The wait was worth it for No. 3 Ohio State and prized big man Greg Oden.
In his first competition in seven months, the 7-foot freshman, touted by some as the best U.S.-born big man in a generation, had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buckeyes past Valparaiso 78-58 yesterday at Columbus, Ohio.
Women: Wichita St. at SDSU
When: Today, 1 p.m.
Where: Cox Arena
Records: SDSU 2-3, Wichita St. 2-2
TV: none
Webcast: www.goaztecs.com
Women: USD at Boise St.
When: Today, 2 p.m.
Where: Taco Bell Arena
Records: USD 6-0, Boise St. 3-2
TV: none
Webcast: none
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Oden had not played summer ball or with the Buckeyes since undergoing surgery on June 16 to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist.
Daequan Cook scored 20 points and Ron Lewis had 10 for Ohio State (7-1), coming off a 98-89 loss at No. 7 North Carolina on Wednesday night. Mike Conley Jr., Oden's teammate at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, added seven points and seven assists.
One of the highlights for Oden came with 6½ minutes left. Ducking behind a teammate and then leaping high, he swatted Moussa Mbaye's shot back at him. When McPherson got the rebound and drove the lane, Oden blocked that, too, prompting the crowd of 17,311 to shower him with a second standing ovation.
He had five blocked shots in 23 minutes.
DEPAUL 64, NO. 5 KANSAS 57: Sammy Mejia hit game-tying and go-ahead three-pointers in the final 3 minutes and DePaul rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to pull off the upset at Rosemont, Ill.
NO. 7 N. CAROLINA 75, KENTUCKY 63: Wayne Ellington had 17 points and fellow freshman Brandan Wright added 16 to lead North Carolina to the win in the matchup of college basketball's winningest schools at Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina (7-1) never trailed and won its second high-profile nonconference game of the week at the Dean Smith Center, where the team is 3-0 this season.
NO. 9 TEXAS A&M 74, PACIFIC 62: Joseph Jones had 24 points and Antanas Kavaliauskas scored 23 to lead Texas A&M to the win at College Station, Texas. The Aggies (7-0) avenged their only nonconference loss in two-plus years under coach Billy Gillispie. Pacific (3-4) beat Texas A&M 63-56 last season.
NO. 10 LSU 74, TULANE 67: Glen Davis had 20 points and 13 rebounds and Garrett Temple added 18 points to help LSU (4-1) overcome a slow start against Tulane.
NO. 11 DUKE 61, NO. 18 GEORGETOWN 52: Greg Paulus scored 13 points and Jon Scheyer had nine – all 22 in the second half – to help Duke extend its nonconference home winning streak to 46 games. The streak is second in the country to Oklahoma's 48.
NO. 17 WICHITA ST. 64, NO. 15 SYRACUSE 61: Kyle Wilson scored 17 points, Sean Ogirri added 16, and Wichita State survived a big Syracuse rally. Syracuse trailed 39-25 at halftime and rallied to tie it at 61 late in the game.
NO. 16 ARIZONA 84, ILLINOIS 72: Chase Budinger scored 22 points and Arizona rallied from a 16-point deficit to get the win. The Wildcats (5-1) have won five straight since a season-opening loss at Virginia.
NO. 22 GONZAGA 87, TEXAS 77: Derek Raivio made seven three-pointers en route to 27 points, for Gonzaga (7-1). Raivio, 7-of-14 on threes, fell two short of the school record of nine set twice by Dan Dickau.
Women's Top 25
Marissa Coleman had 15 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists – the first triple-double in Maryland history – to lead the No. 1 Terrapins over UC Santa Barbara, 105-44, at College Park, Md. . . . Courtney Paris had 24 points and 13 rebounds for her 34th straight double-double for No. 3 Oklahoma despite sitting out more than 10 minutes with foul trouble in the Sooners' 72-49 victory over Tulsa . . . Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton had 21 points and five blocked shots to help No. 9 Purdue defeat Gonzaga 69-44 at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Jill Noe had 17 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to give No. 14 Arizona State an 85-72 win over Northern Arizona and its sixth straight championship in the Arizona State University Classic . . . Sophomore guard Lisa Etienne scored 13 points and Hartford handed No. 23 Brigham Young its third loss in five games, 60-43, at West Hartford, Conn.
