Indiana Starts, Finishes With a Flurry

Indiana finished the way it started.

The No. 23-ranked Hoosiers scored the first 17 points of the game and the first 15 points of overtime, including eight by A.J. Guyton, in an 81-64 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday night at Bloomington, Ind.

“In between, Notre Dame just took it away from us,” Indiana Coach Bob Knight said. “We’re trying to grow a little, but I didn’t think we did tonight.”

The Hoosiers (3-0) built a 22-point lead in the first half, but that wasn’t good enough to hold off Notre Dame (3-3), which took its only lead at 52-51 with 6:30 remaining.

Indiana reverted to its early form in the overtime, stretching the lead to 77-62 before Troy Murphy got Notre Dame’s only basket of overtime with 1:12 to go.

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No. 17 Duke 72, No. 16 Illinois 69--Chris Carrawell scored 21 points, including two free throws with 14 seconds left, as the Blue Devils (4-2) defeated the Illini (2-1) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Chicago.

No. 24 Maryland 83, Iowa 65--Terence Morris made all eight of his shots and scored 20 points, and Juan Dixon had 18 points as the Terrapins (5-1) defeated the Hawkeyes (2-3) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Baltimore.

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In other ACC/Big Ten Challenge games: Joel Przybilla had 14 points, including 10 in a 10-minute stretch of the second half, as Minnesota (4-0) fought off Virginia (4-2) to win, 74-62, at Minneapolis. . . . Darius Songaila had 16 points and six rebounds as Wake Forest (4-0) combined overpowering defense and rebounding for a 67-48 victory over Wisconsin (3-2) at Winston-Salem, N.C.

WOMEN

No. 1 Connecticut 100, No. 10 Illinois 79--Swin Cash had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Huskies (5-0) pulled away from the Illini (5-2) at Storrs, Conn.

No. 2 Georgia 102, Georgia Southern 70--Coco Miller scored 16 points and the Lady Bulldogs (7-0) defeated the Lady Eagles (7-0) at Statesboro, Ga.

No. 6 North Carolina State 80, Georgia Tech 70--Summer Erb had 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Wolfpack (6-0, 1-0) defeated the Yellow Jackets (3-1, 0-1) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Atlanta.

No. 8 Auburn 95, Nicholls State 48--Conswella Sparrow had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Tigers (5-0) as they routed the Lady Colonels (0-5) at Auburn, Ala.

No. 12 Iowa State 67, Northwestern 32--Megan Taylor’s three-point play keyed a 21-2 run that sent the Cyclones (3-1) to a victory over the Wildcats (1-2) at Ames, Iowa.

No. 13 Oregon 68, Portland 57--Shaquala Williams scored 26 points as the Ducks (4-0) held off the Pilots (3-4) at Portland.

No. 21 Arizona 86, No. 15 UC Santa Barbara 76--Tatum Brown scored 21 points, including 13 in the second half, as the Wildcats (5-0) defeated the Gauchos (3-2) at Tucson, Ariz.

No. 23 Louisiana State 82, Louisiana Lafayette 39--Katrina Hibbert had 22 points and eight assists as the Tigers (5-1) defeated the Lady Cajuns (2-1) at Baton Rouge, La.

Arkansas 79, No. 24 Boston College 68--Wendi Willits scored 16 points as the Lady Razorbacks (5-0) upset the Eagles (4-3) at Fayetteville, Ark.

No. 25 Virginia Tech 75, Appalachian State 55--Sarah Hicks scored 17 points as the Hokies (3-2) defeated the Mountaineers (1-3) at Blacksburg, Va.