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.