SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — John Jenkins scored 16 points, and Festus Ezeli and Jeffery Taylor each had 15 to lead Vanderbilt to a 72-65 win over reeling No. 8 North Carolina on Sunday in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament.
The Commodores (3-1) beat a top-10 team for the first time since knocking off No. 1 Tennessee on Feb. 26, 2008.
No. 9 Florida 61, Morehead State 55
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Erving Walker scored 16, Chandler Parsons added 13 points and 11 rebounds and the Gators (3-1) survived a scare from the Eagles (2-2).
Syracuse 63, William & Mary 60
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rick Jackson had 11 points and 10 rebounds and the Orange (4-0) survived William & Mary (0-3).
No. 14 Purdue 82, Oakland 67
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — JaJuan Johnson had 25 points and 11 rebounds to help the Boilermakers (3-0) pull away from the pesky Golden Grizzlies (1-2).
No. 19 Memphis 70, LSU 61
TUPELO, Miss. — Wesley Witherspoon scored 20 points to lead the Tigers (4-0) over LSU (2-2).
Top 25 women
No. 1 UConn 71, Georgia Tech 51
ATLANTA — Maya Moore scored 30 points, leading the No. 1 Huskies (3-0) to their 81st consecutive victory. UConn tied Washington University, an NCAA Division III school, for the most consecutive wins by a woman’s program at any level. The Bears won 81 in a row from 1998-2001.
No. 3 Stanford 84, Gonzaga 78
SPOKANE, Wash. — Jeanette Pohlen hit consecutive 3-pointers to help lead the Cardinal (3-0) over the Bulldogs (1-2).
No. 22 Iowa 90, Central Michigan 79
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Kachine Alexander had 20 points and 18 rebounds to help the Hawkeyes improve to 5-0.
Local men
Arizona 93, Northern Colorado 70
TUCSON — Chris Kaba led the Bears (2-1) with 15 points. Northern Colorado never led as Arizona (3-0) scored the game’s first eight points and stretched the lead to 57-31 by halftime.
Local women
Colorado State 68, North Dakota 61
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Kim Mestdagh’s strong second half sparked the Rams to a victory over North Dakota. Mestdagh scored 24 of her career-high 32 points after halftime.
Colorado 78, Tennessee- Martin 67
BOULDER — A streak of seven consecutive points by sophomore Chucky Jeffery, who scored a career-best 25 points, helped the Buffs open up a 58-46 lead midway through the second half.
Hall of Fame.
Jerry West and David Thompson highlighted an eight-man contigent inducted into the NCAA Hall of Fame. Also inducted were players Christian Laettner of Duke and Sidney Wicks of UCLA; coaches Davey Whitney and Tex Winter and contributors Wayne Duke and Tom Jernstedt.
Denver Post staff & wire reports
