BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Chris Douglas-Roberts and No. 1 Memphis made the shot that counted, then watched UAB hit the one that didn't.

The result was a down-to-the-wire scare and a still-perfect record.

Douglas-Roberts converted a three-point play with 6.5 seconds left and the Blazers' final basket was a split-second too late, giving the Tigers a 79-78 win last night.

Memphis left with its 44-game regular-season and 34-game league winning streaks barely intact, and with Douglas-Roberts' main focal point: A win.

"The winning streak wasn't in my mind at all," said Douglas-Roberts, who scored 32 points. "It was just winning the game. That's all I was thinking about."

After Douglas-Roberts made his shot, the Blazers' Robert Vaden missed badly on an off-balance 3-point attempt and Lawrence Kinnard grabbed the long rebound. He heaved up a shot in the paint that went in, and officials promptly headed to the scorer's table to watch replays.

They ruled with only a brief double-check that Kinnard didn't get the shot off in time. He already knew it.

"When I got the rebound, I looked up and saw that the (shot clock) light was red," Kinnard said. "I was hoping and praying they might give it to us, but I knew it was too late."

It wasn't the last scary scene for Memphis players. Several had angry exchanges with UAB fans who rushed the court celebrating what they thought was a win. Then the Tigers (25-0, 11-0 Conference USA) were quickly herded to their locker room.

"They thought the shot had counted so they wanted to get on the court," said Memphis' Robert Dozier, who had eight rebounds. "They stormed on the court and they realized the time had expired and they got kind of mad. They started spitting at us and stuff. Guys got kind of heated. We got out of there."

UAB (17-8, 7-3) is the last CUSA team to beat Memphis, 715 days earlier.

NO. 3 KANSAS 69, COLORADO 45

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Mario Chalmers had 13 points and the Jayhawks (24-2, 9-2 Big 12) scored 23 points off turnovers and held leading scorer Richard Roby to just two points in rolling past the Buffaloes (10-14, 2-8) for the 25th straight at home.

Roby, a 6-foot-6 senior who had averaged 18 points in three games at Allen Fieldhouse and had a 30-point effort here last season, missed his first seven shots and wound up 1-of-11 from the field.

NO. 4 TENNESSEE 74, GEORGIA 71

ATHENS, Ga. — Chris Lofton scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and Wayne Chism had 16 points as the Volunteers (23-2, 10-1 Southeastern Conference) beat the Bulldogs (12-11, 3-7) for the eighth straight time, while extending their overall winning streak to seven.

Lofton was 1-of-6 from 3-point range before halftime, but the senior hit five 3's in the second half, pushing his SEC-record total to 398.

NO. 5 NORTH CAROLINA 92, VIRGINIA TECH 53

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Wayne Ellington had 19 points as the Tar Heels (24-2, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) dominated the entire way to avenge last season's sweep by the Hokies (14-11, 5-6).

North Carolina shot 50 percent and held a 54-24 rebounding advantage, while its defense held Virginia Tech to 26-percent shooting.

NO. 7 STANFORD 67, ARIZONA 66

TUCSON, Ariz. — Brook Lopez, who had 23 points and 10 rebounds, made two free throws with 18 seconds to go for a 67-66 lead as the Cardinal (21-4, 10-3 Pac-10) hung on to beat the Wildcats (16-9, 6-6) when Chase Budinger missed a running 5-footer in the final seconds.

Jerryd Bayless had 31 points, his third straight game of at least 30 points, for Arizona, which has lost three of four.

SYRACUSE 77, NO. 8 GEORGETOWN 70

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Paul Harris scored 22 points, freshman Donte Greene added 18, and the Orange (17-9, 7-6 Big East), coming off a surprising loss at South Florida, built a 21-point lead in the first half and withstood two late rallies by the Hoyas (20-4, 10-3).

Aided by 12 Georgetown turnovers that led to 18 points, the Orange went on a stunning 28-4 run en route to a 38-22 lead at intermission.

NO. 9 BUTLER 51, CLEVELAND STATE 46

INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Howard scored 17 points, A.J. Graves added 15 and the Bulldogs (24-2, 13-2 Horizon League) won their eighth straight since losing to the Vikings (17-11, 10-6) on Jan. 17.

Cedric Jackson scored 20 points and J'Nathan Bullock added 11 for Cleveland State, which had won three in a row. Bullock had averaged 26.3 points in Cleveland State's previous three games, but the Bulldogs held him to 5-for-15 shooting.

NO. 13 INDIANA 80, NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 61

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Eric Gordon scored 28 points and has 520 so far this season, breaking Mike Woodson's school scoring record of 500 for freshman set in 1976-77, and the Hoosiers (21-4, 10-2 Big Ten) used a 12-4 spurt to make it 57-41 with 13:43 left in beating the Spartans (20-5, 8-4).

With coach Kelvin Sampson's job status in question after being accused of five major NCAA infractions Wednesday, Indiana desperately needed a victory to stay in contention for the Big Ten title.

NO. 11 TEXAS 82, BAYLOR 77

WACO, Texas — With Kevin Durant watching his former teammates, Damion James had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Longhorns (21-4, 8-2 Big 12) won their fifth straight and 22nd in a row over the Bears (71-7, 5-5).

Baylor closed the game with a 15-6 run, a stretch when the Longhorns missed seven free throws — including three straight one-and-one chances. Tweety Carter and Henry Dugat had consecutive 3-pointers for the Bears.

NO. 14 DRAKE 65, NORTHERN IOWA 55

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Adam Emmenecker scored 13 points and Leonard Houston and Josh Young both had 12, helping the Bulldogs (23-2, 14-1), clinch their first Missouri Valley Conference title since 1971 with a victory over the Panthers (15-11, 7-8).

NO. 15 WISCONSIN 65, MINNESOTA 56

MADISON, Wis. — Marcus Landry scored 12 points to lead four teammates in double figures and the Badgers (21-4, 11-2 Big Ten) made 25 of 33 free throws, including 17-of-21 in the second half, to turn back the Gophers (15-9, 5-7).

OKLAHOMA STATE 59, NO. 16 TEXAS A&M 54

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Byron Eaton had 17 points, including two free throws with 9 seconds left to seal the game as the Cowboys (13-12, 4-7 Big 12) snapped their 19-game road losing streak — including 16 straight in conference — by beating the Aggies (20-5, 6-4), who had won five in a row.

NO. 17 CONNECTICUT 74, SOUTH FLORIDA 73

TAMPA, Fla. — A.J. Price scored 23 points, including the first five in overtime, and Craig Austrie hit a 12-foot runner in the lane with less than a second left to lift the Huskies (20-5, 9-3 Big East) over the Bulls (11-15, 2-11) for their ninth straight victory.

NO. 18 KANSAS STATE 100, MISSOURI 63

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Michael Beasley had 40 points and 17 rebounds for his 21st double-double, one shy of tying Carmelo Anthony's NCAA freshman record of 22, as the Wildcats (18-6, 8-2 Big 12) cruised to a 52-31 halftime lead in routing the Tigers (14-12, 4-7).

NO. 19 PURDUE 71, NORTHWESTERN 56

EVANSTON, Ill. — Freshman E'Twaun Moore scored a season-high 28 points, Keaton Grant added 15 and the Boilermakers (21-5 12-1 Big Ten), who blew a 10-point lead in the second half, used a 14-0 run for a 52-40 lead and never looked back in beating the Wildcats (7-16. 0-12) for their 11th straight victory.

NO. 23 LOUISVILLE 80, PROVIDENCE 72

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Earl Clark had 20 points and nine rebounds and the Cardinals (20-6, 10-3 Big East) used a 14-3 run to take a 67-59 lead they never lost with just over three minutes left to beat the Friars (13-12, 4-9) for their fifth consecutive victory.

NO. 24 VANDERBILT 61, FLORIDA 58

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alex Gordon made four free throws over the final 24 seconds and the Commodores (22-4, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) remained undefeated at home this season by rallying past the Gators (19-7, 6-5), who led 58-57 with 54 seconds left but didn't score again

NO. 25 ST. MARY'S 80, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 49

LOS ANGELES — Freshman Patrick Mills had 22 points, including four 3-pointers, Diamon Simpson added 12 points and nine rebounds, and the Gaels (22-3, 9-1 West Coast Conference) broke a 13-all tie with an 11-0 run and went on to take a 39-22 halftime lead in cruising past the Lions (5-21, 2-8).

WAC

Boise State 84, Fresno State 72: Reggie Larry scored 25 points and Mark Sanchez came off the bench to get seven crucial points in a little more than a minute in the second half to help the Broncos (19-6, 10-3 Western Athletic Conference) turn back the Bulldogs (11-15, 4-8) at Boise, Idaho.

After the Bulldogs narrowed the Broncos' second-half lead to 60-55 with 10 minutes left, Sanchez scored Boise State's next seven points to put the Broncos ahead 67-57 with 8:44 left.

Kevin Bell scored 21 points and Eddie Miller added 16 for Fresno State.

Nevada 85, Idaho 72: Marcellus Kemp scored 32 points, Brandon Fields added 21, and the Wolf Pack (17-9, 9-4) went 32-for-35 from the charity stripe to defeat the Vandals (6-18, 3-10) at Moscow, Idaho.

Despite Nevada's poor 11-for-27 shooting from the floor during the first half, Kemp kept the Wolf Pack ahead 35-33 at halftime, scoring 16 points on 5-for-9 shooting.

SAN JOSE STATE 71, LOUISIANA TECH 61: C.J. Webster scored 17 points to help the Spartans (11-13, 3-8) snap a three-game losing streak by defeating the Bulldogs (4-20, 1-11), who lost their 10th straight road game of the season.

San Jose State earned its 11th win of the season, the first time since the 2000-01 season when it won 14 games. The Spartans have 20-loss seasons for the past six seasons.