New Mexico Stuns No. 3 Arizona, 70-68

New Mexico’s fans had been grumbling as new Coach Fran Fraschilla got off to a slow start.

A 70-68 victory over Arizona on Tuesday night at Tucson should quiet them for a while.

The third-ranked Wildcats had won 37 in a row at home, the fourth-longest streak in major college basketball.

“It’s just a great win for what has also been a storied basketball program at New Mexico,” Fraschilla said. “It’s a great win for our players because they’ve got a new coaching staff, and it’s a great way to move into the next part of Lobo history.”

Roland Hannah scored on a rebound with 1.4 seconds to play to give New Mexico the stunning victory.

Hannah admitted he could have been called for a foul on the play for pushing Arizona’s Michael Wright out of the way to get the ball.

“I thought the ref was going to call a foul because I felt like I pushed Wright underneath the basket,” Hannah said, “but he didn’t call it.”

It was the kind of rough play that the Lobos used from the start.

“One of the things you do when you take on the bully on the block is you have to get the first punch in,” Fraschilla said.

Kevin Henry scored nine of his 18 points in the final 4 1/2 minutes, including a four-point play, as New Mexico (6-5) became the first team to beat Arizona at McKale Center since UCLA won, 66-64, on Feb. 13, 1997. Only Murray State, Utah and Duke have longer homecourt streaks.

Arizona is highest-ranked team New Mexico has beaten on the road since 1966, when it beat defending national champion Texas Western, which was ranked No. 2.

Arizona (9-2) was in trouble throughout.

“There was no doubt in my mind whatsoever that the team that deserved to win won the game,” Arizona Coach Lute Olson said.

No. 1 Stanford 76, Mississippi State 56--David Moseley scored 22 points and Jarron Collins had 16 as the Cardinal (9-0) rolled over the Bulldogs (7-3) in the opener of the Pete Newell Challenge at Oakland.

It was the first time in its history that Stanford played with the No. 1 ranking, which it assumed Monday after previously top-ranked Cincinnati was upset over the weekend. The highest previous ranking for Stanford was No. 2, a position it held last week.

Ryan Mendez added 14 points and Jason Collins had 10 for Stanford, which held the Bulldogs to 31% shooting while making 49% of its shots. The Cardinal also had 12 blocked shots, four by Curtis Borchardt.

No. 20 Indiana 82, No. 6 North Carolina 73--A.J. Guyton scored a season-high 31 points and freshman Jeffrey Newton scored all 11 of his points in the final 8 1/2 minutes to lead the Hoosiers (8-1) over the Tar Heels (8-3) in the Jimmy V Classic at East Rutherford, N.J.

In the first game in 11 years between two of college basketball’s perennial powers, Guyton made seven three-point shots and Kirk Haston added 14 points and nine rebounds for Indiana.

Brendan Haywood had 20 points for North Carolina before fouling out late. Joseph Forte added 17 points, but point guard Ed Cota was held to five points to go with 11 assists.

No. 7 Auburn 73, Virginia Tech 63--Chris Porter had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Tigers (9-1) over the Hokies (5-4) in the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico.

Virginia Tech gave Auburn all it could handle in the first 15 minutes. The Hokies’ Rolan Roberts tied the game at 18-18 with 5:12 to play in the half before Auburn started an 11-0 run.

No. 8 Florida 85, Rutgers 65--Kenyan Weaks scored 18 points and the Gators (8-1) opened the second half with a 26-7 run in defeating the Scarlet Knights (7-3) in the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic.

The Gators had six players score in double figures in winning their sixth in a row, their longest winning streak since the 1993-94 season.

No. 10 Duke 109, Davidson 65--Shane Battier scored 20 of his 31 points in the first half as the Blue Devils (8-2) rolled over the overmatched Wildcats (3-4) at Durham, N.C.

Carlos Boozer scored 21 points and Jason Williams had 20 for Duke, which has won 13 in a row over Davidson and has not lost to an in-state opponent from outside the Atlantic Coast Conference since Davidson beat the Blue Devils on Dec. 29, 1981. Duke is 156-26 against non-ACC teams from North Carolina.

No. 11 Tennessee 102, American of Puerto Rico 58--Marcus Haislip had 17 points to lead six Tennessee players in double figures as the Volunteers (10-0) routed the Pirates (0-6) in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic at Bayamon.

Tennessee played without starting forward C.J. Black, who sat out as a suspension after he was ejected for fighting in the Volunteers’ last game against Memphis.

No. 13 Oklahoma State 84, Washington 72--Desmond Mason scored a season-high 31 points to lead the Cowboys (10-0) over the Huskies (4-5) at Seattle. Deon Luton scored a season-high 26 points for Washington.

Missouri 78, No. 15 Illinois 72--Keyon Dooling matched his career high with 25 points and the Tigers (7-3) made 71% of their shots in the second half to upset the Illini (6-3) at St. Louis.

Clarence Gilbert added a career-high 24 points for Missouri, which made 12 of 17 shots in the second half, eight of 10 from three-point range.

California 72, No. 22 Gonzaga 64--Sean Lampley scored 23 points to lead the Golden Bears (7-2) over the Bulldogs (7-3) in the Pete Newell Challenge.

OTHER GAMES

Miami 68, Detroit Mercy 64--The Hurricanes (5-4) hung on to beat the Titans (5-4) in the consolation round of the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico despite the absence of leading scorer Johnny Hemsley, who had a brief exchange with Coach Leonard Hamilton at the start of a timeout, kicked a chair on the bench and left for the locker room, not to return.

Hemsley, who was averaging 19 points a game, had 10 points when the incident occurred with 17:40 to play and Miami leading, 44-34.

“Johnny has to learn he doesn’t have to carry the team,” Hamilton said.

Asked Hemsley’s status, Hamilton replied: “I will discipline him when it’s appropriate.”

Hemsley was unavailable for comment.

Arizona State 74, Santa Clara 55--Eddie House scored 21 points to lead the Sun Devils (6-3) over the Broncos (5-5) at Tempe, Ariz.