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Hiram topples Grove City

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Staff/wire reports

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Glenn Campbell led the way with 16 points, and Andre Wiegand added 10, as Hiram defeated Grove City 65-54 on Wednesday night.

Hassan Muhammad added nine points and six rebounds for the Terriers (6-4), who led 40-25 at halftime.

Jeff Newell scored 16 points for Grove City (4-5), and he had nine rebounds. Brett Matson added 10 points.

No. 21 Minnesota 66, Akron 58

MINNEAPOLIS

Blake Hoffarber scored 13 points to go over 1,000 for his career, and Trevor Mbakwe added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota.

Steve McNees (Shenango) scored 12 for Akron, which led 32-27 at halftime.

Ralph Sampson III converted a three-point play and Rodney Williams threw down a rim-rattling dunk during a 12-3 Gophers run that gave Minnesota the lead for good in the second half.

Ohio 87, St. Francis (Pa.) 58

ATHENS, Ohio

D.J. Cooper scored 19 points to lead six Ohio players in double figures.

Tommy Freeman, who scored 15 points, hit five 3-pointers and Cooper added four as the Bobcats (6-4) went 15 for 29 from beyond the arc (51.7 percent).

Ohio shot 52.5 percent from the field (32 of 61) and outrebounded the Red Flash 43-27.

The Bobcats went on a 12-0 run to take a 27-15 lead with 8:52 left in the half. They led 51-25 at halftime after shooting 61.3 from the field (19 of 31) with nine 3-pointers.

Nick Kellogg added 12 points and DeVaughn Washington, Ivo Baltic and T.J. Hall added 10 points each for Ohio.

Will Felder had 19 points and 10 rebounds, his third consecutive double-double, to lead the Red Flash (2-8).

No. 9 Baylor 83, Bethune-Cookman 39

WACO, Texas

LaceDarius Dunn scored 24 points, and Quincy Acy had 14 points with 10 rebounds to lead Baylor. Dunn had 16 of his points before halftime for Baylor, which set a school record with its 12th straight home victory. Perry Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds for Baylor. C.J. Reed led Bethune-Cookman (5-6) with 13 points.

Women

NORTH MIAMI, FLA.

Walsh jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in defeating Johnson and Wales, 97-40.

Walsh (8-4), ranked No. 18 in the NAIA, led 51-13 at halftime in rolling to its third straight win.

Katie Berry led the Cavaliers with 19 points, while Kayla Kovach and Tatiana Hall added 12 apiece.

No. 17 Florida State 69, Central Florida 51

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

Cierra Bravard had 14 points and 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season for Florida State. Alexa Deluzio added 11 points for the Seminoles(9-1).

D’Nay Daniels had 17 points and eight rebounds and Aisha Patrick added nine points for UCF (4-5), which had 22 turnovers and six assists.