Huggins gets 600th win

No. 24 West Virginia rolled easily past Canisius 77-54.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Joe Alexander scored 20 points and No. 24 West Virginia beat Canisius 77-54 on Saturday, easily delivering coach Bob Huggins his 600th career victory.

Alex Ruoff had 14 points including two 3-pointers that sparked a 17-2 first-half run as the Mountaineers (10-1) won their eighth straight game, matching their longest streak since last season. The defending NIT champions are off to their second consecutive 10-1 start.

Huggins is the sixth active Division I coach to reach the 600-win mark, doing so in his 26th season and first at his alma mater after taking over following John Beilein’s departure for Michigan. Huggins joined Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, Lute Olson, Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun, all of whom have already passed the 750-win mark.

Huggins became the 29th coach to reach the plateau.

No. 1 North Carolina 105,
UC Santa Barbara 70

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points in North Carolina’s dominating win.

Marcus Ginyard added a career-high 17 points, Wayne Ellington also had 17 and Ty Lawson finished with 15 for the Tar Heels (11-0), who shot 57 percent in continuing their best start since the 1997-98 team won its first 17 games.

No. 2 Memphis 85,
No. 5 Georgetown 71

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 24 points, Robert Dozier added 19 as Memphis extended the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 37 games.

Freshman guard Derrick Rose had 18 points for Memphis, while Joey Dorsey had 11 points and 13 rebounds. The Tigers improved to 10-0, their best start since winning their first 10 in 2003-2004.

No. 3 Kansas 78, Miami (Ohio) 54

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson both had 14 points as Kansas became the first team in more than a year to exceed 69 points against Miami of Ohio.

Jackson and Sasha Kaun ignited a 13-0 run in the opening minutes, creating a 20-6 lead as the Jayhawks (12-0) remained unbeaten and raised their record in Allen Fieldhouse to 189-12 since 1994-95.

No. 8 UCLA 69, Michigan 54

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Josh Shipp scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half for UCLA.

The Wolverines (4-8) led by as many as eight points in the second half, but couldn’t keep up with UCLA (11-1) down the stretch.

Kevin Love had 17 points and 16 rebounds for UCLA, while Luc Richard Mbah a Moute added 12 points and 13 rebounds.

No. 9 Michigan St. 78,
No. 4 Texas 72

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Freshman Kalin Lucas scored a career-high 18 points, including an acrobatic layup to ignite a key first-half run, to lead Michigan State.

The Spartans (11-1) took control of the game with a 13-0 run toward the end of the first half and didn’t let the Longhorns (11-1) back in it until the final minute.

No. 12 Tennessee 82, Xavier 75

CINCINNATI — J.P. Prince scored a career-high 23 points and Tyler Smith led Tennessee’s late surge.

Tennessee (11-1) won its sixth straight despite an uncharacteristically quiet game from beyond the 3-point arc.

No. 13 Indiana 73, Coppin St. 46

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — D.J. White had 21 points and eight rebounds, and Eric Gordon scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half for Indiana. The Hoosiers (10-1) have won 25 straight at home.

No. 14 Texas A&M 88, UC Irvine 66

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Donald Sloan had 14 points, five rebounds and five assists to lead Texas A&M.

Dominique Kirk added 14 points and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and five rebounds for the Aggies (11-1), who have won 32 of their last 33 games at Reed Arena. Texas A&M has won 43 consecutive regular-season nonconference home games.

Mississippi 85, No. 15 Clemson 82

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico — Mississippi had trouble shooting but Clemson couldn’t keep the Rebels off the glass.

Dwayne Curtis and Chris Warren both scored 19 points to lead the Rebels in a matchup of unbeaten teams in the championship game of the San Juan Shootout.

No. 16 Butler 78,
Fla. Gulf Coast 66.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A.J. Graves scored 17 points and No. 16 Butler made 14 of 15 free throws in the final 6:21, finally taking control and pulling away.

No. 19 Arizona 74,
San Diego St. 58

TUCSON, Ariz. — Jordan Hill had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Arizona won its sixth straight.

It was the third double-double of the season and second in a row for Hill. The 6-foot-10 sophomore was 6-of-7 from the field to lead the Wildcats in scoring for the third time in four games.