Miami pulls away from N.C. Central

Adrian Thomas scored 16 points and host Miami defeated N.C. Central 83-53 in the Hurricanes' season-opener Saturday.

Thomas shot 6-for-9 from the field, including 4-for-7 from the 3-point line. Dwayne Collins finished with 12 points and six rebounds for Miami.

Vincent Davis led the Eagles (0-2) with 16 points.

Also Saturday

More ACC men

No. 22 Georgia Tech 100, Florida A&M 59: Iman Shumpert scored 18 points and capped a decisive run in the first half, and host Georgia Tech (1-0) showed off its freshmen in a rout of Florida A&M (0-1).

Derrick Favors, the biggest name in Georgia Tech's heralded freshman class, started and had 10 points and eight rebounds. Another freshman, Brian Oliver, had 12 points.

Top 25 men

No 11 Butler 73, Davidson 62: Gordon Hayward scored 17 points and Willie Veasley added 15 to lead host Butler (1-0) past Davidson (0-1).

Davidson was led by Ben Allison with 13 points and Brendan McKillop with 11.

No. 15 Michigan 97, Northern Michigan 50: Manny Harris recorded the second triple-double in school history as host Michigan (1-0) routed Division II Northern Michigan (0-1).

No. 17 Oklahoma 95, Mount St. Mary's 71: Steven Pledger scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting as host Oklahoma's much-heralded freshman class lifted the Sooners over Mount St. Mary's in both teams' season-opener.

Another freshman, Keith "Tiny" Gallon, had 18 points and 15 rebounds, while sophomore Willie Warren added 15 points and a career-high 11 assists for his first double-double for Oklahoma, which has won 23 of its past 25 season-openers.

No. 21 Dayton 90, Creighton 80: Chris Johnson had a double-double, and Chris Wright led a second-half surge that carried host Dayton past Creighton in an opening matchup of teams that won 27 games apiece last season.

Top 10 women

No. 1 Connecticut 105, Northeastern 35: Tina Charles scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as host Connecticut began the defense of its sixth national title with a rout of Northeastern.

Charles, who pulled down her 1,000th career rebound in the first half, was one of six Huskies in double figures.

It was a day of milestones for UConn, which unveiled its latest national championship banner before the game. The team extended its winning streak to 40 games, its home winning streak to 40 games, and its regular-season winning streak to 39 games. UConn also has 116 consecutive wins against unranked nonconference opponents.

UConn scored the games first 28 points and was never challenged. The Huskies led 69-15 at the half - a school record for points in a half.

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