COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Michigan’s New Year’s Resolution: Shoot Straight

Two extra hours of shooting practice was the right prescription for Michigan’s frustration.

Jimmy King scored 12 of his 18 points in the first half and helped the 13th-ranked Wolverines shake off their holiday blues Monday night with a 111-84 victory over Boston University at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan led at halftime, 53-31, and by as many as 37 points thereafter.

“We passed the ball really well tonight,� King said. “We had a lot of assists (27). The good passes led to open shots, and we hit the shots.�

The Wolverines (8-2) were coming off their worst loss of the season, a 119-95 thrashing by Arizona in the championship game of the Fiesta Bowl Classic last week.

Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard each had 19 points for Michigan.

Tunji Awojobi scored 18 points for the Terriers (5-4).

No. 1 Arkansas 96, Southern Methodist 70--Roger Crawford started and ended a 17-2 second-half run and Al Dillard scored 18 points in the second half for the top-ranked Razorbacks (9-0) at Fayetteville, Ark.

SMU (2-7) had 30 turnovers.

St. Bonaventure 71, No. 23 George Washington 67--Omo Moses disregarded the set play that Coach Mike Jarvis had called with 15 seconds to play and drove for the basket, only to be met by a bunch of Bonnies.

Moses’ shot never got near the rim and St. Bonaventure (4-5, 1-2) held on to beat the Colonials (6-3, 0-1) in the Atlantic 10 Conference game at Olean, N.Y.

No. 19 Minnesota 89, Northeastern Illinois 62--Voshon Lenard scored 17 points to lead the Gophers at Minneapolis. Minnesota (9-3) built a 45-19 halftime lead when Northeastern Illinois (6-6) made only six of 30 shots.

OTHER GAMES Fred Ferguson had 15 points and 12 rebounds in leading Washington State (10-2) to an 86-63 victory over Alaska Anchorage (9-5) at Pullman, Wash. . . . Paul Jarrett scored seven points in a second-half spurt, leading New Mexico State (8-1) to a 92-71 victory over UC Santa Barbara (4-7) at Las Cruces, N.M., in a Big West Conference opener. . . . Kenya Wilkins and Henry Madden had 17 points each to lead Oregon (4-5) in a 100-71 victory over Alaska Fairbanks (7-7) at Eugene, Ore.