Vols put dent in Cowboys’ perfect record
Dane Bradshaw scored on a putback with 1.9 seconds left, and Tennessee ended No. 15 Oklahoma State’s perfect start by beating the Cowboys 79-77 Monday night in Nashville, Tenn.
Byron Eaton lobbed the ball downcourt, Mario Boggan caught it and threw up a last shot for Oklahoma State (11-1), but it bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Oklahoma State came in with its best start since going 13-0 to start the 2001-02 season, but this was the Cowboys’ first game in a week because of finals and their first without their third-leading scorer. Freshman guard Obi Muonelo broke his ankle in practice Saturday.
The Volunteers (9-2) used their deeper bench and got the Cowboys into foul trouble early in a physical, sloppy game. It worked as they wore down Oklahoma State in the final minutes.
Boggan finished with 20 points for Oklahoma State. Terrel Harris scored 17, JamesOn Curry added 11 and Kenny Cooper had 11.
Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 20. Freshman Duke Crews had 17.
Women
(2) North Carolina 87, Coastal Carolina 48: At Myrtle Beach, S.C., Ivory Latta tied her season high with 21 points and the Tar Heels (12-0) defeated the Lacey Lyons (5-4).
Latta, who came in as the Tar Heels’ top scorer at 14.2 points a game, was on target throughout. She hit 7 of 9 from the field, including two wide-open 3-pointers, as North Carolina closed the first half with an 18-1 run.
(6) Connecticut 96, Virginia 60: At Charlottesville, Va., Kalana Greene scored 21 points to lead the Huskies (7-0) past the Cavaliers (8-3).
The Huskies, playing for the first time since they blitzed Georgetown 84-26 on Dec. 7, ran a virtual passing clinic and layup drill for much of the night, shooting 66 percent while showing time and again how an extra pass leads to an easy basket.
(10) Arizona St. 61, Texas Tech 45: At Phoenix, the Sun Devils (10-1) beat the Red Raiders (8-4) when the second outdoor game in women’s college basketball history was called on account of rain with 4:18 to play at Chase Field, home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.
(16) Louisville 80, Butler 77: At Louisville, Ky., Angel McCoughtry scored 34 of her career-high 38 points in the second half and the Cardinals (12-0) remained unbeaten by rallying for a victory over the Bulldogs (2-8).
(18) Texas A&M 70, North Texas 52: At College Station, Texas, Danielle Gant had 14 points and 11 rebounds and the Aggies (7-2) overcame poor shooting for a victory over the Eagles (3-7).
(25) Arkansas 70, Memphis 54: At Memphis, Tenn., Charity Ford scored 15 points, Dominque Washington added 12 and Lauren Ervin grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Razorbacks (12-1) to a victory over the Tigers (3-9).