Tar Heels win on the heels of Hansbrough

No. 10 Kansas beat Ball State, 64-46, but the Jayhawks (4-1) play top-ranked Florida tonight.
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Tyler Hansbrough bounced back from one of the worst games of his college career to score 27 points and lead No. 2 North Carolina to a 101-87 victory over No. 22 Tennessee Friday in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
The 6-foot-9 sophomore had nine points -- just his second game as a Tar Heel below double figures -- on 2-for-5 shooting in the 82-74 loss to Gonzaga in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
Friday, his teammates consistently got him the ball inside and Hansbrough, a third-team All-America and Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year last season, converted. He also picked up four offensive rebounds. He finished 8-for-18 from the field, 11-for-15 at the free throw line and had nine rebounds.
Freshman forward Brandan Wright had 19 points on 9-for-10 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds for the Tar Heels (4-1).
JeJuan Smith and Chris Lofton both had 18 points to lead the Volunteers (4-2).
No. 3 Pittsburgh 88, Florida St. 66
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh went on a 13-0 run behind the outside shooting of Ronald Ramon and Antonio Graves not long after Florida State's Al Thornton got into foul trouble in the first half.
Graves scored 15 points and Ramon came off the bench for 12, all on 3-pointers, for the Panthers (6-0). Aaron Gray was limited to nine points in 25 minutes but it hardly mattered as Pitt opened a 23-point lead in the first half and cruised after that.
Thornton, the Seminoles' top scorer with a 16.0 average, played only eight minutes before halftime after drawing his second foul with 11:37 remaining and Florida State (4-1) down 21-15.
Toney Douglas scored 21 points for Florida State.
Missouri St. 66,No. 7 Wisconsin 64
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Blake Ahearn scored 25 points to help Missouri State (4-0) upset Wisconsin in the semifinals of the South Padre Island Invitational.
Alando Tucker led Wisconsin (4-1) with 26 points, but missed a 3-pointer as time ran out.
No. 10 Kansas 64, Ball St. 46
LAS VEGAS -- Mario Chalmers hit three key 3-pointers and scored 13 points, and Kansas overcame awful first-half shooting in the Las Vegas Invitational.
Brandon Rush had 11 points after finally getting his game together in the second half for the Jayhawks (4-1), who worked out many of their offensive problems against the Cardinals before their showdown with top-ranked Florida tonight.
Anthony Newell scored 15 points for Ball State (2-2).
No. 16 Washington 90,E. Washington 83
SEATTLE -- Justin Dentmon scored a career-high 23 points -- 19 in the second half -- and Washington overcame a 12-point deficit to beat Eastern Washington.
Freshman Spencer Hawes and classmate Adrian Oliver added 14 points each to help Washington (5-0) avoid its first first non-conference home loss since December 2003.
Rodney Stuckey, the nation's leading returning scorer, had 31 points for the Eagles (2-3).
No. 25 Maryland 81, High Point 63
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Ekene Ibekwe scored 16 points, and James Gist and D.J. Strawberry each had 15 for Maryland.
Freshman Greivis Vasquez added 11 points for the Terrapins, 7-0 for the first time since 1998. Arizona Reid scored 19 points for High Point (3-3).
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