COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Kansas Celebrates Being No. 1 With Rally to Win

Rex Walters broke out of a season-long shooting slump to score 23 points and spark a second-half rally as No. 1 Kansas beat Kansas State, 71-65, Monday night at Manhattan, Kan.

It was the Jayhawks’ 10th consecutive victory at Kansas State.

Kansas, voted No. 1 earlier in the day for the first time in three years, scored its fewest points while playing its sloppiest first half of the season and trailed, 32-24, at halftime after shooting only 35% from the floor.

But the Jayhawks, 15-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Eight, hit 70% of their shots in the second half and committed only three turnovers. They also wound up missing only five of 24 free throws in winning for the 20th time in their last 24 meetings against Kansas State.

The Wildcats (10-3, 2-1) took their biggest lead at 36-26 on a tip-in by Anthony Beane before Walters and Eric Pauley led Kansas on a game-turning 15-4 run, including 10 points in a row at one stretch.

No. 18 Georgetown 86, No. 17 Connecticut 69--Robert Churchwell scored a career-high 25 points and Othella Harrington scored 22 as the Hoyas dominated the inside to beat the Huskies in a Big East game at Hartford, Conn.

Georgetown (11-2, 4-2) used a 9-0 spurt midway through the second half to break a 56-56 tie and never let the Huskies (8-4, 3-3) get any closer than six points.

Joey Brown had 17 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Hoyas. Donyell Marshall scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds for the Huskies.

OTHER GAMES

Anfernee Hardaway scored 33 points and dished out eight assists as Memphis State (10-6) defeated Tennessee Tech, 101-71, at Memphis, Tenn. . . . Morehead State (1-12, 1-3) became the last NCAA Division I basketball team to win its first game of the season, scoring a 79-58 victory over Austin Peay (3-11, 0-5) at Morehead, Ky. . . . Jim McIlvaine came off the bench to score 19 points and grab nine rebounds as Marquette (12-2) easily defeated Fordham, 66-40, at New York. . . . Allan Houston scored 21 points to lead Tennessee (9-5) past North Carolina Charlotte, 80-70, at Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Brian Beauford scored 19 points to lead Butler (6-7) to a 70-56 victory over Notre Dame (7-7) at Indianapolis. Jon Ross had 21 points for the Irish (7-7). . . . Ralph Davis drove the length of the court with a stolen pass and scored with 45 seconds left to give Texas El Paso a 69-68 victory over Hawaii in a Western Athletic Conference game at Honolulu that ended late Sunday night. Eddie Rivera scored 18 points for the Miners (11-5, 4-2). The Rainbows (5-8, 1-4) had a chance to tie the score but Jarinn Akana missed the second of two free throws.