COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Arkansas Ends Kentucky Winning Streak, 90-82

Arkansas played bookends to a Kentucky winning streak.

When Wednesday’s game began, the third-ranked Razorbacks had been the last visitor to win at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 25, 1992. When it ended, Arkansas, 17-2 and 7-2 in the Southeastern Conference, had closed the winning streak at 33, defeating the fourth-ranked Wildcats, 90-82.

Scotty Thurman finished with 26 points and Corliss Williamson added 21 for Arkansas in a game that had Kentucky Coach Rick Pitino both hospitable and ill.

“My congratulations go to Arkansas,” Pitino said. “They’ve done this to us twice in a row. They’ve been the superior basketball team twice in a row.”

But “it’s such a farce,” he said of his team’s performance. “I feel like throwing up.”

A 19-3 run by the Razorbacks midway through the second half put them in front for good, though their lead was often tenuous.

No. 6 Connecticut 94, Boston College 91--Donyell Marshall scored 33 points, including the last four points of the second overtime for the Huskies (20-2, 10-1) in a Big East game at Newton, Mass. Boston College (16-7, 7-5) pulled within 91-90, but Marshall hit a basket 20 seconds later to clinch the game.

No. 10 Purdue 98, Northwestern 81--It took Glenn Robinson less than nine minutes to reach his 44th consecutive double-figure scoring game, and he had 22 points in the first half to spark the Boilermakers (19-3, 7-3) past Northwestern (9-9, 0-9) in a Big Ten game at West Lafayette, Ind.

No. 15 Missouri 82, Colorado 70--Melvin Booker and Kelly Thames cooled off the Buffaloes (10-10, 2-6) in the second half with two free throws and a three-pointer, and freshman Kelly Thames scored 20 points to lead the Tigers (17-2, 8-0) in a Big Eight game at Columbia, Mo.

No. 17 St. Louis 90, Iowa State 75--Scott Highmark scored 23 points and the Billikens (19-1) hit 12 three-pointers in beating Iowa State (11-8) at St. Louis.

No. 19 Alabama Birmingham 78, DePaul 73--Robert Shannon scored 22 points, including the go-ahead basket with 45 seconds to go, and the Blazers (18-3, 6-2) withstood a strong second-half rally by DePaul (13-7, 2-6) in a Great Midwest game at Rosemont, Ill.

No. 20 Florida 74, Mississippi 55--Craig Brown had 21 points, 13 rebounds and six assists as the Gators (19-3, 9-1) beat Ole Miss (11-8, 4-5) in an SEC game Oxford, Miss.

No. 21 Wisconsin 77, Penn State 64--Rashard Griffith returned from a two-game absence because of a knee injury and scored 15 points to help the Badgers (15-4, 6-4 to a Big Ten victory at Madison, Wis., where they are 12-0. John Amaechi scored 18 points to lead Penn State (10-9, 3-7).

No. 23 Minnesota 79, Ohio State 73--Voshon Lenard scored 24 points and the Gophers (16-7, 6-4) shot 75% in the second half to beat the Buckeyes (10-11, 3-7) in a Big Ten game in Minneapolis.

No. 24 Illinois 72, Michigan State 64--Deon Thomas scored 25 points to lead the Illini (13-5, 6-3) to a Big Ten victory at Champaign, Ill. The Spartans (14-9, 5-6) were outscored, 22-7, from the free-throw line.

OTHER GAMES

Todd Fuller scored 14 points as North Carolina State (8-13, 3-7) won, 67-54, over Virginia (12-7, 6-4) in an ACC game at Raleigh, N.C. . . . Jamie Watson had 13 of his 20 points in the second half and South Carolina (6-13) made a school-record 14 three-pointers to win, 91-88, at Clemson (12-10). . . . Guard B.J. Tyler scored 18 points for Texas (15-6, 7-1) in a 94-66 Southwest Conference victory over Southern Methodist (3-16, 1-7).