Davis, LSU mates dodge late Beavers rally

Glen Davis had 22 points and 13 rebounds and No. 12 LSU fought off a late Oregon State rally for a 60-53 victory Sunday.

Garrett Temple added 17 points for the Tigers (6-2).

LSU led by as many as 16 points in the second half, but the Beavers closed the gap to 50-42 on Jack McGillis’ 3-pointer with 6:02 left. Sasa Cuic’s 3-pointer got Oregon State to 52-47.

Josh Tarver led the Beavers (6-5) with 13 points. Marcel Jones had 12.

Both teams got off to slow starts.

Davis didn’t score through the first 10 minutes of the game, and was demonstratively disappointed when a chance he had under the basket bounced off his foot and out of bounds.

But once Davis did hit one, it sparked a 12-3 run for the Tigers that put them ahead 17-11. Davis would go on to score 13 in the first half.

Oregon State made just eight of 29 shots from the floor (27.6 percent) in the first half, and 32.8 percent for the game.

(5) Florida 72, Florida A&M 57: At Tampa, Fla., Lee Humphrey scored 15 points and Walter Hodge and Taurean Green had 11 apiece leading the Gators (9-2) to a win over the Rattlers (5-6).

Joakim Noah finished with seven points, 17 rebounds and six blocks for Florida.

Leslie Robinson had 11 points and Brian Greene chipped in 10 for Florida A&M.

(8) Wichita St. 102, Maryland- Eastern Shore 46: At Wichita, Kan., P.J. Couisnard was a perfect 8 for 8 from the field and scored 21 points, leading the Shockers (8-0) to a rout of the Hawks (1-6).

Karon Bradley added 14 points for the Shockers.

Antonio McMillion led the Hawks with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Jesse Brooks added 12 points.

(10) Arizona 87, Houston 62: At Tucson, Ariz., Marcus Williams scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the Wildcats (8-1) victory over the Cougars (4-3).

Mustafar Shakur had 17 points and eight assists for Arizona, and Ivan Radenovic added 16 points.

Robert McKiver led Houston with 13 points.

(14) Connecticut 89, St. Mary’s 73: At Hartford, Conn., Jerome Dyson had 19 points and Jeff Adrien added 15 as the Huskies (9-0) beat the Gaels (6-6).

Omar Samhan had 13 points and 12 rebounds for St. Mary’s, his first double-double. Tron Smith led the Gaels with 15 points. Diamon Simpson had 11 points, but hit just three of his 12 shots.

(22) Oregon 84, Idaho St. 55: At Eugene, Ore., Malik Hairston had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Ducks (10-0) to victory over the Bengals (4-6).

Aaron Brooks scored 18 points and Bryce Taylor added 14 for the Ducks.

Akbar Abdul-Ahad had 15 points and David Schroeder added 11 for the Bengals, who shot 36.7 percent.