COLLEGE HOOPS Pitt stays unbeaten with late foul shots

The No. 18 Panthers turned back NAIA power Georgetown, Ky., 79-74.
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PITTSBURGH -- Carl Krauser scored 18 points, including two free throws with 12 seconds remaining, as No. 18 Pittsburgh remained unbeaten by holding off the determined upset bid of NAIA power Georgetown, Ky., 79-74, Monday night.
Freshman Chris Taft had 16 points and eight rebounds for Pitt (8-0), which held on despite going without a field goal for the final 51/2 minutes.
Marshall Williams scored 25 points for the Tigers (8-2), an NAIA national semifinalist last season.
No. 9 Stanford 77,Florida International 50
STANFORD, Calif. -- Rob Little matched his season-high with 17 points for Stanford (6-0), while Dan Grunfeld had 13 points and Matt Lottich added 12.
No. 14 Wake Forest 78,SMU 66
DALLAS -- Justin Gray and Eric Williams each scored 22 points to lead the Demon Deacons (6-0). Chris Paul made six free throws in the final minute to seal the victory and finished with 12 points.
No. 23 Marquette 68,Canisius 65
MILWAUKEE -- Scott Merritt made two free throws with 2:47 remaining and the Golden Eagles held on despite not scoring the rest of the way.
Travis Diener had 14 points and nine assists for Marquette (7-1), which was 12-for-13 at the free throw line in the second half.
Horizon League
DAYTON -- Darren Brooks scored 20 points and contributed to a 9-2 run that helped Southern Illinois beat Wright State 79-73.
Brad Korn added 17 points for the Salukis (6-0). Seth Doliboa led Wright State (1-5) with 22 points, and Vernard Hollins and Zakee Boyd had 14 apiece.
Oral Roberts 80,Loyola of Chicago 78
CHICAGO -- Josh Atkinson scored 25 points on 7-of-13 shooting on 3-pointers for Oral Roberts (5-4). Kenn Tutt added 19 and Ralph Charles had 15.
Paul McMillan scored 25 points with 12 rebounds for the Ramblers (2-2) and Demetrius Williams added 19 points.
Detroit 64,Chicago State 53
DETROIT -- Ryvon Coville had a career-high 15 points to lead Detroit (3-2) and Rulon Harris added 11.
MAC
DEKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois (4-3) shot 60 percent from the floor in an 82-54 rout of Cornell (Iowa.)
Mike McKinney scored 16 points, Anthony Maestranzi scored 15 and Marcus Smallwood scored 10 and had seven rebounds for the Huskies.
W. Michigan 69,UAB 62
MOBILE, Ala. -- Mike Williams scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Western Michigan at the Coors Classic. Ben Reed scored 16 points for the Broncos (4-1) and Anthony Kann added 10 points and eight rebounds. Demario Eddins led the Blazers (3-2) with 18 points and seven rebounds.
Women
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Junior center Adrienne Mowry, a Struthers High graduate, had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead Thiel past visiting Mount Union, 72-60.
Lisa Dubinsky had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Mount Union.
No. 16 LSU 74,Sam Houston St. 38
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Scholanda Hoston scored 18 points, Temeka Johnson added 16 points, six rebounds and five assists for LSU (5-2).
Sam Houston State (0-7) shot 28 percent and committed 26 turnovers.