COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : No Style Points, but Tulane Wins, 63-41

Coach Perry Clark wasn’t worried when No. 18-ranked Tulane gave up the first eight points of the game, though he was concerned about the young fans in the crowd.

The Green Wave defeated Canisus, 63-41, Monday night at New Orleans, but it wasn’t exactly family entertainment.

“Boy it wasn’t pretty,” Clark said. “If fact I thought we might have to send the kids home. I was worried it would be R-rated it was so ugly.

“We were just flat coming off the Louisville game (a 62-60 victory last Thursday night).”

Tulane (18-14) fell behind, 10-2, while failing to score a basket in the first 5:55, but rallied for a 33-19 halftime lead and was not threatened in the second half.

Craig Wise had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Canisius (8-14).

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No. 21 New Orleans 69, Louisiana Tech 41--Melvin Simon scored 19 points, making eight of 10 shots, and the Privateers held the Bulldogs to 13 points in the first half of a Sun Belt Conference game at New Orleans.

New Orleans (19-2 overall, 13-0 in the Sun Belt) has won 16 of its last 17 games.

The Privateers took control with a 26-6 run, during which Louisiana Tech (6-15, 3-11) made only one field goal, to take a 30-10 lead.

Ervin Johnson scored 14 points for the Privateers and Garrick Scott had 10 points for Tech.

OTHER GAMES

Donyell Marshall scored four points in the last 32 seconds to help Connecticut (12-8, 7-6) hold off Syracuse, 80-76, in a Big East Conference game at Syracuse. Lawrence Moten scored 21 points for the Orangemen (14-7, 6-7), and Brian Fair had 22 for the Huskies. . . . Brooks Thompson scored seven of his 10 points in the final five minutes as Oklahoma State (15-5, 6-4) beat Nebraska, 73-63, in a Big Eight Conference game at Lincoln, Neb. Eric Piatkowski had 18 points for the Cornhuskers (16-8, 4-5). . . . Sonni Holland scored 19 points, including a basket with 3.9 seconds to play in overtime to give George Washington (16-5) a 79-77 victory over Richmond (12-8) at Washington. Yinka Dare added 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Colonials. . . . Keith Bullock had 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead Manhattan (17-5, 9-1) past Iona, 89-76, in a Metro Atlantic Conference game at New Rochelle, N.Y. Harry Hart had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Gaels. . . . Curtis Marshall had five three-pointers and 19 points to lead North Carolina State (7-13) to an 87-65 victory over North Carolina Greensboro (7-16) at Raleigh, N.C. . . . Rodney Odom scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, leading North Carolina Charlotte (13-8) to an 81-58 victory over Furman (8-15) at Davidson, N.C. . . . Carlos Cofield scored 17 points and Rhode Island (15-7, 6-4) overcame 35 points by Aaron McKie in a 67-65 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Temple (10-10, 5-5) at South Kingstown, R.I. . . . Will Flemons scored 33 of his 47 points in the second half and Texas Tech (12-9) defeated Oral Roberts, 117-99, at Lubbock, Tex. Kenny Bohannon had 32 points for the Titans (5-15).