Kansas Pulls Away to Win

Keith Langford scored 24 points on nine-for-10 shooting to lead No. 1-ranked Kansas to an 85-66 men’s basketball victory over Texas Christian on Monday night at Fort Worth.

The Jayhawks (3-0), who became the No. 1 team in the Associated Press poll earlier in the day with a jump from sixth -- the biggest move to the top of the poll in almost 40 years -- led for good after Langford’s jump shot with 17:33 left broke a 43-43 tie.

Langford, a junior, played at North Crowley High in Fort Worth, and was recruited to Kansas by Neil Dougherty, the former Jayhawk assistant who is TCU’s second year-coach.

Corey Santee’s 19 points led the Horned Frogs (1-2).

No. 24 Marquette 72, No. 23 Notre Dame 58 -- Steve Novak scored a career-high 21 points, including five three-point field goals, and Scott Merritt added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (5-0) at Milwaukee. Torin Francis had 23 points and nine rebounds for the Fighting Irish (2-1).

No. 3 Connecticut 77, Lehigh 55 -- Ben Gordon scored 19 points and had a career-high five steals to help the Huskies (5-1) overcome a rocky first half in which they went four minutes without a field goal at Hartford, Conn.

Jose Olivero’s 17 points led the smaller Mountain Hawks (1-3), who tied the score, 24-24, before the Huskies broke away on a 13-2 run.

No. 9 Kentucky 89, Marshall 76 -- Gerald Fitch scored 24 points to lead the Wildcats (3-0) at Cincinnati. The Thundering Herd (1-2) made 10 three-point shots to stay close before fading in the closing minutes.

WOMEN

Jia Perkins scored 23 of her 29 points in the second half to lead No. 5 Texas Tech (7-0) to a 76-69 victory over California (3-2) at Lubbock, Texas. The Red Raiders led, 52-48, with 9:50 left when Perkins came up with a steal and scored, then made jump shots on Tech’s next two possessions for a 58-50 lead.... Caity Matter sank eight of 12 three-point shots and finished with 26 points to lead No. 14 Ohio State (4-0) to a 96-48 victory over Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis (1-4) at Columbus, Ohio.