St. Louis ? Tyler Hansbrough had 15 points and matched his career best with 13 rebounds to lead No. 2 North Carolina to a 69-48 victory over Saint Louis on Friday night.
Danny Green added 14 points for the Tar Heels (10-1), who pulled away from a one-point halftime lead. The result was a convincing win in the program’s first game in St. Louis since coach Roy Williams led them to an NCAA title here in 2005.
The game drew a record sellout crowd of 22,539 to the Scottrade Center.
Ian Vouyoukas had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Saint Louis (9-3), which lost for the first time in six home games.
No. 16 Butler 76, Evansville 65
Indianapolis – A.J. Graves scored 22 points and Mike Green added 16 to lead the Bulldogs to their 15th straight home win.
Jason Holsinger had 17 points for Evansville (8-4), which had a four-game winning streak end.
Consecutive threes by Graves and Brandon Crone sparked a 10-0 run that gave Butler (12-1) an 18-11 lead with 8:48 left in the half and Evansville never led again.
Butler was 6-1 against in-state schools this season, including its first sweep of Notre Dame, Indiana and Purdue since 1948-49. The only loss was at Indiana State.
No. 17 Washington 80, Weber St. 51
Seattle – Freshman Spencer Hawes scored 23 points to tie his season high from two nights earlier and Jon Brockman had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Huskies.
Washington (10-1) won its 27th consecutive nonconference home game dating to 2003.
Dezmon Harris and Dan Henry each scored 13 points for Weber State (7-6), which led by 11 points midway through the first half before a 14-0 Huskies’ run put the Wildcats behind for good.
Weber State started the game 7-of-13 from the field but made just two of its final 14 shots in the opening half to fall behind 38-30.
David Patten, the Wildcats’ leading scorer coming in, had just three points in the decisive first half and eight for the game.
No. 19 Marquette 77, Morgan St. 57
Milwaukee – Jerel McNeal scored 15 of his career-high 25 points in the decisive first half to lead Marquette.
The sophomore guard went 8-of-15 from the field and a personal best 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
He matched his career high with seven assists for Marquette (12-2), which never trailed.
Reggie Holmes had three three-pointers and scored 13 points for the Bears (2-8), who dropped to 0-5 on the road this season.
No. 23 Syracuse 85, Hofstra 60
Syracuse, N.Y. – Demetris Nichols had 20 points and Josh Wright and Paul Harris each had 12 as the Orange snapped the Pride’s six-game winning streak.
Syracuse, coming off an 84-79 loss Tuesday night to Drexel of the Colonial Athletic Association, where Hofstra also plays, took charge in the first half. The Orange used an 18-4 run to assume command and never allowed Hofstra’s speedy guards to put together one of their signature spurts.
Eric Devendorf finished with 16 points, 11 from the free throw line, for Syracuse (10-3), while Darryl Watkins had four points, nine rebounds and four of the Orange’s six blocks.
Antoine Agudio had 22 points to lead Hofstra (6-4), while Loren Stokes finished with 19 points.
Syracuse played without senior forward Terrence Roberts, who sprained his left knee in the Drexel loss.
No. 25 Nevada 73, Akron 71
Akron, Ohio – Nick Fazekas had 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolf Pack, which has won nine straight road games.
Ramon Sessions added 22 points for Nevada (10-1), which tied the best start in history, set in 1978-79 and matched last season.
Dru Joyce scored 23 points to lead Akron (7-3) but he missed an open 14-footer at the buzzer that could have tied the game.
