COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Massachusetts Beats Maryland, 85-74

Nine months after taking a drubbing at the hands of Maryland in the NCAA tournament, Massachusetts wilted once again in the second half against the Terrapins on Saturday. This time, though, the Minutemen survived.

Mike Williams scored 12 of his 18 points after halftime as No. 5 Massachusetts beat the 11th-ranked Terrapins, 85-74, at Baltimore, overcoming a 30-point effort by Joe Smith and gaining some revenge for last season’s bitter loss.

Last March, the Minutemen blew a 10-point second-half lead in a 95-87 setback that put Maryland in the final 16. The Minutemen lost a nine-point lead this time but rallied to win, closing with a 15-3 run.

“It’s December. This means nothing,” UMass Coach John Calipari said.

Marcus Camby scored 15 points for UMass (3-1), playing its third game against a top 25 team. Lou Roe, saddled by foul trouble throughout, was held to six points--his fewest in 39 games. Maryland is 6-2.

No. 3 Arkansas 94, Murray State 69--Clint McDaniel and Corey Beck made six of eight three-pointers in the first half and Dwight Stewart hit three consecutive three-pointers in the second half as the Razorbacks (6-1) beat the Racers (3-2) at Fayetteville, Ark.

McDaniel finished with 17 points and Beck 16. Corliss Williamson added 13.

Murray State trailed, 68-55, with 10:45 to play, but was outscored, 15-2, during the next four minutes as Arkansas put the game away.

Arkansas was without injured forward Scotty Thurman (sprained ankle) for the second game.

No. 4 Kansas 96, North Carolina State 91--Sean Pearson led a record-setting onslaught of three-pointers as Kansas (5-0) defeated North Carolina State (4-1) at Raleigh, N.C.

Pearson made five three-pointers and finished with 16 points as Kansas (5-0) broke the school record for three-pointers in a game with 15. The Jayhawks made 12 against Coppin State Monday.

Jerod Haase led Kansas with 22 points. Ishua Benjamin had 22 for the Wolfpack.

No. 6 Florida 91, Texas 73--Dametri Hill scored 17 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to lead the Gators (4-1) past the Longhorns (3-1) at Gainesville, Fla.

Hill, who missed Florida’s first three games because of an an injury and suspension, sparked the Gators throughout en route to his first career double-double.

Texas was led by guard Roderick Anderson, who scored 21 points.

No. 7 Kentucky 90, Boston University 49--Tony Delk and Antoine Walker each scored 13 points as the Wildcats (4-1) turned up the defensive pressure in crushing the Terriers (3-2) at Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky scored 30 points off Boston University’s 26 turnovers and limited the Terriers to 17-for-63 shooting from the field (27%) in scoring a season low.

Kentucky turned the ball over 24 times, but Coach Rick Pitino substituted often against his former school.

No. 9 Duke 69, No. 23 Michigan 59--Coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Steve Fisher had to answer questions about their teams’ impressive runs and terrible droughts. Duke (5-1) had two of the former and Michigan (4-3) two of the latter as the Blue Devils won at Durham, N.C.

The Wolverines’ 24-0 run turned a 17-point deficit into a 35-28 lead in the first half. Duke, however, held Michigan scoreless for 8:57 of the second half as the Blue Devils turned a five-point deficit into a 61-51 lead with 3:52 left.

“It was a heck of a win for us against a very good basketball team,” Krzyzewski said.

No. 13 Cincinnati 110, Tennessee Martin 56--Damon Flint scored 23 points and the Bearcats (4-2) took out their tournament frustrations on overmatched Tennessee Martin (1-6) by scoring 64 first-half points and coasting to a consolation victory in the Delta Air Lines Classic at Cincinnati.

In the title game, Shawn Moore scored a season-high 39 points to lead unbeaten Marshall to a 102-92 victory over Canisius, which upset Cincinnati on Friday.

Eastern Michigan 92, No. 14 Wisconsin 76--Brian Tolbert scored 26 points at Ypsilanti, Mich., as Eastern Michigan (4-0) blew out to a 37-point lead and held on to hand the Badgers (4-1) their first loss of the season.

Kareem Carpenter added 21 points and pulled down 18 rebounds as the Eagles successfully exploited the absence of Rashard Griffith, who missed the game because of an ankle injury.

Wisconsin’s Michael Finley tried his best to overcome the loss of Griffith with a career-high 42 points.

Nebraska 96, No. 15 Michigan State 91--The Cornhuskers (6-1) scored the first seven points of overtime and made five of six free throws in the final 27 seconds to beat the Spartans (2-1) at Lincoln, Neb.

The game went to overtime when Nebraska’s Tom Wald hit three free throws to tie the game at 80 after he was fouled on a three-point attempt with 0.5 seconds left. The Cornhuskers stole the ensuing inbound pass but couldn’t convert.

Jaron Boone led Nebraska with 23 points, but the Spartans’ Shawn Respert led all scorers with 37, though he was only nine of 26 from the field.

No. 17 Georgia Tech 112, Lafayette 84--James Forrest scored 23 points to lead six Georgia Tech players in double figures as the Yellow Jackets (5-0) routed Lafayette (2-5) at Atlanta.

Forrest moved into eighth place on Tech’s career scoring list with 1,647, passing Roger Kaiser’s 1,628.

No. 18 Georgetown 83, Memphis 80--George Butler made a three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime, and the No. 18 Hoyas (4-1) outscored the Tigers, 11-8, in the extra period for a victory at Toronto.

Jerome Williams led Georgetown with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Freshman point guard Allen Iverson had 14 points, seven assists and four steals.

Lorenzen Wright and Chris Garner led Memphis (4-3) with 22 and 20 points.

No. 20 Virginia 67, Rice 50--Junior Burrough scored 21 points, including nine in a row in a breakaway second half, leading Virginia (5-2) past cold-shooting Rice (3-2) at Houston.

OTHER GAMES

Dion Cross scored a game-high 18 points and Stanford (4-0) had seven players in double figures in a 94-52 victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (0-5) at Stanford. . . . Carlos Williams scored 18 points and Alabama Birmingham (4-3) used a 19-3 second-half run to gain a 76-59 victory over UC Santa Barbara (3-1) at Birmingham, Ala. . . . Alan Henderson scored 32 points and grabbed nine rebounds as slow-starting Indiana (4-4) defeated Miami of Ohio (3-2), 92-77 to win the Indiana Classic at Bloomington, Ind. . . . Derrick Carroll scored 24 points, including 20 during a 12-minute span in the first half, as Florida State (4-1) downed Tulane (5-2), 81-74, at Tallahassee, Fla. . . . Erwin Claggett scored 21 points and H Waldman had 16 as the Saint Louis University (5-0) coasted to an 83-56 victory over Creighton (1-3) at St. Louis. . . . Troy Brown scored 18 points and four teammates scored in double figures as Providence (5-1) posted an easy 94-74 victory over Niagara (1-5) at Providence, R.I. . . . Fred Hoiberg and Derrick Hayes led a 17-5 second-half run that gave Iowa State (6-1) control of the game as the Cyclones shut down high-scoring Iowa (5-1) and handed the Hawkeyes their first loss, 76-63, at Iowa City. Julius Michalik led Iowa State with 20 points. . . . Reserve forward Iker Iturbe scored 17 points and Rayfield Ragland added 16 as Clemson (5-0) rallied to a 81-66 victory over Appalachian State (2-6) at Greensboro, N.C. . . . Zain Shaw scored four of his game-high 26 points in the last four seconds as West Virginia (3-1) blew a 16-point second-half lead but held on to beat Pittsburgh (1-4), 84-80, at Pittsburgh. . . . Curtis McCants led the way with 25 points and George Mason (4-1) set a new team scoring record for the second time this season on the way to a 148-132 victory over visiting Troy State (0-7) at Fairfax, Va. “I would like to be in a 200-point game someday,” said George Mason Coach Paul Westhead. The 148 points breaks the record of 140 set Nov. 29 against MacAlester College. . . . Petey Sessoms scored 21 points, six in a second-half run that gave the Monarchs their first lead of game, and Old Dominion (4-3) beat Wyoming (1-3), 63-61, at Norfolk, Va. . . . Tom Kleinschmidt scored 18 to lead DePaul (3-2) to a 61-48 victory over Notre Dame (2-2) at Chicago.