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Memphis 80, Tulane 59
UConn 64, UCF 49
Memphis 80, Tulane 59
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Markel Crawford and Dedric Lawson scored 24 points apiece as Memphis routed Tulane 80-59 on Sunday.
Lawson was 9 of 16 from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds. Crawford was 8-of-11 shooting and made five 3-pointers. K.J. Lawson chipped in 13 points for Memphis (12-4, 2-1 American), which has won five of its last six games.
Melvin Frazier and Kain Harris scored 15 points apiece to lead Tulane (3-12, 0-3), which has lost five straight. Cameron Reynolds had 11 points and eight rebounds.
The Tigers took the lead for good with five minutes left in the first half, and closed on a 16-1 run to lead 36-26 at the break.
Memphis shot 52 percent from the floor and made 9 of 21 from beyond the arc (43 percent). The Green Wave finished 21-of-62 shooting for 34 percent.
UConn 64, UCF 49
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Rodney Purvis scored 17 points and UConn snapped a four-game losing streak by beating UCF 64-49 on Sunday.
Vance Jackson added 11 points and Jalen Adams had 10 for the Huskies (6-9, 1/3 American), who held the Knights (12-4, 3-1) to 33 percent shooting.
The Huskies led by 17 at halftime and by as many as 25 in the second half.
B.J. Taylor had 18 points for UCF, which suffered its first conference loss and saw its five-game winning streak snapped. Taylor was playing just his second game after missing a month with a broken right thumb.
He had seven of UCF's 17 field goals.
Tacko Fall, who UCF claims is one of the 40 tallest people in the world, came into the game shooting 80 percent from the floor, the second highest percentage in the nation. But the Huskies held the 7-foot-6 sophomore scoreless. He had just three rebounds.
UConn's 7-foot center, Amida Brimah, finished with nine points, six rebounds and five blocked shots.
The Huskies got off to a quick start. Purvis hit two 3-pointers from the left corner during a 10-0 opening run. He missed a few minutes after falling to the floor with an injury to his left arm.
But his 3-pointer with just over 4 minutes left in the half gave the Huskies a 31-12 lead.
They were up 35-18 at the half, holding the Knights to just six field goals and 21 percent shooting.