- DURHAM, North Carolina: Nolan Smith scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half and No.
- 1 Duke routed Saint Louis 84-47 Saturday for its 20th straight win.
Kyle Singler added 21 points for the Blue Devils (10-0), who shot 53 percent, turned 22 turnovers into 31 points and took command with an overwhelming early run.
Mike Krzyzewski moved within one victory of North Carolina’s Dean Smith for second place on the men’s all-time wins list.
Coach K has 878 career victories and can tie his former rival on Dec. 20 against Elon. He can pass Smith nine days later at North Carolina-Greensboro. The only man ahead of them is Krzyzewski’s coach and mentor, Bob Knight, who has 902 wins.
Freshman Mike McCall scored 15 points for Saint Louis (3-4).
The reigning national champions won their 25th straight at Cameron Indoor Stadium and their 83rd in a row at home against nonconference opponents.
No. 11 Tennessee 83 No. 3 Pittsburgh 76: In Pittsburgh, Scotty Hopson scored a career-high 27 points and the Vols dealt the Panthers their first non-conference loss in Pittsburgh in nearly six years.
Melvin Goins added 19 points and Cameron Tatum hit a succession of big shots while scoring 14 points as Tennessee (7-0) opened leads of as many as 21 points. Pitt (10-1) needed a late flurry just to cut the final margin to single digits.
Brad Wanamaker scored 21 points, but Pitt still lost a non-conference game in the city for the first time in 58 games, dating to a Jan. 2, 2005 loss to Bucknell.
No. 4 Kansas 76 Colorado State 55: In Kansas City, Missouri, Markieff Morris had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Elijah Johnson scored six points in a 12-0 run in the second half for Kansas.
Johnson came in off the bench and canned two 3-pointers after the Rams pulled to 44-39 on a steal and driving layup by Travis Franklin early in the second half.
Marcus Morris blocked two shots in the take-charge run for Kansas, which improved to 9-0 for the second straight year.
Andy Ogide had 12 points, and Franklin and Dorian Green had 10 each for Colorado State (4-3), which was outrebounded 50-30.
No. 5 Kansas St. 68 Loyola of Chicago 60: In Chicago, Jacob Pullen scored 19 points to help the Wildcats hold on for their fifth straight win.
Martavious Irving scored 12 points and Curtis Kelly added 10 for Kansas State (9-1), which won despite being outrebounded 45-38.
Ben Averkamp scored 17 points for Loyola (8-3), which last beat a top-five team with a one-point win over then-No. 4 Illinois on Dec. 22, 1984. The Ramblers nearly pulled this one out even though they were a miserable 20 of 64 from the field and 4 for 19 from 3-point range.
No. 7 Michigan State 77 Oakland 76: In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Kalin Lucas scored 25 points to help Michigan State hold off hard-charging Oakland.
Lucas made a 3-pointer and a jumper late in the game to prevent the Golden Grizzlies from getting closer than 2 points until Reggie Hamilton made a 3-pointer with 0.4 of a second left.
No. 8 Syracuse 100 Colgate 43: In Syracuse, New York, Rick Jackson had 18 points and 10 rebounds, his eighth double-double of the season, and Syracuse clamped down on its upstate New York rival.
It was the 163rd meeting between the teams and 45th straight victory in the series for Syracuse (10-0). It matched the largest margin of victory for the Orange in Jim Boeheim’s 35 years as head coach, tying the 57-point margin in a 129-72 win over C.W. Post 21 years ago to the day.
No. 11 Missouri 70 Presbyterian 55: In Columbia, Missouri, Justin Safford had 14 points and six rebounds to lead Missouri over Presbyterian in the first meeting between the schools.
Kim English also scored 14 for the Tigers (8-1), who used a 21-4 run over nine minutes of the first half to pull away. Marcus Denmon knocked down two 3-pointers and had eight of his 12 points during the surge.
Ryan Hargrave led Presbyterian (3-6) with 14 points, and Al’Lonzo Coleman and Jake Troyli each added 10. No. 14 San Diego State 77 San Diego 49: In San Diego, Malcolm Thomas scored 11 of his 20 points during a 16-3 run to close the first half as San Diego State rallied from a slow start to improve to 10-0 for the first time in school history.
Sophomore Kawhi Leonard had 13 points and 13 rebounds for his seventh double-double this year and the 24th of his career. Guard D.J. Gay scored 16 points.
USD (1-8) lost its eighth straight game. The Toreros’ only victory was in the season opener against Division III Occidental.
No. 17 Kentucky 81 Indiana 62: In Lexington, Kentucky, DeAndre Liggins scored a career-high 19 points, and Brandon Knight added 18 points and six rebounds for the Wildcats.
Josh Harrellson added 14 points and 12 rebounds for Kentucky (7-2), which continued its dominance in the once-heated rivalry by shutting down the Hoosiers in the second half.
No. 18 BYU 87 Arizona 65: In Salt Lake City, Jimmer Fredette scored in 20 of his 33 points in the first half and had nine rebounds to lead Brigham Young.
Kyle Collinsworth scored 12 points and Davies had 11 for BYU (10-0), which jumped out to a 12-4 lead, with Fredette scoring seven points during the run. The Cougars added a 14-0 spurt for a 28-10 cushion with
No. 19 Purdue 77 North Florida 57: In West Lafayette, Indiana, JaJuan Johnson scored 25 points and E’Twaun Moore added 21 to lead the Boilermakers.
Johnson and Moore, the team’s senior stars, combined to shoot 17 for 26 from the field.
Lewis Jackson had five points, eight assists and six rebounds for Purdue (9-1), which won its fourth straight.
Texas A&M 63 No. 21 Washington 62 : In College Station, Texas, David Loubeau blocked a desperation shot by Isaiah Thomas as time expired to help Texas A&M hang on.
The Aggies led by seven with about four minutes to go before the Huskies scored six straight points to pull to 63-62 with about 1 1/2 minutes remaining.
No. 22 Minnesota 71 E. Kentucky 58: In Minneapolis, Ralph Sampson III had 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists to help Minnesota overcome a ragged start.
Trevor Mbakwe and Blake Hoffarber each added 14 points for the Gophers (9-1), who won despite going 12 for 22 from the free throw line and allowing 10 3-pointers.
No. 23 Notre Dame 83 Gonzaga 79: In South Bend, Indiana, Carleton Scott scored a career-high 23 points, Tim Abromaitis added 21 and Ben Hansbrough hit four free throws in final 12 seconds as Notre Dame held on to beat Gonzaga.
The Irish (9-1), coming off a loss to Kentucky, got eight straight points from Abromaitis to break a tie early in the second half and staved off a late rally before a boisterous home crowd.
No. 24 Louisville 77 , No. 20 UNLV 69: In Louisville, Kentucky, Preston Knowles scored all 20 of his points in the second half and Louisville remained unbeaten with a win in the Billy Minardi Classic.
Kyle Kuric and Chris Smith added 17 points each for the Cardinals, who rushed by the Rebels in the final 15 minutes.
No. 25 Texas 101, Texas State 65: In Austin, Texas, freshman guard Cory Joseph scored a career-high 19 points and the Longhorns ran their non-conference home winning streak to 24 games.
J’Covan Brown added 18 points for Texas (7-2), which shook off a lackluster defeat at USC a week earlier with six first-half 3-pointers against the overmatched Bobcats.

