COLUMBIA, Mo. — Luke Recker scored a career-high 31 points and helped stifle All-America Kareem Rush as No.15 Iowa beat previously undefeated and No. 2 Missouri 83-65 Saturday night.

        Iowa (9-3) also got 15 points and 17 rebounds from Reggie Evans and shot 49 percent to avenge a bitter loss to the Tigers about a month ago. Missouri (9-1) scored 16 of the last 20 points for a 78-77 victory in the championship game of the Guardians Classic on Nov.21 in Kansas City but shot a season-worst 33.3 percent in the rematch.

        Evans' fifth straight double-double and eighth of the season helped Iowa dominate on the boards, with the Hawkeyes holding a 48-35 advantage.

        Recker, who topped his previous high of 29 against Penn State Feb.4, 1998, was 10-for-17, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range, and 7-for-7 from the line.
       

        IOWA (9-3) — Henderson 4-6 0-0 8, Evans 5-17 5-10 15, Reiner 0-0 2-2 2, Pierce 6-8 5-10 17, Recker 10-17 7-7 31, Leslie 1-2 0-0 2, Hogan 0-1 2-2 2, Worley 2-7 0-0 4, Boyd 0-0 0-0 0, Sonderleiter 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-59 21-31 83.

        MISSOURI (9-1) — Bryant 4-6 1-4 9, Rush 4-18 4-4 14, Johnson 0-2 4-4 4, Stokes 1-6 0-0 3, Gilbert 1-11 2-2 4, John 1-3 0-0 2, Kroenke 0-2 0-0 0, Paulding 8-12 4-6 22, Ferguson 1-2 0-0 2, Echols 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 22-66 16-22 65.

        Halftime—Iowa 39, Missouri 28. 3-Point goals—Iowa 4-9 (Recker 4-5, Worley 0-1, Henderson 0-1, Pierce 0-2), Missouri 5-29 (Paulding 2-6, Rush 2-10, Stokes 1-3, John 0-1, Kroenke 0-1, Gilbert 0-8). Fouled out—Stokes, Reiner. Rebounds—Iowa 48 (Evans 17), Missouri 35 (Paulding 6). Assists—Iowa 14 (Evans 5), Missouri 6 (Stokes, Gilbert 2). Technical—Missouri bench. A—13,545.
        No.17 UCLA 75,
       UC Irvine 74

        LOS ANGELES — Dan Gadzuric, who missed an easy two-handed dunk in the first half, made a similar one with 1:04 remaining to help UCLA hold on.

        Jason Kapono scored 13 consecutive points over the final 6:31 and finished with 25 to get the Bruins (6-2) back in the game after trailing most of the second half.

        For the third time this season, UCLA ran into trouble at Pauley Pavilion against an area school. The Bruins were upset by Pepperdine on Nov.28, then struggled to beat UC Riverside 65-50 on Dec.5.

        UC IRVINE (5-4) — Zuzak 8-12 3-4 22, Harris 1-4 2-2 4, Parada 2-7 8-8 12, Okoro 0-1 0-0 0, Green 10-17 3-3 27, Hood 3-5 0-0 7, Christ 1-2 0-0 2, Baskauskas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 16-17 74.

        UCLA (6-2) — Kapono 7-11 6-6 25, Gadzuric 3-8 1-4 7, Hines 0-1 0-0 0, Knight 6-12 5-6 21, Thompson 4-9 4-4 14, Cummings 2-6 0-0 4, Patterson 2-4 0-0 4, Walcott 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-53 16-20 75.

        Halftime—UC Irvine 29, UCLA 27. 3-Point goals—UC Irvine 8-19 (Green 4-7, Zuzak 3-7, Hood 1-3, Harris 0-2), UCLA 11-20 (Kapono 5-6, Knight 4-6, Thompson 2-5, Hines 0-1, Cummings 0-1, Walcott 0-1). Fouled out—Harris. Rebounds—UC Irvine 30 (Parada 9), UCLA 23 (Thompson 7). Assists—UC Irvine 12 (Hood 4), UCLA 13 (Thompson 4). Total fouls—UC Irvine 18, UCLA 17. A—7,379.
        No.4 Kansas 106,
       S. Carolina St. 73

        LAWRENCE, Kan. — Drew Gooden had 25 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and Nick Collison, the other half of Kansas' junior forward duo, had 14 points and 13 rebounds as the Jayhawks won their eighth in a row.

        Moses Malone Jr. had 27 points for the Bulldogs.

        S. CAROLINA ST. (2-7) — Radford 0-2 0-0 0, Hall 3-10 0-1 6, Diabi 0-2 1-2 1, Malone 8-18 9-11 27, Mapp 1-6 0-0 2, Heath 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 1-5 0-0 2, Riviera 7-13 0-0 14, Zachary 0-0 0-0 0, Sabb 0-0 0-0 0, Gray 9-20 0-0 19, Fladger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-77 10-14 73.

        KANSAS (8-1) — Gooden 7-20 11-12 25, Collison 6-10 2-5 14, Hinrich 4-12 2-3 12, Miles 3-5 2-2 9, Boschee 3-10 2-2 11, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Ballard 0-1 0-0 0, Langford 5-8 2-3 12, Nash 1-1 3-5 5, Carey 1-1 0-0 2, Simien 4-6 2-3 10, Lee 1-1 0-0 3, Zerbe 0-0 1-2 1, Kappelmann 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-76 27-37 106.

        Halftime—Kansas 55, S. Carolina St. 35. 3-Point goals—S. Carolina St. 3-10 (Malone 2-3, Gray 1-1, Hall 0-1, Mapp 0-2, Jones 0-3), Kansas 7-16 (Boschee 3-8, Hinrich 2-5, Miles 1-1, Lee 1-1, Langford 0-1). Fouled out—Diabi. Rebounds—S. Carolina St. 32 (Hall 7), Kansas 65 (Gooden 21). Assists—S. Carolina St. 13 (Riviera 5), Kanasas 25 (Miles 7). Total fouls—S. Carolina St. 27, Kansas 15. A—16,300.
        No.5 Florida 73,
       Charlotte 52

        MIAMI — Udonis Haslem gave fans in his hometown plenty to applaud by scoring 22 points.

        Haslem also grabbed 13 rebounds for the Gators (7-1). Fans shouted “Yooooooooo” in tribute to the Miami native when he came out of the game with a minute left.
       

        CHARLOTTE (4-4) — Johnson 2-6 2-2 6, Nash 1-8 3-4 5, Stephens 4-7 1-2 9, Brown 1-8 2-2 5, Thomas 4-14 4-4 16, Reed 1-3 3-5 5, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Niparavicius 0-1 0-0 0, Basden 1-4 2-4 4, Baldwin 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 15-55 17-23 52.

        FLORIDA (7-1) — Bonner 6-10 2-2 14, Haslem 8-14 6-8 22, Greene 2-4 0-1 5, Nelson 1-6 2-2 4, Hamilton 2-4 3-4 8, White 3-10 0-0 8, Haimovitch 0-0 0-0 0, Halton 1-6 2-3 4, Lee 2-3 0-1 4, Colas 0-0 4-4 4, King 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 19-25 73.

        Halftime—Florida 40, Charlotte 23. 3-Point goals— Charlotte 5-23 (Thomas 4-10, Brown 1-5, Johnson 0-1, Niparavicius 0-1, Baldwin 0-1, Nash 0-5), Florida 4-17 (White 2-5, Hamilton 1-2, Greene 1-2, Bonner 0-1, King 0-1, Haslem 0-1, Halton 0-2, Nelson 0-3). Fouled out— Stephens. Rebounds—Charlotte 40 (Stephens 7), Florida 41 (Haslem 13). Assists—Charlotte 3 (Nash 3), Florida 13 (Nelson 4). A—8,949.
        No.18 Georgetown 87,
       Norfolk State 68

        WASHINGTON — Kevin Braswell, one of six players who studied most of Friday night for a sociology exam at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, scored 19 points and Mike Sweetney added 17 points and 11 rebounds as Georgetown overcame a sluggish start.

        NORFOLK STATE (3-7) — Winston 6-14 0-1 16, Hicks 2-6 3-5 7, Towe 2-5 0-2 4, Seward 1-7 3-4 5, Aladi 3-5 0-2 6, J.Byrd 1-3 2-2 5, N.Byrd 3-3 0-0 6, Bunn 0-0 0-0 0, Mills 0-3 3-4 3, Smith 2-7 0-0 5, Grier 0-0 1-2 1, H.Bird 0-1 1-2 1, Boyd 4-6 0-0 8, Young 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 24-61 14-26 68.

        GEORGETOWN (8-1) — Braswell 6-13 4-4 19, Samnick 3-8 2-2 8, Riley 3-8 4-4 11, Sweetney 5-10 7-8 17, Wilson 2-9 0-1 4, Freeman 2-3 1-4 5, Faulkner 0-0 0-0 0, Hall 2-3 2-2 6, Hillier 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 2-7 3-6 7, Bethel 2-5 4-6 10, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 27-37 87.

        Halftime—Georgetown 39-32. 3-Point goals—Norfolk St. 6-13 (Winston 4-6, J.Byrd 1-3, Smith 1-3, Hicks 0-1). Georgetown 6-14 (Braswell 3-7, Bethel 2-4, Riley 1-1, Samnick 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Rebounds—Norfolk St. 43 (Seward, Alado 7), Georgetown 45 (Sweetney 11). Assists—Norfolk St. 16 (Towe 5), Georgetown 18 (Braswell 7). Total fouls—Norfolk St. 27, Georgetown 22. A—7,118.
        No. 24 Oklahoma 107,
       High Point 63

        NORMAN, Okla. — Hollis Price scored 26 points and Ebi Ere added 21 for Oklahoma.

        Price scored 15 points in the first half and added 10 in a 21-6 run late in the second half that put the game out of reach.
        HIGH POINT (3-6) — Halsch 2-4 2-2 6, Barrow 5-7 1-6 11, Wallace 2-7 2-2 6, Knight 2-6 2-3 7, Van Weerdhuizen 7-13 2-3 16, Ignatavicius 0-3 3-5 3, Alves 2-6 2-2 7, Cornette 3-8 0-0 7, Simon 0-1 0-0 0, Stonehocker 0-0 0-0 0 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-55 14-23 63.

        OKLAHOMA (6-1) — McGhee 6-10 0-0 13, Selvey 4-7 0-1 8, Ere 6-12 6-7 21, White 0-0 0-0 0, Price 10-14 2-3 26, Cano 1-4 1-2 4, Detrick 5-6 2-2 12, Johnston 3-4 6-8 14, Ainooson 1-3 0-1 2, Brown 2-4 1-4 5, Szendrei 1-2 0-0 2, Liggett 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-68 18-28 107.

        Halftime—Oklahoma 55, High Point 30. 3-Point goals—High Point 3-12 (Knight 1-1, Alves 1-3, Cornette 1-4, Halsch 0-1, Van Weerdhuizen 0-3), Oklahoma 11-18 (Price 4-6, Ere 3-5, Johnston 2-2, McGhee 1-1, Cano 1-2, Detrick 0-1, Ainooson 0-1). Fouled out—Ignatavicius, Szendrei. Rebounds—High Point 32 (Halsch 8), Oklahoma 39 (Brown 8). Assists—High Point 14 (Barrow 4), Oklahoma 25 (Johnston 6). Total fouls—High Point 24, Oklahoma 22. A—9,431.
        No.20 Ball St. 103,
       Ind.-Pur.-Indpls. 81

        INDIANAPOLIS — Patrick Jackson scored 28 points and Chris Williams added 21 as Ball State set a school record with 16 3-pointers.

        The 16 3-pointers broke the record of 14 set earlier this season against Elon.

        BALL ST. (6-2) — Smith 7-13 2-3 16, Jones 2-6 0-2 4, Jackson 8-13 8-8 28, C.Williams 7-10 0-0 21, McCollom 3-6 2-2 10, Robbins 1-2 4-4 7, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Willingham 1-2 2-2 4, Owens 4-8 1-2 11, Lynch 0-0 0-0 0, Burns 1-1 0-0 2, Bushong 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-61 19-23 103.

        IND.-PUR.-INDPLS. (3-4) — Harvey 1-2 0-0 2, Price 6-13 2-4 15, Hawkins 2-4 1-4 5, L.Williams 9-25 2-4 26, Mullins 2-3 1-1 5, Pace 1-2 0-0 2, Osborn 1-1 0-0 2, Crenshaw 2-3 0-1 4, Sanders 1-4 1-2 3, Lewis 6-14 3-4 15, Spencer 0-1 0-0 0, Lambert 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-74 10-20 81.

        Halftime—Ball St. 50, IUPUI 34. 3-Point goals—Ball St. 16-26 (C.Williams 7-9, Jackson 4-7, Owens 2-2, McCollom 2-3, Robbins 1-2, Smith 0-3), IUPUI 7-19 (L.Williams 6-15, Price 1-1, Lewis 0-1, Sanders 0-2). Fouled out— Crenshaw. Rebounds—Ball St. 37 (Smith 11), IUPUI 37 (Lewis 12). Assists—Ball St. 21 (Jackson 7), IUPUI 14 (Hawkins 5). Total fouls—Ball St. 19, IUPUI 20. Technical— IUPUI coach Hunter. A—2,000.

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