Princeton Scares Another

It turns out Princeton also puts a scare into national powers in games that aren’t part of the NCAA tournament.

No. 12 North Carolina withstood a second-half barrage of three-point baskets Sunday and escaped Jadwin Gym at Princeton, N.J., with a 69-60 victory over the Tigers.

The Tar Heels (9-1) won their ninth consecutive game despite blowing all but three points of a 16-point second-half lead.

Brian Earl’s three-point basket, Princeton’s 10th of the second half, brought the Tigers (5-3) within 63-60 with 1:26 to play and had the sellout crowd thinking of last season’s NCAA first-round upset of defending champion UCLA.

But freshman Ed Cota made a driving jump shot from inside the foul line with 50 seconds to play, making it 65-60.

No. 5 Iowa State 59, Texas-El Paso 48--The Cyclones got 15 points from Dedric Willoughby and held the Miners scoreless for 5 1/2 minutes early in the second half in the championship game of the ISU Holiday Classic at Ames, Iowa.

Iowa State (8-0) scored 12 consecutive points during the Miners’ drought and pulled away, giving Coach Tim Floyd a victory in his meeting with his former boss, Texas-El Paso’s Don Haskins. UTEP fell to 5-2.

No. 8 Clemson 76, Texas A&M; 64--Terrell McIntyre scored 21 points and Greg Buckner added 19, leading the Tigers to the victory at College Station, Texas.

Clemson (10-1) led, 38-21, at halftime, but the Aggies (6-2) opened the second half with a 22-9 run, including six points by Jerald Brown, to close to 47-43 with 10:38 remaining.

Larry Thompson’s basket with 8:54 left again brought the Aggies within four points, but Texas A&M; never got closer.

No. 11 Duke 100, Army 38--In a game that at times resembled wrestling more than basketball, the Blue Devils gave Coach Mike Krzyzewski a victory over his alma mater at Durham, N.C.

During his postgame comments to the media, Army Coach Dino Gaudio apologized to Krzyzewski and Duke for his team’s rough play.

Duke (8-2) used a 25-0 first-half run to hand Army its second-worst loss in school history. The Cadets (3-2) lost to Union, 81-13, before World War I. Greg Newton scored 22 for the Blue Devils.

No. 22 Stanford 83, Seton Hall 81 (OT)--Brevin Knight, who finished with only one field goal, made two free throws with 3.6 seconds left in overtime to lift the Cardinal to victory at East Rutherford, N.J.

Center Tim Young had a career-high 31 points and 16 rebounds for Stanford (6-1). Shaheen Holloway finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for Seton Hall (3-4).

OTHER GAMES

Freshman forward Daveeno Hines had 24 points and 20 rebounds as Northeastern Illinois defeated Arizona State, 86-79, for its second consecutive victory over a Pacific-10 Conference opponent at Tempe, Ariz. Northeastern Illinois (7-2) defeated Oregon State, 78-63, in Chicago on Friday. Guard Andrell Hoard had 29 points for Northeastern Illinois. Guard Jeremy Veal led ASU (6-3) with 28 points. . . . Carmelo Travieso had 21 points in a low-scoring game to lead Massachusetts to a 47-46 victory over North Carolina-Wilmington at Wilmington, N.C. Travieso made six of 15 field-goal attempts and was the only player to score in double digits for the Minutemen (4-6). Inus Norville led the team in rebounds with seven. Billy Donlon led N.C.-Wilmington (3-6) with 10 points. . . . Isaac Fontaine scored 22 points to lead a balanced Washington State attack as the Cougars crushed San Jose State, 95-54, in a nonconference game at Spokane, Wash. Steve Slotemaker added 15 points for the Cougars (7-1) and Chris Crosby scored 14. Carlos Daniel had 11 points and 13 rebounds. The Cougars crushed the Spartans (6-2) by connecting on 11 of 22 from three-point range. . . . Junior forward Avery Carey scored a career-high 26 points by making 11 of 15 shots from the field as host George Mason defeated Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 107-86, at Fairfax, Va. Carey, a junior college transfer, had all 10 Patriot points in a span of 1:30 during the second half, giving George Mason an 87-76 lead with 6:40 to play. George Mason is 6-2 and Cal Poly is 5-4. . . . Jason Cipolla continued his hot shooting, scoring a career-high 26 points as Syracuse (7-4) went on an early 22-point run and defeated Colgate, 78-57, at Syracuse, N.Y. Cipolla, who converted all four three-point shots he attempted in a 78-57 victory over Nevada Las Vegas on Wednesday, made it seven in a row with three more in the first half against the Red Raiders (0-6). . . . Adrian Pledger scored 18 points to lead West Virginia to a 76-65 victory over Virginia Tech at Morgantown, W.Va. Four players scored in double figures for the Mountaineers (6-1) of the Big East who have won six consecutive games and snapped a three-game losing streak to the Hokies (4-4). . . . Chris Crawford scored a career-high 27 points for Marquette (6-2), which defeated La Salle, 86-53, at Milwaukee. The Explorers fell to 3-3. . . . Sean Riley scored 25 points, including a last-second shot that forced overtime, and T.J. Atkins made a running jump shot at the buzzer in overtime to lift North Texas over Rice, 64-62, at Denton, Texas. North Texas is 4-5 and Rice is 3-4.