Memphis stakes claim to No. 1

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 19 points, and Derrick Rose added 13 to help No. 2 Memphis stake its claim to the nation's top spot with an 83-47 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday night.

Douglas-Roberts, the Tigers' leading scorer with a 16.3 average, connected on 7 of 10, including both shots outside the arc, as Memphis (17-0, 4-0 Conference USA) won its 42nd straight home game and extended its streak of consecutive league wins to 27. Doneal Mack added 12 points, missing only 1 of his 5 shots from 3-point range.

Southern Mississippi (9-9, 1-3) lost its second straight and has dropped six of its last seven.

With top-ranked North Carolina's 82-80 loss to Maryland earlier Saturday, Memphis is poised to move into the No. 1 spot next week. The only time the Tigers were previously ranked No. 1 was in 1983. They moved into the top spot on Jan. 10, but lost at Virginia Tech that same night and dropped to No. 6 the next week.

With about three minutes left, the Memphis crowd began chanting, "We're No. 1. We're No. 1" as the Tigers built the lead to 39 points. Even Memphis coach John Calipari stood and clapped with the crowd adding a little hip-shake dance.

Memphis and Kansas are the only undefeated teams left in the country.

Jeremy Wise and R.L. Horton led Southern Miss with 9 points apiece. Andre Stephens had 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.

The Tigers held Southern Miss to 26 percent shooting for the game, including 0-for-14 on 3-pointers. Meanwhile, Memphis shot 52 percent and had only 5 turnovers.

None of the Golden Eagles had a good night shooting. Courtney Beasley was 3 of 14, and Wise and Horton each missed 8 of their 11 shots in the game.

Memphis used 14 points from Douglas-Roberts to take a 44-23 lead at the half. Douglas-Roberts connected on 5 of 6 from the field, and Mack keyed a rally late in the half with a trio of 3-pointers.

Southern Mississippi's intensity kept the Golden Eagles close until the midway point of the half. The Southern Mississippi defense threw Memphis slightly out of rhythm in the early stages, and the Golden Eagles were within 24-20 with eight minutes left.

But Southern Mississippi missed 12 of its final 14 shots in the half. That helped the Tigers put together a 20-3 run to close the half. Memphis led by 40 at one point.

Kansas 76, Missouri 70: Brandon Rush shrugged off 2-for-14 shooting with 3 key free throws in the final 1:04 to help No. 3 Kansas hold off border rival and host Missouri.

Mario Chalmers had 18 points, and Darnell Jackson had 13 points and 9 rebounds for the Jayhawks (18-0, 3-0 Big 12), who are off to their best start since a school-record 22-0 in 1996-97. Rush, the younger brother of former Missouri star Kareem Rush, went 9-for-14 from the line and finished with 13 points and 9 rebounds.

The latest matchup attracted 15,061, the first sellout of the season at Mizzou Arena.

Stefhon Hannah had 23 points for Missouri (11-7, 1-2).

USC 72, UCLA 63: Davon Jefferson scored 25 points, and O.J. Mayo added 16 as USC (16-2, 4-1) ended No. 4 UCLA's nine-game winning streak.

Josh Shipp led the Bruins with 21 points, and freshman Kevin Love had 18 points and 12 rebounds, his ninth double-double in 18 games.

UCLA (16-2, 4-1 Pac-10) trailed early in the second half, went on a 20-7 to take a 57-51 lead, then got outscored 21-6 over the final 6:18.

Georgetown 84, ND 65: Roy Hibbert had 21 points and 5 assists, and No. 5 Georgetown held visiting Notre Dame to 32.8 percent shooting and almost 15 points below its season average.

DaJuan Summers added 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, and freshman Austin Freeman scored 16 points for the Hoyas (14-2, 4-1 Big East).

Luke Harangody of Notre Dame (13-4, 3-2) came in averaging 24.3 points and 11.8 rebounds in conference play, but he got into foul trouble trying to guard Hibbert and was limited to 13 points on 3-for-13 shooting.

Duke 93, Clemson 80: DeMarcus Nelson scored 24 points, and No. 7 Duke beat No. 24 Clemson for its 22nd straight win in the series.

Kyle Singler added 17 points and keyed the game-breaking run for the Blue Devils (15-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). They blew a 12-point first-half lead, regrouped and eventually ran away from the Tigers while improving to 54-4 against them at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Gerald Henderson had 16 points, Nolan Smith scored 13 and Jon Scheyer finished with 12 for Duke.

K.C. Rivers scored 16 points to lead the Tigers (14-4, 2-2).

Kan. St. 75, Texas A&M 54: Michael Beasley scored 21 points, and Bill Walker added 19 as host Kansas State upset No. 10 Texas A&M.

The win gave the Wildcats (12-4, 2-0 Big 12) their first 2-0 start to a conference season in 15 years.

Josh Carter had 13 points for the Aggies (15-3, 1-2)..

Big Ten

Tennessee 74, Ohio St. 69: Tyler Smith made 2 free throws with 11 seconds left, and No. 6 Tennessee beat visiting Ohio State.

JaJuan Smith scored 15 points, Chris Lofton added 13 and Tyler Smith and Ramar Smith both had 12, helping the Vols (16-1) to only their second 16-1 start ever.

Evan Turner had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Buckeyes (12-6).

Iowa 68, Michigan 60: Tony Freeman scored a career-high 28, and Cyrus Tate had career highs with 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead Iowa (9-10, 2-4) past host Michigan.

DeShawn Sims had 18 points, Jevohn Shepherd scored a career-high 11 -- all in the first half -- and Manny Harris added 11 for the Wolverines (5-13, 1-5).