 left.

“I felt like I was in a heavyweight fight that lasted 10 seconds,” said Coach Tom Hancock of Tennessee-Martin. “We got knocked out with the first punch.”

Tennessee-Martin (3-3) got 13 points from Darren Lawler.

No. 4 Missouri 86, Creighton 79--Anthony Peeler scored 21 points to lead the Tigers, who used a 32-9 run at the end of the half to open a 52-37 halftime lead at Columbia, Mo., and never led by less than seven points the rest of the way.

Doug Smith scored 18 points for Missouri (5-0) and freshman Travis Ford, who made three three-point shots and had three assists during the decisive surge, scored 15.

Creighton (1-2) got 22 points from Chad Gallagher.

No. 9 Louisiana State 116, Lamar 76--Chris Jackson scored 30 points to lead the rout at Baton Rouge, La.

Jackson scored 18 points in the last 6:40 of the first half, when LSU (3-1) broke open a close game by outscoring the Cardinals, 32-7, to open a 60-32 halftime lead.

Shaquille O’Neal added 24 points and Maurice Williamson 15 for LSU.

Lamar (1-4) got 28 points from David Jones, who made eight three-point shots for a school record.

No. 11 Louisville 104, Cleveland State 77--Center Felton Spencer scored 21 points, made all eight of his shots and equaled a career-high by pulling down 12 rebounds in the rout at Louisville, Ky.

The Cardinals (4-1), who got 16 points and a career-high 12 assists from LaBradford Smith, made nine of their first 10 shots, jumped out to a 23-8 lead and never led by less than six points the rest of the way.

Everick Sullivan added 18 points for Louisville, which made 62% of its shots while limiting Cleveland State (2-1) to 35% shooting.

No. 12 Oklahoma 130, Angelo State 62--The Sooners scored 31 straight points in the first half, got 22 points and 13 rebounds from Williams Davis and romped over their Division II opponent at Norman, Okla.

Oklahoma (3-0) is averaging 149 points a game and has won by an average of 78.3 points. This was the Sooners’ closest game of the season.

They led at halftime, 72-28.

Vernon Ragsdale led Angelo State (3-5) with 14 points.

Kentucky 102, Mississippi State 97--Derrick Miller scored 21 points and Reggie Hanson added 19 at Lexington, Ky., helping the Wildcats win in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Kentucky (2-1) squandered most of a 21-point second-half lead, but held on after Mississippi State (3-1) closed to within 95-91 with 43 seconds left.

Doug Hartsfield scored 24 points to lead Mississippi State.

Washington State 55, Wisconsin 52--The Cougars, who beat USC and lost to UCLA last week, improved to 3-2 with the nonconference victory at Pullman, Wash.

Darryl Woods scored 22 points for Washington State and freshman guard Bennie Seltzer had 10 points and seven assists.

Willie Simms scored 18 points and Danny Jones had 17 for Wisconsin.