'Nova streaks to third straight

The No. 4-ranked Wildcats rolled past Rider to improve to 3-0.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- Allan Ray scored 21 points and Kyle Lowry added a career-high 20 as No. 4 Villanova cruised to an 86-57 victory over Rider on Wednesday night.
The Wildcats (3-0) had another big game from beyond the 3-point line, going 13-for-32, one game after setting a school record with 17 3s against Lehigh.
Mike Nardi had all 18 of his points on 3s for Villanova, which hosts No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday, easily the biggest and most physical team the Wildcats will have faced this season.
Villanova hit the 17 3s on Sunday in 33 attempts with Ray setting school marks with eight in 16 tries. Nardi was 6-for-10 on 3s against Rider (1-3), while Ray was 3-for-11.
Jason Thompson had 15 points for the Broncs, who made one brief run in the second half to get within 54-43 with 14:54 left. But Lowry had a traditional three-point play, Ray a 3 and Lowry two free throws in an 8-0 run that ended any thoughts of a comeback.
No. 13 Michigan St. 88, Georgia Tech 86
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's Paul Davis scored 22 points, and Georgia Tech's Zam Fredrick hit the rim on a shot from about 30 feet as time expired, giving the Spartans a victory in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Michigan State (4-2) led the entire game, but the Yellow Jackets (2-2) never let the home team get comfortable.
Davis scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half for the Spartans, but his two missed free throws with 4.3 seconds left allowed Fredrick to get off a 3-pointer that would've given the young Yellow Jackets a huge win.
No. 23 Maryland 83, Minnesota 66
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Travis Garrison had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Maryland overwhelmed injury-riddled Minnesota in the second half in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Nik Caner-Medley scored 16 points, and Mike Jones and D.J. Strawberry had 14 apiece for the Terrapins (5-1), who trailed by 15 in the early going and by six at halftime.
No. 5 Oklahoma 62, Tulsa 53
TULSA, Okla. -- Terrell Everett scored a career-high 26 points, including three late free throws, to help Oklahoma (4-0) stave off a late rally by Tulsa.
Everett scored six of Oklahoma's points during a 10-4 run that gave the Sooners a 47-28 lead with 11:32 left. But with Everett on the bench for a brief rest, Tulsa immediately charged back.
No. 6 Gonzaga 89, Portland St. 80
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Adam Morrison scored 34 points as Gonzaga used a dominant inside game to beat scrappy Portland State.
Gonzaga (4-1) came out flat in its first game since losing to No. 3 Connecticut in the championship game of the Maui Invitational. The Bulldogs led by only three points early in the second half against the unheralded Vikings before Morrison scored 15 points in the first 12 minutes of the half to give widen the margin.
No. 9 Memphis 97, Jackson St. 70
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Rodney Carney scored 25 points and matched his career-high with six 3-pointers, to lead Memphis past Jackson State.
Shawne Williams added 17 points for Memphis (5-1), which won its second straight after losing 70-67 to Duke in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.
Darius Washington and Joey Dorsey scored 10 points each, and Dorsey grabbed 11 rebounds for Memphis.
Clinton Johnson led Jackson State (1-4) with 24 points.
No. 19 George Washington 85, St. Francis, Pa. 68
WASHINGTON -- J.R. Pinnock scored 20 points for George Washington, helping the Colonials overcome a poor first half.
Pinnock led four players in double figures for George Washington, which has won three straight to open the season. Now the Colonials get back star Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who served the final game of his three-game suspension for violations related to his early declaration for the NBA draft.
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