Lewis and Clark Can’t Find Basket Enough

The more Quincy Lewis and Kevin Clark score, the better Minnesota’s chance for victory. Against Michigan on Sunday, they combined for only 30 points and the No. 18 Golden Gophers fell, 75-65, at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Louis Bullock scored 27 points as the Wolverines, 10-14 overall and 4-7 in the Big Ten, opened a 21-point lead and withstood a late Golden Gopher rally that brought them as close as five with less than a minute left.

Lewis, the Big Ten’s scoring leader, and Clark came into the game averaging a combined 43 points when Minnesota (14-6, 5-5) wins and 31 when it loses.

Brandon Smith and Leon Jones took turns guarding Lewis, while Bullock handled Clark. Jones, a freshman, played 27 minutes in relief of the foul-plagued Smith.

“They did a great job on Quincy and we forced some shots,” Minnesota Coach Clem Haskins said.

No. 12 North Carolina 98, Florida State 64--Coming off their worst loss of the season at Clemson on Thursday night, the Tar Heels (19-6, 7-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) buried the Seminoles (12-10, 5-5) at Chapel Hill, N.C.

North Carolina, which lost, 78-63, to Clemson, scored the game’s first 13 points and shot 70% in the first half.

With one more victory, North Carolina will reach 20 victories for the 29th consecutive season.

Hawaii 72, No. 17 New Mexico 68--Freshman Mike McIntyre came off the bench to score a career-high 19 points and lead the Rainbows (5-16, 2-8 Western Athletic Conference) to an upset of the Lobos (17-6, 4-4) in a late Saturday night game at Honolulu.

The game appeared to be decided in regulation when New Mexico’s Kenny Thomas made a 15-footer as the buzzer sounded. But the officials ruled Thomas’ shot came after the buzzer.

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Antwaan Randle El, a reserve guard for No. 21 Indiana, will be sidelined four weeks after breaking his hand for the second time this season. Randle El was a starting quarterback as a freshman this fall for the Hoosiers.

WOMEN

Tamika Catchings scored 26 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee (22-1, 11-0 in the Southeastern Conference) to a 66-60 victory over Vanderbilt (12-11, 5-6) at Nashville, Tenn. . . . Second-ranked Purdue (21-1, 12-0 in the Big Ten) made 10 of 10 free throws in the final minutes, including six of six in the final 25 seconds, to defeat Michigan (14-8, 6-6), 70-64 ,at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Tiffany Wait tied a career-high with 27 points as Kentucky (15-8, 5-6 in the SEC) defeated No. 8 Georgia (19-4, 7-4), 80-76, at Lexington, Ky. . . . Michele VanGorp scored 26 points and No. 9 Duke (20-4, 12-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) defeated Georgia Tech (13-10, 6-7), 74-73, at Atlanta. . . . Lucienne Berthieu scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds and No. 11 Old Dominion (18-3, 12-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association) scored the first 21 points of the game en route to an 89-60 victory over East Carolina (12-10, 5-7) at Norfolk, Va. . . . Summer Erb scored 23 points and had 17 rebounds to lead North Carolina State (14-8, 7-5 in the ACC) to an upset over No. 13 North Carolina (22-5, 9-4) at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Michelle Houseright scored 12 points and had eight rebounds and No. 14 Virginia Tech (21-1, 11-1 in the Atlantic 10) capitalized on 31 turnovers for a 62-35 victory over La Salle (12-10, 5-7) at Blacksburg, Va. . . . Monet Williams made a driving layup with little more than a minute remaining to lift Nebraska (16-7, 5-5 in the Big 12) to a 68-67 upset over No. 15 Iowa State (16-4, 8-2) at Lincoln, Neb. . . . Natasha Anderson had 21 points and 13 rebounds as No. 17 Clemson (18-5, 8-5 in the ACC) defeated Florida State (6-16, 1-12), 71-67, at Tallahassee, Fla. . . . Lisa Shepherd scored 27 points and Helen Darling had 18 in leading No. 18 Penn State (18-5, 10-3 in the Big Ten) to a 92-63 blowout over Northwestern (10-12, 4-8) at Evanston, Ill. . . . Tasha Hamilton scored 18 points to lead No. 19 Auburn (18-4, 8-3 in the SEC) to a 66-46 victory over Arkansas (13-11, 3-7) at Auburn, Ala. . . . Kaunda Williams scored 25 points to lead No. 21 Alabama (14-8, 4-6 in the SEC) to an 87-73 victory over South Carolina (10-12, 0-11) at Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . Nakia Sanford scored 16 points and Lynn Pride had 14 as No. 22 Kansas (18-6, 7-3 in the Big 12) held Missouri (10-10, 3-7) to its second-lowest point total in school history in a 48-37 victory at Columbia, Mo. . . . Erin Buescher had 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 23 UC Santa Barbara (17-3, 9-0 in the Big West) to an 84-76 victory over Pacific (9-11, 5-4) at Santa Barbara.