Top 25 Roundup: Hansbrough OK; Heels move to 10-0
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points and showed no ill effects from a weekend concussion to help No. 1 North Carolina beat Nicholls State, 88-78, on Wednesday night.
Wayne Ellington added 20 points for the Tar Heels (10-0), who played at home for the first time in a month after six straight games away from the Smith Center.
Hansbrough, a junior All-American, was considered probable for the game following the concussion suffered in the second half of Sunday’s 93-71 victory at Rutgers.
But Hansbrough played with his typical intensity against Nicholls State, going 8-for-13 from the field and grabbing 11 rebounds.
No. 2 Memphis 79, Cincinnati 69
Cincinnati – Freshman guard Derrick Rose scored a career-high 26 points for Memphis, which improved to 9-0 for the first time since 1985-86.
No. 9 Michigan State 85, San Jose State 45
East Lansing, Mich. – Raymar Morgan and Durrell Summers both scored 16 points, and Drew Neitzel added 14 for Michigan State.
No. 12 Tennessee 86, UNC-Asheville 73
Knoxville, Tenn. – Chris Lofton scored 24 points and became Tennessee’s all-time three-point shooter.
No. 16 Butler 83, Bradley 64
Indianapolis – A.J. Graves scored 21 points, and freshman Mike Green had 17 points and nine rebounds for Butler.
No. 19 Arizona 52, UNLV 49
Las Vegas – Jordan Hill had 16 points and 19 rebounds as Arizona rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit for a victory over UNLV.
No. 24 West Virginia 90, Radford 60
Radford, Va. – Darris Nichols and Alex Ruoff both scored 23 points to lead West Virginia.