Michigan Pummels Indiana

Men’s Top 25

Bob Knight has made headlines with tirades and chair-throwing. Yet this time he was subdued. What could he say?

Knight watched helplessly Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich., as Jerod Ward had a career-high 24 points and 10 rebounds and No. 22 Michigan (19-8, 9-5 Big Ten) beat Indiana 112-64, the most points ever allowed by a Hoosiers team coached by Knight.

“If you asked our players, they couldn’t give you an answer as to what happened,” Knight said. “It looked like we made no effort to prepare for the game, neither the players nor the coaches.”

The loss was the second-worst for Indiana (18-8, 9-5) since Knight took over for the 1971-72 season, just off the 106-56 loss to Minnesota on Feb. 27, 1994. The most points allowed by a Knight team at Indiana had been in a 108-89 loss to Minnesota in the 1989-90 season.

Louis Bullock scored 26 points and Robert Traylor had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolverines, who shot 62 percent. Michigan hit a school-record 15 3-pointers and had a 45-27 rebounding edge.

Larry Richardson scored 13 points for the Hoosiers.

(8) Kentucky 85, Georgia 74

At Lexington, Ky., Nazr Mohammed scored 16 points to lead the Wildcats (24-4, 12-2 SEC) over the Bulldogs (14-12, 6-8).

Georgia shot 54 percent (15-of-28) in building a 43-36 halftime lead, but shot only 19 percent (6-of-32) in the second half.

(20) W. Virginia 81, Seton Hall 71

At Morgantown, W.Va., Jarrod West tossed in a game-high 20 points and Greg Jones added 19 to boost the Mountaineers (22-5, 11-5 Big East) to their victory over the Pirates (13-13, 7-9).

(23) Illinois 79, Iowa 72

At Champaign, Ill., Jerry Hester scored 20 points and the Illini (20-8, 12-3) kept alive their hope for a share of the Big Ten title with a victory over the Hawkeyes (18-9, 7-7).

Ricky Davis led the Hawkeyes with 18 points.

Temple 56, (24) Geo. Wash. 49

At Washington, Lamont Barnes had 20 points and seven blocked shots to spark the Owls (19-6, 12-3 Atlantic 10) to a win over the Colonials (20-7, 9-5).

Mike King led George Washington with 16 points.

Big West Conference

Mike Wozniak scored a game-high 29 points and Chris Bjorklund added 27 as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (12-14, 5-9) beat UC Santa Barbara (7-17, 4-10) 102-96 at San Luis Obispo, Calif.