Top 25: UConn wins 13th straight

NEWARK, N.J. -- Hasheem Thabeet had career-highs of 25 points and 20 rebounds and just missed his second triple-double in two weeks with nine blocks, helping No. 1 Connecticut win its 13th straight game, 62-54 over Seton Hall on Saturday.

The 7-foot-3 Thabeet was 10-for-13 from the field and dominated again inside for the Huskies (24-1, 12-1 Big East), who matched the 1995-96 team for the best start in school history.

Jeff Adrien had 14 points and 15 rebounds -- his 44th career double-double -- for Connecticut, which finished with a 55-43 rebounds advantage and blocked 11 shots.

John Garcia had a career-high 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Pirates (14-10, 5-7), who had won their last six, all in the Big East.

It was Connecticut's first game since losing second-leading scorer Jerome Dyson.

Boise State 66, No. 21 Utah State 56

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Mark Sanchez scored 20 points, Anthony Thomas had 18 and Boise State snapped the longest winning streak in the nation at 19.

The Aggies (24-2, 12-1 Western Athletic Conference) also missed out on a chance to clinch the conference title outright.

Boise State (17-7, 7-4) trailed most of the first half, but led the entire second half. The Broncos controlled the second half with hustle and an aggressive defense that forced 19 turnovers, nearly twice Utah State's season average.

The Aggies, who came into the game averaging 72.4 points per game, were led by Gary Wilkinson and Jared Quayle, each with 12 points.

No. 2 Oklahoma 95, Texas Tech 74

NORMAN, Okla. -- Blake Griffin set career-highs with 40 points and 23 rebounds to break a school record with his 22nd double-double of the season in the Sooners' 13th straight win.

Griffin became only the third player for Oklahoma (25-1, 11-0 Big 12) to record at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in a game, joining Wayman Tisdale and Alvan Adams.

Nick Okorie scored a career-high 24 points to lead Texas Tech (12-13, 2-8) in its 11th straight road loss.

No. 4 Pittsburgh 85, Cincinnati 69

PITTSBURGH -- Sam Young scored 18 points and DeJuan Blair had 17 to lead the Panthers to their fifth straight win and into a showdown Monday with top-ranked UConn.

Jermaine Dixon added 14 points and Gilbert Brown 12 for the Panthers (23-2, 10-2 Big East), who shot a season-best 67.4 percent from the field.

Mike Williams had 17 points and Larry Davis 13 for Cincinnati (17-9, 7-6). The Bearcats came into the game having won three straight and five of six, but still lack a signature victory that a win at a top-five team would have provided.

No. 7 Wake Forest 86, No. 25 Florida State 63

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Al-Farouq Aminu scored 17 points and the Demon Deacons used a 13-0 run in the second half to end the Seminoles' three-game winning streak.

Jeff Teague added 15 points for the Demon Deacons (19-4, 6-4 ACC), who led the entire way in bouncing back four losses in their last six games. They controlled this one from the start, scoring the first six points and leading by as many as 30.

Toney Douglas scored 22 points to lead Florida State (19-6, 6-4), which returned to the national rankings this week for the first time since January 1998.

No. 8 Memphis 72, Southern Miss 47

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Tyreke Evans scored 19 points, including nine straight during the clinching run, and Antonio Anderson and Robert Dozier added 12 apiece to lead the Tigers.

Evans' personal 9-2 run early in the second half helped Memphis (22-3, 10-0 C-USA) to their 16th straight win and the team's three seniors to their 126th victory, tying the school record.

Jeremy Wise scored 15 points and Courtney Beasley added 12 for Southern Miss (13-11, 3-7), which has lost five straight.

No. 10 Marquette 73, St. John's 59

MILWAUKEE -- Jerel McNeal scored 20 points and Marquette snapped a two-game losing streak.

Lazar Hayward scored 18 and Dominic James added 14 for the Golden Eagles (21-4, 10-2 Big East), who played better defense than they had in back-to-back road losses and pulled away from St. John's with several scoring spurts from their high-octane offense.

Paris Horne scored 23 for St. John's (12-13, 3-10), which has lost four straight.

Arizona 84, No. 11 UCLA 72

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Nic Wise scored 26 points and Jordan Hill had 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Wildcats to their seventh win in a row.

Arizona (18-8, 8-5 Pac-10) broke an eight-game losing streak to the Bruins, who were swept in the desert for the first time since 2005.

Darren Collison scored 26 for UCLA (19-6, 8-4), who trailed by as many as 25 in the second half before a late rally twice cut it to nine.

No. 14 Xavier 88, Fordham 53

CINCINNATI -- Brad Redford matched his career high with 15 points, all from behind the arc, and the Musketeers recovered from back-to-back losses with a dominating second half.

Xavier (21-4, 9-2 Atlantic 10) hasn't lost three in a row since early in the 2004-05 season, and were never in trouble against the Rams (3-19, 1-9), who start a pair of freshmen and two sophomores. Fordham has lost four in a row, all by at least 23 points.

Sophomore guard Mike Moore led Fordham with a career-high 24 points.

No. 16 Kansas 85, Kansas St. 74

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Cole Aldrich had 21 points, Sherron Collins added 19 and the Jayhawks used their stingy defense to rally from a 16-point first-half deficit against K-State.

Coming off a last-second, 62-60 loss at Missouri on Monday, Kansas (20-5, 9-1 Big 12) shot 56 percent to reach 20 wins for the 20th straight season. Marcus Morris had 15 points and Brady Morningstar 12 for Kansas, which has won 38 of the past 40 meetings against Kansas State.

Denis Clemente had 26 points and Jacob Pullen added 22 for the Wildcats (17-8, 6-5), who were 9-of-28 from the floor in the second half.

No. 17 Missouri 70, Nebraska 47

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- DeMarre Carroll and reserve Matt Lawrence had 13 points apiece to help the Tigers win their 17th straight at home.

J.T. Tiller added 11 points and Marcus Denmon 10 for Missouri (22-4, 9-2 Big 12), which has won nine of 10 since losing by five points in the Big 12 opener at Nebraska on Jan. 10.

The Tigers' full-court press hounded the Cornhuskers (15-8, 5-5) into a season-worst 20 turnovers. Brandon Richardson had 12 points for Nebraska, which flopped in an attempt to win four straight in the Big 12 for the first time since 1999.

No. 19 Gonzaga 78, San Francisco 73

SAN FRANCISCO -- Austin Daye made five free throws in the final 27.8 seconds and finished with 17 points in Gonzaga's 11th victory in 12 games.

Demetri Goodson scored 13 points, Jeremy Pargo had 12 and Matt Bouldin added 11 for the Bulldogs (19-5, 10-0 West Coast Conference), who hit a season-high 60 percent of their shots.

Dior Lowhorn scored 23 points and Blake Wallace had 19 for San Francisco (9-17, 1-10), which lost its fourth straight while playing its second straight game without four players suspended earlier in the week for disobeying coach Rex Walters in practice.

No. 20 Purdue 49, Iowa 45

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- E'Twaun Moore scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Boilermakers held their second straight opponent under 50 points to break a two-game slide.

JaJuan Johnson added 13 points, including a key jumper with 1:26 left. Two late defensive stops by Purdue (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) helped stave off a rally by the Hawkeyes (13-13, 3-10), who lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Jake Kelly led all scorers with 19 points for the Hawkeyes.

No. 23 Syracuse 98, Georgetown 94, OT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Jonny Flynn had 25 points and Eric Devendorf scored 23, and the two Syracuse stars combined for 14 points in overtime to lead the Orange.

Flynn also had a career-high 13 assists, and Arinze Onuaku had 15 points and 13 rebounds for Syracuse (19-7, 7-6 Big East), which had lost five of seven coming in.

Chris Wright's 3 with 10.7 left sent the game to overtime for Georgetown (13-10, 4-8), which has dropped seven of eight. Wright finished with 25 points before fouling out. Austin Freeman added 19 points, DaJuan Summers 17, and Greg Monroe had 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Wisconsin 55, No. 24 Ohio State 50

MADISON, Wis. -- Marcus Landry scored 17 points, and Joe Krabbenhoft made a key 3-pointer and steal down the stretch to help Wisconsin win its fourth straight.

Wisconsin (16-9, 7-6 Big Ten) grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and snapped Ohio State's four-game winning streak, overcoming Evan Turner's 23-point effort for the Buckeyes.

Ohio State (17-6, 7-5) shot 55 percent from the field, but was anything but efficient because of 19 turnovers, struggling with Wisconsin's pressure defense and failing to keep the Badgers off the boards.