Aldridge's 23 leads 'Horns to easy victory
Top 10 teams Connecticut and Kentucky were victorious.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and No. 2 Texas shook off poor shooting in the first half to beat Texas-Pan American 82-54 Tuesday night.
P.J. Tucker added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Longhorns (6-0), off to their best start since winning their first 14 games in the 1981-82 season.
Aldridge has a double-double in every game this season. Mike Williams also had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Johnathan Chatman and Dexter Shankle each scored 10 points to lead Texas-Pan American (2-4).
No. 3 Connecticut 68, Army 54
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Rudy Gay had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five steals, and Connecticut shook off a sluggish start to beat Army.
The Huskies (5-0) were coming off victories over Arizona and Gonzaga to win the Maui Invitational, but they struggled for long periods against the scrappy Black Knights (2-3).
Jarrell Brown had a career-high 26 points for Army, including four 3-pointers that helped the Black Knights stay close for much of the first half.
Rashad Anderson finished with 16 points for UConn.
No. 10 Kentucky 75, High Point 55
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Point guard Rajon Rondo had 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to lead Kentucky past High Point.
Ramel Bradley scored 14 points and Patrick Sparks added 13 for Kentucky (5-1), which won its third straight game while prepping for a showdown Saturday at Rupp Arena against defending national champion North Carolina.
Arizona Reid had 29 points and 16 rebounds -- each a career high -- for High Point, a member of the Big South Conference and the alma mater of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith. It was the third time the Panthers (3-2) played Kentucky since Smith became the Wildcats' coach in 1997.
Kentucky's average margin of victory in its previous two meetings with the Panthers was 36.5 points. High Point went 1-of-19 from 3-point range this time but trailed only 34-30 at halftime before wearing down against the Wildcats' defense.
No. 21 Alabama 73,Louisiana Tech 63
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Jermareo Davidson had 15 points and 16 rebounds, sparking the decisive run in Alabama's victory over Louisiana Tech.
The 6-foot-10 center went outside to hit two jump shots in a 15-4 spurt after the Crimson Tide (3-1) briefly fell behind 6 minutes into the second half.
Chuck Davis had 15 points and Richard Hendrix scored 12 on 6-of-6 shooting for Alabama. Ronald Steele had 10 points and eight assists.
Paul Millsap led Louisiana Tech (2-3) with 21 points, only four after halftime. He also grabbed 11 rebounds, but wasn't much of a factor after picking up his fourth foul with 8:28 left.
No. 22 Wake Forest 91,Wisconsin 88
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Justin Gray scored a career-high 37 points, including six free throws in the final 28 seconds, to lead Wake Forest past Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Kyle Visser added all of his 13 points and five assists after halftime for the Demon Deacons (6-1), who led by 10 in the second half but had to hold on for their 21st straight home win.
Wake Forest has won 51 of 52 home games against non-conference opponents, and improved to 3-0 against the Badgers in the seventh annual event.
Alando Tucker scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half for the Badgers (4-1), while Brian Butch added 19 points and 10 rebounds.