Memphis romps past Rice, 77-50

No. 7 Duke won but No. 14 Dayton was spilled by UMass.

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HOUSTON — Chris Douglas-Roberts and Doneal Mack both scored 16 points and Joey Dorsey had nine points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 2 Memphis to a 77-50 rout of Rice on Wednesday night.

Antonio Anderson scored 10 points for the Tigers (16-0, 3-0 Conference USA), who have won 35 consecutive regular-season games and 26 in a row in league play.

Memphis won by double digits for the 15th time this season despite going 7-for-31 from 3-point range (23 percent).

Paulius Packevicius had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Owls (3-13, 0-3).

No. 7 Duke 70, Florida St. 57

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jon Scheyer scored 21 points and Duke made eight straight free throws in the final 1:34 to snap a two-game losing streak to Florida State.

The Seminoles took their only lead of the second half at 55-54 on Jason Rich’s layup with 3:45 left before Duke put the game away with a closing 16-2 run. Kyle Singler’s 3-pointer put the Blue Devils (14-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) ahead for good with 3:30 to play.

Massachusetts 82,
No. 14 Dayton 71

DAYTON — Ricky Harris scored 22 points and Chris Lowe added 19 as Massachusetts snapped the Flyers’ 13-game winning streak.

The Minuteman (12-4, 1-1 Atlantic 10) finished with 13 3-pointers and six blocked shots.

Brian Roberts had 21 points for the Flyers (14-2, 2-1), who finished 4-of-25 from 3-point range.

Gary Forbes had 16 points for Massachusetts.

No. 18 Mississippi 89, Florida 87

OXFORD, Miss. — Dwayne Curtis had 20 points and 12 rebounds while freshman Trevor Gaskins scored 19 points for Mississippi.

Gaskins stole the focus from the much-anticipated matchup between freshman guards Chris Warren of Ole Miss (15-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) and Nick Calathes of the Gators (15-3, 2-1) .

Calathes and Dan Werner led Florida with 16 points apiece.

Temple 78, No. 20 Xavier 59

PHILADELPHIA — Dionte Christmas scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half and Mark Tyndale added 22 to lead Temple.

The Owls (7-8, 1-1 Atlantic 10) beat a ranked opponent for the first time in two years to earn their biggest win since Fran Dunphy replaced Hall of Fame coach John Chaney last season.

Derrick Brown had 14 points for the Musketeers (14-4, 2-1).