Old Dominion has rare win over ranked team

North Carolina drubbed Gardner-Webb, 103-50, and No. 3 Kansas also won.
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WASHINGTON -- Arnaud Dahi scored 15 points and Old Dominion sank six 3-pointers in the second half Sunday to beat No. 8 Georgetown 75-62, ending the Hoyas' 24-year winning streak at their on-campus gymnasium.
The Monarchs shot 58 percent in the second half, and Old Dominion overcame an eight-point second-half deficit to defeat a ranked team for the first time since beating Villanova in the 1995 NCAA tournament.
Old Dominion (4-1) had been 0-7 vs. the Top 25 since then, but the longer streak that came to end belonged to Georgetown (2-1). The Hoyas had won their last 23 when playing the occasional game at tiny -- and extremely noisy -- McDonough Arena, with the last defeat coming against Connecticut on Jan. 20, 1982.
The Monarchs went 6-for-9 from 3-point range after halftime, with four different players finding the range during a 21-3 run that gave them the lead for good midway through the second half.
When the Monarchs did miss, they often got the ball right back. Old Dominion had a 15-7 advantage in offensive rebounds against Georgetown's highly touted frontcourt of Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert.
Hibbert finished with 17 points and eight rebounds, but Green had only two points and three rebounds and fouled out with 1:37 to play.
No. 2 North Carolina 103,Gardner-Webb 50
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Freshman Brandan Wright scored 21 points and freshman Wayne Ellington added 19 to lead North Carolina in its rout of Gardner-Webb.
Preseason All-American Tyler Hansbrough added 18 for the Tar Heels (3-0), who shot 53 percent and reached triple digits for the second time this season. Chris Gash led Gardner-Webb (0-3) with 14 points and Takayo Siddle added 10.
No. 3 Kansas 87, Towson 61
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Freshman center Darrell Arthur scored 26 points in his first career start, leading Kansas over Towson in the first round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Mario Chalmers hit three key 3-pointers and added 15 points for Kansas (2-1), which was coming off an 87-80 home loss to Oral Roberts on Wednesday.
Brandon Rush had 13 points for the Jayhawks, and Julian Wright scored all but one of his 12 points in the second half.
No. 4 Pittsburgh 66,Oakland, Mich. 55
PITTSBURGH -- Aaron Gray had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Pittsburgh survived an early scare to rally past Oakland, Mich.
The Panthers (5-0) won their first four games by an average of nearly 20 points, but were pushed for the first time this season by Oakland, which returned four of its five starters from last season.
No. 7 LSU 88,Louisiana-Monroe 57
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Glen Davis scored 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds to power LSU past Louisiana-Monroe.
LSU (2-0) led 44-22 at the half after hitting 17-of-24 from the field. Tasmin Mitchell had 15 points before the break for the Tigers and finished with 21 points and seven rebounds.
No. 9 Wisconsin 92, Southern 39
MADISON, Wis. -- Alando Tucker scored 16 points and Brian Butch added 12 to lead Wisconsin to the rout of Southern in the first round of the South Padre Island Invitational.
The Badgers (3-0) led by 30 points with 3:46 left in the first half and went up by 50 with 9:17 left in the game on a pair of free throws by Butch.
The Badgers shot 62 percent for the game, while Southern shot 36 percent, turned the ball over 25 times and had only three assists.
No. 10 Alabama 72, Iowa 60
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Alonzo Gee had 21 points and six rebounds to lead Alabama to victory over Iowa in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
Ronald Steele added 18 points, six assists and four rebounds for Alabama, and Jermareo Davidson had 15 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.
No. 12 Texas A & amp;M 69,Saint Louis 33
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Acie Law scored 23 points to help Texas A & amp;M defeat Saint Louis in the championship of the inaugural Shelby Metcalf Classic.
Law hit six of his first eight shots to spark the Aggies (4-0) to an early lead. Joseph Jones had 11 points and six rebounds for A & amp;M.
No. 15 Arizona 102,New Mexico St. 87
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ivan Radenovic scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds and Jawann McClellan scored a career-high 22 points to help Arizona turn back New Mexico State's upset bid.
Arizona led by as many as 21 points in the second half, but New Mexico State (1-2) closed to within 87-82 on a three-pointer by Ted Knauber with 4 minutes to go. Arizona (2-1) scored the next five points to pull away.
No. 17 Washington 83,Sacramento St. 74
SEATTLE -- Freshman Quincy Pondexter scored 22 points to rally Washington to victory after the Huskies had a sluggish start against Sacramento State.
Jon Brockman added 13 points and eight rebounds, and 7-foot center Spencer Hawes made all seven of his shots for 14 points. A different player has led Washington (4-0) in scoring in all four games.
No. 21 Connecticut 77,Mississippi 59
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Jeff Adrien controlled the paint, A.J. Price took care of the rest of the floor and Connecticut downed Mississippi to win the Hispanic College Fund Classic.
Price scored 22 points, hitting 9 of 13 shots. Adrien added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (4-0), giving him a double-double in each of the Huskies first four games.
No. 25 Tennessee 99,Coppin State 65
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Chris Lofton scored 19 points to help Tennessee defeat Coppin State.
Freshmen Duke Crews scored 13 and Wayne Chism had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Vols (4-0). JaJuan Smith added 11 points and Ryan Childress had 10.
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