Cincinnati’s Martin Simply Tower of Power

Center Kenyon Martin, towering over most of the defenders who came his way, scored a career-high 26 points as No. 3-ranked Cincinnati passed and shot over Wisconsin Milwaukee in a 93-60 home-court victory Monday night.

Cincinnati (10-1) repeatedly got the 6-foot-9 Martin the ball in position for dunks, layups and uncontested turnaround jumpers, and Wisconsin Milwaukee (6-4) was helpless to do much about it. Martin made 10 of 15 shots.

Wisconsin Milwaukee has only one starter taller than 6-foot-3--center Chad Angeli, who is 6-9 and led the Panthers with 16 points. By contrast, Cincinnati has only one starter under 6-6.

No. 12 Indiana 95, Canisius 53--Forward Kirk Haston had 20 points to lead four double figure scorers for the Hoosiers (9-1) in an opening-round game in the Hoosier Classic--and their first game in the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indiana improved to 35-0 in the Classic, in which it has defeated opponents by an average of 25 points. Canisius is 2-8.

No. 14 Maryland 69, George Mason 66--Center Lonny Baxter had 20 points and 13 rebounds as the Terrapins (9-2) shook off the effects of a 16-day layoff and used a late surge to defeat the Patriots (5-5) at College Park, Md. Maryland, in winning its 70th consecutive home-court game against a nonconference opponent, didn’t take the lead for good until forward Terence Morris made a free throw with 1:23 left.

No. 15 Ohio State 76, Oakland (Mich.) 50--Sophomore guard Brian Brown scored 16 of his career-high 21 points in the first half--including 10 in a row during a 25-2 run--for the Buckeyes (7-2) at Columbus, Ohio. Brown’s previous best of 18 points came 11 days ago against Coastal Carolina. Oakland (2-10) put two defenders on Ohio State’s leading scorers, Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd, throughout the game and held them to 10 shots and a combined 12 points.

No. 17 Temple 79, Cleveland State 66--Forward Mark Karcher scored 24 points for the Owls (6-2) at Cleveland before leaving with a shoulder injury that will sideline him indefinitely. The victory gave Temple Coach John Chaney a 7-5 lead in games against Cleveland State’s Rollie Massimino. The two hadn’t faced each other since Feb. 1, 1992, when Massimino was at Villanova. Cleveland State (5-6) is 40-54 in four seasons under Massimino.

OTHER GAMES

Forward Stromile Swift scored 21 points for Louisiana State (11-0) in an 81-55 victory over Howard (0-7) at Baton Rouge, La. . . . Kentucky (7-4) made only one of 17 three-point shots in a 62-42 victory over Division II Alaska Anchorage (5-3) at Lexington, Ky. . . . Xavier of Ohio (8-2) overcame the second-half shooting of swingman Spencer Gloger (five for eight on three-point shots) in a 58-54 victory over Princeton (6-6) at Cincinnati. . . . Guard Jaraan Cornell had 16 points to lead Purdue (8-3) to a 70-55 victory at Santa Clara (5-6). Senior forward Brian Cardinal, the second-leading scorer for Purdue, returned after missing the first two games of his career with a broken thumb and had four points.

Notes

Arizona center Robertas Javtokas left the team to return to his native Lithuania. Javtokas, a 6-10 freshman, plans to sign with a professional team in his country, according to Arizona Coach Lute Olson. Javkotas is the third player to leave the team this season. Guard Luke Recker, who was sitting out this season after transferring from Indiana, decided to transfer to Iowa to be closer to his girlfriend, who was seriously injured in an auto accident. Guard Ruben Douglas transferred to New Mexico after losing his starting job to freshman Gilbert Arenas.