HORIZON LEAGUE Streaking Georgia downs Wisconsin-Milwaukee



Louisiana Lafayette topped Loyola of Chicago in the Pepsi Classic.
ATHENS, Ga. -- Rashad Wright was one of three Georgia players to score 16 points, but he also contributed 10 assists as the Bulldogs defeated Wisconsin-Milwaukee 89-69 Saturday.
Ezra Williams and Jarvis Hayes also scored 16 each for Georgia (7-3), which won its fifth straight game.
Dylan Page scored 23 points to lead Milwaukee (9-3), which had an eight-game winning streak snapped.
Georgia's Steve Thomas had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Georgia broke out of a 27-all tie in the first half with an 11-0 run to take a 38-27 lead with 3:05 remaining after Damien Wilkins' jumper at the top of the lane. But Milwaukee responded with eight straight points of its own, including bookend 3-pointers by Jason Frederick and Dylan Page.
The Bulldogs led 44-37 at intermission with Wright scoring his team's last six points.
Georgia dominated the rebounding, 53-35, and held the Panthers to 39 percent shooting from the field.
Louisiana-Lafayette 88, Loyola of Chicago 77
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Brad Boyd scored 20 points and Michael Southall added 18 points and eight rebounds as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Loyola of Chicago in the Pepsi Classic.
Southall had two dunks in the final two minutes as the Ragin' Cajuns (6-4) held off a late charge by the Ramblers (4-7).
David Bailey had 17 points for Loyola, which lost its fifth straight game and is now 0-2 in the four-team round-robin event in Charlotte.
Loyola went on a 19-8 run to get within 58-53 on Corey Minnifield's bank shot with 12:26 left. But Boyd, who was held to four points Friday in a loss to Colorado, responded with two 3-pointers in a 12-5 spurt to put Louisiana-Lafayette back ahead 70-58 with 8:25 to go.
Louisiana-Lafayette second-leading scorer Anthony Johnson injured his right ankle with 4:29 left in the first half and did not return. Johnson, fell awkwardly after a tip-in and finished with five points.
Wyoming 74, Detroit 60
LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Donta Richardson scored 22 points to pace four Wyoming players in double figures and the Cowboys survived 30 percent shooting to win their sixth straight.
David Rottinghaus scored 11 points and Uche Nsonwu-Amadi and Alex Dunn each had 10 for Wyoming (9-2), which took a 20-6 lead and never trailed.
Detroit (5-4), which shot only 32 percent, was paced by Terrell Riggs and Willie Green, who each scored 14 points. Willie Wallace added 13.
Wallace's inside basket at the 2:59 mark drew Detroit within 63-52, but Wyoming made 9-of-10 free throws to ice the win.
Rottinghaus' two foul shots after a steal gave Wyoming its biggest lead, 69-52, with 1:33 left. The Titans drew no closer than the final margin after that.
Early in the second half, Detroit cut the Wyoming lead to 35-31 after a steal and layup by Rulon Harris, the closest the Titans had been since the opening minutes.
But Wyoming answered with a 17-5 run, capped by Dunn's dunk with 9:48 left, which put the Cowboys up 52-36. Dunn also had a layup and free throw during the stretch.
Wyoming led 20-6 at the 8:40 mark of the first half on a putback by Nsonwu-Amadi. The lead reached 29-14 on a driving layup by Mory Correa with 2:36 remaining.
However, the Titans closed the half with an 8-1 blitz, which included five points by Green, whose flying 15-foot jumper at the halftime buzzer cut the Cowboys' lead to 30-22.
Women
No. 11 Minnesota 88, Wright St. 54
FAIRBORN, Ohio -- Minnesota gave Wright State a double dose of sophomore center Janel McCarville, who hurt the Raiders with both her shooting and rebounding.
McCarville scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead No. 11 Minnesota, the Golden Gophers' 10th straight win to start the season.
McCarville, the 2002 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, dominated under the boards, pulling down defensive rebounds and getting position at the offensive end for easy putbacks. It was her second double-double of the season.
Wright State coach Bridgett Williams said the Raiders didn't have an answer for McCarville.
Minnesota (10-0) shot 65 percent from the field and outrebounded the Raiders 40-23. Tiffany Webb put up 31 points for the Raiders (1-8), who lost their seventh straight while only shooting 35 percent.
Minnesota never trailed in the game and led 46-23 at the half.
Lindsay Whalen, a junior guard and 2002 Big Ten Player of the Year, added 17 points for the Gophers. Whalen finished seven points below her scoring average, but sat on the bench for much of the first half after she got into early foul trouble.