Virginia Overpowers Tennessee

Not even Coach Pete Gillen knew No. 14 Virginia was this good.

Stephane Dondon scored 11 of his 16 points in a game-breaking first-half run and Virginia embarrassed No. 4 Tennessee, 107-89, in a battle of undefeated teams at East Rutherford, N.J.

“I never dreamed we’d beat a team like Tennessee by that score,” Gillen said.

The 107 points were the most given up by Tennessee in a non-overtime game since Shaquille O’Neal and Louisiana State put a 119-87 pounding on the Volunteers on Feb. 23, 1991.

“We came here to see and be seen, and we didn’t do well,” Tennessee Coach Jerry Green said.

The Cavaliers (7-0) used a balanced scoring attack, three-point shooting and a pressing defense to continue their best start since opening the 1992-93 season 11-0. Isiah Victor had 20 points for Tennessee (9-1).

No. 1 Duke 97, Portland 64--Carlos Boozer made all 11 of his shots and scored 22 points and Mike Dunleavy added 18 before 15,341 in Portland, the largest crowd to ever watch a college basketball game in Oregon.

The Blue Devils (10-0) looked rusty early but were unstoppable in the second half of their tuneup for Thursday night’s game at No. 3 Stanford.

Tim Frost had 11 points to lead Portland (5-4). The Pilots were playing a top-ranked team for the first time since 1968, when they lost to UCLA.

No. 2 Michigan State 72, No. 8 Seton Hall 57--Point guard Charlie Bell had 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Spartans extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 20 games at East Rutherford, N.J.

Michigan State finished with a 60-39 rebounding advantage, including 27-13 on the offensive end. Darius Lane led Seton Hall (6-2) with 17 points and freshman Eddie Griffin had 10 points and 11 rebounds to extend his streak of double-doubles to eight games.

No. 3 Stanford 80, Georgia Tech 66--Casey Jacobsen scored 19 points and Jason Collins had 16 points and 11 rebounds as the Cardinal handled the Yellow Jackets’ full-court press at Palo Alto.

Stanford (8-0) also got 15 points apiece from Ryan Mendez, who made four three-point baskets. The Yellow Jackets led, 24-20, before the Cardinal scored 12 unanswered points during an 18-3 run. Shaun Fein led Georgia Tech (6-3) with 24 points.

No. 7 Florida 106, Bethune Cookman 64--Brent Wright scored a career-high 26 points as the Gators rolled to victory at Gainesville, Fla.

Freshman Orien Greene had nine assists and Matt Bonner made five three-point baskets en route to 21 points for the Gators. Derricus Lockwood scored 22 points to lead Bethune-Cookman (4-5).

No. 19 Iowa 72, Centenary 52--Dean Oliver scored 16 points at Iowa City to help the Hawkeyes offset the loss of leading scorer Luke Recker, who sat out the game because of tendinitis in his right knee.

Reggie Evans of Iowa (9-0) had 11 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth consecutive double-double. Ronnie McCollum led Centenary (2-8) with 22 points.

No. 21 Notre Dame 99, Canisius 71--Troy Murphy broke a three-game slump, scoring 29 points, as the Fighting Irish (6-2) brushed aside the Golden Griffins (5-3) at South Bend, Ind.

OTHER GAMES

Jason Keep of Oklahoma State (6-1) punctuated the opening of renovated Gallagher-Iba Arena with a backboard-shattering dunk with 43 seconds left in a 70-60 victory over Arkansas Little Rock (6-3) at Stillwater, Okla. . . . Ryan Sears scored 21 points and Creighton (7-2) used a 16-0 second-half run in a 86-76 victory at Tulsa (6-4). . . . Freshman Imari Sawyer scored 19 points as DePaul (6-4) rolled to a 68-43 victory against Saint Louis (5-4) at Rosemont, Ill. . . . Cleveland State (5-4) scored its first victory against an Atlantic Coast Conference team with an 87-85 double-overtime victory against Florida State (2-8) at Cleveland. . . . Texas Christian (8-2) had eight players score in double figures in a 115-84 victory against Texas Arlington (2-6) at Fort Worth, Texas. . . . Derrick Williams scored 21 points to lift Lipscomb (8-3) to a 92-87 victory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (5-3). . . . Tito Maddox scored 19 points to lift Fresno State (7-2) to an 88-72 victory against Toledo (6-2) at Fresno.