Knight Is Still Unbeaten Against Alford

Steve Alford still hasn’t defeated his former coach.

Andre Emmett scored 23 points -- including the last six in a 10-0 first-half Texas Tech run that broke a tie -- and the Bob Knight-coached Red Raiders beat Alford-coached Iowa, 65-59, Monday night at Dallas.

Alford was a guard on the last of Knight’s three national championship teams in 1987 at Indiana, where he was part of 92 victories in his career.

As a coach, Alford is 0-3 against Knight.

Texas Tech (10-2) has won six in a row.

Pierre Pierce had 18 points for the Iowa (6-2). The Hawkeyes have lost their last two games.

Before the game, Alford walked over to meet Knight. The two embraced lightly near midcourt and had an extended conversation, Alford smiling widely while Knight talked with his arm draped over the shoulder of his former player.

“This is somebody that since I was in the third grade I’ve been following and watching and dreaming about playing for,” Alford said. “And then all that takes place and I end up getting into coaching and coaching against him. It’s always tough to go up against him.”

No. 5 Arizona 83, San Diego State 71 -- Hassan Adams had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats at Tucson, Ariz., and Chris Rodgers matched his career high with 17 points.

Arizona (6-1) led by 22 points midway through the second half.

Aerick Sanders had his second consecutive 24-point game for San Diego State (7-4).

No. 6 Stanford 67, Southern Utah 37 -- Reserve Dan Grunfeld scored a career-high 21 points to lead the host Cardinal (8-0) past the Thunderbirds (4-5).

Stanford’s starters, who played the majority of the minutes in a victory over Gonzaga on Saturday, mostly rested as their backups took control, scoring 21 of the team’s first 28 points.

No. 13 Florida 101, Northeastern 84 -- David Lee of the Gators (7-2) tied a Southeastern Conference record by going 12 for 12 from the field at Gainesville, Fla.

Lee finished with 24 points and became the fifth SEC player to take a 12 shots and make every one.

Marcus Barnes led Northeastern (5-5) with 20 points.

No. 16 Pittsburgh 63, Florida State 56 -- Carl Krauser scored 17 points to lead the Panthers to their 31st consecutive victory at home.

Pittsburgh (11-0) moved within one victory of matching the school’s best start, in 1929-30.

Tim Pickett had 14 points for Florida State (10-1). The Seminoles failed to match a 33-year-old school record of 11 consecutive victories set during the Dave Cowens era.

No. 17 Syracuse 101, Colgate 63 -- Hakim Warrick had 17 points and Billy Edelin had 14 points and seven assists to lead the host Orangemen (6-1) to their 38th consecutive victory over the Red Raiders (5-4).

No. 25 Vanderbilt 63, Appalachian State 48 -- Reserve Mario Moore scored 19 points at Nashville, Tenn., and Commodores (9-0) celebrated their return to the top 25.

The last time Vanderbilt was ranked was Feb. 21, 2000. It is the best start for the Commodores since they were 10-0 in 1973-74 and went on to win the SEC championship.

Corwin Davis had 11 points for Appalachian State (5-7).