The fifth-ranked Bruins knocked the No. 4 Cougars from the unbeaten ranks Saturday with an 81-74 victory led by freshman Kevin Love’s eighth double-double of the season.

“I’d never seen anything like that,” Love said about the Cougars’ seven threes in the final 11â2 minutes.

“Wow,” marveled teammate Darren Collison.

Love had a career-high 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Collison added 18 points, and the Bruins (16-1, 4-0 Pac-10) won their ninth in a row and seventh straight over the Cougars.

“For college, it’s probably my best game overall,” Love said.

Derrick Low scored 24 points after getting nothing in the first half for Washington State, which saw its best start in 91 years ended. The Cougars committed 13 turnovers, nine in the first half.

“Once you get in a little hole against a team as high-caliber as them, it’s going to be tough,” Low said. “They’re what a championship team is. That’s how we want to play.”

The Cougars (14-1, 2-1) still have just one victory in 51 games at UCLA.

No. 1 North Carolina 93, North Carolina State 62

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Deon Thompson and Ty Lawson each scored 16 points for North Carolina, which scored 25 straight points in the first half.

Tyler Hansbrough had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Tar Heels (17-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who matched the 1997-98 team with 17 straight wins to start the season.

Danny Green added 13 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and four blocks for North Carolina, which opened a 43-13 halftime lead.

No. 2 Memphis 68, Marshall 45

Huntington, W.Va. – Freshman Derrick Rose scored 19 points, and Memphis used a hot start to the second half to beat Marshall.

Playing their first road game since a 10-point victory at Cincinnati on Dec. 19, the Tigers (15-0, 2-0 Conference USA) remained one of three remaining unbeaten teams left in Division I.

Memphis led by only seven points at halftime and needed a big second half from Robert Dozier, who had 14 of his 18 points after the break.

Iowa 43, No. 6 Michigan State 36

Iowa City, Iowa – Tony Freeman scored 22 points, and lowly Iowa stunned Michigan State, snapping the Spartans’ 11-game winning streak.

The Spartans, who were second in the Big Ten in scoring offense, had just 18 points over the final 28:52. Michigan State was averaging 77.7 points, but their 36 points were just barely half of their previous season low of 63.

The Spartans (14-2, 2-1 Big Ten) went 16-of-52 from the field, hit just one free throw and committed 18 turnovers.

No. 7 Georgetown 72, Connecticut 69

Washington – Roy Hibbert’s uncontested three-pointer with four seconds left snapped a tie and capped his 20-point, eight-rebound performance for Georgetown (13-1, 3-0 Big East).

The go-ahead shot kept the 7-foot-2 Hibbert’s career college shooting percentage on threes perfect. He is 2-for-2, both taken this season.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun was at the arena but stayed in the coaches’ locker room at tipoff because of what the school called flu-like symptoms.

No. 8 Tennessee 80, South Carolina 56

Columbia, S.C. – JaJuan Smith scored 15 points to lead Tennessee.

The Vols (14-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) are off to their best start in seven seasons.

Tennessee jumped out to an 11-0 lead and never trailed. They didn’t put the Gamecocks away until the start of the second half.

Tennessee put the game away with a 23-5 run to build its lead to 66-40 with 11 minutes left.

Kentucky 79, No. 13 Vanderbilt 73, 2 OT

Lexington, Ky. – Freshman Patrick Patterson had 23 points and 12 rebounds to help Kentucky knock Vanderbilt from the ranks of the undefeated.

Ramel Bradley added 20 points, and Joe Crawford had 17 for Kentucky (7-7, 1-0), which gave coach Billy Gillispie a victory in his Southeastern Conference debut.

Shan Foster had 20 points for Vanderbilt (16-1, 1-1) including a three-pointer with 14 seconds left in regulation that tied the game at 65.

No. 14 Butler 72, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 56

Indianapolis – Freshman Matt Howard scored nine of his 17 points during a 14-0 first-half run that carried Butler to its eighth straight victory.

The Bulldogs (16-1, 5-1 Horizon League), off to the best start in school history, took a 20-point lead early in the second half, held off a brief comeback that brought the Panthers (9-8, 4-3) within 12 and put the game away midway through the final period with three straight three-pointers, two of them by A.J. Graves.

Pete Campbell added 15 points for Butler, while Graves finished with 11.

No. 15 Marquette 92, Notre Dame 66

Milwaukee – Jerel McNeal had 18 points, and Marquette handed Notre Dame its biggest loss in the teams’ 109-game rivalry.

The defeat was the first for the Fighting Irish since Nov. 19 and snapped their 10-game winning streak.

Lazar Hayward added 17 points for Marquette (13-2, 3-1) and tied a career high with 11 rebounds while Dominic James added 16 points and seven assists.

No. 16 Mississippi 74, LSU 71

Oxford, Miss. – Eniel Polynice and Chris Warren both scored 15 points, and Mississippi escaped with a win over undermanned LSU.

Kenny Williams had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Rebels (14-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), who used a 21-5 first-half run to build a 14-point halftime lead. They held on during three second-half rallies by the Tigers.

No. 17 Dayton 68, Saint Louis 57, OT

St. Louis – Brian Roberts scored 30 points, and Dayton held on for its 13th straight victory.

The Flyers (14-1, 2-0 Atlantic 10) matched the best start in school history, which was last set during the 1955-56 season.

They received a major challenge from the Billikens (9-7, 0-2), who set a modern Division I record Thursday for fewest points in a game.

No. 18 Clemson 97, Florida State 85, 2OT

Clemson, S.C. – Freshman Terrence Oglesby hit three of his six three-pointers in the second overtime for Clemson.

Oglesby, who earlier in the game had a four-point play, finally put away a contest where the Tigers (13-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) needed buzzer-beaters to tie the game in regulation and the first extra period.

Cincinnati 69, No. 19 Villanova 66

Cincinnati – Rashad Bishop’s three-pointer with 22 seconds to play – the freshman forward’s only basket of the game – rallied Cincinnati over Villanova, which couldn’t hold a lead in the final minute.

Scottie Reynolds scored a season-high 32 points for Villanova (11-3, 1-2 Big East), but had a shot blocked with 27 seconds left and the Wildcats up by one.

No. 20 Pittsburgh 84, Seton Hall 70

Pittsburgh – Sam Young scored 28 points, and freshman DeJuan Blair had 20 points and 14 rebounds for Pittsburgh (14-2, 2-1 Big East).

Brian Laing had 17 points for the Pirates (10-6, 0-3), but he left the game early in the second half with an injury, and that’s when the Panthers began to pull away.

No. 24 Xavier 68, Fordham 50

Cincinnati – B.J. Raymond made his first five three-point shots and finished with 20 points to lead Xavier to its sixth straight victory.

The Musketeers (14-3, 2-0 Atlantic 10) took control by opening the second half with a 16-4 spurt.

No. 25 Miami 78, Georgia Tech 68

Coral Gables, Fla. – Sophomore James Dews scored a career-high 18 points, and junior Jimmy Graham matched a career high with 13 for Miami (14-1, 1-0 Big East), which fell behind by 12 points early and then went on a 31-11 run.

It has been six years since the Yellow Jackets (7-8, 0-2) had such a poor overall record this late in the season.