ARLINGTON, Texas — After loading up on lopsided wins against mostly unimpressive foes, No. 2 Texas showed it can be just as tough on the big boys of college basketball.

Damion James had 25 points and 15 rebounds, leading a four-man scoring frenzy that carried the Longhorns to a 103-90 victory over No. 10 North Carolina yesterday in the first basketball game at Cowboys Stadium.

James was among four Longhorns to score at least 20 points. That group alone nearly outscored the Tar Heels, combining for 89 points.

All told, Texas became the first team to score 100 points in regulation against North Carolina since Roy Williams became head coach in 2003-04.

The Longhorns (10-0) also kept up a streak of winning by double-digit margins. This was their closest game yet. Then again, it also was their first time playing a ranked team.

"We knew we had to come today and send a message to the nation that we're not playing around, that we can also go against good competition," said Dexter Pittman, who had 23 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. "We showed that."

Can they do it again? They'll find out Tuesday when No. 12 Michigan State visits Austin.

"Hopefully, we show up like we did today," said J'Covan Brown, who had 21 points.

Avery Bradley added 20 points as the Longhorns cruised to victory in the same building where Colt McCoy and the Texas football team won the Big 12 title two weeks before.

North Carolina (8-3) led for most of the first 16 minutes, then fell behind for good during a stretch of 10 straight misses. The Tar Heels gave up a 23-7 run going into halftime that included an inbounds pass that was stolen and turned into a layup by Bradley with 1 second left.

"That was an important play for us going into the end of the half," Bradley said. "It was a momentum boost for us."

North Carolina clawed to within 82-78 with 6:59 to play, but simply couldn't keep up with Texas' scorers.

For instance, while Ed Davis and Tyler Zeller were a combined 16 of 21 for 37 points, the rest of the Tar Heels combined for just 20 baskets.

Marcus Ginyard returned from a one-game absence to score 13, but he missed seven of his first 10 tries. Dexter Strickland also came back from a one-game absence and scored 12. No other UNC player hit double figures.

"Their energy level was higher than ours," Ginyard said. "Their intensity was higher than ours and they were competing for the majority of the game and we weren't."

No. 1 Kansas 75, Michigan 64: Marcus Morris had a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Sherron Collins scored 19 to help host Kansas (10-0) beat Michigan (5-5).

Xavier Henry had 15 points and the Jayhawks held Michigan to 5-for-28 shooting from 3-point range.

DeShawn Sims had 19 points and Manny Harris 16 for the Wolverines, 1-21 all-time against No. 1 teams.

NO. 3 KENTUCKY 90, AUSTIN PEAY 69

Patrick Patterson scored 21 points, and host Kentucky (11-0) beat Austin Peay (7-5) and moved within one victory of becoming the first college basketball program to reach 2,000.

John Wall added 17 points and six assists while DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and eight rebounds for Kentucky.

John Calipari broke Adolph Rupp's record for the best start by a first-year head coach at Kentucky. Rupp won his first 10 games with the Wildcats in 1931.

NO. 4 PURDUE 69, BALL STATE 49

Robbie Hummel had 19 points and nine rebounds, and visiting Purdue beat Ball State (3-5) to win its 10th straight to start a season for only the second time since the 1936-37 season.

JaJuan Johnson scored 16 points and E'Twaun Moore added 12 for the Boilermakers.

Jarrod Jones had 16 points and eight rebounds, Terrence Watson scored 12 points and Jauwan Scaife added 10 for Ball State.

NO. 5 SYRACUSE 85, ST. BONAVENTURE 72

Rick Jackson scored 18 points, Wes Johnson and Kris Joseph added 17 each, and host Syracuse (11-0) pulled away in the second half against St. Bonaventure (6-4).

St. Bonaventure, loser of 12 straight to the Orange, trailed 18-11 before rallying to take a 35-32 lead on Andrew Nicholson's jumper with 3:34 left in the first half.

NO 6. WEST VIRGINIA 80, CLEVELAND STATE 78

Da'Sean Butler scored 18 points, and his layup with 1.2 seconds left helped visiting West Virginia (8-0) hold on after pesky Cleveland State (4-8) rallied from a 17-point deficit.

Kevin Jones scored a career-high 23 points for West Virginia.

NO. 7 DUKE 76, NO. 15 GONZAGA 41

Nolan Smith scored 24 points, Jon Scheyer added 20 and Duke (9-1) held Gonzaga (8-3) to its lowest point total in 25 years in the Aeropostale Classic at New York.

The point total was the lowest for Gonzaga since a 62-40 loss to Iowa on Nov. 28, 1984.

NO. 8 VILLANOVA 96, FORDHAM 58

Reggie Redding returned from a suspension to score 15 points and add nine rebounds in his first game of the season for Villanova (10-1), which beat Fordham (2-7) at East Rutherford, N.J.

Corey Fisher, a foul-plagued Scottie Reynolds and Antonio Pena had 17 points apiece for Villanova.

SOUTHERN CAL 77, NO. 9 TENNESSEE 55

Alex Stepheson had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and host Southern Cal (5-4) handed Tennessee (8-2) its worst loss under coach Bruce Pearl.

Mike Gerrity had 12 points and 10 assists in his debut for Southern Cal. He became eligible after transferring from Charlotte last season.

OLD DOMINION 61, NO. 11 GEORGETOWN 57

Old Dominion (7-4) spoiled Georgetown's annual game at McDonough Arena in Washington, capitalizing on 18 turnovers.

Ben Finney had 13 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Monarchs.

NO. 12 MICHIGAN ST. 80, IPFW 58

Raymar Morgan and Delvon Roe scored 14 points apiece, Kalin Lucas added 10 and host Michigan State (9-2) beat IPFW (3-6).

Michigan State led 42-37 at halftime, but held IPFW to 23 points after the break.

RICHMOND 56, NO. 13 FLORIDA 53

Richmond (8-3) rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit, and Kevin Anderson made four free throws in the final 5.4 seconds to upset Florida (8-2) in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic at Sunrise, Fla.

David Gonzalez scored 16 points for the Spiders (8-3), who beat an SEC team for the second time this season. They defeated Mississippi State on Nov. 27.

WICHITA STATE 85, NO. 16 TEXAS TECH 83

Clevin Hannah scored 24 points to spark host Wichita State (10-1) past Texas Tech (9-1).

J.T. Durley scored 14 of his career-high 20 points in the first half for the Shockers.

NO. 17 KANSAS STATE 87, ALABAMA 74

Jacob Pullen hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 points, leading Kansas State (10-1) over Alabama (7-4) at Mobile, Ala.

Wally Judge added 15 points for Kansas State.

NO. 18 OHIO ST. 60, DELAWARE ST. 44

William Buford had 18 points, David Lighty added 12 and host Ohio State (9-2) shot 60 percent from the field in a slow-paced win over Delaware State (4-5).

It was the lowest output of the season for Ohio State, which came into the game 10th nationally in scoring at 84.7 points per game.

NO. 19 NEW MEXICO 66, CREIGHTON 61

Darington Hobson had 22 points and 16 rebounds, and host New Mexico (12-0) rallied from its biggest deficit of the season to beat Creighton (4-6).

The Blue Jays jumped to a 31-15 lead and led 40-28 at the break. But the Lobos opened the second half with a 17-4 run, taking their first lead at 45-44 on Hobson's putback with 11:47 left.

NO. 20 MISSISSIPPI 108, CENTENARY 64

Terrico White scored 17 points, Eniel Polynice added 13 and host Mississippi (10-1) won its sixth straight.

Ole Miss built a 24-2 lead against Centenary (4-6), which plans to drop to Division III next year.

NO. 21 BUTLER 69, XAVIER 68

Gordon Hayward put in a layup with 1.2 seconds left, and the basket was upheld after officials reviewed the play and decided an inadvertant stoppage did not take off more time than was left on the clock as host Butler (8-3) beat Xavier (6-4).

Hayward had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs, who ended a seven-game home losing streak to the Musketeers.

NO. 23 TEXAS A&M 71, THE CITADEL 50

Donald Sloan scored 17 points and host Texas A&M (9-2) beat The Citadel (6-6).

Texas A&M had six 3s by halftime, when it led 33-11, and scored the first seven points of the second half to stretch the lead to 29 points.

NO. 24 WASHINGTON 89, PORTLAND 54

Quincy Pondexter scored 17 points, Isaiah Thomas scored 16 and host Washington (7-2) turned 22 turnovers into 35 points in a blowout win over Portland (6-4).

Washington answered a brief run by Portland with a 14-0 spurt that culminated in a rim-rattling alley-oop dunk from Thomas to Pondexter with just over 7 minutes left.

NO. 25 CINCINNATI 80, LIPSCOMB 52

Lance Stephenson scored 19 points and led a first-half run that allowed host Cincinnati (7-3) to beat Lipscomb (4-6) and avoid its third straight loss.

Adnon Hodzic scored 18 points for Lipscomb.

WAC

LOUISIANA TECH 79, MCNEESE STATE 58

Kyle Gibson scored 19 points to lead four Bulldogs players in double figures as host Louisiana Tech (10-2) knocked off McNeese State (4-6).

McNeese State led 14-7 before the Bulldogs scored the next 10 points for a 17-14 lead with 10:09 left in the first half. The Bulldogs finished the first half on a 15-0 run for a 44-23 lead.

Nevada 74, Wagner 61: Luke Babbitt scored 17 points to lead host Nevada (6-4) past Wagner (1-9).

Armon Johnson added 12 points and Brandon Fields and Joey Shaw added 11 each for the Wolf Pack.

FRESNO STATE 68, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 54

Mike Ladd scored 15 points and Sylvester Seay had 14 and four blocks to lead host Fresno State (6-5) over North Dakota State (4-6).

Paul George added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Bulldogs, who never trailed after storming to an early 20-7 lead.

BOISE STATE 96, HOUSTON BAPTIST 59

Daequon Montreal came off the bench to score a season-high 16 points and grab 12 rebounds to lead host Boise State (6-4) over Houston Baptist (1-10).

The Broncos held Houston Baptist without a field goal over a 13-minute stretch in the first half to build a 47-21 halftime lead.

HAWAI'I DII SCHOOLS

ALASKA FAIRBANKS 83, CHAMINADE 77

Parish West scored 27 points on 13-of-16 shooting from the field and Emmanuel Jenkins added 21 points as the Nanooks (4-4) beat the Silverswords (3-5) in the AT&T Jamboree at Anchorage, Alaska.

Matt Cousins had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Chaminade, which led 48-43 at halftime. Steven Bennett added 16 points and Waly Coulibaly had 13.

BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I 69, SIMON FRASER (CANADA) 59

Virgil Buensuceso scored 24 points and dished out six assists, and Rory Patterson added 15 points as the Seasiders (6-2) beat the Clan (8-5) at Cannon Activities Center.

Kevin Shaw scored 19 points to lead Simon Fraser.