Monday, November 28, 2011

NCAA men's basketball: Top 25 capsules

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Chace Stanback had a career-high 28 and added 10 rebounds to help UNLV beat top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 on Saturday night in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational.

Mike Moser added 16 points and 18 rebounds, Oscar Bellfield had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Anthony Marshall finished with 13 points for the Rebels (7-0).

P.J. Hairston and John Henson each had 15 points for North Carolina (5-1).

After North Carolina took a 42-38 halftime lead, UNLV opened the second half with a 14-0 run as the Tar Heels missed their first 10 shots. The Rebels built a 77-63 lead on Lopez's basket off a rebound with 5:39 left.

Rebels fans stormed the Orleans Arena court after the victory.

The Tar Heels shot 31 percent in the second half.

NO. 4 CONNECTICUT 78, NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE 76, OT

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) ? Ryan Boatwright hit three clutch free throws with 7 seconds left in regulation, Napier had 26 points and the Connecticut beat Florida State in overtime in the third-place game in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

The defending national champion Huskies lost to Central Florida in the semifinals.

Boatwright's three foul shots tied it at 71. He finished with 14 points and three assists in 33 minutes.

Jeremy Lamb added 19 points for Connecticut (6-1), which shot 48 percent from the field, including 11 for 25 from 3-point range. Freshman Andre Drummond had 12 points, 10 rebounds, seven blocked shots and three steals.

Michael Snaer scored 20 points for Florida State (5-2), which lost 46-41 to Harvard on Friday. Deividas Dulkys had 14, and Bernard James finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

NO. 2 KENTUCKY 87, PORTLAND 63

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ? Terrence Jones and Darius Miller scored 19 points apiece, Anthony Davis had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and the Wildcats rolled in their final tuneup before playing St. John's and No. 1 North Carolina next week.

Kentucky (6-0) has won every game by double digits, but Portland gave the Wildcats plenty to work on in the coming days after the Pilots (2-4) challenged them with sharp outside shooting and won the rebounding battle, 39-38.

Kentucky used an 18-3 first-half run to take a double-digit lead. After Portland pulled within six in the second half, the Wildcats put on a full-court press as part of an 18-4 run that put the game out of reach.

Nemanja Mitrovic went 6 of 12 from 3-point range and finished with 20 points for the Pilots.

NO. 11 WISCONSIN 73, BYU 56

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) ? Ben Brust scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers and the Badgers won the Chicago Invitational Challenge championship, improving to 6-0 for their best start since the 1996-97 season.

The sophomore reserve was 7 of 10 beyond the arc, making five of his 3s in the second half.

Tournament MVP Jordan Taylor added 18 points, while Mike Bruesewitz and Jared Berggren had 13 points apiece for Wisconsin.

The teams were tied at 42 when Brust hit the first of his trio of 3-pointers during an 11-0 run that gave the Badgers a 53-42 lead with 8:47 to play.

Noah Hartsock paced the Cougars (4-2) with 18 points.

NO. 19 GONZAGA 78, WESTERN MICHIGAN 58

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) ? Robert Sacre scored 15 points to lead Gonzaga to the victory.

Sam Dower added 15 points for Gonzaga (4-0), which was playing its annual game in the off-campus Spokane Arena.

Western Michigan (0-6), coming off an 80-37 loss to Purdue, has yet to play a home game. It shot 41 percent and committed 22 turnovers.

Matt Stainbrook had 11 points in the Broncos' first game against the Zags.

Gonzaga led by eight at halftime, and outscored the Broncos 16-6 at the beginning of the second half. Three straight baskets by Sacre and a layup by Kevin Pangos pushed the lead to 52-34 with 12:20 left.

NO. 20 CALIFORNIA 80, DENVER 59

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) ? Allen Crabbe scored 15 points and matched his career high with 10 rebounds as California remained unbeaten at home.

Crabbe, last season's Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, shot 6 for 9 with three 3-pointers and helped the Golden Bears (5-1) overcome a slow start against the Pioneers (4-1). Cal bounced back from a 92-53 defeat to No. 21 Missouri in the CBE Classic championship game Tuesday night in Kansas City, Mo.

Chris Udofia scored nine points to lead Denver, which was outmuscled inside in losing the rebounding battle 33-20 and outshot from the perimeter. The Pioneers struggled offensively on the heels of an impressive win over Bay Area team Saint Mary's on Wednesday night in Colorado.

Justin Cobbs added a career-best 22 points on 7-for-9 shooting and made all four of his 3-point tries for the Bears.

NO. 25 TEXAS A&M 56, TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 43

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) ? Elston Turner scored 14 points and Texas A&M used its stifling defense to get the win.

Ray Turner had 13 and eight rebounds for the Aggies (4-1), who played for the first time in eight days and held the Islanders to 27.8 percent shooting. It was the lowest shooting percentage for an Aggies opponent since the first round of

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Murray throws 4 TDs, leads Georgia past Tech 31-17

Georgia split end Michael Bennett (82) races for a touchdown against Georgia Tech linebacker Julian Burnett (40) during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Georgia split end Michael Bennett (82) races for a touchdown against Georgia Tech linebacker Julian Burnett (40) during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Georgia running back Brandon Boykin (2) is tackled by Georgia Tech defensive back Jemea Thomas (14) during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Georgia Tech running back Orwin Smith (17) brings down a pass as Georgia safety Shawn Williams (36) defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Georgia Tech running back David Sims (7) dives for the end zone for a touchdown against Georgia safety Bacarri Rambo (18) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray throws a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

(AP) ? Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes and No. 13 Georgia extended its domination over No. 25 Georgia Tech, pulling away for a 31-17 victory Saturday.

The Bulldogs (10-2) did not get caught looking past their state rival to next week's return trip to Atlanta, when they will take a 10-game winning streak into the Southeastern Conference championship game against top-ranked LSU.

Murray extended his school record for touchdown passes in a season to 32, hooking up with Michael Bennett and Chris Conley in the first half, and Tavarres King and Aron White in the third quarter as Georgia cruised to its 10th win over the Yellow Jackets (8-4) in 11 years.

Georgia Tech's rushed for 243 yards, but just 79 after halftime. Tevin Washington threw a pair of interceptions.

Georgia cruised to another win over the Yellow Jackets even without freshman star Isaiah Crowell, who was in uniform but didn't play because of an ankle injury.

With its top two tailbacks hurt, the Bulldogs improvised. Defensive backs Branden Smith and Brandon Boykin both lined up in the backfield, with Smith getting five carries. Alexander Ogletree broke off a key 21-yard gain on the first carry by a Georgia fullback this season. Receiver Malcolm Mitchell had a 20-yard run.

The Bulldogs didn't need much of a ground game, not the way Murray carved up the Georgia Tech secondary. The third-year sophomore overcame an early interception ? when he was hit on the elbow as he threw ? to complete 19 of 29 passes for 252 yards. He's thrown 14 touchdown passes in the last four games, breezing past the old school record of 25 TD passes in a season set by Matthew Stafford, who went on to be the top pick in the NFL draft.

Now, it's on to the SEC title game. Unbeaten LSU will be a heavy favorite, trying to lock up a spot in the national championship game. But the Bulldogs might prove to be pesky, riding their longest winning streak within a season since 1982.

Murray got off to an ominous start. On Georgia's first possession, he was hammered as he threw by linebacker Steve Sylvester, the ball fluttering into the arms of Louis Young for the interception.

That was about the only miscue.

Murray connected with Bennett on a 15-yard touchdown that gave Georgia an early lead. After Georgia Tech responded by driving nearly the length of the field to set up a short field goal than made it 7-3, the Bulldogs took it right back the other way. Murray completed five of six attempts to account for all but 3 yards on an eight-play, 80-yard drive, the last of his completions a 14-yarder to Conley in the corner of the end zone.

Georgia Tech's last gasp was an 80-yard drive of its own. David Sims finished it off with a 5-yard run, breaking a tackle at the line of scrimmage and diving into the end zone.

Georgia tacked on a field goal with just 3 seconds left in the half, getting a second chance when Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson called a timeout just before the snap trying to mess up the Bulldogs. If only he had known they would make a bad snap, leading to an ugly miss by a Blair Walsh. On the do-over, Walsh knocked through a 41-yarder.

The Yellow Jackets had done some of their best work in the third quarter, but that period belonged to the Bulldogs on this day. Boykin got it started with a 60-yard kickoff return, and three plays later Murray went to King for a 3-yard touchdown for a 24-10 lead.

The Georgia Tech defense finally stiffened, forcing a couple of punts even after Washington threw the first of his interceptions. But the Yellow Jackets couldn't overcome a second pick, this one snatched away by Shawn Williams at the Georgia Tech 23. Even though Williams was penalized 15 yards for spiking the ball, the Bulldogs punched it in.

Ogletree had the biggest play, a third-and-2 carry all the way to Georgia Tech 9. Then it was Murray to White for the TD that put it away.

Georgia Tech yanked Washington and scored a meaningless touchdown on Orwin Smith's 16-yard run with 6 1-2 minutes to go.

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