COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NATIONAL ROUNDUP : No. 6 Kansas Loses at Home

Terry Evans scored 26 points to lead Oklahoma to an upset Big Eight road victory over No. 6-ranked Kansas, 80-77, Wednesday night at Lawrence, Kan.

Despite a Jayhawk crowd of almost 16,000, Evans played all 40 minutes.

“This is one of my favorite road gyms,” Evans said. “Whenever you’ve got a crowd like that, it really makes you want to shut them down. It motivates me.”

Oklahoma (17-7, 5-4), which had not won on an opponent’s home court all season, was without star center Bryan Sallier, who had pneumonia.

“Our crowd was incredible,” Kansas Coach Roy Williams said. “The team didn’t play as well as they cheered. The coaches didn’t coach as well as they cheered.”

Kansas (20-4, 7-2), which shot a season-worst 38%, was led by Adonis Jordan’s 16 points.

“We had to go to a crowd control offense,” Oklahoma Coach Billy Tubbs said. “This has to rank right up there as one of the biggest wins since I’ve been at Oklahoma. To come in here and get a win is big. In my career, we haven’t had many.”

No. 1 Indiana 93, Illinois 72--Calbert Cheaney scored 13 of his 29 points during an early 19-4 spurt that carried the Hoosiers to a Big Ten victory at Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana (23-2, 12-0) won its 12th consecutive game and 28th in a row at home. The Hoosiers’ 12-0 start in the Big Ten also is the best by any team since 1976, when Indiana compiled a conference record of 18-0.

Cheaney made three consecutive three-point shots in the first seven minutes.

Illinois (15-8, 8-3) was led by Deon Thomas and T.J. Wheeler with 14 points each.

No. 2 Kentucky 87, South Carolina 66--Tony Delk scored a career-high 18 points to lead the Wildcats to victory over South Carolina in a Southeastern Conference game at Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky (19-2, 9-2) outrebounded South Carolina, 48-27, and had balanced scoring with Rodrick Rhodes adding 15 points and Jamal Mashburn and Rodney Dent each scoring 14. Troy McKoy led South Carolina (9-13, 5-7) with 17.

No. 3 North Carolina 80, Clemson 67--Eric Montross scored 22 points and the Tar Heels overcame the Tigers in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Clemson (12-9, 2-9), which suffered its 39th consecutive loss on North Carolina’s home court, was led by Chris Whitney, who made eight three-point baskets to finish with 24 points.

Brian Reese added 18 points for North Carolina (21-3, 10-2).

No. 5 Michigan 80, Penn State 70--Jalen Rose scored 18 points, including a three-point basket to end a Nittany Lion second-half run, as the Wolverines won on their first Big Ten trip to State College, Pa.

Chris Webber had 20 points for Michigan (20-4, 9-3), which made seven of its first nine shots. Four of the Wolverines’ starters scored in double figures. In addition to Webber and Rose, Ray Jackson scored 12 and Juwan Howard 10.

Penn State (6-14, 1-10), which nearly upset No. 1 Indiana last week, was led by John Amaechi’s 18 points and 13 rebounds.

No. 8 Cincinnati 72, South Florida 50--Corie Blount, Nick Van Exel and Curtis Bostic led a 15-0 run early in the second half as the Bearcats won easily at Tampa, Fla.

Blount scored 17 points, Van Exel had 16 and Bostic 15. Cincinnati (19-2) broke away from South Florida (6-15) with a 32-6 spurt during a 14-minute stretch.

Derrick Sharp led South Florida with 13 points.

No. 9 Florida State 72, North Carolina State 71--Sam Cassell and Rodney Dobard each scored 18 points and the Seminoles, playing without two suspended starters, held on to defeat the Wolfpack in an ACC game at Raleigh, N.C.

Florida State (20-6, 10-2) played without leading scorer Bob Sura and top rebounder Doug Edwards, who were suspended for one game for missing classes.

North Carolina State (7-14, 1-10) suited up only eight players because of injuries and suspensions. The Wolfpack was led by

by Curtis Marshall’s 22 points.

No. 10 Wake Forest 88, Maryland 64--ACC scoring leader Rodney Rogers had 28 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Demon Deacons at Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Demon Deacons (17-4, 8-3) have won eight of nine ACC games after starting league play with two home losses. Last-place Maryland (10-12, 1-11) has lost seven in a row and 11 of its last 13.

Rogers, coming off a career-high 35-point performance in a weekend victory over Duke, scored 15 points in the first half. In the second half, Derrick Hicks took over to score six of his career-high 18 points.

No. 11 Vanderbilt 87, Louisiana State 66--Kevin Anglin scored seven consecutive points and 11 of 13 at the beginning of the second half to lead the Commodores to a Southeastern Conference victory at Baton Rouge, La.

Anglin totaled 18 and Billy McCaffery scored 14 of his 16 in the second half for Vanderbilt (20-4, 9-2). Bruce Elder had 21 and Ronnie McMahan 20 for the Commodores.

LSU (17-7, 6-5) was led by Geert Hammink, who had 12 points.

No. 16 Seton Hall 95, No. 25 St. John’s 85--Terry Dehere scored a career-high 41 points and his three three-point baskets in overtime led the Pirates to a Big East victory at New York.

Dehere, a 6-foot-4 senior who is the school’s No. 2 career scorer, became the conference’s all-time three-point leader with six in the game.

Seton Hall (19-6, 9-4) rallied from a 65-51 deficit to move into a first-place tie in conference play with St. John’s (14-7, 9-4).

Arturas Karnishovas finished with 18 points and Jerry Walker had 13 for Seton Hall. Shawnelle Scott had 20 points and 19 rebounds for the Redmen.

No. 24 Marquette 69, Notre Dame 61--Roney Eford scored 21 points and Damon Key scored eight of his 18 points early in the second half as the Warriors (18-4) defeated the Fighting Irish at South Bend, Ind.

Marquette (18-4) used a 14-2 at the start of the second half to put away Notre Dame (9-13) and end a two-game losing streak. Notre Dame (9-13) was led by Jon Ross’s 17 points.

OTHER GAMES

Keith Jackson scored 13 of his 33 points in the game’s final six minutes to lead Old Dominion (16-6) over James Madison (16-7), 92-88, at Norfalk, Va. . . . Charles Outlaw posted a career-first triple double and David Diaz added a career-high 29 points to lead Houston (15-6, 6-4) to a 78-51 victory over Texas A&M; (7-14, 2-7) in a Southwest Conference game at Houston. . . . Shandon Anderson scored 23 points to lead Georgia (11-10, 5-6) past Alabama (13-8, 5-6), 73-70, in a Southeastern Conference game at Tuscaloosa, Ala . . . Othella Harrington had 12 second-half points to help Georgetown (13-8, 6-7) defeated Big East rival Villanova (8-13, 3-10), 61-52, at College Park, Md.