College basketball roundup

Published 12:12 am Saturday, November 22, 2008

No. 1 North Carolina 84, UC Santa Barbara 67

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Ty Lawson led six players in double figures with 19 points, including Tyler Hansbrough who had 13 in his season debut, and North Carolina defeated UC Santa Barbara.

No. 2 Connecticut 89, La Salle 81

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Jeff Adrien added 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Connecticut to a victory over La Salle in the Paradise Jam.

No. 4 UCLA 77, S. Illinois 60

NEW YORK — Alfred Aboya scored 22 points and Darren Collison had 17, helping the Bruins beat Southern Illinois in the consolation game of the 2K Sports Classic.

No. 6 Pittsburgh 86, Akron 67

PITTSBURGH — Levance Fields had 19 points and seven assists and DeJuan Blair added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Panthers (3-0).

No. 8 Notre Dame 65, Loyola Marymount 54

LOS ANGELES — Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and Notre Dame staggered to a victory over winless Loyola Marymount.

No. 10 Duke 71, Michigan 56

NEW YORK — Kyle Singler scored 15 points to lead Duke over Michigan in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.

No. 13 Memphis 84, Seton Hall 70

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Doneal Mack scored 16 points to lead Memphis over Seton Hall in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

No. 14 Tennessee 76, Middle Tennessee 66

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tyler Smith scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Tennessee beat Middle Tennessee.

No. 17 Miami 70, S. Miss 60

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — Dwayne Collins scored 14 points to lead Miami over Southern Mississippi in the Paradise Jam opener.

No. 19 USC 73, Chattanooga 46

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Taj Gibson scored 17 points to lead Southern Cal over Chattanooga in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

No. 21 Davidson 97, Winthrop 70

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Stephen Curry turned in another dazzling performance with 30 points and a career-high 13 assists, Andrew Lovedale dominated the inside and Davidson wore down Winthrop in the second half.

No. 25 Wisconsin 60, Iona 58 (OT)

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — Trevon Hughes scored a game-high 21 points to lead Wisconsin over Iona in overtime in the Paradise Jam.

Pac-10 men

Oregon 84, UC Irvine 77

IRVINE, Calif. — Junior guard Tajuan Porter scored 23 points to lead Oregon past UC Irvine. Porter was 4 of 7 from the field, including 3 of 5 on threes, and hit all 12 of his free-throw attempts.

Local schools

Mount Hood CC 91, EvCC men 79

BELLEVUE — Snohomish High School alum Kegan Bone scored a team-high 16 points and Kamiak grad Chris Grounds added 13 points in the Trojans’ loss in the opening round of the Bellevue CC Tournament. EvCC plays Highline at 1 p.m. today.

SPU men 87, University of Mary 48

SEATTLE — Junior forward Rob Diederichs, a Shorewood High School alum, had 19 points for Seattle Pacific (1-0).

WWU men 73, CSU San Bernardino 67

SEATTLE — Ira Graham scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Western Washington Vikings (2-0) to the nonconference victory.

SPU women 63, UC San Diego 59

BELLINGHAM — Snohomish High School grad Daesha Henderson scored nine points and made five assists for Seattle Pacific in the nonconference victory. Meadowdale alum Caitlyn Rohrbach added two points for the Falcons (1-0).

WWU women 75, Cal Poly Pomona 68

BELLINGHAM — Amanda Dunbar, a Marysville-Pilchuck alum, scored 13 points and Snohomish County Christian grad Tara Holgate added five points and four rebounds in Western Washington’s nonconference victory.