COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : No. 16 Louisville Overpowered by Memphis State

Louisville Coach Denny Crum had an uneasy feeling before Tuesday night’s game against Memphis State, and the feeling proved prophetic.

“Before the game, I felt we were not ready mentally, but there’s nothing to say to change that before a game,” Crum said after the Tigers defeated the 16th-ranked Cardinals, 82-68, in a Metro Conference game at Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis State outrebounded Louisville, 41-28, and the Tigers’ front line outscored Louisville’s big men, 55-42, led by Ernest Smith’s 18 points.

Although the Tigers led by as many as 11 with 2:20 left, Memphis State Coach Larry Finch kept waiting for Louisville to make a comeback.

“I wondered when Louisville would get that typical surge, but our youngsters were able to combat it,” Finch said. “I think our young big guys are playing better. They have matured.”

Memphis State is 16-9 and 7-5 in the conference. Louisville is 20-6 and 9-2.

No. 11 Syracuse 105, Boston College 69--Derrick Coleman scored 21 points and the Orangemen used an 11-1 run at the start of the second half in a Big East Conference game at Syracuse, N.Y.

The Orangemen (19-5, 9-4) remained a half-game behind Georgetown and a game behind front-running Connecticut in the conference.

Billy Owens added 17 points and LeRon Ellis 16 for Syracuse. Boston College (7-16, 1-12) was led by freshman David Hinton’s 18 points.

No. 14 La Salle 110, Loyola, Md. 81--Lionel Simmons moved past Oscar Robertson into fifth place on the NCAA Division I scoring list with 34 points in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game at Baltimore.

Simmons, seeking to become the fifth Division I player in history to score 3,000 points, has 2,997 points in his four seasons at La Salle (23-1, 13-0). Loyola is 2-12 and 4-21.

Robertson scored 2,973 points in three seasons (1957-60) at the University of Cincinnati.

Louisiana State’s Pete Maravich holds the scoring record with 3,667 points.

DePaul 63, Notre Dame 62--The Blue Devils’ Stephen Howard jammed home an errant shot from Chuckie Murphy in the final second at South Bend, Ind.

Howard finished with 26 points to lead DePaul (15-12), which overcame an 18-point first-half deficit. Notre Dame is 14-9.

Auburn 87, Vanderbilt 74--Derrick Dennison scored 36 points and the Tigers (12-14, 8-7) held the Commodores (12-12, 5-10) to seven field goals in the second half of a Southeastern Conference game at Nashville, Tenn.

Kansas State 66, Oklahoma State 60--Steve Henson scored 18 points and Askia Jones added 17 to lead the Wildcats (16-11, 6-5) in a battle for fourth place in the Big Eight Conference at Manhattan, Kan. The Cowboys are 14-10 and 5-6.