Irish top of Indiana, street, off to best start since 1974

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - basketball coaches will tell you more rankings don't mean anything, especially at this stage of the season.

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is at odds with that after his Irish moved into the top 25 this week for the first time this season.

"At least it is for this team," Brey said after the Irish 25th largest fighting the State of Indiana 81-72 Tuesday evening."I said that the team yesterday that I was very proud of, being ranked) purposesyou enjoy this moment.Comprendre and use it to get yourself confident."

Motivational speech may be enough to help notre Dame to avoid a game "trap" after winning the Old Spice classic last weekend.

Ben Hansbrough scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half of Ireland (8-0), which are on foot to the best start in 11 seasons in Brey. The last time that the Irish had accomplished the feat was in 1973-1974, when the team has 12-0.

After that our Lady has managed a halftime lead 38-33, Hansbrough led the charge in the second half with three 3-pointers.

"I am proud of Ben," said Brey. " He did an excellent job on (Jake) Kelly in the second half and Kelly is a great player.Then, Ben I play come to lui.Il has obtained some things off the coast of the ball, obtained a few screens and then reversed feu.Il shots is such a guys mentally and physically difficult.It is our chef. We have four captains, but Ben has set a tone much for us. »

All five starters Notre Dame scored in double figures.Tyrone Nash had 16 points, Scott Martin 15, Tim Abromaitis 13 and Carleton Scott 11.

Dwayne Lathan had 22 points for the Sycamores (3-4), while Jake Kelly added 17, Carl Richard 14 and Myles Walker 10.

"It was a sort of grind-it-out game," said Brey."Now that we need a little rest right .c ' is great that we have 8-0, but sought to our next eight? the last time I was 8-0 was when I played in a League recreational, or maybe my team DeMatha High School JV was 8-0, I know."But we are very pleased with the début.Je believe that we are confident with where we are. »

Sycamore coach Greg Lansing said he was satisfied with his team improved but not satisfied with the loss.

"We came here with a good game plan and we relied on our Lady lashes," he said. "Our Lady of the size, length and strength affected us.»

The Sycamores hit five of their first six shots, including a 3 pointer by Lathan and led the first deadline for media 11-10 one pointer-3 by Kelly gave Indiana State 16-12 advance until the Irish responded with seven straight points.

Our Lady was never able to do much distance between itself and the Sycamores until the end of the first half when the Ireland ran off a 7-2 run to take an advance of halftime 38 - 33.

Martin led Notre Dame with 11 points at halftime, one more Abromaitis.Kelly 12 points for the Sycamores.

"We went to network-to-network with our Lady is something we really want to do," said Kelly. "" """But I do not believe that our performance was very good in the first half".

An Irish 8 - 2 run - including 3-pointers by Abromaitis Hansbrough - to open the second half gave notre Dame a lead 46 - 35 .the snagged around Sycamores but a stacking by Nash at 11: 23 mark capped a 8-2 run to the Irish lead 59-45.

The Irish play no. 10 Kentucky on 8 December.

Tour: after the start of a slow, no. 10 UK routs BU

LEXINGTON, Ky--Brandon Knight scored 23 points and no. 10 Kentucky bounced back from their first loss of season with 91-57 victory against the Boston University Tuesday night.

Terrence Jones added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats (5-1), that shot 59 per cent of the field and the Terriers (4-4) in the last 20 minutes.

Kentucky, led by only seven points at halftime before you open the second half of the 18-3 run to break things that are open.

John Holland led Terriers with 20 points, but Boston u. shot only by 29% and it is no answer after Wildcats shook off a sluggish first half, perhaps their most basketball season.

Kentucky coach John Calipari is a secondary activity also two days after passing her mother Donna, who died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.

Kentucky lead 40-33 of halftime as Boston, by attacking offensive boards and bezpokoene Wildcats in a haphazard manner.

Any hopes of pulling upset and giving the Kentucky its first losing streak under Calipari, however, evaporated during the blistering opening eight minutes before the second half.Full story

No. 8 Syracuse, 78, Cornell 58

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--Rick Jackson was 17 points and 13 rebounds, double-double of its sixth season, Chris Joseph had 16 points, Syracuse.

Syracuse (7-0), fresh from the triumph in legends classic with WINS against Michigan and Georgia technology has won 33 directly in series with the Cornell (2-5), which has lost four straight as a whole.

Dion waiters had 11 points, Brandon Triche nine and freshman Center, Fab is eight season open to Syracuse.

Errick Peck led Cornell with 14 points and Drew Ferry had nine years point guard Chris Wroblewski, the team of leading scorer 15.3 points, the game ends with eight points, all six trials from beyond the arc, but had seven assists.

Joseph is seven points, Jackson scored twice in the Interior, and 3 on the right side of the waiters had Syracuse till 3 after just over four minutes of the game.

Syracuse dominated the first half, with large Red scoreless for two long bars--7: 3 and 16: 26-fully ropes and stopping the Cornell outside the game.Peck is 1 to 1 from beyond the arc and the rest of his teammates are 0 for 11. Cornell, who trailed in halftime 38-17, is 6 to 25 (24%)of the field and is outrebounded 27-9.

No.13 Tennessee, 86, Middle Tennessee 56

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--Harris Tobias scored 21 points Scotty Hopson is 19 and obikalâli Tennessee.

Volume (6-0) opened with 8-0operational and trailed only once, Blue Raiders respond with 10-0 run to the exclusion of paint on the defensive end. that when coach Bruce Pearl Put Blue Raiders defensive stock and not result for eight minutes.

When the volume shooters in they developed 21 0 run with five of the six consecutive baskets, coming from behind the arc. Last of the five shot by Trae Golden with 7: 21 in the first half made 29 10 and Middle Tennessee never caught.

By halftime Tennessee hit 8 of 15 of 3-point range held a lead 46-23.

James Washington led Tennessee (3-4) in the medium term, with 11 points, and the genus Emanuel had 10.

No.23 Washington, 102, long Beach State, 75

SEATTLE--C.J. Wilcox made six three-pointers and scored a career high 20 points leading seven Washington players in double figures and ranked 23rd Huskies covered 100 points for the third time this season.

After the loss of two teams in the top 10 in the Maui Invitational, Huskies (4-2) barely held their ranking of the top 25. but they rebounded from successive defeats by virtue of the 49Ers.

Wilcox, redshirt freshman made 6 8 3 point attempt Isaiah Thomas 19 points, six experience 3 point, Abdul Gaddy and Matthew Brian-Amaning both added and 14 points.

Casper type lead long Beach State (3-4) with 18 points and T.J. Robinson is 15.