COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Indiana Edges Michigan, 76-75, to End Wolverines’ Win Streak

It was the kind of game you’d expect from two Final Four teams.

Indiana’s Alan Henderson made what proved to be the winning basket and then blocked Michigan’s final shot as the sixth-ranked Hoosiers ended the second-ranked Wolverines’ 11-game winning streak with a 76-75 victory in a Big Ten Conference showdown Tuesday night at Ann Arbor, Mich.

“The main thing for us is that we stuck together,” Henderson said. “We played as hard as we could. And this time, we came out on top.”

Henderson, who made the game’s final basket on a jumper from the right side with 1:36 to play, had 22 points for Indiana, 14-2 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten. Calbert Cheaney added 20 for the Hoosiers.

Jalen Rose, who had 19 points for Michigan (12-2, 2-1), put the Wolverines ahead, 75-74, with 2:30 to play. But the Wolverines didn’t score again, although they had several chances.

James Voskuil, who had eight points for Michigan, drove across the lane for a layup that was blocked by Henderson with 1:13 remaining.

Rose had a steal, ran the length of the court and tried a layup in traffic, but missed it with 43 seconds to play.

Michigan was forced to foul Todd Leary with 14 seconds left. But before Leary--a 90% free-throw shooter--could take the foul shot, Cheaney left his spot in the lane and the Wolverines were given the ball out of bounds.

Rose brought the ball upcourt and flipped it to Voskuil who missed a three-point attempt from the left corner. The rebound was tipped by Rose to Chris Webber, who got the ball for one last shot, which was blocked by Henderson before the horn sounded.

“I saw Voskuil shoot and I saw it would be short,” Henderson said. “So I tried to hold my position. When Webber got the ball, I just tried to take a swipe at it, and I got a piece of it.”

No. 9 Arkansas 74, Alabama 66--After shooting poorly early in the game, Scotty Thurman scored 12 points of his 21 points in the final six minutes as the Razorbacks defeated the Crimson Tide in a Southeast Conference game at Fayetteville, Ark.

Thurman, who made only two of his first 12 shots from the field, scored eight consecutive points as Arkansas (12-1, 3-0) pulled away. James Robinson led Alabama (8-4, 1-2) with 21 points.

Pittsburgh 80, No. 15 Connecticut 78--Antoine Jones put in a rebound at the buzzer as the Panthers upset the Huskies in a Big East Conference game at Hartford, Conn.

With Pittsburgh (10-2, 3-2) playing for the last shot, Chris McNeal took a pass from Jerry McCullough and missed a hook shot. Jones caught it in the air and put it in before coming down.

Providence 73, No. 22 Boston College 65--Michael Smith scored 19 points as the Friars handed the Eagles their first Big East Conference loss of the season, at Providence, R.I.

Providence (7-4, 1-3) extended its home winning streak over Boston College (9-3, 3-1) to eight years.

OTHER GAMES

Monty Williams scored 23 points and Malik Russell added 13 to lead Notre Dame (7-5) to a come-from-behind 67-61 nonconference victory over Stanford (6-8). . . . Jan van Breda Kolff beat his father, Butch, in a father-son coaching matchup as the Cornell (5-5) defeated Hofstra, 70-56 at Ithaca, N.Y. Butch van Breda Kolff, 70, is a former NBA player and coach who has won 468 games in 27 seasons of college coaching. Jan, 41, played 11 seasons in the NBA and has 12 wins in his second season of college coaching.. . . . Temple (6-3, 2-1) defeated George Washington (10-3, 0-2), 64-62, for the 21st consecutive time in an an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Washington. . . .Mike Williams made a three-point basket with 3.5 seconds to play to break a 78-78 tie and give Massachusetts an 82-78 victory over Rutgers in an Atlantic 10 game a Piscataway, N.J.