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DAILY NEWS, BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY Sports WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 - PAGE 3C COLLEGE Kansas State upsets No. 3 Mizzou again By The Associated Press added 11 to go with five assists. Ten-leading average. COLUMBIA, Mo. — Rodney , third in the confer- Shurna became the school’s McGruder scored 24 points and ence at 17.5 points a game, man- career scoring leader Saturday, but Kansas State upset No. 3 Missouri aged just nine before fouling out. managed only four points after 78-68 Tuesday night, the Wildcats’ The Buckeyes (23-5, 11-4) halftime Tuesday night. second win this season over the stayed on the heels of Big Ten Tigers. leader Michigan State with three No. 12 Florida 63, Auburn 47 Kansas State (19-8, 8-7 Big 12) games remaining. The Spartans GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kenny led 40-30 at halftime and by 16 are 11-3 in league play heading Boynton scored 20 points and No. points in the second half before a into a game at Minnesota on 12 Florida used a hot-shooting late run by Missouri (25-3, 12-3) Wednesday night. Ohio State will night and a huge run in the second- got the Tigers within 63-60. visit Michigan State in the regular- half to overcome 18 turnovers and Missouri trailed by 4 after two season finale on March 4. beat Auburn 63-47 Tuesday night. free throws by Michael Dixon had 21 for Illi- But the victory may have been with 2:21 left, but Jordan Hen- nois (16-12, 5-10), which has lost costly for the Gators (22-6, 10-3 riquez answered with an alley-oop six in a row and nine of 10. ). dunk. The Wildcats extended the Will Yeguete, one of the team’s lead on two free throws by Hen- Seton Hall 73, best rebounders and the heart and riquez and built a cushion from the No. 9 Georgetown 55 soul of coach Billy Donovan’s foul line in the final minute. NEWARK, N.J. — Jordan full-court press, broke his left foot Rogelio V. Solis/AP Kentucky guard (right) defends Mississippi State guard Rodney Hood on Tuesday in the Thomas Gipson added 13 Theodore scored a career-high 29 midway through the second half second half in Starkville, Miss. No. 1 Kentucky won 73-64. points for Kansas State. points to lead Seton Hall to the sig- against Auburn (14-13, 4-9). Dixon scored 21 and Marcus nature win it needed for its NCAA Denmon added 19 for Missouri, tournament resume. Colorado State 71, which fell short of the best start in The Pirates (19-9, 8-8 Big East) No 18 New Mexico 63 school history. put on quite a shooting perfor- FORT COLLINS, Colo. — mance against one of the confer- Pierce Hornung scored 13 points, No. 1 Kentucky tops No. 7 North Carolina 86, ence’s best defensive teams. They grabbed 15 rebounds and shut N.C. State 74 shot 61.0 percent (25 for 41), the down Drew Gordon in leading RALEIGH, N.C. — Kendall best against the Hoyas this season Colorado State to a 71-63 upset of Marshall had a career-high 22 and only the third time any team No. 18 New Mexico on Tuesday points and 13 assists. shot 50 percent or better. George- night. Mississippi St. 73-64 added 20 town (20-6, 10-5) came in allow- Hornung also had four steals as points for the Tar Heels (24-4, 11- ing 38.4 percent shooting this sea- the Rams (17-9, 6-5 Mountain Wildcats make comeback Coliseum crowd, Mississippi 2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who son. West) extended their winning No. 1 Kentucky 73 State couldn’t have asked for a extended their domination of their Theodore made all five of his 3- streak to 12 straight at Moby with help of senior Miller Mississippi St. 64 much better start. Renardo Sid- nearby rivals. North Carolina has poimnt attempts to lead Seton Arena. ney nailed a 3-pointer and Bost won 12 straight meetings and has- Hall, which finished 8 of 13 (61.5 The Lobos (22-5, 8-3) lost for By DAVID BRANDT KENTUCKY (27-1) found Moultrie for an alley-oop n’t lost to the Wolfpack (18-10, 7- percent), and that came against a the first time since Jan. 21, ending The Associated Press Jones 5-12 1-3 11, Kidd-Gilchrist 7-12 4-5 to take a quick 5-0 lead. The 6) in five years. team that was allowing 27.6 per- a spectacular stretch in which they STARKVILLE, Miss. — 18, Davis 4-9 5-6 13, Lamb 3-9 4-4 11, Teague 3-8 0-0 8, Miller 3-7 3-3 12, Vargas Bulldogs stretched that advan- The Tar Heels shot 51 percent, cent from beyond the arc this sea- won seven straight games by an Compared to the rest of Ken- 0-0 0-0 0, Wiltjer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 tage to 25-13 on Bost’s 3-point- including 10 for 19 from 3-point son. average of 19.3 points. tucky’s roster, Darius Miller is a 17-21 73. MISSISSIPPI ST. (19-9) er that danced around the rim range. And Marshall was a big rea- dinosaur. Sidney 1-6 0-2 3, Moultrie 6-10 1-1 13, before falling through the hoop. son for that success, whether he No. 11 Michigan 67, No. 25 Virginia 61, But the 6-foot-8 senior guard Bost 5-15 8-8 21, Hood 2-6 0-0 6, Bryant While Mississippi State was was knocking down outside shots Northwestern 55, OT Virginia Tech 59 does bring the Wildcats some 3-6 0-2 6, Steele 4-8 2-2 13, S. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 1-3 0-0 2, D. Smith 0-0 0-0 0. cruising, Kentucky was unchar- against sagging defenders or find- EVANSTON, Ill. — Trey BLACKSBURG, Va. — Mike experience and toughness, and Totals 22-54 11-15 64. acteristically rattled. ing teammates for baskets. Burke, Zack Novak and Stu Dou- Scott scored 20 points and Sammy he scored all of his 12 points in Halftime—Mississippi St. 41-28. 3-Point The Wildcats couldn’t get the C.J. Leslie had a career-high 24 glass hit 3-pointers to start over- Zeglinski had 13, all in the second the final eight minutes to help Goals—Kentucky 6-16 (Miller 3-6, Teague ball inside to their talented big points to go with 12 rebounds for time Tuesday night and No. 11 half. No. 1 Kentucky climb out of a 2-3, Lamb 1-3, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1, Jones 0- 1, Davis 0-2), Mississippi St. 9-20 (Bost 3- men, instead settling for contest- N.C. State, while Michigan won its fourth straight. For the second game in a row, halftime hole to beat Mississippi 6, Steele 3-7, Hood 2-4, Sidney 1-2, Moul- ed shots on the perimeter. Mar- had 18 points. Burke scored 19 to lead the the Cavaliers (21-6, 8-5 Atlantic State 73-64 on Tuesday night. trie 0-1). Fouled Out—None. quis Teague was called for a Wolverines (21-7, 11-4 Big Ten), Coast Conference) held an oppo- “I just tried to focus in,” Rebounds—Kentucky 36 (Davis 11), Mis- sissippi St. 32 (Moultrie 11). Assists— technical which Mississippi No. 8 Ohio State 83, Illinois 67 who made 14 3-pointers and kept nent scoreless for more than eight Miller said of the Wildcats’ Kentucky 10 (Miller 3), Mississippi St. 13 State turned into a five-point COLUMBUS, Ohio — their Big Ten title hopes alive with minutes in the second half to rally. methodical second-half come- (Bost 7). Total Fouls—Kentucky 10, Mis- sissippi St. 17. Technicals—Davis, swing, with Bost making both Deshaun Thomas scored 19 points a well-earned road victory. They did it to Maryland for 8:18 back. “I knew we were all going Teague, Moultrie. A—10,213. and No. 8 Ohio State regained its Northwestern (16-11, 6-9), on Saturday, and to the Hokies for to have to make plays.” free throws and then a 3-pointer for a 34-21 lead. shooting touch, shooting 65 per- whose chances of getting to the 8:25 Ð starting at the 13-minute Miller’s dominant stretch was “They left it all out on the Jalen Steele put the exclama- cent from the field. NCAA tournament for the first mark. punctuated by a 3-pointer with floor.” William Buford, much time in school history were dealt Green led the Hokies with 19 1:27 remaining that gave the It was a tense game through- tion point on a dominant first half, knocking down a 3-pointer maligned for his recent poor shoot- another blow, got 14 points from points, all but two in the second Wildcats an insurmountable 71- out with three technical fouls, ing, had 17 points, and Aaron Craft John Shurna, six below his Big half. 64 lead. The close game was a including two for the Wildcats. with 39 seconds remaining to rare test for Kentucky (27-1, 13- That wasn’t a surprise consid- give the Bulldogs their 13-point 0 Southeastern Conference), ering the recent competitive his- halftime lead. which has plowed through the tory. The programs have split the “We should have been down conference schedule with rela- past six games in the series, and 20,” Kentucky coach John Cali- tive ease. three went to overtime. pari said. “They played out- As usual, Miller got plenty Mississippi State came into standing and we played OK.” help from the Wildcats’ phenom- the game on a surprising three- The only bad news for Missis- enal freshmen. Michael Kidd- game losing streak Ð falling to sippi State was the loss of Rod- Gilchrist scored 18 points and Georgia, Auburn and LSU Ð that ney Hood, who sustained what added 13 points has put its standing for an Stansbury called a “sprained and 11 rebounds. NCAA tournament at-large bid knee” late in the first half and The Wildcats trailed 41-28 at on shaky ground. And the Bull- didn’t return. The Bulldogs halftime Ð which was their dogs played like a desperate already had a thin playing rota- biggest deficit of the season Ð team. tion and used just six players in but slowly climbed back to take In front of a rowdy Humphrey the second half. their first lead at 63-62 with 4:11 Fastpitch Softball • Soccer • Baseball • Basketball • Volleyball remaining on a layup by Kidd- Baseball Gilchrist. They never trailed 374 VANDERBILT DR. again, winning their 19th BOWLING GREEN, KY 42103 •

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