No technical fouls. No flying elbows. No rubbing it in. In a new setting, the Cincinnati?s annual crosstown basketball game was back to being a good old rivalry. ?
A rather amicable one at that. ?
Sean Kilpatrick scored 25 points and led a second-half surge that carried No. 11 Cincinnati to a 60-45 victory over Xavier on Wednesday night, renewing their rivalry one year after it was marred by a brawl. ?
?I thought it was great,? Cincy (11-0) coach Mick Cronin said. ?If it?s the city?s game, we?ve got to play in downtown Cincinnati and let the fans come. ... What happened last year, anybody that?s been around the game saw it coming for three years. ?
?It eliminates the hatred that gets spewed in the on-campus environment and keeps it positive for everybody.?
The game was moved downtown and given a new name ? the Crosstown Classic instead of the Crosstown Shootout ? after last year?s ugly finish. ?
Xavier was unbeaten and ranked No. 8 when it beat the Bearcats 76-53 on the Musketeers? home court last season. With 9.4 seconds left, words were exchanged, the basketball was flung and fists started flying ? the darkest moment in the rivalry?s 80-game history. ?
This one drew 14,528 fans.
?I loved it, personally,? said Cincinnati point guard Cashmere Wright, who had 15 points. ?You?ve got the two sides. They scored, their crowd went crazy. We scored, our crowd went crazy. It kept going back and forth.?
Travis Taylor led Xavier (7-3) with 12 points. ?
(1) DUKE 88, CORNELL 47: Seth Curry scored 20 points and Quinn Cook dished 12 assists to lead the Blue Devils (10-0), who held the Big Red (4-7) scoreless for 8 minutes in Durham, N.C.
(5) LOUISVILLE 79, FLA. INTERNATIONAL 55: Peyton Siva?s career highs of five 3-pointers and 12 assists helped the Cardinals (10-1) roll past the Panthers in Louisville, Ky.? ?
It was the first meeting between Louisville coach Rick Pitino and Richard Pitino, his son and FIU counterpart. The younger Pitino, 30, served two stints as a Louisville assistant before taking over for Isiah Thomas this season. ?
(8) FLORIDA 82, SE LOUISIANA 43: Mike Rosario scored a 20 to go along with six rebounds and four assists as the Gators (8-1) rolled the Wildcats (1-8) in Gainesville, Fla.
(14) GONZAGA 74, CAMPBELL 52: Przemek Karnowski scored 14 points to lead the Bulldogs, who shot 61 percent in the first half in Spokane, Wash. The Camels (3-8) were without leading scorer Darren White.
(16) NEW MEXICO 68, NEW MEXICO ST. 63: Kendall Williams had 24 points, including nine during a first-half run that brought the Lobos (12-0) back from a double-digit deficit against the Aggies (5-6) in Las Cruces, N.M.
Tony Snell added 11 points for New Mexico. ?
(22) NOTRE DAME 85, KENNESAW STATE 57: Jack Cooley scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the Irish (11-1) over the Owls (1-9) in South Bend, Ind.
(24) OKLAHOMA ST. 69, TEXAS-ARLINGTON 44: The Cowboys (9-1) forced 31 turnovers shut down Mavericks (5-3) star Karol Gruszecki to get the win in Stillwater, Okla. Markel Brown scored 17 points to lead OSU. ?
BIG TEN
(6) INDIANA 93, MOUNT ST. MARY?S 54: Cody Zeller scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds, Christian Watford added 15 points and eight rebounds and the Hoosiers (10-1) ran away from the Mountaineers (4-5) in Bloomington, Ind.
IOWA 90, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 46: Devyn Marble continued his red-hot shooting with 27 points on a season-high six 3-pointers, leading the Hawkeyes (10-2) to the rout in Iowa City. Marble scored 21 points in the first half ? one more than the Bulldogs (4-8) did as a team. ?
MVC
(17) CREIGHTON 71, TULSA 54: Avery Dingman had 14 of his career-high 21 points in the second half, and Doug McDermott overcame a slow start to score 16 as the Bluejays (11-1) handled the Golden Hurrican (6-5) in Omaha, Neb.
(21) UNLV 73, NORTHERN IOWA 59: Anthony Bennett had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Runnin? Rebels (10-1) over the Panthers (6-6) in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge in Las Vegas. ?
Marc Sonnen had 15 points for UNI.? ?
DRAKE 72, NC CENTRAL 69: Seth VanDeest scored 19 points, including two straight baskets in the closing minutes, to lead the Bulldogs (5-5) over the Eagles (5-6) in Des Moines, Iowa. ?
VanDeest?s layup with 1:36 remaining gave DU a 68-66 lead, and he added another basket with :47 left. ?
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