Lafrentz’s 32 Guide Kansas Past Arizona

Men’s Top 25

Raef LaFrentz scored a career-high 32 points, including six in the final 2 minutes, and No. 2 Kansas held off a furious second-half comeback Tuesday night to beat fourth-ranked Arizona 90-87 in the Great Eight Tournament at Chicago.

Last year the eventual national champion Wildcats beat the top-ranked Jayhawks in the Southeast Regional semifinals.

LaFrentz hit two free throws with 27 seconds left to give Kansas (7-0) an 88-84 lead. But Jason Terry, who helped lead Arizona’s comeback from a 20-point second-half deficit, hit a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to make it 88-87.

After the Jayhawks got the ball inbounds and down court, Kansas freshman Kenny Gregory rebounded his own miss with 5 seconds left for a three-point lead.

Mike Bibby led Arizona (4-2) with 22 points.

(11) Utah 64, Providence 58

Hanno Mottola scored 17 points, including a three-point play to start a pivotal 7-0 second-half run, as the Utes (6-0) passed their first real test of the season by beating the Friars (2-2) in the opener of the Great Eight Tournament.

(9) Xavier 88, Cent. Michigan 54

At Cincinnati, the Musketeers (4-0) came out cold, flat and out of sync, but Lenny Brown scored a season-high 18 points in the easy win over the Chippewas (1-4).

(10) Iowa 90, Drake 60

Freshman Ricky Davis was 10 of 11 from the field and scored 26 points in his first start to lead the Hawkeyes (4-0) past the Bulldogs (2-3).

(18) Arkansas 108, Bethune-Cookman 42

At Fayetteville, Ark., freshman Jason Jennings had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Nick Davis added 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Razorbacks (5-0) past the Wildcats (0-3).

(19) Florida St. 90, Florida Atlantic 52

At Tallahassee, Fla., LaMarr Greer and Terrell Baker keyed a 15-1 spurt to open the second half as the Seminoles (5-1) rebounded from their lone loss of the season with a win over the Owls (0-6).