North Carolina has little trouble with Dayton

Tyler Hansbrough scored 17 points and Brandan Wright added 16 for North Carolina on Sunday as the Tar Heels defeated Dayton 81-51 in a non-conference men’s college basketball game at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Wayne Ellington scored 15 points for the Tar Heels (12-1), who had 11 players score to win for the ninth straight time.

Marcus Johnson and Brian Roberts each scored 14 points to lead the Flyers (10-3), who offered little challenge against one of the nation’s top teams for the second straight outing. Dayton lost its last game by 30 points at No. 10 Pittsburgh last week.

The Tar Heels led 34-18 at halftime and 3-pointers from Reyshawn Terry and Wes Miller made it 54-27 with about 13 minutes left.

(4) Wisconsin 64, Georgia 54: Alando Tucker scored 29 points to lead Wisconsin to its 10th straight victory as the Badgers (14-1) defeated the Bulldogs (8-4) at Athens, Ga.

Tucker’s 3-pointer with 2:13 to play gave the Badgers a 56-51 lead and stifled Georgia’s comeback hopes.

Wisconsin’s start is its best since the 1913-14 team went 15-0 for the season.

Takais Brown led Georgia with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Marcus Landry of the Badgers made two free throws to make it 60-54, and then he iced the game with a three-point play in the final minute.

(5) Duke 70, San Jose St. 51: Josh McRoberts scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as the Blue Devils (12-1) defeated the Spartans (1-11) at Durham, N.C.

DeMarcus Nelson added 13 points and Greg Paulus had 12 for the Blue Devils, who won their eighth straight overall and extended the nation’s longest non-conference home winning streak to 50 games.

Carlton Spencer scored 11 points for the Spartans, who lost their 12th straight against ranked teams.

(25) Clemson 67, Georgia St. 57: Trevor Booker had 15 points and 12 rebounds and the unbeaten Tigers (14-0) continued their best start in 20 years, defeating the Panthers (4-7) at Clemson, S.C.

The Tigers are three wins shy of the school’s all-time best start when the 1986-87 team featuring Horace Grant opened 17-0.

Rashad Chase led Georgia State with 16 points. Lance Perique, the Panthers’ leading scorer with a 15.8 average, was held to seven points.

Women

Tina Charles scored 15 points and had 11 rebounds to lead No. 5 Connecticut (11-0) past Sacred Heart (6-6) 82-40 at Hartford, Conn., giving coach Geno Auriemma his 600th win.

Auriemma is the 17th coach in women’s Division I history to reach 600 wins. He did it faster than anyone, topping Tennessee’s Pat Summitt, who hit the mark in 734 games over 23 seasons. (7) Ohio State 73, Iowa 67: Jessica Davenport scored 24 points and Marscilla Packer added 23 as the Buckeyes (11-1) defeated the Hawkeyes (9-6) at Iowa City, Iowa. … (13) Purdue 70, Penn State 44: Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Boilermakers (13-2, 2-0 Big Ten) past the Lady Lions (7-8, 0-2) at West Lafayette, Ind. … (15) Louisville 77, Sacramento St. 42: Yuliya Tokova had 13 points and the Cardinals (15-0) had three players reach double figures against the Hornets (2-11) at Louisville, Ky. … (20) Marquette 80, S. Dakota St. 63: Krystal Ellis scored 26 of her career-high 33 points in the first half to help the Golden Eagles (13-1) win their 12th straight game, defeating the Jackrabbits (10-4) at Brookings, S.D. … (21) Michigan St. 56, Wisconsin 46: Allyssa DeHaan had 14 points and 13 rebounds, her fourth double-double in five games, to help the Spartans (11-2) defeat the Badgers (12-3) in a Big Ten opener at East Lansing, Mich. … (25) Bowling Green 92, Robert Morris 81: Kate Achter scored 18 points and Carin Horne added 17 to lead the Falcons (10-2) over the Colonials (7-4) at Bowling Green, Ohio.