Oklahoma State Gets Away From Syracuse

Stephen Graham scored 16 points, including two three-point plays in the final 4 1/2 minutes, and No. 5 Oklahoma State beat No. 4 Syracuse, 74-60, Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at New York.

The defenses dominated, but Oklahoma State (6-0) was able to pull away from a 45-all tie with 6:32 to play as the Orange (7-1) couldn’t score from the field or the free-throw line.

John Lucas made a three-point basket -- his only points of the game -- to break that last tie and start a 17-4 run that included Graham’s two big plays.

Josh Pace had 20 points, two off his career high, for Syracuse.

The game was also a matchup of two of college basketball’s winningest coaches. Oklahoma State’s Eddie Sutton won his 761st, while Jim Boeheim stayed at 683.

No. 11 Pittsburgh 70, Memphis 51 -- Carl Krauser scored all but two of his 17 points at the free-throw line to lead the Panthers (6-0) past the Tigers (5-3) in the Jimmy V Classic. Rodney Banks had 18 points for Memphis.

No. 14 Texas 86, North Texas 57 -- Brad Buckman scored 18 points and blocked seven shots to lead the Longhorns (6-1) past the Mean Green (3-3) at Austin, Texas.

No. 16 Washington 98, San Diego State 69 -- Nate Robinson scored 24 points, and Tre Simmons had a career-high 23 at Seattle to help the Huskies (6-1) to their best start since the 1997-98 squad also won six of its first seven games.

Robinson and Simmons combined to make 13 of their first 17 shots, including eight of 11 three-pointers.

Marcus Slaughter had 21 points for San Diego State (4-2), which had a four-game winning streak ended.

No. 17 Iowa 76, Northern Iowa 73 -- Greg Brunner scored 23 points, and the Hawkeyes (7-1) held off a late rally by the Panthers (3-2) at Iowa City.

Iowa led by 13 points with more than seven minutes left but struggled as the Panthers pulled within a point in the final minute. Northern Iowa had a chance to take the lead, but Ben Jacobson, who led all scorers with 25 points, missed a 15-footer with six seconds left.

No. 18 Alabama 72, Alabama State 54 -- Kennedy Winston scored 21 points, and Chuck Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead the Crimson Tide (7-0) past the Hornets (1-4) at Montgomery, Ala.

The Crimson Tide (7-0), the nation’s top scoring team, was held to a season low in points but led by double digits for the final 33 minutes.

No. 24 Wisconsin 65, Wisconsin Green Bay 55 -- Mike Wilkinson scored 18 points, and the Badgers (5-1) beat the Phoenix (4-2) at Madison, Wis., extending the longest home winning streak in Division I to 32 games.

No. 25 Gonzaga 54, Washington State 52 -- Ronny Turiaf scored 17 points to help the Bulldogs (6-1) hold off the Cougars at Pullman, Wash.

Josh Akognon missed a three-pointer in the final seconds for the Cougars (3-3), who held the Bulldogs to 41% shooting for their lowest point total of the season. Gonzaga came in averaging 83 points. The Cougars, however, made only 19 of 58 shots.

Akognon and Randy Green led the Cougars with 12 points apiece.

WOMEN

No. 8 Connecticut 55, Hartford 32 -- Barbara Turner had 17 points to lead the Huskies (4-1) past the Hawks (4-1) at Hartford, Conn.

Arizona State 67, No. 11 Georgia 57 -- Kylan Loney had five three-pointers and 23 points to lead the Sun Devils (7-1) past Bulldogs (5-3) at Athens, Ga.

No. 19 Maryland 91, St. Bonaventure 42 -- Shay Doron scored 25 points as the Terrapins (6-1) defeated the Bonnies (2-4) at College Park, Md.