Men's Top 25 Basketball Capsules

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Kenyon Martin scored 23 points, hitting every type of shot, as top-ranked Cincinnati attacked DePaul's touted front line and rolled to an 87-64 victory Sunday.<br> <br>Cincinnati

Sunday, February 13th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Kenyon Martin scored 23 points, hitting every type of shot, as top-ranked Cincinnati attacked DePaul's touted front line and rolled to an 87-64 victory Sunday.

Cincinnati (23-1, 11-0 Conference USA) ran its home winning streak to 42 games, second-longest in the nation, and extended its
domination of DePaul to a new season.

The Blue Demons (16-8, 6-5) have lost 17 of their last 18 to Cincinnati since 1992-93. Their only win was 61-60 in overtime the last time they met, near the end of last season.

No. 4 Syracuse 71, UCLA 67

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Jason Hart and Preston Shumpert each scored 18 points as Syracuse snapped its two-game losing streak.

The victory by the Orangemen (20-2) came in the second-ever game between the teams. UCLA (13-9), which won last year's meeting
93-69, lost for the fourth time in five games.

This one was a struggle all the way. The game was tied nine times until DeShaun Williams hit a 3-pointer to put the Orangemen ahead 61-58 with 7:46 left.

No. 10 Indiana 86, Michigan 65

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Strong first-half shooting by Kirk Haston and Michael Lewis, coupled with tight defense, helped Indiana cruise past Michigan.

Haston scored 10 of his 19 points in the first half and Lewis had 11 of his 15 as the Hoosiers (18-4, 8-4 Big Ten) opened a 16-point halftime lead. A.J. Guyton led Indiana with 23 points, all
but seven in the second half.

Freshman LaVell Blanchard scored 23 points for the Wolverines (12-9, 3-7), who lost their sixth straight.

No. 25 LSU 70, No. 11 Kentucky 57

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Stromile Swift had 26 points and LSU's defense harassed Kentucky into 23 turnovers.

LSU (19-4, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) had 17 steals in the game, including five by freshman point guard. Brian Beshara scored
21 points for the Tigers, and Jabari Smith added 10 and eight rebounds.

Kentucky (17-7, 7-3) rallied from 20 points down with 10:53 to play to get within five points. The Tigers then closed the game with an 11-3 run.

No. 19 Temple 73, No. 23 Maryland 65

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lamont Barnes scored 23 points and Lynn Greer had all 14 of his in the second half as Temple beat Maryland.

The Owls (18-4) won their ninth straight game -- and 20th in a row at home -- by holding Maryland to 38 percent shooting (24-for-63) while forcing 27 turnovers with their variety of zone defenses.

The Terrapins (17-7), who were coming off their upset at No. 3 Duke, had no answer down the stretch as Temple started pulling away.