Alabama Birmingham Upsets No. 3 Cincinnati

Cedric Dixon scored 25 points in a brilliant display of three-point shooting Sunday night at Birmingham, Ala., as Alabama Birmingham shocked No. 3 Cincinnati, 70-68, leaving Massachusetts as the only undefeated team.

Dixon was five of nine from beyond the three-point arc. The point guard was the emotional spark for Alabama Birmingham’s biggest upset since defeating Ralph Sampson’s Virginia team in the 1982 NCAA tournament.

Alabama Birmingham, 13-6 overall and 3-2 in Conference USA, held the Bearcats (12-1, 3-1) to their lowest offensive output of the season.

No. 5 Connecticut 79, No. 12 Syracuse 70--Ray Allen scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half of a Big East Conference game at Hartford, Conn., as the Huskies won their 15th consecutive game.

Allen scored 10 points--including a four-point play--in the Huskies’ 16-4 run that gave them a 62-46 lead with 9:08 to play.

Syracuse (13-4, 4-3) came right back with an 11-2 run, but the Huskies (16-1, 8-0) quickly restored the margin to 10.

No. 19 Clemson 55, No. 6 Wake Forest 41--Terrell McIntyre had 15 points in the second half, and the Tigers held the Demon Deacons nearly 30 points below their scoring average in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Clemson, S.C.

McIntyre finished with 20 points as the Tigers (12-2, 3-2) put an end to the Demon Deacons’ nine-game winning streak.

Wake Forest (12-2, 4-1) scored only 14 points in the first half.

No. 20 Michigan 67, No. 14 Penn St. 66--Maceo Baston scored the deciding basket, then stopped the Nittany Lions’ last chance with a blocked shot in a Big Ten Conference game at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan (14-4, 4-1), trailing, 66-65, inbounded with 16 seconds left, and Travis Conlan found Baston under the basket for the slam.

Dan Earl then shot from inside the lane for Penn State (13-1, 4-1), but Baston blocked him.

No. 23 Auburn 95, Louisiana State 87--Wes Flanigan scored 21 points as the Tigers overcame poor early shooting in a Southeastern Conference game at Auburn, Ala.

Auburn (15-3, 3-2) trailed until Adrian Chilliest’s layup made it 65-64 with 10:20 left. LSU is 9-7, 2-3.

OTHER GAMES

Alexander Koul scored 15 points to lead George Washington (9-3, 3-1) to a 77-58 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Dayton (9-7, 1-4) at Washington. . . . Alvin Sims scored 15 points as Louisville (12-6, 4-1) ran to a 87-61 Conference USA victory over Southern Mississippi (8-7, 2-2) at Louisville, Ky. . . . Dedric Willoughby scored 27 points to lead Iowa State (13-4, 2-1) to a 73-62 Big Eight Conference victory over Missouri (12-5, 2-1) at Ames, Iowa.