St. Mary’s Upsets No. 11 Gonzaga

Paul Marigney scored 30 points, including a career-high seven three-point baskets, and St. Mary’s made a school-record 16 three-point shots to shock No. 11 Gonzaga, 89-81, Saturday night at Moraga in a matchup of the West Coast Conference’s top teams.

Daniel Kickert had 17 points, including four free throws in the final minute, and E.J. Rowland had a career-high 12 assists for the Gaels, who extended their home winning streak to 11 games by ending a 17-game losing streak to their conference nemesis -- Gonzaga’s longest streak against any WCC opponent.

Gonzaga (11-3, 1-1) had won 17 consecutive conference games dating to a 72-68 loss to Portland on Feb. 19, 2003, but got outhustled most of the night by the Gaels.

St. Mary’s (14-4, 2-0), picked to finish second in the conference to the Bulldogs, won its eighth consecutive game and first against Gonzaga since a 76-73 victory at home on Jan. 22, 1998.

No. 1 Illinois 68, Purdue 59 -- Dee Brown made sure that all the Boilermakers gave the Illini was a scare. He scored all 14 of his points in the second half at West Lafayette, Ind., to lead the Illini (16-0, 2-0 Big Ten).

Trailing at halftime for the first time this season, the Illini opened the second half with a 23-6 run to take control.

Brown made three three-pointers during the surge, the last giving Illinois a 56-45 lead with just over nine minutes to play.

Matt Kiefer had 17 points and six rebounds to lead Purdue (4-8, 0-2).

No. 4 Wake Forest 103, Clemson 68 -- Justin Gray tied his career high with 31 points and the Demon Deacons (13-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their eighth in a row. They used a 22-4 run in the game’s first six minutes to take control. Gray’s basket with 5:33 left at Clemson, S.C., gave Wake Forest an 87-59 lead over the Tigers (9-5, 0-2).

No. 5 Duke 82, Temple 74 -- Daniel Ewing and J.J. Redick proved to be the perfect matchup for the Owls’ vaunted zone at Durham, N.C. They combined for 46 points and nine three-pointers, leading the Blue Devils (11-0) over the Owls (5-6) in a matchup of Hall of Fame coaches Mike Krzyzewski and John Chaney. Krzyzewski improved to 7-1 against Chaney,

No. 6 Syracuse 75, Seton Hall 50 -- The Orange (15-1, 2-0 Big East) improved to 11-0 at home and 20-3 all-time against the Pirates (8-5, 0-2) in the Carrier Dome.

No. 7 Oklahoma State 76, Texas Tech 66 -- In the Big 12 opener for both teams at Lubbock, Texas, the Cowboys (11-1) used an 18-6 run to take a 60-53 with 8:24 left. Joey Graham had four points, and his brother, Stephen, had 10 during the run.

The Red Raiders (8-4) used a 9-3 run, with five points by Ronald Ross and four by Jarrius Jackson, to pull to within 68-66 with 2:50 left but could get no closer.

No. 9 Georgia Tech 92, Virginia 69 -- The Yellow Jackets (11-2, 2-0 ACC) dominated the second half at Atlanta. They led by as many as 32 points and outscored the Cavaliers (9-3, 0-2), 48-31, in the final 20 minutes

No. 10 Connecticut 66, Georgetown 59 -- The Huskies (9-2, 1-1 Big East) Built a 20-point halftime lead at Washington by simply throwing the ball toward the basket and letting their big men go after it. They overcame 38% shooting with 17 offensive rebounds, which they converted into 18 second-chance points, and had an overall 47-32 rebounding advantage over the Hoyas (9-4, 1-1).

Ohio State 81, No. 14 Iowa 69 -- The Buckeyes dropped the Hawkeyes to 0-2 in the Big Ten for the first time in 11 years. Iowa (12-3) had won nine in a row until losing at home to Michigan, 65-63, on Wednesday night.

Ohio State (12-3, 1-1) was never seriously threatened after a 12-0 first-half run allowed the Buckeyes to build a double-figure lead for most of the remainder of the game at Columbus, Ohio.

No. 16 Pittsburgh 66, Rutgers 63 -- The Panthers (11-2, 1-1 Big East), coming off home losses to Bucknell and Georgetown, took the lead for good at 64-63 on a drive by Antonio Graves with 41 seconds left in overtime at Piscataway, N.J.

They were Graves’ first points in more than 39 minutes. Ricky Shields of the Scarlet Knights (6-5, 0-1) made a three-point basket with 0.4 of a second left to force overtime.

No. 17 Louisville 86, Texas Christian 61 -- At Louisville, Ky., the Cardinals (12-3, 1-1 Conference USA) scored 22 points off 23 turnovers. Louisville jumped out to a 17-2 lead as the Horned Frogs (10-5, 0-1) had 11 turnovers in the first nine minutes. Three minutes later, they had 14 turnovers and trailed, 24-7.

No. 18 Mississippi State 87, Mississippi 76 -- The Bulldogs (14-2, 2-0 SEC) shot nearly 57% from the field in winning their NCAA-best 16th consecutive road game.

Jamall Edmonson and Ontario Harper made consecutive three-pointers to key an 8-0 run that pushed the Bulldogs’ lead to 11 with 14:27 left. The Rebels (9-6, 0-2) didn’t get closer than eight the rest of the way.

No. 19 Alabama 73, Louisiana State 58 -- The Crimson Tide (12-3, 1-1 SEC) held the Tigers (6-5, 0-1) without a point for nearly nine minutes in the second half at Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Crimson Tide turned a one-point game into an easy win with a 17-0 run and handed the Tigers their fourth loss in five games.

No. 20 Michigan State 87, Northwestern 58 -- The Spartans (10-2, 2-0 Big Ten) have won their first two conference games for the first time since 2000, when they won the national championship. The Wildcats (8-6, 1-1) moved to within 50-40 early in the second half before five Spartans scored during a 14-5 run and they pulled away.

No. 21 West Virginia 64, St. John’s 60 -- The Mountaineers (11-1, 1-1) are 4-0 in Big East home openers under Coach John Beilein. The Red Storm (6-6, 0-2) has lost its last 10 Big East road games. West Virginia is off to its best 12-game start since 1997-98, the last time it appeared in the NCAA tournament.

No. 23 Cincinnati 69, St. Louis 53 -- The Bearcats (13-1, 2-0 Conference USA) used a 9-0 run, capped by Armein Kirkland’s fourth three-pointer with 12:08 left, to take a 52-36 lead at St. Louis. The Billikens (3-11, 1-1) never got closer than nine points after that.

No. 24 George Washington 81, Duquesne 57 -- T.J. Thompson scored the first eight points of a 16-4 run late in the first half and the Colonials (10-2, 2-0 Atlantic 10) withstood a sluggish second half to beat the Dukes (4-11, 1-1) at Pittsburgh.

No. 25 Boston College 69, Providence 60 -- The Eagles (13-0, 2-0 Big East), one of four remaining unbeaten teams in Division I, had never opened the season with 13 wins and have not won 13 in a row since a record 19-game streak in 1968-69.

Ryan Gomes, the preseason Big East player of the year, had a season-high 26 points for the Friars (9-5, 0-1).

OTHER GAMES

Jimmy McKinney scored four points in the final 27 seconds, helping Missouri (9-5) overcome a 12 1/2 -minute span without a basket in a wild 62-59 victory over Iowa State (8-4) in a Big 12 opener at Columbia, Mo..... Jeff Salovski scored eight points in the third overtime to lift Massachusetts (7-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10) to a 90-86 victory over Xavier (6-5, 0-1) at Amherst, Mass. Salovski, a 6-foot-11, 325-pound freshman, made the last basket of regulation to tie the score at 60-60 and also made the last two baskets of the second overtime period, tying the score at 78-78 with 10 seconds left.

Travis Niesen scored a career-high 35 points to help Santa Clara (8-9, 1-1 West Coast Conference) end a five-game losing streak with a 76-63 victory over Portland at Santa Clara. The Broncos’ last win came against Division II opponent Chico State. The Pilots (11-6, 0-2) have lost 18 of their last 19 games in Santa Clara....Chris Walton pulled down an offensive rebound and scored at the buzzer to give San Diego State (7-7) a 57-55 victory over Brigham Young (5-10) in the Mountain West Conference opener at Provo, Utah.