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By Staff Reporter
The Boston Globe

Nov 22, 2011 19:00 EST

Andre Dawkins added 14 points and the Blue Devils hit 11 of 21 3-pointers while shooting 56 percent overall to earn a spot in tonight's title game against No. 14 Kansas.

Michigan (4-1) struggled early, falling behind by 16, and fought back by hitting 21 of 34 shots in the second half.

North Carolina 102, Tennessee St. 69 - Reggie Bullock scored 23 points and Kendall Marshall had 15 assists to help the No. 1 Tar Heels (4-0) rout the Tigers (2-3) in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Louisville 54, Arkansas St. 27 - Kyle Kuric scored 12 points and the No. 7 Cardinals (4-0) beat the turnover-prone Red Wolves (1-4) in the lowest-scoring game for the visitors since the shot clock was implemented in 1986.

Memphis 99, Tennessee 97 - Will Barton had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the No. 8 Tigers (2-1) held off the Volunteers (2-2) at the Maui Invitational.

Baylor 70, South Carolina State 50 - Anthony Jones scored a career-high 21 points, including two 3-pointers in the opening stretch of the second half, when the ninth-ranked Bears (4-0) scored the first 14 points and took control against the visiting Bulldogs (3-2).

Wisconsin 77, UMKC 31 - Jared Berggren scored 21 points and the 11th-ranked Badgers used a suffocating defense for an easy home win over Missouri-Kansas City (1-4).

Wisconsin (4-0) entered the game giving up an NCAA-best 35 points a game while allowing opponents to shoot 28 percent.

Kansas 72, UCLA 56 - Elijah Johnson scored 23 points and the No. 14 Jayhawks saw a 20-point lead trimmed to 5 before pulling away from the Bruins (1-3) in a Maui Invitational semifinal.

Thomas Robinson had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Tyshawn Taylor added 13 points and six assists, and Kansas (3-1) reached the championship game against No. 6 Duke.

Pittsburgh 73, La Salle 69 - Nasir Robinson scored 17 points and the No. 17 Panthers (3-1) clamped down on defense in the final minutes to put away the visiting Explorers (2-2).

Missouri 92, California 53 - Kim English had 19 points to lead six players in double figures as the No. 21 Tigers dominated the 20th-ranked Golden Bears (4-1) to win the CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo. Marcus Denmon added 18 points for Missouri (5-0) and was the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Providence 59, Southern 53 - Gerard Coleman led the host Friars (4-0) with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and LaDontae Henton added 11 points and 7 rebounds.

Brown 79, Monmouth 71 - Stephen Albrecht had 22 points and Sean McGonagill added 18 to lead the Bears (3-3) to victory in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off in Fairfax, Va.

Andrew Nicholas led Monmouth (0-5) with 24 points.

Seton Hall 73, Yale 62 - Fuquan Edwin scored a career-high 20 points and Herb Pope added 17 and grabbed 10 rebounds, leading the Pirates (4-1) over the Bulldogs (2-2) in Newark.

Greg Mangano and Jeremiah Kreisberg paced Yale with 14 points each.

Sacred Heart 78, Hampton 71 - Steve Glowiak scored a career-high 16 points to lead five players in double figures as the Pioneers (3-2) beat the Pirates (1-3) at the Cancun Challenge.

Darrion Pellum scored 28 points to lead Hampton.

Women's basketball

Baylor 109, Yale 59 - Brittney Griner had 31 points and 10 rebounds, and the top-ranked Lady Bears (5-0) took control after a slow start to rout the Bulldogs (2-2) in Waco, Texas.

Odyssey Sims had 13 points and 13 assists for her first career double-double at Baylor.

Keita and Sarah Halejian scored 13 points apiece for Yale.

Maryland 94, St. Joseph's 71 - Lynetta Kizer scored a career-high 25 points, Alyssa Thomas had 21, and the No. 8 Terrapins (5-0) cruised in College Park, Md.

Tianna Hawkins had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Laura Mincy had 14 points and 9 rebounds for Maryland. Erin Shields led Saint Joseph's (2-3) with 16 points.

Harvard 69, Rhode Island 57 - Christine Clark had 18 points and 9 rebounds as the host Crimson (1-3) beat the Rams (1-4).

Elle Hagedorn added 14 points for Harvard.

Men's hockey

Harvard 7, UNH 6 - The host Crimson spotted the Wildcats a 4-0 lead after the first period, then stormed back behind Alex Killorn (two goals) and Colin Blackwell, who netted the tying and go-ahead goals midway through the third period.

David Valek added an empty-net goal for Harvard (3-3-1). Grayson Downing had two goals for New Hampshire (5-6-2).

Vermont 2, UMass 1 - Freshman Kyle Reynolds scored both goals and Rob Madore stopped 18 shots as the Catamounts (2-7-2, 1-6-1) beat the visiting Minutemen for their first Hockey East victory of the season.

T.J. Syner scored for UMass (4-6-3, 2-6-3).

Women's hockey

Quinnipiac 2, Boston College 1 - Kelly Babstock forced overtime by scoring a goal with 10 seconds left in the third period, and Amanda Colin beat the fourth-ranked Eagles in the extra session as the host Bobcats (7-7-1) earned their first-ever win against a top-5 team.

Emily Pfalzer scored for Boston College (8-4-1).

Source: The Boston Globe

 

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