COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Seton Hall Holds Off Rutgers

Jerry Walker scored four of his 15 points during an 8-0 second-half run that helped No. 12 Seton Hall hold off Rutgers, 77-72, at Piscataway, N.J., Wednesday night.

It was the first loss in four games for the Scarlet Knights, who had consecutive victories over then-No. 24 Nevada Las Vegas and Princeton. But the Pirates proved to be too much for them.

Gordon Winchester added 18 points for Seton Hall (4-1), and John Leahy and Danny Hurley each had personal bests with 13 points apiece.

Seton Hall never trailed in the second half, leading by as many as 12 in the early minutes and by as little as 60-59 after Jamal Phillips capped a seven-point run by putting in a rebound.

But each time Rutgers got its second-largest home crowd into a frenzy, the Pirates found a way to quiet the mostly red-shirted crowd of 8,966.

No. 21 Missouri 113, Nebraska Kearney 67--Anthony Peeler scored 25 points in 24 minutes at Columbia, Mo., and moved into seventh place on Missouri’s all-time scoring list. Peeler has 1,410 points as he passed Willie Smith and Larry Drew.

The Tigers (5-0) opened a 50-19 lead with 5:47 left before halftime.

Steve Scheidegger scored 15 and Brian Nielsen added 14 to lead the Antelopes (3-6).

Billy Curley scored 17 of his 22 points in the opening half as unbeaten Boston College capitalized on 17 first-half turnovers and beat Notre Dame, 78-54 at Newton, Mass. Boston College is 6-0, the Irish 1-4 under first-year Coach John MacLeod. . . . DePaul, led by David Booth’s 21 points, rebounded from two consecutive losses to defeat American University, 106-80. . . . Sophomore guard Jamar Johnson scored a career-high 20 points and triggered a second half run that propelled Nebraska past Wisconsin, 86-67, at Lincoln, Neb. . . . A three-point basket by reserve Brett Studdard and the winning jump shot by Maurice Alexander gave Wyoming a 60-58 come-from-behind victory over Colorado at Boulder, Colo., in the 66th meeting of the two teams. . . .Wesley Person scored 33 points and Aaron Swinson 31 to lead six players in double figures as Auburn set five school records en route to defeating Troy State, 141-116, at Auburn. . . . Michael Strickland scored 15 points as Texas Christian downed Pacific, 66-61, for its seventh win in a row, the best start in nearly 50 years for the Horned Frogs.