Hasheem Thabeet tied a school record by blocking 10 shots and added 15 points and 11 rebounds to record his first career triple-double as No. 2 Connecticut staked its claim to the No. 1 spot in the nation with a 94-61 blowout over Providence yesterday in Storrs, Conn.
A.J. Price led UConn (20-1, 9-1 Big East) with 19 points. Randall Hanke had 16 points for Providence (14-7, 6-3).
Rutgers 75, DePaul 56
In Piscataway, Jaron Griffin scored a season-high 16 points in his first start of the season, Mike Rosario also scored 16 and Rutgers (10-12, 1-8 Big East) snapped a nine-game losing streak and avoided its worst start since joining the conference by defeating DePaul (8-14, 0-9).
Columbia 65, Brown 59
In Manhattan, Jason Miller scored 14 points and Patrick Foley scored five straight points to trigger an 11-2 second-half spurt that lifted Columbia (7-11, 2-2 Ivy League) over Brown (6-12, 0-4).
St. Louis 88, Fordham 58
In the Bronx, Barry Eberhardt scored 26 points and Saint Louis (12-9, 3-4 Atlantic 10) shot 63 percent from the field to rout Fordham (3-16, 1-6).
Niagara 68, Manhattan 49
Tyrone Lewis scored 20 of his career-high 31 points in the first half and Niagara (16-6, 7-3 MAAC) beat Manhattan (11-10, 5-6).
Princeton 77, Harvard 71
In Cambridge, Mass., Dan Mavraides had 10 of his 21 points in the final 2:20 to lead Princeton (7-8, 2-0 Ivy League) over Harvard (9-9, 1-3).
Stony Brook 56, UMBC 55
In Stony Brook, Chris Martin scored 11 points and made a free throw with 18 seconds left to give the Seawolves (12-10, 4-5 AEC) the win over Maryland-Baltimore County (9-12, 3-6).
St. Peter’s 67, Iona 64
In New Rochelle, sophomore guard Wesley Jenkins scored a career-high 30 points and St. Peter’s (6-15, 3-8 MAAC) beat Iona (10-12, 5-6).
Mt. St. Mary’s 65, Wagner 51
In Emmitsburg, Md., Jeremy Goode scored 17 points and Mount St. Mary’s (13-9, 8-3 NEC) defeated Wagner (10-11, 3-8).
Quinnipiac 69, LIU 63
In Hamden, Conn., Justin Rutty and Bryan Geffen scored 16 points each to lead Quinnipiac (9-12, 5-6 NEC) over Long Island University (10-11, 6-4), which got 18 points from Julian Boyd.
Robt. Morris 75, Monmouth 62
Jeremy Chappell scored 25 points and Robert Morris (15-7, 9-1 NEC) beat Monmouth (6-17, 4-7).
St. Francis 73, FDU 62
In Teaneck, Jamaal Womack had 24 points – including four 3-pointers – to lead St. Francis (7-14, 5-6 NEC) over Fairleigh Dickinson (4-17, 4-7).
Chicago St. 85, NJIT 69
In Chicago, David Holston scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and John Cantrell added 19 to lead Chicago State (12-11) over NJIT (1-21).
