Shabazz Napier scored 21 points and No. 4 Connecticut extended Division I's longest winning streak to 13 games with a 78-66 victory over Wagner Monday. Jeremy Lamb added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (2-0), who have never lost a game at Gampel Pavilion during the months of November or December. Latif Rivers scored 11 points and Tyler Murray added 10, all in the first half, for Wagner (1-1). The Huskies outrebounded Wagner 42-24, including 18-11 on the offensive end. Wagner committed 28 fouls, and UConn hit 31 of 43 free throws. Syracuse 92, Manhattan 56: Dion Waiters had 17 points, and Kris Joseph and James Southerland each had 15 for Syracuse in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off. No. 17 Michigan 64, Towson 47: Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points, and Michigan started the game on a 21-0 run. Freshman Trey Burke scored 13 points in his first career start, and Evan Smotrycz had 13 as well. The Wolverines (2-0) started the second half with six straight points to take a 43-16 lead. Robert Nwankwo led Towson (0-2) with 16 points. No. 16 Alabama 74, Oakland 57: JaMychal Green scored 18 points to lead Alabama. Trevor Releford added 14 points for the Crimson Tide (2-0), while Tony Mitchell had 12 and Trevor Lacey 10. Mitchell had nine rebounds and four assists. Reggie Hamilton led Oakland (0-1) with 16 points, all in the first half. Drew Valentine had 11 points and Laval Lucas-Perry added 10 for the Golden Grizzlies. Corey Petros had seven rebounds. No. 21 Marquette 99, Norfolk State 68: Jae Crowder had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Darius Johnson-Odom added 24 points for Marquette. Marquette (2-0) scored the first six points of the game and never trailed. Chris McEachin tied a career-high with 19 points and Marcos Tamares had a career-high 17 points for Norfolk State (0-1). No. 24 Missouri 81, Mercer 63: Phil Pressey had a career-best 22 points with four assists and five steals to lead Missouri. Kim English added 18 points and Michael Dixon had 14 and Missouri (2-0) used its speed to force 14 steals. Dixon and Pressey combined for 18 points in the Tigers' first game against Southeast Missouri State on Friday. In the first round of the CBE Classic, Missouri extended its school-record winning streak over nonconference opponents at home to 60 games. No. 25 Florida State 73, Central Florida 50: Bernard James had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Michael Snaer added 15 points to lead Florida State over cold-shooting Central Florida. Both were career-highs for the 6-foot-10 James, who had 14 points and eight rebounds in the second half on the way to his fifth career double-double.
