VILLANOVA, Pa.
Josh Hart shook off a slow start to score 26 points and lead No. 1 Villanova to its 17th straight win, 78-57 over Temple on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats (11-0) haven’t lost since the Big East championship game. They won six straight in the postseason to win the NCAA championship and have been flawless this season. The Wildcats fattened their record against Philly teams and finished 4-0 in the Big 5 city series.
Hart missed his first five shots after missing four total shots in a 37-point effort last week against Notre Dame. He hit a runner at the first-half buzzer to spark a sensational second half: Hart made consecutive 3s that made it 49-31 and blew the game open.
Jalen Brunson scored 13 points for the Wildcats.
Shizz Alston Jr. led Temple (7-4) with 12 points.
No. 22 Oregon 81, Montana 67
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Chris Boucher had 23 points and a career-high 19 rebounds to lead Oregon.
Dylan Ennis added 22 points for the Ducks (9-2), who won their seventh straight and extended the nation’s third-longest home winning streak to 32 games. Payton Pritchard had 12 points.
Oregon took control of the game with a 9-0 run midway through the second half for its first double-digit lead. The Ducks shot 51.7 percent (30 of 58) for the game but struggled at the free throw line, hitting just 15 of 25.
Ahmaad Rorie, who played his freshman season at Oregon before transferring in 2015, led the Grizzlies (3-8) with 19 points.
No. 25 Cincinnati 96, Texas Southern 58
CINCINNATI (AP) — Freshman Jarron Cumberland scored a career-high 18 points — all in the second half — as No. 25 Cincinnati pulled away to its most lopsided victory of the season.
Cincinnati (8-2) was coming off a 75-65 loss at Butler on Saturday. The Bearcats used their pronounced height advantage to take control on defense, repeatedly misdirecting shots. The Tigers made only 30 percent from the field.
Demontrae Jefferson scored 13 points for Texas Southern (4-6), which is in a stretch of 16 straight road games to open the season.
Jacob Evans III had a jumper, a layup and a 3- pointer during a 13-0 run that put Cincinnati in control late in the first half. The Bearcats led by as many as 41 points.
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