Heels stomp Rutgers

No. 1 North Carolina 97, Rutgers 75

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and North Carolina routed Rutgers on Sunday night for its school-record 12th straight double-figure victory.

Ty Lawson added 19 points, Danny Green had 18, and the Tar Heels (12-0) shot 51.5 percent.

They surpassed the previous mark of consecutive blowouts set by the 1992-93 team that went on to win the national championship. No opponent has come within 15 points of these Tar Heels.

No. 10 Purdue 59, Valparaiso 45

West Lafayette, Ind. — E’Twaun Moore scored 14 points to help Purdue beat Valparaiso for its sixth consecutive victory.

No. 13 UCLA 78, Louisiana Tech 55

Los Angeles — Josh Shipp returned from a two-game absence to score 16 points, and UCLA never trailed.

Freshman guard Jrue Holiday added 12 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and five assists. Alfred Aboya had 12 points, and freshman Jerime Anderson scored a career-high 11 for the Bruins (10-2).

No. 23 Minnesota 82, High Point 56

Minneapolis — Ralph Sampson III scored a career-high 17 points, and Minnesota, off to its best start in 60 seasons, beat High Point to improve to 12-0.

Lawrence Westbrook scored 13 points for the Golden Gophers.