Florida rallies for 75-70 win against UAB

Clutch foul shooting down the stretch gave the No. 3 Gators the win.
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SUNRISE, Fla. -- No. 3 Florida trailed for most of the game but went 7-of-8 from the free throw line over the final 2:11 and rallied past Alabama-Birmingham 75-70 Saturday night in the Orange Bowl Classic.
Taurean Green put the Gators (12-2) ahead to stay with 1:32 left when he made two free throws for a 70-69 lead -- only their second of the game.
A steal and layup by Green increased the margin to three, and Al Horford made one free throw and Corey Brewer added two to close out the Gators' fifth straight win.
The Blazers (8-6) missed their final six shots from the field.
Nebraska won the first game of the doubleheader, beating Miami 82-67. The games at the BankAtlantic Center drew a record crowd of 15,709, most of them cheering for the Gators.
No. 7 Arizona 89, Stanford 75
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Marcus Williams scored 23 points and Ivan Radenovic added 22 as Arizona rallied for its 11th straight victory.
The Wildcats (11-1, 2-0 Pac-10) blew a 13-point first-half lead and fell behind by five midway through the second half.
But the Wildcats closed the game on a 19-6 run.
Point guard Mustafa Shakur had 18 points and nine assists for the Wildcats, who shot 61.2 percent from the field, including going 8-of-10 from beyond the 3-point arc.
Lawrence Hill led Stanford (8-3, 1-1) with 20 points and Brook Lopez added 17.
West Virginia 81,No. 12 Connecticut 71
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Frank Young scored 22 points and West Virginia handed the Huskies their first loss of the season in the teams' Big East opener.
Playing outside the state of Connecticut for the first time this season, the Huskies (11-1) lost to the Mountaineers for the first time since Feb. 11, 1998, a span of seven games.
Da'Sean Butler added a career-high 16 points for West Virginia (11-1), which leads the nation in fewest points allowed at 49 per game.
Doug Wiggins had 20 points for Connecticut, which shot 39 percent (26-of-66) from the field and was just 13-of-27 from the free throw line.
No. 18 Marquette 69,Savannah St. 51
MILWAUKEE -- Dominic James and Wesley Matthews each scored 22 points for Marquette (13-2).
Joseph Flegler had 15 points for Savannah State (6-12), which lost for the 12th time in 13 games and played without Javon Randolph, their injured leading scorer who is out with a knee injury.
Matthews, who had a career high in points, added a season-high nine rebounds and James had six assists for the Golden Eagles, who finished 22-of-33 from the free throws line, while the Tigers were 5-of-10.
No. 19 Notre Dame 95,Stony Brook 66
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Russell Carter scored 23 points to help Notre Dame (12-1) overcome the suspension of starting point guard Kyle McAlarney and extend its winning streak to 11 games, its longest since 1986-87.
McAlarney has been suspended indefinitely from the team after his early Friday morning arrest for marijuana possession.
Mitchell Beauford and Mike Popoko both had 14 points for Stony Brook (5-7).
After Stony Brook cut Notre Dame's lead to 11 points three minutes into the second half, the Irish went on a 15-1 run, holding the Seawolves without a field goal for over 61/2 minutes.
No. 20 Oregon 76, Oregon St. 73
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Bryce Taylor had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon remained unbeaten with the victory in the teams' Pac-10 opener.
Maarty Leunen added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Ducks (13-0), who are off to their best start in 69 years and won in Corvallis for the first time in four seasons.
Sasha Cuic, who was saddled with four fouls less than a minute into the second half, and Marcel Jones each had 16 points for the Beavers (8-6).
No. 24 Nevada 82, Gonzaga 74
SEATTLE -- Nick Fazekas had 24 points, and Ramon Sessions scored all 20 of his in the second half to lead Nevada over Gonzaga, giving the Bulldogs' their first three-game losing streak in six years.
Sessions hit an improbable, leaning 3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer with 1:20 remaining that put Nevada up 70-67.
The Wolfpack trailed by as many as 14 points late in the first half in the game played at KeyArena.
Marcellus Kemp, a Seattle native, added 21 points for the Wolfpack (12-1), who are to their best start in 55 years.
Gonzaga (9-5) has lost three consecutive games for the first time since December 2000.
The Bulldogs took advantage of Fazekas, a preseason All-America, fouling out with 5 minutes remaining to take a 67-61 lead on Josh Heytvelt's putback.
But Kemp's runner in the lane tied it at 67 with 2 minutes left and Sessions followed with his acrobatic 3-pointer.
When Denis Ikovlev was left open for another 3 with 48 seconds left, Nevada led 73-67.
The Wolfpack cruised -- with four free throws from Sessions -- from there.
Ohio State led Coppin State, 46-30, at halftime Saturday night. The game was not completed in time for today's edition.
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