TULSA, Okla. — Blake Griffin had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Willie Warren scored 14 points as No. 6 Oklahoma beat Tulsa 69-44 on Sunday.
Warren and Tony Crocker, who had 12 points, hit consecutive 3-pointers as the Sooners (8-0) scored the first 13 points of the game. Cade Davis’ 3-pointer from the right wing stretched Oklahoma’s lead to 20-3.
Warren had a right-handed tomahawk jam and a driving layup as the Sooners ended the first half with a 10-0 run for a 43-19 lead.
Justin Hurtt scored 10 points to lead the Golden Hurricane (4-4), who never got within 20 points in the second half to take the steam out of the first game played in the new BOK Center in downtown Tulsa.
No. 11 Louisville 91, Ohio 56
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Power forward Earl Clark had 17 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high eight assists for the Cardinals in the Marques Maybin Classic.
Samardo Samuels led Louisville (4-1) with 19 points — most of them coming on feeds from Clark — as Louisville won its second straight after being upset by Western Kentucky a week ago.
Jerome Tillman led Ohio (3-3) with 21 points and seven rebounds, but the Bobcats shot 37 percent, turned it over 18 times and went without a field goal during a 10-minute stretch spanning the first and second half.
No. 12 UCLA 85, CS Northridge 67
LOS ANGELES — Josh Shipp scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half and the Bruins rebounded well from a close loss to Texas.
Freshman Jrue Holiday added 14 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Darren Collison had 14 points and six assists for the Bruins (5-2), who shot 58 percent in a sloppy game that featured a combined 42 turnovers for the two teams.
Tremaine Townsend scored a career-high 23 points for the Matadors (1-6). Kenny Daniels had 13 points and six rebounds.
No. 13 Michigan St. 75, Bradley 59
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Chris Allen scored 19 points for Michigan State, which got its running game going late.
Kalin Lucas had 12 points for the Spartans (5-2), who were coming off a 35-point loss to No. 1 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Theron Wilson scored 16 points and Dodie Dunson added 13 for Bradley (4-3).
The Spartans appeared sluggish early and led by just five points at halftime. But the fast break got rolling and Michigan State led by as many 21 points in the second half.
No. 19 Arizona St. 64, Nebraska 44
TEMPE, Ariz. — James Harden had 20 points, nine rebounds and had six assists for the Sun Devils in the Pac 10-Big 12 series.
Rihards Kuksiks added career highs of 18 points and six rebounds and Ty Abbott scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and grabbed eight rebounds for the Sun Devils (7-1).
Steve Harley scored 11 points to lead the Cornhuskers (6-1), who were 13-of-45 from the field (29 percent).
Harden, the Sun Devils’ leading scorer coming in with a 26.3 average, was held without a field goal until the final minute of the first half but had 14 points, on 5-of-6 shooting, in the second half.
Florida St. 57, No. 23 Florida 55
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ryan Reid scored four of his 13 points in the final 1:20 to lead Florida State to its third win in the intrastate rivalry.
Florida’s Dan Werner missed a 3-point shot at the buzzer.
Jordan DeMercy had a career-high 12 points and 7-foot-1 Solomon Alabi added 11 for the Seminoles, who were coming off their first loss of the season, by 14 points to Northwestern on Wednesday.
Nick Calathes led Florida (6-2) with 16 points and Werner had 10.
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