COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : North Carolina St. Drops North Carolina

Tom Gugliotta scored a career-high 36 points, including eight of 14 three-point shots, as North Carolina State used its outside shooting to upset No. 10 North Carolina, 99-88, Wednesday night at Raleigh.

It was the most points the Wolfpack has scored against the Tar Heels. Kevin Thompson added 19 for the Wolfpack (9-6, 3-2).

“It is so emotional when your team is playing well,” said Gugliotta, who made 11 of 17 field goals, grabbed eight rebounds and had five assists. “Last year when we beat them it was a great win. But we had a lot of firepower, more experience.

“To beat the 10th-ranked team--as good as they are--and with all freshmen and younger guys, not many people gave us that chance.”

Brian Reese scored 22 points and Hubert Davis added 15 for the Tar Heels (13-3, 3-2), who fell into a four-way tie for second in the Atlantic Coast Conference behind Duke.

No. 6 Ohio State 72, Minnesota 69--Jim Jackson scored 21 points, including four free throws in the final 29 seconds, as the Buckeyes won their 28th consecutive game at home.

Mark Baker added 15 points and Lawrence Funderburke 13 for Ohio State (12-2, 4-1). Voshon Lenard scored 19 points, Townsend Orr had 16, Bob Martin 12 and Arriel McDonald 10 for the Gophers (11-7, 3-2).

No. 7 Connecticut 97, Providence 86--Chris Smith scored 27 points and Scott Burrell added 25 as the Huskies (14-1, 5-1) were pushed into overtime in a Big East game at Providence, R.I.

The Friars (8-10, 0-6) missed 13 shots in the extra period and managed only five points.

No. 9 Arkansas 75, Florida 62--Todd Day scored 12 points and became the Razorbacks’ (16-3, 5-1) all-time leading scorer in a Southeastern Conference victory at Fayetteville.

Day needed nine points to break the record of 2,066 points set by Sidney Moncrief in 1976-1979. His dunk with 49 seconds to play accounted for his ninth and 10th points. Day’s total is 2,070.

No. 14 Michigan State 66, Purdue 61--Mike Peplowski shook off foul trouble to score six of the Spartans’ last seven points in the Big Ten victory over the Boilermakers at West Lafayette, Ind.

Peplowski, who finished with 14 points, made four consecutive free throws, then snapped the final deadlock with a basket with 1:03 remaining, giving Michigan State (13-2, 3-2) a 63-61 lead.

Woody Austin led Purdue (10-6, 2-2) with 22 points and Ian Stanback added a career-high 21.

Mississippi 78, No. 15 Alabama 77--Joe Harvell scored 32 points at Tuscaloosa, Ala., as the Rebels (8-7, 1-3) handed the Crimson Tide (14-4, 2-3) their third loss in a row.

Alabama was playing without its leading scorer, sophomore guard James Robinson, who was held out of the game because he walked out of practice on Sunday.

OTHER GAMES

Chris King scored 31 points as Wake Forest overcame a career-best 39-point effort by Walt Williams at College Park, Md., and handed Maryland its eighth loss in a row. . . . James Moses scored 21 points to lead Iowa to a 78-71 victory over Northwestern at Evanston, Ill., as the Wildcats lost their 27th consecutive Big Ten game. . . . Marvin Moore scored 22 points and Brent Scott added 20 as Rice defeated Texas Tech, 84-69, in a Southwest Conference game at Lubbock, Tex. . . . Alonzo Mourning scored 19 points and dominated defensively down the stretch as Georgetown beat Pittsburgh, 63-59, in a Big East game at Pittsburgh. . . . Kevin Hines made two free throws with three seconds left, as Clemson salvaged a 51-48 victory over Virginia in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Clemson. . . . Deon Thomas scored 22 points to lead Illinois to a 74-67 victory over Wisconsin at Champaign, Ill., in a Big Ten game. . . . Curtis Blair scored 32 points and Jim Shields had 16 at Norfolk, Va., to lead Richmond past Old Dominion, 82-77. . . . Litterial Green scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as Georgia edged Vanderbilt, 72-70, at Athens, Ga. . . . Chris Brandt scored 16 points and Willie Jones 15 to lead Auburn to an 85-68 victory over South Carolina at Auburn.