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December 29th, 2007 | 
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A.J. Graves struggled on offense for most of the night. When it counted the most, he came through. The senior guard sank a 35-foot shot at the buzzer to lift No. 16 Butler to a 57-55 win over Southern Illinois on Friday night. Graves came into the game as the leading scorer for Butler (12-1). But Southern Illinois (5-6) held him to seven points over 33 minutes until the final play.
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Three pictures on the cover of the Kentucky basketball media guide seem to capture the first 10 games of Billy Gillispie’s tenure at one of college basketball’s most demanding jobs. In one, Gillispie is clapping his hands, staring intently into the distance. The two above it are of senior guards Joe Crawford and Ramel Bradley.
North Carolina State point guard Farnold Degand is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Wolfpack coach Sidney Lowe said Monday that the sophomore tore the ligament in his left knee during N.C. State’s win Sunday against Cincinnati. Lowe said the injury will require surgery. Degand has started all 10 games for the Wolfpack this season and is averaging 6.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and…
Alonzo Gee had 23 points and 11 rebounds Sunday night to lead Alabama to a runaway 83-68 victory against Iowa State in the championship game of the Las Vegas Classic. Gee, who made 7-of-11 field goals, was one of three players from Alabama (9-3) on the all-tournament team. He teamed with Richard Hendrix to dominate in the second half.
Ishmael Smith nailed a hanging jumper with 0.6 seconds to play to cap a stunning comeback and help Wake Forest beat Virginia Tech 77-75 on Sunday. Smith finished with 18 points, the last a tough basket over Malcolm Delaney, as the Demon Deacons (8-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) erased an eight-point deficit in the final 82 seconds.
Washington State coach Tony Bennett has been waiting all season for his team to start games strong on offense and defense. The No. 7 Cougars finally got it done on both ends of the court Sunday. Led by Derrick Low’s 16-first half points and a stifling defense, the Cougars (11-0) jumped out to a commanding early lead and coasted the rest of the way in beating Idaho State 75-45.
Jack McClinton forgot his game jersey. Luckily he remembered his shooting touch. Forced to miss the game’s first 2:44 after leaving his jersey in the dressing room, McClinton scored 17 points and No. 22 Miami defeated North Carolina A&T 95-64 Sunday to stretch its season-opening winning streak to 12 games.
Greg Kampe has been coaching at little-known Oakland University longer than any of his players have been alive. None of it prepared him for Saturday night. His Golden Grizzlies overcame a 20-0 second-half run and stunned No. 23 Oregon 68-62 — the first win over a top-25 team in school history. Kampe started at Oakland in 1984, when the program was still in Division II and called the Pioneers.
A 6-foot, 180-pound point guard could not be stopped during the pivotal part of the Texas-Michigan State game. And, it wasn’t D.J. Augustin. Freshman Kalin Lucas scored a career-high 18 points, including a pair of acrobatic layups in a key first-half run, to lead the ninth-ranked Spartans to a 78-72 win Saturday night over the fourth-ranked Longhorns.
John Beilein had a chance Saturday for his first signature win at Michigan. The Wolverines just couldn’t make enough shots to beat No. 8 UCLA. The Bruins rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half by outscoring Michigan 41-18 over the final 14 minutes of a 69-54 victory. “That’s the best 4-8 team in the country,” Bruins coach Ben Howland said of Michigan.