COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday’s Top 25 games

No. 1 North Carolina 100, Oral Roberts 84

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and nine rebounds for the Tar Heels. Deon Thompson added 22 points for the Tar Heels (9-0), who had no trouble in their first game following a 10-day exam break. North Carolina shot 59 percent to take a 20-point halftime lead and was never seriously threatened in another lopsided victory to start the season.

Robert Jarvis scored 26 points for the Golden Eagles (2-7), who were playing a No. 1-ranked team for the first time.

No. 5 Oklahoma 70, Utah 52

NORMAN, Okla. — Austin Johnson scored 14 points and Oklahoma overcame Blake Griffin’s early foul trouble. Griffin, who sat much of the first half after picking up two quick fouls, finished with a season-low 11 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma (10-0), which matched its best start since 2003-04. The Sooners have won 68 of their last 70 home nonconference games.

Lawrence Borha and Shaun Green led Utah (5-4) with 12 points each as the Utes dropped their third straight. The Utes, who entered the game shooting 50.4 percent, hit 34 percent from the field, their lowest of mark the season.

No. 6 Texas 81, Texas St. 73

AUSTIN, Texas — A.J. Abrams scored 30 points, giving Texas the cushion it needed down the stretch. Dexter Pittman scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (8-1), who trailed midway through the second half. Abrams, held without a basket for the first 15 minutes of the second half, put Texas up 67-63, then had a steal and 3-pointer to start a Texas run that put the game away.

Temple 88, No. 8 Tennessee 72

PHILADELPHIA — Temple’s Dionte Christmas scored a season-high 35 points and hit three straight 3-pointers during a game-changing stretch. Temple students dressed in Santa Claus hats and held signs that read “Merry Christmas!” to cheer on the Owls’ best player. Then they stormed the court in a wild celebration for coach Fran Dunphy’s biggest win in three seasons.

Christmas hit six of his seven 3-pointers for the Owls (5-3) in the second half.

No. 9 Louisville 94, Austin Peay 75

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Preston Knowles scored a career-high 21 points, including 12 during Louisville’s decisive run in the second half. Terrence Williams had 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds and Samardo Samuels had 21 points and 12 boards for the Cardinals (6-1), who used a 17-2 burst midway through the second half to take control.

No. 13 Syracuse 79, Long Beach St. 55

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Arinze Onuaku had 17 points and Eric Devendorf added 13 points and five assists for Syracuse. The Orange (9-0) were coming off a 10-day layoff, and it showed in the first half as they shot 40.6 percent and Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris, the team’s leading scorers, combined for three points. Flynn was 0-for-5 from the field and Harris 0-for-3.

But the Orange scored the final four points of the first half to take a 37-30 lead and started the second with an 18-4 run to take control.

No. 14 Purdue 76, Indiana St. 62

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Robbie Hummel scored 20 of his career-high 25 points in the second half for Purdue. Hummel had eight rebounds and was 3-of-6 from 3-point range. He was 2-for-7 from the field in the first half, but went 5-for-6 in the second.

No. 18 Michigan St. 118, Alcorn St. 60

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Chris Allen had 20 points and Kalin Lucas added 16 to lead Michigan State. The Spartans (6-2) shot 58.7 percent from the field and threatened the school record of 121 points, set against Morehead State on Dec. 1, 1992. Raymar Morgan (Canton McKinley High) had 13 points for the Spartans, while freshmen Delvon Roe and Draymond Green had career-highs of 13 and 10 points, respectively.

No. 19 Georgetown 79, No. 17 Memphis 70, OT

WASHINGTON — DaJuan Summers had 21 points and seven rebounds, Austin Freeman scored 18 points, and Chris Wright had 14 for the Hoyas (7-1), who outscored Memphis 13-4 in the extra period.

No. 22 Baylor 90, Prairie View 63

WACO, Texas — Henry Dugat scored eight consecutive points in just over a minute midway through the first half and Baylor won its first home game in three weeks. The Bears (8-1) made only three of their first 16 shots and trailed by seven points before Dugat’s 3-pointer with 10:36 left in the first half started his 63-second outburst. Prairie View (3-6) had gone ahead when Michael Griffin scored seven points in a 9-0 run. But the Panthers didn’t score again until after four turnovers in a span of five possessions and the run by Dugat, who finished with 17 points. LaceDarius Dunn led Baylor with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. Tim Meadows, Darnell Hugee and Griffin each had 13 points for Prairie View.

No. 24 Marquette 69, IPFW 50

MILWAUKEE — Lazar Hayward scored 19 points and Jerel McNeal had 16, including eight in a decisive 12-5 run just after halftime, for the Golden Eagles (8-1). IPFW kept Marquette’s potent offense bottled up for most of the first half, and trailed by 13 at halftime. But McNeal scored eight points in the first 5 minutes of the second half to put the game away.

David Carson scored 17 points for the Mastadons (4-6).

Massachusetts 61, No. 25 Kansas 60

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ricky Harris had 18 points, Chris Lowe added 12 and Massachusetts used a stingy defense to hold off Kansas. UMass (3-6) has had trouble pulling out close games this season, with four of its six losses by seven points or less. The Minutemen built a 14-point lead in the first half, let Kansas back in it, but held on this time to end the Jayhawks’ 30-game home winning streak. Tony Gaffney had 13 rebounds, six blocked shots, three assists and three steals for UMass. Kansas (7-2), back in the Top 25 after being knocked out last week, shot 34 percent overall and 5-of-23 from 3-point range. Collins had 19 points on 6-of-21 shooting, including 1-for-7 on 3-pointers.

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