Top-ranked Vols top Gamecocks for 19th straight win
Admiral Schofield had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and topranked Tennessee used a big first-half run to cruise past South Carolina 85-73 in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Wednesday for its school-record 19th consecutive victory.
The Volunteers (23-1) own the longest active winning streak in Division I and are 11-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in school history.
Tre Campbell had 19 points and Carlos Silva provided 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Gamecocks (1212, 7-4), who made a season-high 14 threepointers but couldn’t slow Tennessee’s highpowered offense. The Vols, who made 9 of 20 from three-point range, took command by going on a 26-6 run that turned a 15-12 deficit into a 38-21 advantage.
NO. 13 VILLANOVA 85, PROVIDENCE 67: Eric Paschall scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and Villanova (20-5, 11-1) rebounded from its first Big East loss by closing the game with a 23-6 run against visiting Providence (14-11, 4-8). Phil Booth added 22 points for the Wildcats, who were coming off a one-point defeat to No. 10 Marquette. Nate Watson led Providence with 18 points.
NO. 17 FLORIDA STATE 88, WAKE FOREST 66: Christ Koumadje, a 7-foot-4 center who played in his 109th career game, recorded his first career doubledouble with 20 points and 12 rebounds to help host Florida State (19-5, 7-4) beat Wake Forest (9-14, 2-9) in the ACC. Chaundee Brown scored 20 points for the Demon Deacons. RUTGERS 59, NORTHWESTERN 56: Geo Baker and Montez Mathis had 12 points each and visiting Rutgers (12-12, 5-9) notched a Big Ten victory over Northwestern (12-12, 3-10), which has lost five in a row. Vic Law, who finished with 17 points for the Wildcats, hit a threepointer with 18.2 seconds left to make it 57-56. Northwestern then got the ball back on a five-second call after Rutgers failed to inbound the ball. Law worked into the lane for a potential game-winner, but his 8-footer in traffic with 13 seconds to go hit off the front rim. Eugene Omoruyi made two free throws for Rutgers for the final margin. XAVIER 64, CREIGHTON 61, OT: Naji Marshall hit two three-pointers as host Xavier (12-13, 4-8) rallied to tie it at 59 in regulation, then added two more baskets in overtime for a Big East win over Creighton (13-12, 4-8) that ended a six-game losing streak. Marshall finished with 23 points, including a careerhigh five three-pointers, in a matchup of the league’s last-pace teams. Martin Krampelj led Creighton with 18 points.
WILMINGTON 67, CAPITAL 62: Jeffrey Mansfield scored 12 points and host Wilmington (17-6, 13-4) used an 11-0 run late in the second half to overtake Capital (19-5, 14-3) in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Joey Weingartner had 18 points, and Caleb Cox added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Crusaders, who held onto first place in the OAC despite the loss. Capital led 57-54 with 5:15 to play before the Quakers scored 11 straight to take the lead for good.
JOHN CARROLL 84, OTTERBEIN 75: Jimmy Berger had 24 points for John Carroll (11-13, 7-10), which widened a two-point lead to 10 with 2:54 to play and held off host Otterbein (6-18, 3-14) in the OAC. Jay Joseph totaled 21 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Cardinals, who were tied at 30 at halftime and trailed 58-56 at the 8:14 mark before falling behind by 10 over the next five-plus minutes.
DEPAUW 86, DENISON 81: Matt Doyle hit 13 of 21 shots and scored 37 points, but Denison (6-16, 3-13) fell behind in the first half and never regained the lead in a North Coast Athletic Conference loss at Depauw (15-8, 9-7). Nolan Ginther had 20 points for the Tigers. NO. 6 NOTRE DAME 97, BOSTON COLLEGE 47: Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points to move into second place on Notre Dame’s all-time scoring list as the Fighting Irish (23-3, 10-2) coasted to an Atlantic Coast Conference victory at Boston College (14-11, 3-9).