GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Udonis Haslem scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds as No.3 Florida beat Stetson 94-66 Friday to stretch its winning streak to nine games.

        Brett Nelson had 17 points for Florida (10-1), which has won 10 of its first 11 games for the second time in three years.

        STETSON (4-5) — McMillian 4-6 1-4 9, McConnell 4-7 2-2 10, Hampton 3-6 1-2 7, DeWitt 3-9 0-0 8, Givens 1-8 2-2 4, Butts 0-0 2-2 2, Meredith 0-0 0-0 0, McNeal 4-10 1-2 10, Morris 0-3 0-0 0, Reaser 4-6 2-2 11, Stiles 1-2 3-4 5. Totals 24-57 14-20 66.

        FLORIDA (10-1) — Greene 2-6 0-0 4, Bonner 5-8 3-4 13, Haslem 9-12 5-8 23, Hamilton 2-3 0-0 4, Nelson 5-12 4-4 17, White 1-2 2-2 4, Halton 2-5 0-0 5, Lee 4-6 3-5 11, Colas 6-10 0-0 12, King 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 36-66 18-25 94.

        Halftime—Florida 53, Stetson 27. 3-Point goals—Stetson 4-13 (DeWitt 2-5, McConnell 0-2, Givens 0-1, McNeal 1-3, Reaser 1-2), Florida 4-12 (Nelson 3-6, Halton 1-2, Greene 0-2, Bonner 0-2). Fouled out—none. Rebounds— Stetson 25 (Dewitt 4), Florida 43 (Haslem 10). Assists— Stetson 18 (DeWitt, Givens 5), Florida 25 (Hamilton, Lee 5). Total fouls—Stetson 14, Florida 17. A—8,722.

        No.9 Iowa 77, Mercer 43
        IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ryan Hogan scored 18 points and Reggie Evans added 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead Iowa (11-3). Luke Recker, who leads Iowa in scoring with a 20.0 average, was held to a season-low five points.

        MERCER (3-8) — Muhammad 3-15 0-0 6, W.Emerson 1-3 0-0 2, Howard 1-8 0-2 2, McCurry 2-4 0-0 4, Baker 0-5 3-4 3, January 2-9 0-0 4, Chvatal 0-0 1-2 1, Hansen 5-6 6-8 16, Walker 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 16-56 10-16 43.

        IOWA (11-3) — Henderson 0-5 2-2 2, Evans 4-6 4-7 12, Reiner 1-2 0-0 2, Pierce 4-6 2-2 10, Recker 2-4 0-1 5, Leslie 2-4 2-4 7, Hogan 6-9 2-2 18, Worley 4-5 2-2 11, Boyd 2-4 0-0 6, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Sonderleiter 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 27-49 14-20 77.

        Halftime—Iowa 29, Mercer 18. 3-point goals-Mercer 1-15 (Walker 1-3, January 0-2, McCurry 0-2, Muhammad 0-4, Baker 0-4), Iowa 9-21 (Hogan 4-6, Boyd 2-4, Leslie 1-2, Recker 1-2, Worley 1-2, Thompson 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Henderson 0-3). Fouled out—McCurry. Rebounds—Mercer 30 (Howard 5), Iowa 39 (Evans 12). Assists—Mercer 10 (January 4), Iowa 17 (Pierce 5). Total fouls—Mercer 20, Iowa 14. A—15,500.

        No.14 Arizona 94, Pepperdine 71

        TUCSON, Ariz. — Freshman Salim Stoudamire had a season-high 25 points, and Arizona reached Sunday's championship game of the Bank One Fiesta Bowl Classic. The Wildcats (7-3) will play Valparaiso.

        PEPPERDINE (5-6) — Miggins 3-9 2-2 8, Brazzle 6-12 0-0 12, Suitt 2-3 0-1 4, Lewis 0-4 2-2 2, McKinney 1-5 0-0 3, Montgomery 1-6 0-0 2, T.Johnson 11-21 0-0 24, Turner 2-11 1-1 5, Colbert 2-7 0-0 5, Westphal 0-4 0-0 0, D.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Kimble 3-5 0-1 6. Totals 31-87 5-7 71.

        ARIZONA (7-3) — Walton 2-4 1-2 5, Anderson 5-11 3-4 13, Frye 7-11 4-5 18, Stoudamire 9-13 2-2 25, Gardner 4-6 4-5 16, Bynum 2-5 0-1 4, Zahn 1-2 0-0 2, Latimore 1-4 0-0 2, Fox 3-6 3-4 9, Fellah 0-1 0-0 0, Ranne 0-0 0-0 0, Hansen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-63 17-23 94.

        Halftime—Arizona 51-27. 3-Point goals—Pepperdine 4-25 (T.Johnson 2-6, Colbert 1-3, McKinney 1-4, Brazzle 0-2, Montgomery 0-3, Westphal 0-3, Lewis 0-4), Arizona 9-19 (Stoudamire 5-9, Gardner 4-6, Walton 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Bynum 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds— Pepperdine 39 (T.Johnson 8), Arizona 44 (Frye 10). Assists—Pepperdine 9 (Colbert 3), Arizona 22 (Gardner 7). Total fouls—Pepperdine 22, Arizona 12. A—14,566.

        No.23 Butler 45, Samford 37
        INDIANAPOLIS — Rylan Hainje scored 20 points and Butler relied on a strong defensive effort in the first round of the Hoosier Classic. The victory set up a showdown between the Bulldogs (12-0) and Indiana in tonight's championship game. Indiana is 39-0 in the 20 years of the tournament to which it plays host.

        SAMFORD (7-4) — Mills 0-3 0-0 0, Green 5-9 1-2 11, Ramelli 4-9 1-2 10, Weaver 3-5 0-0 7, Felton 2-4 2-2 6, Harper 0-2 0-0 0, Gardner 0-0 0-0 0, Boerjan 0-0 0-0 0, Dorsey 0-1 0-0 0, Sachse 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 15-37 4-6 37.

        BUTLER (12-0) — Cornette 1-3 0-2 2, Hainje 6-12 7-10 20, Robisch 3-5 0-0 6, Miller 2-7 0-0 5, Jackson 2-7 0-0 6, Archey 1-5 4-4 6, Monserez 0-4 0-0 0, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-43 11-16 45.

        Halftime—Butler 26, Samford 19. 3-point goals— Samford 3-14 (Ramelli 1-2, Weaver 1-3, Sachse 1-4, Mills 0-1, Green 0-1, Dorsey 0-1, Harper 0-2), Butler 4-19 (Jackson 2-4, Hainje 1-3, Miller 1-5, Archey 0-3, Monserez 0-4). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Samford 34 (Ramelli 8), Butler 21 (Cornette 7). Assists—Samford 11 (Felton 3), Butler 8 (Miller 3). Total fouls—Samford 15, Butler 14. Technical fouls— Samford bench. A—10,432.
       WOODEN AWARD:

        Xavier's David West, Kentucky's Tayshaun Prince and Indiana's Jared Jeffries are among the 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award to be given April7 to the nation's top player.

        The Wooden Award Midseason Committee determined the 30 candidates based on individual performance and team records thus far in the season. The committee had announced a list of 50 candidates in preseason.

        The 10-player Wooden Award All-American team will be announced March 26, and the Wooden Award Trophy will be given April 7 to the player chosen as the nation's best.
       KNIGHT SETTLES:

        Bob Knight reached a settlement with a hunting buddy who accused the Texas Tech basketball coach of pressuring him to lie about a 1999 hunting accident.

        Attorneys declined to release details of the agreement.

        Thomas Mikunda claimed Knight coerced him into backing his version of the accident to avoid problems while coach at Indiana. The Hall of Fame coach spent 29 years at Indiana before being fired in 2000.

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