COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Florida State Hits a Bump in Road

Florida State found out what life on the road is all about in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Grant Hill scored 26 points and top-ranked Duke defeated the Seminoles, 86-70, Monday night at Durham, N.C.

The Seminoles, 7-4 overall and 1-2 in the ACC, upset North Carolina at Chapel Hill last month in their first ACC game.

“Obviously, this was a different game for us than North Carolina,” Florida State Coach Pat Kennedy said. “Their bulk hurt us. This league is extremely physical.”

Duke (8-0, 2-0) jumped to a 13-4 lead and built an 18-point margin by halftime.

Hill made 10 of 12 shots and grabbed 10 rebounds, sparking two key runs late in the first half as the Blue Devils pulled away.

Sam Cassell scored 20 points for Florida State.

No. 3 Oklahoma State 72, Kansas State 34--The Cowboys held the Wildcats to 11 points in the first half and won a Big Eight Conference opener at Stillwater, Okla.

Sean Sutton scored 16 points and Randy Davis had 13 as the Cowboys (13-0) won their 23rd consecutive home game.

Kansas State (6-4) had Oklahoma State’s top three big men--Byron Houston, Davis and Bryant Reeves--on the bench with three fouls by halftime. But the Wildcats made only four of 20 shots and trailed, 32-11, after 20 minutes.

No. 19 Wake Forest 74, Samford 45--Rodney Rogers scored 15 points and the Deacons (8-1) coasted past the Bulldogs at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Bubba Sheafe scored 13 points for Samford (2-6).

No. 22 North Carolina Charlotte 99, North Carolina Wilmington 89--Delano Johnson beat the buzzer with a three-pointer to force overtime, and the 49ers went on to beat the Seahawks (6-5) at Wilmington, N.C.

Keith Adkins had 24 points and Matt Fish added 23 for Wilmington, which was trying for its first victory over a ranked team.

James Terrell scored 24 points for the 49ers.

No. 24 Tulane 88, Pennsylvania 74--Kim Lewis had 17 points and seven steals as the Green Wave defeated the Quakers at New Orleans.

Tulane (10-0) took control of the game when Coach Perry Clark sent in “the Posse,” his second unit which plays a full-court pressing game. The Green Wave went on a 14-5 run in the next 6:03 to take a 26-17 lead, and Penn (2-5) never caught up.

OTHER GAMES

Alonzo Mourning had 28 points, six assists, four blocked shots and three steals as Georgetown (8-2, 1-1) scored a 70-63 Big East Conference victory over Providence (8-6, 0-2) at Providence, R.I. . . . Sean Mack scored 22 points and Charles Outlaw had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Houston (10-2) scored a 105-81 victory night over Centenary (4-6) at Shreveport, La. . . . Chris McNeal had 16 points and 15 rebounds as Pittsburgh (9-4) outscored cross-town rival Duquesne, 24-5, to start the second half and went on to a 93-69 victory at Pittsburgh. The Dukes are 5-5. . . . Allan Houston had 19 points each as Tennessee (8-3) won its seventh consecutive game, 77-70, over Towson State (3-8) at Knoxville, Tenn.