Kansas Rolls to Victory

Jeff Boschee had a miserable first half from the perimeter at Lawrence, Kan. Once he found his stroke, outmatched Middle Tennessee had one more thing to worry about.

Boschee, who missed all four of his attempts from three-point range before the break, was three for five from long range in the second half and finished with 19 points as No. 2 Kansas beat the Blue Raiders, 92-66, Monday night behind its most balanced scoring attack in almost seven years.

“The first half, I kind of rushed it a little bit, and they were putting some good defensive pressure on me,” said Boschee, one of seven Kansas players in double figures--the most since Jan. 14, 1993, when seven players reached double figures against Oral Roberts. “The second half, we were able to get some more movement offensively, and that freed us up a little more.”

Eric Chenowith recorded his third double-double of the season for Kansas, with 15 points and 12 rebounds, as the Jayhawks (6-0) outrebounded the Blue Raiders, 49-27.

Fernando Ortiz scored 12 points to lead Middle Tennessee (1-2), which shot 39% from the field.

No. 7 Tennessee 98, Austin Peay 65--Tony Harris scored 20 points and had a career-high 12 assists at Knoxville, Tenn.

Vincent Yarbrough scored 15 points and Marcus Haislip added 14 for the Volunteers (4-0), who have won 32 consecutive nonconference home games.

Austin Peay (4-1) lost for the first time this season after the school’s best start in 15 years.

No. 8 Seton Hall 104, St. Peter’s 85--Freshman forward Eddie Griffin had his third double-double in as many games, getting 26 points, 21 rebounds and seven blocked shots at East Rutherford, N.J.

Griffin had 18 points and 16 rebounds at halftime as the Pirates (3-0) took a 57-38 lead.

Seton Hall finished with a 49-23 rebound advantage against the injury-riddled Peacocks (1-3).

No. 10 Florida 100, Florida Atlantic 42--In what might have been the mismatch of the month, if not the season, Matt Bonner scored 21 points to lead Florida at Gainesville, Fla.

Like most big-name teams, the Gators (2-0) have a series of soft marks on their early schedule. A 2-29 finisher last year in the Trans-America Athletic Conference, Florida Atlantic (1-4) fit right in.

The Gators recorded the fourth-largest victory margin in program history, and allowed the fewest points since the shot clock was introduced.

WOMEN

No. 2 Tennessee 83, Texas Christian 61--April McDivitt scored 14 points as the No. 2 Lady Vols overcame a sluggish start to win at Fort Worth, Texas.

Tennessee (4-0) took control of TCU (1-1) with a 16-0 run near the end of the first half.

No. 4 Notre Dame 89, Fordham 44--Alicia Ratay scored 17 points and Meaghan Leahy added 16 points and 14 rebounds at South Bend, Ind.

Notre Dame (5-0) won its 25th straight home game. Fordham (0-3) shot 31.6% in the loss.

No. 7 Georgia 85, Georgia Southern 57--Deanna Nolan scored a season-high 19 points and added a career-high seven assists to lead Georgia (3-2) over the Lady Eagles (2-2) at Athens, Ga.

No. 20 Virginia 116, St. Francis, Pa. 63--Svetlana Vonaya scored 21 points and Virginia (4-2) shot 63% at Charlottesville, Va.

Beth Barnabei scored 23 points to lead St. Francis (0-3).