Kansas suffers third straight loss, 71-63
Published 12:00 am Monday, February 28, 2005
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Terrell Everett scored 19 points and freshman David Godbold added a career-high 15 to help No. 22 Oklahoma beat Kansas 71-63 on Monday night, handing the Jayhawks their first three-game losing streak in nearly 11 years.
No. 8 Kansas (20-4, 10-3 Big 12) has lost three straight for the first time since falling to Oklahoma State, Missouri and Nebraska from Feb. 16-23, 1994. The Jayhawks haven't lost four in a row since an eight-game losing streak in 1988-89.
Kansas, which lost to Texas Tech in double overtime and Iowa State in overtime last week, rallied from 19 points down in the first half to get within a point midway through the second half, but the Sooners (20-6, 9-4) held on for the victory.
Wayne Simien led Kansas with 17 points and six rebounds.
New Mexico 65,
No. 13 Utah 54
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Mark Walters scored a season-high 22 points, and New Mexico snapped Utah's 18-game winning streak.
The Utes (23-4, 11-1), who clinched the Mountain West regular-season title with a victory over Air Force on Saturday, shot just 37 percent. Utah entered the game ranked second in the nation in field goal percentage (52.8) and third in rebounding margin.
Utah center Andrew Bogut, averaging 20.6 points and 11.8 rebounds, finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds. He was 3-for-11 from the field in the second half.
The Lobos (20-6, 7-4) are 6-1 in their last seven games.
No. 17 Connecticut 88, Notre Dame 74
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Charlie Villanueva matched his career high with 25 points and sophomore point guard Marcus Williams was a rebound shy of a triple-double in No. 17 Connecticut's 88-74 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night.
The Huskies (18-6, 10-3 Big East) won for the sixth time in seven games and lifted Jim Calhoun within two wins of becoming the sixth active coach with 700.
Williams finished with 17 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.
Colin Falls led Notre Dame (16-8, 8-6) with 19 points, and Chris Thomas had 16 points on 6-for-15 shooting.
No. 25 Nevada 70,
Tulsa 56
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nick Fazekas had 15 points and 15 rebounds to help Nevada win its first game ever as a ranked team.
Jermaine Washington scored 13 points, Kyle Shiloh had 11 and Kevinn Pinkney added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolf Pack (21-5, 13-2 Western Athletic Conference), who moved into The Associated Press poll earlier Monday.
Jarius Glenn led Tulsa (7-17, 3-11) with 16 points.