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| Miller scores career-high 20, top-seeded Kentucky blows out Wake Forest 90-60 |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 points and top-seeded Kentucky made easy work of No. 9 Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It was the second blowout in two games for the Wildcats , who crushed East Tennessee State 100-71 in their opener. Miller scored 16 points in the first half to help the Wildcats build an early double-digit lead that ballooned beyond 30 in the second half. DeMarcus Cousins added 19 points for Kentucky, while John Wall scored 14 and Eric Bledsoe 13. Al-Farouq Aminu led Wake Forest with 16 points. Kentucky moves on to play the winner of Sunday's game between Cornell and Wisconsin in the East Regional semifinals next week at Syracuse, N.Y. NC STATE-UAB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Elijah Millsap had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and UAB never trailed for the second consecutive NIT game in beating North Carolina State 72-52 on Saturday. UAB , which tied the school record for wins in a season, will host North Carolina on Tuesday in the tournament quarterfinals. The Blazers made eight of their first 11 shots while jumping out to a 19-5 lead. They extended their advantage to 26-7, as the Wolfpack committed nine turnovers in the first 12 minutes. UAB led 37-17 at halftime. It was the fewest first-half points scored by NC State this season. Against Coastal Carolina in the opening round, the Blazers went up 8-0 and led the whole way. Millsap scored 16 points in the first 11 minutes of the second half, helping UAB build a 60-33 cushion. Dennis Horner had 23 points and eight rebounds for NC State. NCAA-HAMPTON-DUKE
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Keturah Jackson scored a career-high 13 points to lead Duke past Hampton 72-37 on Saturday in the first round of the Memphis Regional. Jasmine Thomas and Karima Christmas added 13 points apiece for the No. 2 seeded Blue Devils . They dominated nearly every stat category, outscored Hampton 35-6 during the final 15:45 of the first half and cruised into a second-round matchup with No. 7 seed LSU on Monday night. Choicetta McMillian had nine points to lead the 15th-seeded Pirates . The outmanned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions had a season-low point total and had their six-game winning streak snapped with their most lopsided loss of the year. The Blue Devils led 40-14 at halftime and were never threatened after that in extending their dominance at Cameron Indoor Stadium, where their only loss since 2008 came earlier this season to top-ranked Connecticut.
| Cal not conceding anything to top seed Duke |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- California's Jerome Randle held his ground. The Pac-10 player of the year says the eighth-seeded Golden Bears respect what top seed Duke has accomplished in three decades under coach Mike Krzyzewski, but they are not in awe of the Blue Devils. When the teams meet Sunday in the second round of the South Regional, Randle expects a tough game. But he feels Cal has just as good a chance to win as favored Duke, owners of a much richer tradition of success in the NCAA tournament. HURRICANES-PENGUINS
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jamie McBain scored his first NHL goal on a slap shot from above the circles with less than a second remaining in overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from a late deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday. Seconds after Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made what looked to be a potential game-saving stop on Chad LaRose's wrist shot, McBain -- playing his third career game -- beat Fleury cleanly with nine-tenths of a second remaining. The Penguins, 2-2-2 in their last six games, led 2-1 on Evgeni Malkin's goal off a hard wrist shot from the left circle with 6:55 remaining. Joni Pitkanen tied it at the 16-minute mark with a drive from the left circle off Eric Staal's long pass from behind the goal line.
| Quentin Richardson scores 18 points, Heat beat Bobcats 77-71 |
MIAMI (AP) -- Quentin Richardson scored all 18 of his points on 3-pointers, Michael Beasley added 16 points and the Miami Heat beat Charlotte 77-71 on Saturday night to pass the Bobcats for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Dwyane Wade had 14 points on a poor shooting night, but made up for it with nine assists and five blocks to help Miami move a half-game ahead of Charlotte. Stephen Jackson led Charlotte with 18 points. The Bobcats won the season series 3-1.
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