Indiana Goes On the Offensive, Smacks No. 16 Michigan

Indiana is known for defense, but even Coach Bob Knight loved what he saw from his offense on Tuesday night at Bloomington, Ind.

Led by Brian Evans’ 29 points and Neil Reed, who had eight three-point baskets and a career-high 26 points, Indiana pulled away in the second half and beat Big Ten Conference rival and No. 16 Michigan, 99-83.

The Hoosiers shot 74 percent in the second half and 63 percent for the game.

“We just had an offensive game tonight that was kind of like old times,” Knight said.

It was the first game for Indiana, 11-7 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten, since Knight kicked sophomore guard Sherron Wilkerson off the team after Wilkerson’s arrest Friday on a misdemeanor charge of battering his girlfriend.

Michigan (14-5, 4-2) was led by freshman Louis Bullock, who had 27 points.

No. 22 Texas Tech 72, SMU 60--Jason Sasser, a native of Dallas, scored 16 points in his homecoming as the Red Raiders won their ninth consecutive game.

Texas Tech (15-1, 5-0), which held the Mustangs (5-11, 1-4) without a field goal for the opening 5:55, remained the only unbeaten team in the Southwest Conference.

OTHER GAMES

Kareem Reid scored 24 points to lift Arkansas (11-6, 4-2) to a 71-63 Southeastern Conference victory over Alabama (10-5, 4-3) at Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . Damian Owens had 22 points and 10 rebounds and West Virginia shot 69% in the second half to rally for an 86-71 Big East victory over Rutgers (5-10, 2-5) at Morgantown, W.Va. . . . Miami outscored Notre Dame, 12-5, in the final four minutes and beat the Irish, 72-64, in a Big East game at Miami. Steve Rich scored 15 points for the Hurricanes (10-6, 4-4). Ryan Hoover led Notre Dame (6-9, 1-7) with 15 points.

Temple went on a 14-0 run early in the second half and defeated La Salle, 68-48, in an Atlantic 10 game at Philadelphia. Huey Futch scored 15 points for the Owls (9-7, 6-0) and Romaine Haywood had 21 points for the Explorers (4-12, 1-4). . . . Ronnie Henderson scored 31 points as LSU (10-7) shook off determined Nicholls State (3-11), 86-69, in a nonconference game at Baton Rouge, La.

College Basketball Notes

Texas-El Paso Coach Don Haskins underwent triple-bypass surgery and is expected to fully recover, but will miss the rest of the season.