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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

College basketball roundup: Irish end Hoyas' streak

Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody shoots against Georgetown guard Austin Freeman. Harangody scores 31 points in the victory.

Associated Press

Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody shoots against Georgetown guard Austin Freeman. Harangody scores 31 points in the victory.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Luke Harangody had 31 points and 11 rebounds and No. 13 Notre Dame shot 45 percent against No. 9 Georgetown in a 73-67 victory Monday night that ended a five-game losing streak to the Hoyas.

Harangody, who had never scored more than 13 points in three previous games against Georgetown, scored the final 13 points of the first half to give the Irish an 11-point lead.

The Hoyas closed to 71-67 with 15 seconds left when Chris Wright scored inside, but Kyle McAlarney, who missed the front end of a 1-and-1 14 seconds earlier, made two free throws with 12 seconds left.

Notre Dame (11-3, 2-1 Big East) extended the nation's longest home winning streak to 44 games, including 19 in the conference, one shy of the Big East record set by Pittsburgh in 2004.

Freshman Greg Monroe led Georgetown (10-3, 1-2) with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 6 Oklahoma 100, Md.-Eastern Shore 64

NORMAN, Okla. -- Blake Griffin had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead Oklahoma to a victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore.

The Sooners (14-1) played without coach Jeff Capel, who was hospitalized earlier Monday with stomach flu. Assistant coach Mark Cline took over in his absence.

Neal Pitt led the Hawks (1-9) with 18 points.

Radford 68, Coastal 52

CONWAY, S.C. -- Joey Lynch-Flohr scored 17 points to lead Radford to victory over Coastal Carolina.

Artsiom Parakhouski added 15 points and had 12 rebounds for the Highlanders (6-9, 3-1 Big South), who ended the Chanticleers' four-game winning streak.

Radford led 33-31 with 17:03 left before going on a 9-0 run, capped by Chris McEachin's layup, for a 42-31 advantage with 12:11 remaining.

Coastal Carolina (7-8, 1-2) cut the lead to 53-47 on Steven Sexton's 3-pointer with 5 minutes remaining but Lynch-Flohr converted a three-point play for a nine-point lead with 4:35 left.

Joseph Harris was 11 of 13 from the field to lead the Chanticleers with 25 points.

Miami 85, Fla. Atlantic 69

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Dwayne Collins scored 24 points as Miami closed its non-conference schedule with a victory.

Collins scored 18 points in the second half, including 12 straight during a stretch that ended with a short jumper, to give Miami (11-3) a 75-60 lead with 4:37 left.

Jack McClinton finished with 20 points and moved past Mike Wittman for 14th place on Miami's career scoring list with 1,327 points.

Carderro Nwoji led Florida Atlantic (4-11) with 20 points but fouled out with 8:10 left.

VMI 93, Charleston So. 90

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Austin Kenon had 26 points and VMI held off Charleston Southern.

VMI (12-2) has won eight straight games and 11 of its past 12. The Keydets are 4-0 in the Big South for the first time since the 1976-77 season.

Willie Bell hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final 29 seconds for VMI and Omar Carter missed two tying 3-point attempts in the last 10 seconds.

W&L 75, Goucher 59

LEXINGTON -- Zac White led with 14 points and Washington and Lee defeated Goucher (1-8) for its third straight victory.

Reserve Kirk Jones scored a season-high 12 points as the Generals (10-3) won for the seventh time in their last eight games. Chris McHugh added 10 points.

Darrin Boswell led Goucher with a game-high 16 points.

WOMEN

No. 15 Virginia 82, St. Francis, Pa. 66

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Monica Wright scored 22 points to help Virginia get the win.

Wright was 9-of-21 from the field and had six rebounds and four assists for the Cavaliers (13-2), who are off to their best start since 1991-92.

Aisha Mohammed, playing in her second game after returning from knee surgery, had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Virginia.

Britney Hodges had 13 points and Brittany Lilley added 11 for the Red Flash (3-10).

UVa coach Debbie Ryan said reserve Enonge Stovall is off the team because of academic reasons.

Wofford 96, SVU 59

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Wofford ended its losing streak with a rout of Southern Virginia. Mahagony Williams and Kristin Bradley led the Terriers (2-11) with 12 points apiece.

Southern Virginia (7-6) was led by Tricia Dixon's 20 points, while Amanda Prestwich added 11.

Radford 82, Gardner-Webb 74

RADFORD -- The Highlanders (2-10, 1-0 Big South) outscored Gardner-Webb 51-39 in the second half in their Big South opener.

Four Radford players scored in double figures. Kymesha Alston led RU with 23 points. Johnette Walker had 21, Taleia Moton 17 and Vandy Pullen 10.

Dominique Hudson scored 20 for Gardner-Webb (7-7, 0-2).

-- Wire, staff reports

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