Virinia pulls upset of No. 10 Arizona
Highly touted freshman Sean Singletary came to Virginia to play in the ACC. He arrived at a school picked to finish eighth in the conference and not expected to make much noise.
Two games into his college career, the former Philadelphia schoolboy star is already working to change that. He had 15 points and made several big plays Sunday night as the Cavaliers beat No. 10 Arizona 78-60 in Charlottesville, Va.
“We just have something to prove,” the 6-foot point guard said. “I know a lot of people are overlooking us. They picked us to be in the bottom of the ACC. We’re just going to stay humble about this win.
“We’re in the beginning of the season, so it’s nothing to be all hyped up about. We’re going to stay humble and go to practice and work hard.”
The Cavaliers (2-0) looked like the more highly touted team against the Wildcats (2-1), who left after the game for New York and a Preseason NIT semifinals game against Michigan on Wednesday night.
“We had a lot of energy, and they didn’t,” Singletary said.
Singletary was 6 for 11 from the field, had eight assists — many drawing ooohs and aaahs from the crowd — six steals and five rebounds. His layup with 4:55 left and dazzling feed to Gary Forbes for another 50 seconds later ended the Wildcats last push to get back in it.
(6) Illinois 91, Florida A&M 60: Dee Brown scored 20 points, all in the first half, to lead the Illini past the Rattlers in Champaign, Ill.
Brown finished 8 for 8 and had four 3-pointers as the Illini rolled to a 58-29 halftime lead. All five Illinois starters scored in double figures en route to their second win in three days to open the season.
(12) Mississippi St. 98, Nicholls St. 69: Lawrence Roberts had the first triple-double in Mississippi State history to help the Bulldogs rout the Colonels in Starkville, Miss.
Playing with a mask protecting his broken nose, Roberts finished with 18 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds
(18) Alabama 85, North Texas 71: Chuck Davis scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Tide past the Mean Green in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Tide shot 73 percent from the floor in the first half, making all five 3-point attempts, and led by as many as 22 before halftime.
Women
Just two games into her college career, Tasha Humphrey already looks like one of the best players in women’s college basketball.
The freshman scored all but three of her 27 points in a dazzling second-half display for No. 5 Georgia, which rallied from a 15-point deficit to stun second-ranked Texas 78-64 in Athens, Ga.
The 6-foot-2 Humphrey, who has been compared by her coach to Charles Barkley, did a little of everything. Along with hitting 10 of 15 shots from the field, she grabbed eight rebounds, dished out two assists and had a steal.
(1) Tennessee 64, N.C. St. 54: Brittany Jackson drew fouls twice in the final minutes with the shot clock winding down and made four free throws, helping the Volunteers hold off the Wolfpack in the Jimmy V Women’s Classic in Raleigh, N.C. … (3) LSU 80, Southern Miss 35: Paced by 16 points from Seimone Augustus, the Tigers routed the Golden Eagles in Houma, La. … (9) North Carolina 71, (4) Connecticut 65: The Tar Heels closed with a 16-5 run and forced UConn into 28 turnovers in an upset of the Huskies at the Jimmy V Women’s Classic, the three-time defending national champions’ earliest loss since 1995.
(7) Stanford 82, Pacific 26: Stanford allowed its third-lowest points total ever and Candace Wiggins scored 15 points as the Cardinal beat on the Tigers in Santa Clara, Calif. … (11) Notre Dame 66, (10) Ohio State 62: Jacqueline Batteast scored seven points in Notre Dame’s game-ending 12-0 run and the Irish rallied to beat the Buckeyes in South Bend, Ind. Batteast finished with 32 points on 11-of-23 shooting from the field and blocked a potential tying 3-pointer by Caity Matter with 2 seconds left. … (15) Michigan St. 82, (18) Boston College 78 (OT): Kristin Haynie and Liz Shimek each had 19 points to help the Spartans rally for an overtime win over the Eagles in the Spartan Classic championship game in East Lansing, Mich. Haynie, the tournament MVP, had six points in overtime and finished with nine rebounds and four steals.
(16) Purdue 107, Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 39: Natasha Bogdanova scored 23 points to lead the Boilermakers to a rout over the Mastodons in Purdue’s season opener in West Lafayette, Ind. … (19) Kansas St. 85, Pepperdine 53: Kendra Wecker had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead to lead the Wildcats past the Waves in Manhattan, Kan. … (21) Oklahoma 76, Texas St. 57: Erin Higgins scored 12 points and Chelsi Welch and Casey Walker added 10 each as the Sooners cruised past the Wildcats in Norman, Okla. … Villanova 73, (23) Penn St. 65: In Radnor, Pa., Jackie Adamshick scored 21 points and Liad Suez added 20 as the Wildcats handed the Nittany Lions their third straight road loss.