COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Kansas Trails Only Once in Victory Over No. 6 Florida

Jerod Haase scored 22 points, Greg Ostertag tied a school record with eight blocked shots and fourth-ranked Kansas trailed only once Wednesday night in defeating sixth-ranked Florida, 69-63, at Lawrence, Kan.

The Jayhawks (4-0), who beat then-No. 1 Massachusetts, 81-75, on Saturday at Anaheim, led the Gators at halftime, 29-25, and quickly ran up a 36-25 advantage after Sean Pearson made a three-point shot, Haase scored on a driving layup and Jacque Vaughn made a 10-foot jumper.

Florida (3-1) never got closer than five after that.

No. 5 Massachusetts 85, Pittsburgh 57--Lou Roe and Mike Williams scored 13 points each as the Minutemen (2-1) used all 15 players and got points from 12 in rolling over the Panthers (1-3) at Amherst, Mass.

No. 7 Kentucky 73, Indiana 70--Walter McCarty made a three-point shot with 1:37 to play at Louisville, Ky., to help the Wildcats (3-1) hold off the Hoosiers, who never recovered from a delay-of-game technical foul with 4:02 remaining.

Neil Reed’s layup gave Indiana (2-4) a 64-62 lead, but he was called for the technical when he swatted the ball out of bounds.

Anthony Epps made the two free throws off the technical to tie the score. McCarty was fouled by Alan Henderson 10 seconds later and made both free throws to give Kentucky (3-1) a 66-64 lead. The score was tied only once more.

No. 18 Georgetown 76, Providence 74--Jerome Williams’ rebound layup with 41 seconds to play gave the Hoyas their only lead of the night as Georgetown (3-1) rallied from a 14-point deficit against the Friars (4-1) at Landover, Md.

Freshman Allen Iverson, who scored 30 points, made a 15-foot jumper with 1:20 remaining to pull Georgetown within 74-73, then stripped the ball from guard Jason Murdock 30 seconds later. Iverson missed a jumper that would have given the Hoyas the lead, but Williams got the rebound and scored.

Iverson, who had 21 points in the second half, made one of two free throws with 21 seconds left.

No. 21 Ohio 87, Ohio Dominican 57--Ed Sears scored 22 points to lead the Bobcats (6-2) over the Panthers (4-5) at Athens, Ohio.