COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Jayhawks Hit Beach, Blast Miami, 100-73

Practicing on the beach proved to be a good way for the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks to prepare for Wednesday night’s game at Miami.

Rick Calloway led seven Kansas players in double figures with 16 points as the unbeaten Jayhawks blitzed Miami, 100-73, for their 17th victory of the season. They had worked out on a court drawn in the sand after arriving Tuesday in Miami.

Joe Wylie, who scored 16 points in the first half and 20 in the game, kept Miami (4-6) in contention early before Kansas’ depth began to take a toll.

Kansas, averaging 95.4 points going into the game, reached the 100 mark for the fifth time. Miami gave up 100 for the first time this season and suffered its most lopsided loss.

Kevin Pritchard had 14 points for Kansas, which shot 56%.

No. 5 Missouri 106, Southern 87--Even without its coach and two guards, the Tigers had too much of everything. They scored the game’s first 17 points at Columbia, Mo., before coasting to their 14th victory in 15 games.

Missouri Coach Norm Stewart, who missed the team’s final 14 games last season after he was diagnosed as having colon cancer, was absent because of the flu.

Travis Ford, who started Missouri’s last three games, was hospitalized with a strained back, and Lee Coward was benched because of a cracked rib.

Doug Smith finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds for Missouri. Nathan Buntin added 21 points and 17 rebounds.

Joe Faulkner had 27 points and Carlos Sample had 19 for Southern.

No. 6 Syracuse 81, No. 15 St. John’s 72--Senior Derrick Coleman scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Orangemen used a 19-9 spurt to pull away in the second half in a Big East game at Syracuse, N.Y.

Syracuse shot 67% in the second half to improve to 11-1, 2-1 in conference play, and stop St. John’s eight-game winning streak.

Stephen Thompson added 20 points and Billy Owens had 17 for Syracuse.

No. 12 Arkansas 99, Baylor 84--Todd Day and Ron Huery each scored 19 points in the Razorbacks’ Southwest Conference victory at Little Rock, Ark.

Arkansas (11-2, 3-0) had a 48-41 lead at halftime. Baylor (7-6, 0-3) cut the deficit to four points with 15 minutes left before Arkansas pulled away.

Maryland 98, North Carolina 88--Walt Williams scored a career-high 33 points as the Terrapins beat the Tar Heels for the first time in nearly four years in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at College Park, Md.

It was the first time that North Carolina (10-6) lost an ACC opener since 1980. The Tar Heels were behind, 85-72, with 2:35 to play before making a 14-5 run and pulling within 90-86 on a three-point shot by Hubert Davis.

Maryland (2-1, 10-4) held on by making 20 of 22 free throws over the final 6:50.

Kentucky 89, Florida 81--Sean Woods made 10 of 12 free throws during a 17-9 spurt in the final 3:49 that helped the Wildcats snap a five-game losing streak in an SEC game at Lexington, Ky.

Florida (5-5 overall and 1-2 in the SEC) had tied the game, 72-72, when Dwayne Schintzius sank one of two free throws with 3:57 remaining.

Woods led Kentucky with 20 points. Reggie Hanson added 19, Deron Feldhaus 14 and Derrick Miller 12.

Texas 83, Texas Christian 80--Lance Blanks scored 31 points, 25 in the first half, as the Longhorns held off the Horned Frogs in a SWC game at Ft. Worth.

Texas is 10-2 overall and leads the SWC with a 4-0 record. TCU is 7-6 overall, 1-2 in conference play.

Travis Mays had 21 points for Texas, and teammate Joey Wright added 17.

Auburn 93, Mississippi State 71--Reggie Gallon scored 24 points and the hot-shooting Tigers took control in the second half at Auburn, Ala.

Auburn (4-9, 1-2) dominated the game after gaining a 37-32 lead at halftime over the Bulldogs (8-4, 1-3).

Vanderbilt 86, Mississippi 79--Scott Draud scored a career-high 30 points as the Commodores extended their winning streak to eight games with the SEC victory on its home court.

The Commodores (10-2, 3-0) remained the only undefeated team in SEC play. Draud, a 6-foot-2 junior, made six three-point shots to help cut down Mississippi (4-8, 1-3).

U.S. International 117, CS Sacramento 98--Kevin Bradshaw scored 36 points as the Gulls set a school scoring record in a victory late Tuesday night at San Diego.

USIU (7-10) set a record for most 100-point games in a season with eight, breaking the record of seven set last season.

Leading throughout the second half, USIU stretched its lead to as many as 23 points in the period, going ahead, 70-47, on a jump shot by Demetrius Laffitte, who finished with 26 points.

Isaac Brown had a career-high 25 points for USIU.

Cal State Sacramento was led by Tim Little with 25 points. Mike Kane added 22.