Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Pitt defeated Florida State in a matchup of unbeatens.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Hassan Adams had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Rodgers matched his career high with 17 points in No. 5 Arizona's 83-71 victory over San Diego State on Monday night.
Channing Frye scored 15 points, and Andre Iguodala had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (6-1), who led by 22 points midway through the second half.
No. 6 Stanford 67,Southern Utah 37
STANFORD, Calif. -- Reserve Dan Grunfeld scored a career-high 21 points and the Cardinal remained unbeaten.
Grunfeld, a 6-foot-6 sophomore, was 5-of-8 from the field and made all nine of his free throws in 22 minutes. Matt Haryasz, another reserve sophomore, added a career-high 15 points for the Cardinal (8-0).
No. 13 Florida 101, Northeastern 84
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- David Lee of the Gators tied a Southeastern Conference record by going 12-for-12 from the field.
Lee finished with 24 points and became the fifth SEC player to take a dozen shots and make every one. It was last accomplished by Jarrell Evans of Mississippi and Rodney Dent of Kentucky, both in 1994.
No. 16 Pittsburgh 63, Florida St. 56
PITTSBURGH -- Carl Krauser scored 17 points and reserve Mark McCarroll added 13 points to lead Pitt in the matchup of unbeatens.
The win was the 31st in a row at home for the Panthers (11-0). They moved within one victory of matching the school's best start, 12-0 in 1929-30.
Tim Pickett had 14 points for Florida State (10-1), which failed to match a 33-year-old school record of 11 consecutive victories set during the Dave Cowens era.
No. 17 Syracuse 101, Colgate 63
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Hakim Warrick had 17 points and Billy Edelin added 14 and seven assists to lead the Orangemen to their 38th consecutive victory over Colgate.
It was the sixth straight win overall for Syracuse (6-1) and only the second loss in the last six games for Colgate (5-4).
No. 25 Vanderbilt 63, Appalachian St. 48
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Reserve Mario Moore scored 19 points and Vanderbilt celebrated its return to the Top 25.
The last time Vanderbilt (9-0) was ranked was Feb. 21, 2000. The start is its best since the Commodores were 10-0 in 1973-74 and went on to win the Southeastern Conference championship.