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Huskies bounce back with easy victory

Cornell's Andrew Naeve, center, is trapped by Jamaal Williams (24) and Bobby Jones. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Cornell's Andrew Naeve, center, is trapped by Jamaal Williams (24) and Bobby Jones. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Freshman Jon Brockman scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half and had a season-high 12 rebounds to help No. 10 Washington beat overmatched Cornell 87-71 Monday night in Seattle.

Justin Dentmon, also a freshman, added 15 points for Washington (12-1), which dominated the Big Red (4-8) inside with a 46-27 rebounding advantage in its final non-conference game.

The Huskies looked tired and almost uninterested initially following their 96-95 double-overtime loss to Arizona on Saturday. That defeat ended the nation’s longest home winning streak at 32.

Brandon Roy, coming off consecutive 35-point games against Arizona State and Arizona, had only 11 points.

Jason Hartford scored a career-high 17 points for Cornell, which fell behind by 22 in the second half but twice rallied within 13 late in its first game in the state of Washington.

The Big Red lost their 12th straight to a ranked team. Cornell also has lost all seven of its road games this season.

(1) Duke 84, Bucknell 50: At Durham, N.C., Shelden Williams stopped a rare Duke drought early in the second half with eight of his 23 points, J.J. Redick finished with 22 despite some poor shooting as the top-ranked Blue Devils (13-0) easily handled the Bison (9-3).

Williams added 11 rebounds for his fourth straight double-double, and freshman Josh McRoberts had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils.

(15) Texas 69, (4) Memphis 58: At Memphis, Tenn., P.J. Tucker had 24 points and 13 rebounds and Daniel Gibson added 18 points as the Longhorns (11-2) beat the Tigers (11-2), snapping Memphis’ eight-game winning streak.

Texas, ranked No. 2 for the first five polls of the season before consecutive losses, held Memphis almost 30 points below its average and sealed the win by going 17 of 19 from the free-throw line over the final 8:34.

Memphis had not lost at home this season and wanted to burnish its record before heading into Conference USA.

Top 25 women

Shanna Zolman scored 23 points and Nicky Anosike added 17 to lead top-ranked Tennessee to an 83-67 win over Old Dominion at Knoxville, Tenn.

The Lady Vols (13-0) led nearly the entire game, but Old Dominion made them work for their 10th straight victory in the series.

The Lady Monarchs (2-7), coming off an 88-80 overtime loss to fifth-ranked North Carolina last week, were scrappy and aggressive, but couldn’t do enough defensively despite shooting 46 percent (28 of 61).

Tennessee shot 52 percent (26 of 50) from the floor and went 24 of 28 from the foul line. Old Dominion had only seven chances at the line and made six.

(2) Duke 100, Wake Forest 54: At Durham, N.C., Monique Currie had 16 points before sitting out the final 11 1/2 minutes, and Lindsey Harding added 14 points as the Blue Devils (12-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) routed the Demon Deacons (7-5, 0-1).

(6) Maryland 82, Manhattan 49: At College Park, Md., Jade Perry had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Terrapins (12-1) cruised past the Jaspers (4-7).

N.C. State 65, (25) Virginia Tech 44: At Raleigh, N.C., Tiffany Stansbury scored all 14 of her points in the second half to lead the Wolfpack (10-3, 1-0 ACC) past the Hokies (12-1, 0-1).