COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Maryland Gets All Fouled Up in Setback at North Carolina

Gary Williams certainly didn’t expect to beat No. 1 North Carolina with one hand tied behind his back.

The Maryland coach faced a similar handicap Saturday night as star center Joe Smith battled foul trouble all game and ended up playing only 20 minutes of a 100-90 Atlantic Coast Conference loss to the top-ranked Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Rasheed Wallace scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, taking advantage of Smith’s foul trouble.

“It hurts us like (it would) if Rasheed Wallace played only 20 minutes for Carolina,” said Williams, whose No. 7-ranked Terrapins, 11-3 overall and 1-1 in the ACC, saw their five-game winning streak halted. “You have to adjust and get to where your other people can play.”

Wallace won the high-profile battle of sophomore centers and the Tar Heels (10-1, 1-1), who lost to North Carolina State, 80-70, Wednesday night, won the matchup of the conference’s highest scoring teams.

“It was like Kareem and Wilt, one of those type things,” Wallace said of his center matchup with Smith, referring to NBA Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain. “There’s more to come.”

The Tar Heels also avoided an 0-2 league start for the first time since 1980.

No. 3 Arkansas 97, Tennessee 79--Corliss Williamson scored seven of his 25 points late in the first half and the Razorbacks (12-2, 1-1) rolled to victory over the Volunteers (5-5, 0-2) in a Southeastern Conference game in Fayetteville, Ark.

Williamson’s points came during a 12-4 spurt that helped Arkansas to a 14-point halftime lead.

Tennessee scored only one point in the final 4:22 of the first half.

No. 4 Massachusetts 87, La Salle 64--Derek Kellogg scored 18 points as the Minutemen (8-1) survived a lackluster homecoming performance by Lou Roe (two points) in a victory over La Salle (7-3) in Atlantic City, N.J., and staked a claim to the No. 1 ranking.

No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 Arkansas each lost games during the past week.

La Salle got 20 points from Kareem Townes.

No. 5 Kansas 97, Southern Methodist 58--Freshman Raef LaFrentz scored 18 points and sophomore Jarod Haase added 17 as the Jayhawks (10-1) defeated the Mustangs (3-8) at Dallas, thereby staying in contention for a No. 1 ranking.

Kansas raced to a 23-point halftime lead, using the height advantage of 6-foot-11 LaFrentz and 7-2 Greg Ostertag (10 points, eight rebounds and three blocks) to out-muscle the smaller Mustangs.

No. 8 Kentucky 80, South Carolina 55--Tony Delk scored 18 points and the Wildcats (8-2, 2-0) hit 17 three-pointers--its highest total in four years--in an SEC victory over South Carolina (3-10, 0-2) at Columbia, S.C.

Kentucky’s long-range shooting tied an SEC mark for most three-pointers in a game. Kentucky set the mark against LSU in 1990, Coach Rick Pitino’s first season, and reached it one other time before Saturday.

Malik Russell had 18 points to lead South Carolina.

No. 10 Syracuse 89, Seton Hall 77--John Wallace had 21 points and the Orangemen (10-1, 3-0) shot nearly 70% in the opening half before using an 18-4 run in the second half to pull away from the Pirates (10-3, 1-2) for a Big East victory at Syracuse, N.Y.

It was the 10th consecutive victory for Syracuse, which stopped Seton Hall’s nine-game winning streak.

Syracuse sank 22 of 32 shots in the first half to build a 50-40 lead.

No. 24 Georgia Tech 75, No. 11 Duke 68--In an ACC game at Atlanta, Travis Best scored 22 points and James Forrest had 18 as the Yellow Jackets (9-4, 1-1) handed the Blue Devils (9-4, 0-2), playing without Coach Mike Krzyzewski, their second loss in a row.

The Yellow Jackets never trailed and never lost the lead after Forrest broke a 6-6 tie on a layup with 15:49 left in the opening half.

Krzyzewski, admitted to the Duke University Hospital on Friday, is resting a back not fully recovered from October back surgery.

Cherokee Parks led the Blue Devils with 22 points.

No. 12 Georgetown 71, Miami 64--Freshman Allen Iverson’s tie-breaking field goal with 2:39 remaining keyed the Hoyas (9-1, 3-0) to a Big East victory over the Hurricanes (5-5, 0-3) at Landover, Md.

The Hoyas have won nine in a row since an opening game loss to defending national champion Arkansas.

The Hurricanes held a 58-50 lead with 6:51 left. Georgetown, however, rallied to tie the score at 60-60 on two free throws by Don Reid with 3:09 remaining, and the Hoyas took the lead for good 30 seconds later on Iverson’s short jumper.

Constantin Popa led the Hurricanes with 15 points and 13 rebounds.

Meanwhile, Hoya senior guard George Butler was dismissed from the team for academic reasons, Coach John Thompson announced.

No. 13 Florida 72, Vanderbilt 62--Andrew DeClercq scored 21 points and led a 19-0 mid-game surge that sent the Gators (7-3, 1-1) past the Commodores (7-3, 1-1) in an SEC game at Gainesville, Fla.

DeClercq scored 10 points during the burst that helped Florida rebound from losing its Southeastern Conference opener to Louisiana State Tuesday.

The lead changed 14 times in the first half. But the Gators built a nine-point halftime advantage as Dan Cross made a pair of three-pointers that sparked a 10-0 run.

Ronnie McMahan led Vanderbilt with 23 points.

No. 14 Michigan State 69, No. 22 Iowa 68--Eric Snow’s jumper from the free-throw line as time expired gave the Spartans (9-1, 2-0) a Big Ten victory over the Hawkeyes (11-3, 1-1) at East Lansing, Mich.

Michigan State was helped when Iowa missed all four of its free throws in the final two minutes, including the front end of two one-and-ones.

Colorado 71, No. 16 Iowa State 57--Donnie Boyce scored 21 points to lead the Buffaloes (8-2, 1-0) to a Big Eight victory over the Cyclones (11-2, 0-1) at Boulder, Colo.

No. 18 Wake Forest, Florida State 64--Tim Duncan had career highs of 26 points and 20 rebounds as the No. 18 Demon Deacons (8-1, 1-0) held their sixth consecutive opponent under 40% shooting in beating the Seminoles (6-4, 0-2) in an ACC game at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Missouri 82, No. 19 Nebraska 74--Paul O’Liney scored 22 of his 31 points in the second half as the Tigers (10-1, 1-0) used a three-point barrage to defeat the Cornhuskers (11-3, 0-1) in a Big Eight game at Lincoln, Neb. Jaron Boone and Tom Wald each had 18 for Nebraska.

No. 21 Indiana 73, Wisconsin 70--Brian Evans, benched for the second half while going scoreless in his last game, responded with 26 points as the Hoosiers (9-5, 1-1) beat the Badgers (6-5, 1-1) after blowing a 15-point lead in a Big Ten game at Bloomington, Ind.

No. 25 Penn 85, Dartmouth 70--Scott Kegler made seven three-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Quakers (8-1, 2-0) past the Big Green (4-8, 1-1) at Hanover, N.H., for a record 31st consecutive Ivy League victory.

OTHER GAMES

Cory Alexander scored 20 points as Virginia (8-3, 2-0) took advantage of North Carolina State’s chilly offense for a 76-65 ACC victory at Raleigh, N.C., negating the Wolfpack’s momentum from Wednesday’s upset of top-ranked North Carolina. North Carolina State fell to 8-3, 1-1. . . . Freshman Samaki Walker scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked seven shots as Louisville (8-4) held on to defeat Notre Dame (8-4), 80-72, at Louisville, Ky. . . . Unbeaten Clemson (10-0), leading by a scant two points, put together a run in the final dozen minutes against Texas A&M; to bury the Aggies (6-8), 66-41, in a nonconference game at Clemson, S.C. . . . H Waldman hit six three-pointers and scored 20 points as Saint Louis (9-1, 1-0) opened its Great Midwest schedule with an 81-56 victory over Alabama Birmingham (8-7, 0-1) at St. Louis. . . . Shelly Clark’s 22 points led Illinois (11-3, 2-0) to an 82-55 Big Ten victory over cold-shooting Northwestern (4-6, 0-1) at Evanston, Ill. . . . Jamal Faulkner scored 23 points, including 15 in the first half, as Alabama (9-3) broke away quickly and used a balanced attack in a 93-67 rout of cold-shooting Virginia Military (2-6) at Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . Elliot Hatcher scored 23 points and Kansas State (10-3, 1-0) out-hustled Oklahoma State (9-5, 0-1) in the final minutes to beat the Cowboys, 74-66, in the Big Eight opener for both teams at Manhattan, Kan. . . . Cuonzo Martin scored six of his 13 points in the final three minutes and Purdue (10-4, 1-1) used a huge advantage at the free-throw line to beat Minnesota (10-4 ,1-1), 68-60, in West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Roderick Anderson scored 21 and Terrence Rencher added 20 as Texas (7-2) rallied in the second half behind a frenzied defense for an 80-71 victory over Louisiana State (7-4) at Austin, Tex. . . . Eric Williams scored 27 points and Troy Brown added 21, shooting a combined 16 of 23, to lead Providence (9-2, 1-2) to its first Big East victory, an 85-81 decision over Pittsburgh (4-7, 0-3) at Providence, R.I. . . . Xavier’s Jeff Massey scored 16 points as the Musketeers (10-1, 2-0) defeated Detroit (2-9, 0-2), 72-63, in a Midwestern Collegiate Conference game at Detroit.