Tuesday's Top 25 College Men's Basketball Capsules

Games played Dec. 17, 2013

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Adreian Payne scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half and fifth-ranked Michigan State rolled to a victory over North Florida on Tuesday night.

Branden Dawson added 12 points and Denzel Valentine scored 11 for the Spartans, who were ranked No. 1 in the country before a loss to North Carolina on Dec. 4. Michigan State (9-1) narrowly avoided an upset against Oakland last weekend before routing an overmatched North Florida team.

Jalen Nesbitt scored 11 points for the Ospreys (5-7), who have also lost big to Ohio State and Indiana this season.

Michigan State led 50-19 at halftime after shooting 71 percent and holding North Florida (5-7) to 7 of 32 from the field.

NO. 6 LOUISVILLE 90, MISSOURI STATE 60

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Montrezl Harrell had 17 points and eight rebounds, and No. 6 Louisville manhandled Missouri State.

The Cardinals (10-1) took control early and never let up against the Bears (8-2). They combined dominant rebounding and offensive accuracy during a 15-0 first-half run for a 19-4 lead in the first meeting between the schools since 2006.

Harrell was among four Cardinals with at least eight rebounds each, a combination that alone outdid MSU in Louisville's 51-30 domination of the boards.

Senior guard Russ Smith added 11 points and eight assists, while freshman Terry Rozier had 11 points and eight rebounds.

Jarmar Gulley's 14 points led the Bears.

NO. 7 OKLAHOMA STATE 75, DELAWARE STATE 43

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Le'Bryan Nash had 14 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 7 Oklahoma State to a win over Delaware State.

Markel Brown added 14 points for the Cowboys (10-1), Stevie Clark had nine points, and Marcus Smart and Michael Cobbins finished with eight apiece.

Kendall Gray led the Hornets (2-9) with 12 points and eight rebounds. Kendal Williams added 11.

Oklahoma State led 30-16 at halftime and went on an 18-2 to start the second half to pull away from Delaware State, which fell to 0-9 against Big 12 Conference opponents.

NO. 11 WICHITA STATE 72, ALABAMA 67

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Cleanthony Early scored 26 points and Fred VanVleet made two free throws with 11 seconds left to lift No. 11 Wichita State to a victory over Alabama.

Early scored nine straight points for Wichita State (11-0) during one late stretch and the Shockers extended the program's best start, answering every time the Crimson Tide (5-5) threatened to overtake them.

Early made 7 of 11 from the field and hit all 11 free throw attempts. The Shockers were 25 of 27 from the line.

VanVleet and Tekele Cotton each had 11 points for Wichita State, which outrebounded Alabama 38-26.

Releford led Alabama with 22 points after missing the Charleston Southern game with a hip injury.

NO. 13 OREGON 91, UC IRVINE 63

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Joseph Young scored 18 points, Mike Moser added 15 and No. 13 Oregon improved to 10-0 for the first time since 2006-07 with a victory over UC Irvine.

Will Davis II had 20 points for the Anteaters (6-6) and Luke Nelson added 13 points, five rebounds and six assists.

The Ducks started the 2006-07 season 13-0 and went on to win the Pac-10 and advance to the Elite Eight.

Young entered the game leading the Ducks with 19.4 points per game. He and Moser are among seven transfers on Oregon's roster.

Chris McNealy scored 14 points for UC Irvine

NO. 16 FLORIDA 77, NO. 15 MEMPHIS 75

NEW YORK (AP) - Casey Prather scored 22 points, including Florida's last eight of the game, and the 16th-ranked Gators beat No. 15 Memphis in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Prather made two free throws with 27 seconds left to give Florida (8-2) a 77-73 lead. Shaq Gooodwin made two free throws with 19 seconds left to bring Memphis (7-2) within 77-75.

Florida's Scottie Wilbekin missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 17 seconds left giving the Tigers a chance for the tie or win.

After calling a timeout with 10.8 seconds to go, Memphis' Joe Jackson drove to the basket but his shot was partially blocked and the clock ran out.

Dorian Finney-Smith added 14 points for the Gators and Wilbekin and Michael Frazier II both had 11.

Jackson had 17 points for Memphis, which had a six-game winning streak snapped.