Top-ranked Alabama cruises past Morehead

It was the Crimson Tide's first game as the No. 1 team in the country.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Kenny Walker scored 24 points and Mo Williams had 21 points and seven assists to lead Alabama to an 82-64 victory over Morehead State on Monday night in the Crimson Tide's first game as the No. 1-ranked team.
Before this season, Alabama (9-0) had never been ranked higher than No. 3, and that lasted a mere two weeks 26 years ago.
The Tide, which has won 25 straight home games, gets a week off before playing at Utah.
Marquis Sykes and Ricky Minard each scored 17 points for Morehead State (4-4).
Morehead State got within seven points with 7:43 left, but Williams and Walker scored Alabama's next nine points and 13 of the final 15.
No. 12 Florida 74, Charleston Southern 62
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Matt Bonner scored 17 points and fellow freshman Anthony Roberson added 16 as the Gators overcame a 10-point first-half deficit.
Florida (9-2) has won 34 consecutive games at home against non-conference opponents.
Kevin Warzynski had 16 points to lead Charleston Southern (4-4), which has lost three straight.
The game was the 200th at Florida for coach Billy Donovan, who is 133-67 with the Gators.
No. 20 Tulsa 78, TCU 65
TULSA, Okla. -- Jason Parker had 25 points and seven assists to lead the Golden Hurricane (7-1) to their third straight win.
Dante Swanson added 15 points for Tulsa, while Kevin Johnson and Jarius Glenn each had 11. Johnson also had 10 rebounds.
Jamal Brown had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Horned Frogs (4-5), who lost their third in a row.
It was the first meeting for the teams, who were once Western Athletic Conference rivals, since TCU moved to Conference USA after the 2000-01 season.
No. 21 Xavier 96, Siena 88
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Romain Sato had 33 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Musketeers (7-2).
David West, contending all night with double teams or collapsing zone defenses, had 21 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Xavier, which was up 50-42 at halftime and led the entire second half.
Michael Haddix had 21 points and five rebounds for Siena (5-3).
No. 23 Maryland 101, UMBC 60
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Ryan Randle scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the second half for the Terrapins, who returned from an eight-day layoff.
Drew Nicholas had 15 points for Maryland (5-3), playing for the first time since having its 87-game home non-conference winning streak snapped by Florida. The defending NCAA champions never trailed in improving to 13-0 against UMBC.
P.J. Hatcher had 15 points for UMBC (3-4), which lost its fourth straight.
WomenNo. 12 Notre Dame 46, Colorado St. 45
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- With the game on the line with 9.3 seconds left, the last person Colorado State coach Chris Denker wanted to see on the free-throw line was Notre Dame's Alicia Ratay.
Ratay had a career free-throw shooting percentage of 87.2 percent, placing her among the top 10 in NCAA history, as she stepped to the free-throw line with her team trailing 45-44.
She made them both.
The Rams (5-4) still had a chance to win, but Elizabeth English missed a 3-pointer and the clock ran out as players from both teams scrambled for the rebound.