Auriemma earns 1,000th win
North Carolina’s Hatchell also reaches milestone
Geno Auriemma is now a member of one of college basketball’s most elite groups the 1,000-win club.
Auriemma became the fourth women’s coach to reach that milestone with No. 1 UConn’s 88-64 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame women’s Holiday Showcase. He joined Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell, who earned her milestone victory earlier Tuesday. Mike Krzyzewski is the only men’s coach to have won 1,000 games.
“It’s a number that’s significant because so few people have been able to do that. It’s funny, two in one day can’t be that hard,” Auriemma said. “There are just so few opportunities to coach that many games. You feel incredibly fortunate that you’re one of a very, very select few and some of the great coaches that ever have coached.”
Hatchell got her 1,000th win in 43 years of coaching when North Carolina beat Grambling State.
Men
SAINT MARY’S 69, DAYTON 54>> Calvin Hermanson and Jordan Ford combined to score 33 points and Saint
Mary’s (10-2) used a strong second half to get by Dayton.
The Gaels trailed by two at intermission, 31-29, but upped their defense in the second half to outscore the Flyers 40-23 over the final 20 minutes.
Jock Landale recorded his fourth straight doubledouble and his sixth of the season for Saint Mary’s, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. But the senior center came into the game averaging better than 27 points and 12.7 rebounds per game over his previous three games. Against Dayton he hit 7 of 9 shots from the field and added a pair of blocked shots.
Hermanson finished with 17 points, knocking down four 3-pointers. Ford finished with 16 points.
Saint Mary’s is 7-0 at home after shooting 51
percent against Dayton, hitting 25 of 49 from the field, including 9 of 23 from behind the arc.
CAL 81, SEATTLE 59 >> Darius McNeill scored 20 points and Justice Sueing added 17 as the two freshmen helped the visiting Bears (6-6) pull away in the second half for a victory over Seattle.
Cal led 34-28 at the half, but capitalized on five turnovers to fuel a 13-0 run that opened a 53-37 lead with 10:58 remaining in the second half. Seattle missed 10 consecutive shots during a scoring drought of more than six minutes.
The Bears added an 11-3 spurt to push the lead to 6747 with 6:15 left. Don Coleman added 16 points for Cal, which won its third straight. USF 52, RADFORD 41 >> Matt McCarthy had 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Dons (7-4) beat cold-shooting Radford.
ARIZONA ST. 95, LONGWOOD 61>> Tra Holder scored 20 points, Kodi Justice added 18 and No. 3 Arizona State (11-0) overcame a shaky first half to extend the best start in school history. Arizona State struggled early for the second straight game. The Sun Devils went on a 16-1 run to turn a fivepoint halftime lead into a 54-35 advantage in the opening 6½ minutes. TEXAS A&M 64, NORTHERN KENTUCKY 58 >> Senior guard Duane Wilson scored 16 points and the No. 8 Aggies (10-1) escaped with the win.
XAVIER 81, MARSHALL 77 >> Kerem Kanter had 16 points and 13 rebounds for No. 9 Xavier, which played the second half without three starters.
WICHITA STATE 89, ARKANSAS STATE 80 >> Samajae Haynes-Jones came off the bench to score 27 points for the No. 11 Shockers (9-2). VIRGINIA 77, SAVANNAH STATE 49 >> Sophomore guard Ty Jerome scored a career-high 17 points, hitting all three of his 3-point attempts, for the No. 13 Cavaliers (10-1). CINCINNATI 77, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 49 >> Cane Broome matched his season high with 17 points as the No. 20 Bearcats (10-2) rolled to victory over winless Arkansas-Pine Bluff, extending the nation’s longest home-court winning streak.