Louisville Falls to Memphis

Louisville Coach Rick Pitino went into Wednesday night’s game with Memphis worried about the Tigers’ three-point shooting.

Perhaps he should have been more concerned about their rebounding. The Tigers dominated No. 4 Louisville on the boards in an 80-73 victory at Louisville.

“They just took us to the woodshed on the glass,” Pitino said.Chris Massie had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, which outrebounded Louisville, 47-31. The Tigers, 17-5 overall and 8-3 in Conference USA, took only nine three-point shots, making three.

Louisville (19-3, 9-2) lost at home for the first time in 12 games this season.

No. 2 Kentucky 66, Arkansas 50 -- Wildcat Coach Tubby Smith won for the first time in six tries at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., and it was the first win for any Kentucky team at Arkansas (7-15, 2-9 Southeastern Conference) since Jan. 26, 1997.

The Wildcats (21-3, 11-0) have the nation’s longest winning streak at 15 games. They didn’t score in the second half until two free throws by Chuck Hayes with 16:29 left gave them a 38-31 lead.

No. 5 Oklahoma 64, No. 16 Oklahoma State 48 -- The Sooners (18-4, 9-2) extended their home winning streak to 35 games and remained tied with Texas for second place in the Big 12.

Hollis Price scored 22 points for Oklahoma, which avenged a 48-46 loss at Oklahoma State (19-5, 8-3) on Jan. 13.

No. 6 Kansas 94, Colorado 87 -- The Jayhawks (20-5, 10-1 Big 12 ) took advantage of a late mistake by the Buffaloes (15-9, 5-6) at Lawrence, Kan.

With 14 seconds left, Colorado called a timeout when it had none left, resulting in a technical foul. Aaron Miles made both free throws to give Kansas a 92-84 lead.

Nick Collison had 24 points and 14 rebounds and Wayne Simien had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Jayhawks

The Buffaloes’ Michel Morandis had 28 points, including a 55-footer at the end of the first half.

No. 8 Duke 75, No. 13 Maryland 70 -- The Blue Devils (18-4, 8-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) paid back the Terrapins (16-7, 8-4) for their most lopsided loss of the season -- 87-72 on Jan 18 -- and in so doing extended their winning streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium to 26.

Duke’s Dahntay Jones led all scorers 21 points and Maryland’s Tahj Holden had a career-high 18 points.

No. 14 Xavier 93, La Salle 71 --Romain Sato scored a career-high 35 points for the Musketeers (19-4, 10-1 Atlantic 10) at Philadelphia.

Xavier has won 10 of its last 11 by at least 12 points, including a 33-point victory over the La Salle (10-12, 4-7) last month.

La Salle, which got a career-high 37 points from Gary Neal, led briefly in the opening minutes before Xavier went on a 13-2 run.

No. 17 Creighton 77, Indiana State 54 -- The Bluejays (23-3, 13-2 Missouri Valley Conference) held the Sycamores (6-19, 2-12) to 37% shooting in the second half at Omaha and steadily pulled away from a 36-27 halftime lead.

No. 19 Mississippi State 63, Auburn 46 -- At Auburn, Ala., the Bulldogs (17-5, 7-4 SEC) held the Tigers (17-7, 6-5) to a season low in points.

Michigan 78, No. 24 Purdue 67 -- The Wolverines (16-9, 9-3 Big Ten) never trailed and handed the Boilermakers their first loss at home this season in 14 games.

The 1968-69 season is the only time Purdue (16-7, 8-4) went unbeaten at home (11-0).

No. 25 Dayton 70, Richmond 63 -- The Flyers (19-4, 11-1 Atlantic 10) never trailed at Richmond, but needed baskets by Ramod Marshall and Keith Waleskowski in the final three minutes to hold off the Spiders (12-11, 6-6).