Cincinnati Loses Cool, Third Consecutive Game

Virgel Cobbin scored 20 points as Saint Louis handed No. 4 Cincinnati its third consecutive loss, 69-57, Sunday at St. Louis.

Ryan Luechtefeld had 18 points for Saint Louis, 14-12 overall and 8-5 Conference USA, which ended a 10-game losing streak against Cincinnati.

Saint Louis broke open a close game with free-throw shooting down the stretch, making 15 of 16 attempts in the second half while Cincinnati (21-4, 8-4) was one for two in the half. Cincinnati helped by losing its cool down the stretch as Coach Bob Huggins and star player Melvin Levett both were whistled for technical fouls.

Levett had 19 points for the Bearcats, which hadn’t lost three in a row since 1995.

No. 18 Syracuse 75, Pittsburgh 67--The Orangemen had another strong road game behind Ryan Blackwell’s 19 points.

Jason Hart had 18 points, Damone Brown scored 16 and Etan Thomas had 12 as Syracuse (17-8, 8-7) improved to 6-2 in Big East road games.

Pittsburgh (11-14, 2-12) welcomed back leading scorer Vonteego Cummings from a three-game layoff because of a back injury.

OTHER GAMES

Marques Maybin scored 17 points and had seven rebounds as Louisville (14-7) defeated Georgia Tech (14-11), 78-58, at Louisville. . . .Donald Hand scored a career-high 41 points, including seven of Virginia’s 11 points in overtime, as the Cavaliers (14-12, 4-9) beat North Carolina State (15-10, 6-7), 82-79, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Charlottesville, Va. . . . Terrell McIntyre tied a career high with 29 points to lead Clemson (14-11, 3-9) to a 78-45 victory over Florida State (12-12, 5-7) in an ACC game at Clemson, S.C. . . . Chris Mihm had 21 points and 15 rebounds in 23 minutes, and Gabe Muoneke added 22 points and nine rebounds as Texas (15-10, 10-2 in the Big 12) defeated Oklahoma State (16-8, 7-5), 73-68, at Stillwater Okla. . . .Shawnta Rogers scored 29 points to lead George Washington (16-6, 10-2) to a 69-65 victory over Dayton (9-13, 4-8) in an Atlantic 10 game at Dayton, Ohio. . . West Virginia (10-15, 4-11) lost a 19-point lead in the second half but held on to defeat Notre Dame (12-13, 6-8), 85-80, in a Big East game at Morgantown, W.Va. . . . James Posey scored 21 points and blocked two shots in the final 30 seconds to help Xavier (18-7, 10-2) to a 62-60 Atlantic 10 victory over Temple (16-8, 10-2) at Cincinnati.

WOMEN

Chamique Holdsclaw scored 19 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and supplanted Allan Houston as No. 1 Tennessee’s career scoring leader for men or women in a 71-63 victory over No. 17 Auburn (18-6, 8-5) in a Southeastern Conference game at Auburn, Ala. Tennessee is 23-1 and 12-0. . . . Camile Cooper scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds as No. 2 Purdue (23-1, 14-0 in the Big Ten) beat turnover-plagued Ohio State, 88-58, at West Lafayette, Ind. Ohio State is 15-9 and 8-6. . . . Amanda Wilson scored 20 points to lead No. 3 Louisiana Tech (20-2, 8-0) over Arkansas State, 79-63, in a Sun Belt game at Jonesboro, Ark. Arkansas State is 11-11 and 4-4. . . . Becky Hammon scored 27 points as No. 5 Colorado State (26-1, 11-0 Western Athletic Conference) defeated Southern Methodist (12-10, 5-5), 69-52, at Ft. Collins, Colo. . . . Itoro Umoh and Natasha Anderson scored 24 points each as No. 19 Clemson (20-5, 10-5) handed No. 7 Duke (21-5, 13-1) its first ACC loss of the season, 80-75, at Clemson, S.C.

Jennifer Holmes scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading Vanderbilt (13-11, 6-6 in the SEC) to a 66-57 win over slumping No. 10 Georgia (19-5, 7-5) at Athens, Ga. . . . Katie O’Connor made two free throws with 12 seconds remaining, leading No. 11 Virginia Tech (23-1, 13-1) over Rhode Island (4-19, 0-13), 64-62, in an Atlantic 10 game at Kingston, R.I. . . . Nikki Teasley scored 24 points, including the game-winning jumper with 1:09 left in overtime, to lift No. 14 North Carolina over No. 18 Virginia, 82-80, in an ACC game at Chapel Hill, N.C. . . . Andrea Carter scored 23 points to lead No. 15 Penn State (19-6, 11-4 in the Big Ten) to a 88-56 victory over Minnesota (7-17, 2-12) at State College, Pa. . . . DeTrina White and Kisha James combined for 40 points to lead No. 20 Louisiana State (18-6, 9-4) to an 80-63 victory over South Carolina (10-14, 0-13) in an SEC game at Baton Rouge, La. . . . Erin Buescher scored 18 points to keep No. 22 UC Santa Barbara undefeated in Big West play with a 76-66 victory over Pacific (10-12, 7-5) at Stockton. UC Santa Barbara is 19-3, 11-0.