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        PRINCETON, N.J. — Nick Collison scored 11 of his 19 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half and No.4 Kansas pulled away for a 78-62 victory over Princeton on Wednesday night.

        It was the Tigers' third loss in three games against Top Ten teams.

        The Jayhawks (7-1) led just 35-29 at halftime, but Collison ended the Tigers' upset thoughts in the second half as he scored six points in the Jayhawks' 10-0 run. Persia hit two 3-pointers to make it 45-34, but Collison had a three-point play on a dunk after a steal as Kansas used a 9-0 run to take a 58-37 lead with 9:33 to play.

        The Tigers never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. Will Venable led Princeton with 11 points.

        KANSAS (7-1) — Gooden 5-11 5-7 15, Collison 8-9 2-5 19, Hinrich 5-9 0-0 11, Miles 5-8 6-7 16, Boschee 2-10 0-0 5, Ballard 0-0 0-0 0, Langford 2-3 0-0 4, Nash 0-0 0-0 0, Carey 1-1 0-0 2, Simien 3-5 0-0 6, Lee 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 31-59 13-19 78.

        PRINCETON (2-6) — Bechtold 4-8 0-0 10, Logan 5-9 0-0 10, Robins 1-6 3-4 6, Wente 1-1 0-0 2, El-Nokali 0-3 0-0 0, Persia 3-7 0-0 9, Hegseth 0-0 0-0 0, Venable 4-10 3-3 11, Wallace 4-5 0-0 10, Neu 0-0 0-0 0, Stephens 1-1 0-0 2, Wysocki 0-2 0-0 0, Martin 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-53 6-7 62.

        Halftime—Kansas 35, Princeton 29. 3-Point goals— Kansas 3-11 (Collison 1-1, Hinrich 1-3, Boschee 1-5, Langford 0-1, Lee 0-1), Princeton 8-26 (Persia 3-6, Wallace 2-3, Bechtold 2-6, Robins 1-5, Logan 0-2, El-Nokali 0-2, Venable 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Kansas 34 (Gooden, Hinrich 7), Princeton 24 (Bechtold 5). Assists—Kansas 19 (Boschee 5), Princeton 16 (Persia 5). Total fouls—Kansas 13, Princeton 17. A—6,861.
        No.15 Iowa 101, Drake 59

        IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luke Recker scored a season-high 24 points, and the Hawkeyes broke open the game with a 28-5 run.

        Reggie Evans added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Iowa (8-3), which shot 62.5 percent in building a 25-point halftime lead and beat Drake (4-3) for the 23rd straight time.

        Drake shot 36 percent, and leading scorer Luke McDonald, averaging 19.5 points, was held to nine.

        The 42-point margin of victory was the biggest in the series, which dates to 1909.

        Recker, who had been shooting just 39 percent this season, finished at 69 percent (9-for-13) against Drake.

        DRAKE (4-3) — J.J. Sola 8-14 2-3 19, Knight 2-8 0-0 6, Danielson 5-8 5-8 15, Newman 0-2 0-0 0, McDonald 3-12 0-0 9, Welton 0-3 0-0 0, Randolph 2-3 0-0 5, A.Sola 1-8 0-0 3, O'Neill 0-0 0-0 0, Bancroft 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 21-58 9-13 59.

        IOWA (8-3) — Henderson 1-4 0-0 2, Evans 7-11 5-6 19, Reiner 2-4 3-5 7, Pierce 5-7 2-2 12, Recker 9-13 3-3 24, Leslie 1-1 0-0 2, Hogan 2-3 1-2 7, Worley 2-8 4-4 8, Boyd 4-6 0-0 11, Thompson 0-3 0-0 0, Sonderleiter 4-4 0-1 9. Totals 37-64 18-23 101.

        Halftime—Iowa 55, Drake 30. 3-Point goals—Drake 8-24 (McDonald 3-7, Knight 2-4, J.J.Sola 1-1, Randolph 1-1, A.Sola 1-6, Danielson 0-1, Newman 0-1, Welton 0-3), Iowa 9-19 (Recker 3-5, Boyd 3-5, Hogan 2-2, Sonderleiter 1-1, Henderson 0-1, Thompson 0-1, Pierce 0-2, Worley 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Drake 28 (Danielson 6), Iowa 42 (Evans 10). Assists—Drake 17 (Knight, Newman 4), Iowa 25 (Henderson, Pierce, Recker, Leslie 4). Total fouls—Drake 19, Iowa 15. A—15,500.
       Ohio St. 88, Santa Clara 41

        COLUMBUS — Brian Brown scored 15 points and Boban Savovic had 12 points as the Buckeyes (6-0) gave the Broncos (1-5) their worst-ever loss. OSU set a school record with 30 3-point field goal attempts and tied the school mark by making 13 3-pointers.

        Jordan Legge and Jason Morrissette each scored nine points for Santa Clara.

        SANTA CLARA (1-5) — Ross 1-6 1-2 4, Legge 3-8 3-3 9, Howell 1-4 0-0 2, Vaka 0-1 0-0 0, Bailey 1-9 1-1 3, Altheimer 2-5 0-0 5, Morrissette 4-9 0-0 9, Westphal 1-2 0-0 2, Holbrook 1-3 0-0 3, Anderson 1-2 0-0 2, B.Anderson 1-2 0-0 2, Emslie 1-4 0-0 2, Rohde 0-2 0-0 0, C.Anderson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-56 5-6 41.

        OHIO ST. (6-0) — Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Radinovic 3-4 0-0 6, Darby 2-9 2-2 8, Brown 6-9 1-1 15, Savovic 4-8 0-0 12, Fuss-Cheatham 2-8 0-0 5, Connolly 4-8 0-0 11, Heflin 3-4 0-0 7, Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Dials 3-5 1-2 7, Dudley 3-4 3-3 9, Martin 0-1 0-2 0, Marinchick 2-4 0-2 4. Totals 34-58 7-12 88.

        Halftime—Ohio St. 47, Santa Clara 17. 3-point goals—Santa Clara 4-16 (Altheimer 1-2, Morrissette 1-2, Holbrook 1-2, Ross 1-4, Rohde 0-1, C.Anderson 0-1, Vaka 0-1, Bailey 0-3), Ohio St. 13-30 (Savovic 4-6, Connolly 3-7, Brown 2-4, Darby 2-7, Heflin 1-2, Fuss-Cheatham 1-4). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Santa Clara 27 (Legge, Emslie 5), Ohio St. 50 (Dials 9). Assists—Santa Clara 7 (Altheimer 3), Ohio St. 22 (Savovic 5). Total fouls—Santa Clara 15, Ohio St. 10. A—13,663.

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