No. 1 North Carolina routs UCSB

Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points and No. 1 North Carolina bounced back from a lackluster performance by dominating UC Santa Barbara, 105-70, on Saturday at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Marcus Ginyard had a career-high 17 points, Wayne Ellington also had 17 and Ty Lawson finished with 15 for the Tar Heels (11-0), who shot 57% in continuing their best start since the 1997-98 team won its first 17 games.

The Tar Heels never trailed, led by 20 points at halftime and made it a 30-point game only four minutes into the second half. The only question after that was whether they would crack the 100-point mark for the fourth time this season.

Football player Greg Little, making his debut in a basketball game, took care of that by making a three-point basket from the right corner with 53 seconds left to make it 101-70 and send the crowd into delirium.

James Powell and Alex Harris scored 17 points apiece and Nedim Pajevic had 12 for the Gauchos (10-2), who were denied in their bid to match the best 12-game start in school history.

UC Santa Barbara’s eight-game winning streak -- its longest since opening 1988-89 with 11 straight victories -- also was ended in its first meeting with a No. 1 team since it knocked off eventual national champion Nevada Las Vegas in 1990.

No. 14 Texas A&M; 88, UC Irvine 66 -- Donald Sloan had 14 points, five rebounds and five assists and the Aggies (11-1) pulled away from the Anteaters (4-7) in the second half at College Station, Texas.

Dominique Kirk had 14 points and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and five rebounds for Texas A&M;, which has won 32 of their its 33 games at Reed Arena.

The Aggies shot 68% in the second half (19 for 28) and 63% for the game.

Darren Fells scored 19 points and Patrick Sanders had 18 for Irvine.

Washington 80, Cal State Northridge 66 -- Jon Brockman had a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds and Justin Dentmon came off the bench for 18 points to lead the Huskies (7-4) over the Matadors (7-3) at Seattle.

Venoy Overton had 14 points for Washington and Tim Morris had 13.

Northridge was led by Josh Jenkins’ 17 points, and Jonathan Heard had 14. Calvin Chitwood, Northridge’s leading scorer at 14 points a game, was limited to only four before fouling out with 1:53 left.

The Huskies, who made only one of their first eight second-half shots, made five in a row during a 13-1 scoring run that helped them expand a 58-54 lead to 71-55 with 5:11 left. The lead never slipped below 12 the rest of the game.

Wagner 82, Loyola Marymount 79 (OT) -- Mark Porter scored a season-high 26 points to lead the Seahawks (8-3) to an overtime victory over the host Lions (3-10).

Porter shot 10 for 18 from the field, had four assists and three steals, and made a three-pointer with 16.2 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.

In the extra period, Porter made one of two free throws with 17.8 seconds left to give Wagner an 82-79 lead, then blocked Corey Counts’ three-point attempt in the final second to seal it.

Loyola Marymount, led by Orlando Johnson’s career-high 26 points, dropped to 0-5 at home and has lost six of its last seven.

Wright State 84, Cal State Fullerton 80 -- Scottie Wilson and Jordan Pleiman each scored season highs of 19 points as the Raiders (6-3) rallied to beat the Titans (6-3) at Fullerton.

Todd Brown had 16 points and Vaughn Duggins had 12 points and eight assists for Wright State, which has won three consecutive games and four of five.

Josh Akognon scored 23 points and Frank Robinson had 22 points for Fullerton, which lost for the first time at home this season.

The Raiders shot a season-best 56.9% from the field.

Cal State Bakersfield 71, UC Riverside 53 -- Zack Grasmick scored 26 points including eight three-pointers as the Roadrunners (2-10) ran away in the second half and ended an eight-game losing streak with a victory over the Highlanders (3-7) at Riverside.

Grasmick finished eight for 13 from beyond the arc and Bakersfield had a season-high 14 three-pointers.

Bakersfield, in the third year of a five-year transition from Division II to Division I, won for the first time since a Nov. 17 victory against Fresno State.

Larry Cunningham and Aaron Scott led UC Riverside with 12 points apiece.