COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Michigan State Dominates Indiana, 76-60

It was no surprise that a game featuring No. 4 Indiana included balanced scoring, team defense and domination at both ends of the court.

The Hoosiers, however, were on the receiving end of the beating Saturday at East Lansing, Mich.

Mike Peplowski scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds as No. 13 Michigan State ended Indiana’s 13-game winning streak with a 76-60 Big Ten Conference victory.

“We were never really a threat today,” Indiana Coach Bobby Knight said. “Their effort and enthusiasm just knocked us out of our sync. They played very well and never let us get into a good offensive flow.

“When any team in this league gets the maximum effort from all its players, they’re tough to beat. That’s what Michigan State got today. We didn’t.”

Michigan State (14-3, 4-3 in the Big Ten) rebounded from a 10-point loss to Michigan on Wednesday night and held Indiana (15-3, 6-1) to 39% shooting--the Hoosiers’ lowest of the season.

Indiana’s lowest previous shooting performance was 42% against Boston University. During the winning streak, 10 Hoosiers shot better than 50%. But no opponent has shot 50% against the Spartans in 29 games, dating to last season.

The Spartans also outrebounded Indiana, 40-24.

Greg Graham scored 23 points for Indiana, which never led, and Calbert Cheaney scored 17 points.

No. 1 Duke 100, Notre Dame 71--Christian Laettner scored 29 points at Durham, N.C., and Bobby Hurley surpassed the 1,000-point mark as the Blue Devils won their 500th game in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Blue Devils (17-0) are off to their best start. Duke joined Washington, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and North Carolina State as schools with 500 victories on their present home courts. Duke played its first home game in Cameron on Jan. 6, 1940. The Blue Devils have won their last 26 games at home.

Hurley, who had 11 points and seven assists, is two short of setting the Duke record for career assists. The mark of 708 is held by Duke assistant Tommy Amaker.

Daimon Sweet and LaPhonso Ellis each scored 18 points for Notre Dame (7-9).

No. 5 Kansas 96, No. 18 Oklahoma 95--The Jayhawks (16-1, 4-0), who have won five consecutive games, led by as many as 18 points in the second half of the Big Eight Conference game at Norman, Okla.

Bryan Sallier scored 29 points and had 10 rebounds for Oklahoma (14-4, 2-3), which has lost its first two conference home games for the first time since 1964.

No. 12 Syracuse 70, Seton Hall 67--Glenn Sekunda made an off-balance bank shot with 40 seconds left at Syracuse, N.Y., as the Orangemen overcame a 12-point deficit in the last 7 1/2 minutes for the Big East Conference victory.

Syracuse (15-3, 7-3) has beaten Seton Hall (11-6, 3-5) 23 consecutive times.

No. 17 North Carolina Charlotte 77, Southern Mississippi 69--Henry Williams scored 26 points and James Terrell added 23 as the 49ers (5-3, 4-0) overcame a 61-60 deficit with 6:30 left for a Metro Conference victory at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Clarence Weatherspoon scored 35 points for Southern Mississippi (8-10, 2-3).

Brigham Young 80, No. 19 Texas El Paso 63--Mark Heslop made five of six free throws and Nick Sanderson made four consecutive free throws in the final three minutes as the Cougars (15-3, 6-2) upset the Miners (16-3, 6-2) in a Western Athletic Conference at Provo, Utah.

No. 22 Alabama 68, Florida 56--Cedric Moore and James Robinson each scored 17 points to lead the Crimson Tide (17-4, 5-3) over the Gators (10-8, 3-4) in a Southeastern Conference game at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

No. 23 Florida State 79, Wake Forest 78--The Seminoles (14-5, 6-3) made 48% of their shots while the Demon Deacons (11-6, 4-5) shot 60% from the field, but made only eight of 19 free throws in an Atlantic Coast Conference defeat at Tallahassee, Fla.

EAST

Malcolm Huckaby of Boston College (12-6, 4-5) scored five of his career-high 34 points in the second overtime of an 88-86 Big East Conference victory over Georgetown (12-5, 5-3) at Newton, Mass. . . . Sean Miller scored 22 points and Chris McNeal added 21 to lead Pittsburgh (13-8, 5-3) over Providence (10-11, 2-7) in a Big East game at Providence, R.I.

Greg Woodard scored a season-high 26 points as Villanova (8-9) rallied in the second half for a 66-58 victory over Temple (9-8) at Philadelphia. . . . Dexter Cambridge of Texas (12-9) returned after a two-month suspension imposed by the NCAA and scored 12 points in a 92-79 loss to Rhode Island at Providence. Cambridge missed 16 games after he admitted having taken $7,000 from a booster while he was in junior college.

MIDWEST

Acie Earl scored 15 points and blocked seven shots for Iowa (12-5, 4-3), which used a 29-8 second-half run en route to an 87-70 Big Ten Conference victory over Minnesota (13-8, 5-3) at Iowa City. . . . At Evanston, Ill., Cedric Neloms made a 30-foot shot at the buzzer to give Northwestern (8-10, 1-7) a 46-43 victory over Illinois (8-10, 2-6) as the Wildcats ended a 29-game Big Ten losing streak. It was Northwestern’s first Big Ten victory since a 72-66 decision over Iowa on Feb. 22, 1990.

Eric Piatkowski scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half as Nebraska (14-4, 2-3) defeated Iowa State (16-4, 2-2), 68-63, in a Big Eight Conference game at Lincoln, Neb.. . . . Marcus Ziegler and Askia Jones made free throws in the final minutes, lifting Kansas State (11-6, 1-3) to a 62-56 Big Eight victory over Colorado (9-8, 0-4) at Manhattan, Kan.

SOUTH

Bryant Stith scored a season-high 30 points and moved into 10th place on the Atlantic Coast Conference all-time scoring list as Virginia (10-8, 4-4) held off a charge by North Carolina State (9-10, 3-5) for an 80-69 ACC victory at Raleigh, N.C. . . . Ronnie Battle scored 43 points, including 30 in the second half, as Auburn (10-8, 4-4) turned back a last-second charge by Georgia (9-8, 2-5) for an 89-84 Southeastern Conference victory at Auburn, Ala.

Reserve guard Juha Luhtanen came off the bench in the first half to spark Mississippi (9-9, 2-5) past Vanderbilt (8-9, 1-6), 84-72, in a Southeastern Conference game at Oxford, Miss.

WEST

Coach Rick Majerus of Utah (15-5, 5-3) missed his team’s 61-54 Western Athletic Conference victory over New Mexico (11-9, 5-3) after he passed out early Saturday. Doctors ruled out cardiac problems and diagnosed a urinary tract infection. Doctors said Majerus, who underwent multiple bypass surgery in December 1989, could join the team Tuesday. . . . Phil Lott and Fabio Ribeiro each scored 19 points as Hawaii (11-7, 4-3) beat Wyoming (10-9, 2-5), 68-65, in a WAC game at Laramie, Wyo. . . . Eric Brady made two three-point baskets in overtime to lift Gonzaga past Portland, 83-81, in a West Coast Conference game at Portland.