Huskies prevail over Utes
Nate Robinson scored 19 of his 29 points in the first half, and No. 22 Washington held off Utah for a 78-71 victory Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska.
After the Utes tied the game at 66-all with 2:50 left, the Huskies scored nine straight points to ice the game.
Robinson, held to two points for nearly 15 minutes of the second half, hit three big baskets down the stretch to thwart Utah’s rally.
Andrew Bogut, Utah’s 7-foot center and a member of Australia’s Olympic team, scored 23 points, including 19 in the second half to help Utah erase an 11-point deficit. He also led the Utes with 12 rebounds.
Brandon Roy added 25 points for UW (2-0).
The Huskies used a stifling full-court press to force three turnovers and two five-second violations in the first five minutes of the game and bolted to a 16-3 lead. Utah (1-1) attempted just six shots in the first eight minutes.
BSU player stabbed, another arrested
The Boise State men’s basketball team is down two players after one was stabbed in a Wednesday night fight and another was arrested on a felony theft charge in Boise.
Eric Lane, a 6-foot-1 sophomore from Los Angeles, was stabbed in the side. He has been released from St. Alphonsus Hospital.
Tezarray Banks, who was immediately suspended, turned himself in to Ada County authorities earlier this week after learning police were looking for him on suspicion of possession of a stolen credit card. He was arrested, but later released from jail.
Texas upends Lady Vols
Tiffany Jackson scored nine of her 19 points early in the second half as No. 4 Texas (2-1) broke open a close game and went on to a 74-59 win over No. 1 Tennessee (3-1) in Austin, Texas.
The Longhorns held a double-digit lead for most of the second half.
Tennessee, which opened the season at No. 1 for the 11th time and the first time since 1998, shot just 33 percent and committed 18 turnovers.
(15) Purdue 55, Arkansas 51: Katie Gearlds hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute to finish with 13 points as the Boilermakers (2-0) beat the Razorbacks (2-1) in Corpus Christi, Texas.
(17) Rutgers 68, South Dakota St. 50: Freshman guard Matee Ajavon scored 29 points to lead the Scarlet Knights (2-0) past the Jackrabbits (3-1) in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. … Eastern Washington’s Felice Moore, a Central Valley grad, was named to the 2004 Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team.