college basketball roundup

MEN’S TOP 25

No. 13 Missouri 81, Oral Roberts 62

COLUMBIA, MO.

Laurence Bowers scored 17 points and Missouri avenged last season’s defeat. Marcus Denmon added 16 points for the Tigers (9-1), who used an 18-2 run in taking a 13-point halftime lead. Missouri held Oral Roberts to 26 percent shooting from the field. Dominique Morrison led the Golden Eagles (4-6) with 18 points and Damen Bell-Holter finished with 10 and a career-high 17 rebounds.

No. 18 Memphis 70, Austin Peay 68, OT

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Chris Crawford scored six of his 18 points in overtime, Charles Carmouche had 16 points and keyed a second-half rally and Memphis beat Austin Peay. Austin Peay had the ball out of bounds with .7 seconds left in overtime, but couldn’t get off a shot, although the Governors’ bench was calling for a foul on the play. TyShwan Edmondson led the Governors (6-6) with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

BIG TEN

Northwestern 78, American U. 62

EVANSTON, ILL.

John Shurna scored 28 points and Michael Thompson added 23 as Northwestern remained undefeated. The Wildcats (7-0) are off to their best start since 1993-94, when they won their first nine. Shurna, a junior, became the 30th Northwestern player to surpass 1,000 points, finishing the night with 1,012. Luka Mirkovic added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Northwestern. Vlad Moldoveanu led the Eagles (6-4) with 21 points.

WOMEN’S TOP 25

No. 22 DePaul 91, No. 3 Stanford 71

CHICAGO

Keisha Hampton scored 23 of her 27 points in the second, Felicia Chester had a career-high 24 and DePaul routed Stanford, denying Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer her 800th career victory.

AREA

Waynesburg 73, Hiram 68

HIRAM

Sophomore guard Emily Smerchansky (Girard) scored a career-high 17 points for Hiram (4-3). Junior Tiffany Shields had 20 points and Jessica Cowan had 17. Smerchansky scored 15 of her 17 points from behind the arc. Brittany Spencer led the Yellow Jackets (7-1) with 30 points

Staff/wire reports