HARTFORD, Conn.DURHAM, N.C. — Maya Moore scored 30 points and No. 1 Connecticut won its 80th consecutive game Tuesday night, 65-64, holding on when No. 2 Baylor couldn’t get off a last shot in time.
A record winning streak exactly two years in the making came down to the final seconds. The Huskies (2-0) are eight wins short of matching the 88-game string put together by the UCLA’s men’s team in the 1970s.
Moore missed from the corner in the closing seconds, and the Bears (3-1) rushed downcourt trying to get off one more shot. Odyssey Sims launched a 3-pointer from well beyond the arc at the buzzer but it fell short and came too late anyway.
Men
Seth Curry, the younger brother of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, scored 17 points, and No. 1 Duke routed Miami (Ohio) 79-45 in the second round of the CBE Classic.
No. 2 Michigan State 82, South Carolina 73
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Spartans (2-0) led 42-25 at halftime, but had the lead cut to single digits early in the second half and couldn’t pull away because they made 19 turnovers and gave up 11 3-pointers to the Gamecocks (1-1).
No. 3 Kansas State 73, Virginia Tech 57
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Martavious Irving, Rodney McGruder and Nick Russell came off the bench to spark a 28-9 run in the first half when Jacob Pullen was out with foul trouble.
No. 4 Ohio State 93, No. 9 Florida 75
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jared Sullinger and David Lighty each scored 26 points, and the Buckeyes (2-0) used a nearly flawless second half to turn a small deficit into a double-digit lead.
No. 6 Villanova 84, Marist 47
VILLANOVA, Pa. — The Wildcats (2-0) hardly broke a sweat against the Red Foxes (0-1), whose longest losing streak in Division I was extended to 19 games.
No. 10 Syracuse 66, Detroit 55
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Scoop Jardine scored a career-high 27 points, Rick Jackson had 10 points and a career-best 22 rebounds, and the Orange (3-0), which trailed for much of the first half, broke open the game with two big runs in the second to foil the upset bid by the Titans (0-2).
North Texas 92, Texas Tech 83 (OT)
DENTON, Texas — Josh White hit a runner in the lane with three seconds left in regulation to force overtime, and the Mean Green (2-0) hit 4-of-5 shots and 8-of-10 free throws in the extra period.
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