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Posted on: Monday, December 7, 2009

Idaho tops No. 25 Portland, 68-48


Associated Press

Kashif Watson scored 15 points and host Idaho (5-2) handed No. 25 Portland (5-3) its second straight loss since entering the national rankings for the first time in 50 years with a 68-48 victory last night.

It was Idaho's first win over a ranked team since it beat then-No. 16 Iowa in the first round of the 1982 NCAA tournament.

TOP 25 MEN

No. 1 Kansas 73, UCLA 61: Markief Morris scored a career-high 19 points and Kansas (7-0) handed host UCLA (2-5) its fourth straight loss.

No. 3 Villanova 95, Maryland 86: Scottie Reynolds scored 25 points as Villanova (8-0) held off Maryland (5-3) in the BB&T Classic at Washington. Sean Mosley scored 26 points for Maryland.

No. 12 Washington 88, Cal St. Northridge 76: Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points, lifting host Washington (6-1) over Cal State Northridge (4-4).

No. 14 Connecticut 79, Harvard 73: Jerome Dyson had 24 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, lifting host Connecticut (6-1) over Harvard (6-2), which got 30 points from Jeremy Lin.

No. 18 Clemson 72, South Carolina 61: Tanner Smith and Demontez Stitt scored 14 points each as host Clemson (7-2) beat rival South Carolina (6-2) for the sixth straight time.

No. 21 Florida St. 82, Fla. International 62: Deividas Dulkys scored a career-high 19 points as host Florida State (7-2) beat Florida International (3-8).

TOP 25 WOMEN

NO. 3 OHIO STATE 70, WISCONSIN 55: Jantel Lavender had 23 points and 10 rebounds, powering host Ohio State (9-1) past Wisconsin (7-2) in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

No. 4 North Carolina 83, St. John's 73: Italee Lucas scored 17 points to lead host North Carolina (6-1) past St. John's (7-1), which got 25 points from Da'Shena Stevens.

No. 6 Tennessee 78, No. 17 Texas 58: Angie Bjorklund scored 15 points and host Tennessee (7-0) held Texas (5-3) to 30-percent shooting from the field. Brittainey Raven led Texas with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 9 Xavier 69, Cincinnati 38: Amber Harris scored 17 points and visiting Xavier extended its season-opening winning streak to a school-record seven games with a win over Cincinnati (4-4).

No. 10 Texas A&M 68, No. 20 California 61: Danielle Adams scored eight of her 15 points over the final 3:18 and Texas A&M (6-0) rallied past host California (4-3) in the Colliers International Classic final.

No. 11 Duke 78, Southern California 72: Jasmine Thomas scored 28 points to lead four teammates in double-figures as host Duke (7-1) rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to beat USC (4-4), which got 26 points from Ashley Corral.

No. 12 Florida St. 78, Alcorn St. 50: Jacinta Monroe scored 14 points to lift host Florida State (8-0) over Alcorn State (0-5).

No. 13 Georgia 56, No. 23 Georgia Tech 50: Porsha Phillips scored 14 points, including two free throws with 5.6 seconds left, to lead host Georgia (8-0) past Georgia Tech (5-2).

James Madison 75, No. 14 Virginia 73: Dawn Evans matched her career high with 38 points as visiting James Madison (6-0) upset Virginia (6-2), which got 31 points from Monica Wright.

No. 16 Vanderbilt 79, Western Kentucky 73, OT: Jence Rhoads and Meredith Marsh each scored 17 points and combined for 13 points in overtime to lead host Vanderbilt (8-1) past Western Kentucky (4-3).

No. 21 DePaul 73, Loyola of Chicago 30: Reserve freshman Katherine Harry scored 16 points to lead DePaul (7-2) over Loyola (4-3) in the annual meeting of the Chicago schools.

Indiana 68, No. 22 Michigan St. 63: Jori Davis scored 19 points to lead visiting Indiana (5-3) past Michigan State (5-3) in the teams' Big Ten opener.

No. 24 Kansas 81, Northern Colorado 54: Danielle McCray scored 25 points as host Kansas (5-2) beat Northern Colorado (3-5).

No. 25 Dayton 79, Wright St. 58: Justine Raterman scored 25 points as host Dayton (8-1) beat Wright State (3-3) for its seventh win in a row.