John Chaney won his 700th career game Wednesday night when Temple beat visiting St. Bonaventure 76-57 behind David Hawkins’ 21 points.
“I thought I would be a very old man when this happened,” Chaney told the crowd. “Today, I feel like a very young man.”
Chaney, who turned 72 last week, is 700-278 in 32 seasons as coach at Division II Cheyney State and Temple. He is 475-219 in 22 seasons with the Owls.
The 2001 Hall of Fame inductee joins Bob Knight, Lou Henson, Eddie Sutton and Lute Olson as the only active Division I coaches with 700 victories and is the 21st coach overall to win that many games.
Hokies suspend 2
Sophomores Fabian Davis, a forward coming off a season-high 15 points Saturday in an 83-76 loss at Seton Hall, and Shawn Harris, a reserve guard, were suspended by Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg before the Hokies played No. 6 Connecticut at Cassell Coliseum.
Walseth dies
Russell “Sox” Walseth, the winningest coach (261) at Colorado, died at his home two years after contracting cancer. He was 77.
RESULTS, WEDNESDAY’S SYNOPSIS
Houston 48 at #4 Louisville 64
Larry O’Bannon and Nate Daniels scored 17 points apiece as Cardinals won 16th straight. Afterward Louisville announced ailing coach Rick Pitino may return to practice Thursday.
Mississippi 61 at #5 Kentucky 71
Erik Daniels scored career-high 24 points and reserve Antwain Barbour hit 4 3-pointers to lift Wildcats (14-2, 4-1 SEC) over Rebels (10-7, 2-4), whose 2nd-half rally fell short.
#6 Connecticut 96 at Virginia Tech 60
Rashad Anderson hit 6 3-pointers and scored career-high 26 points and Ben Gordon added 22 for Huskies (16-3, 4-1 Big East), who had dropped 2 of previous 3 games.
Boston College 68 at #7 Pittsburgh 78
Chris Taft led midgame 14-0 run and Carl Krauser had 5 key points down stretch to help Panthers (20-1, 6-1 Big East) run Division I-leading home-court winning streak to 38 games.
East Carolina 57 at #8 Cincinnati 80
Tony Bobbitt made 2 3-pointers in span of half-minute to spark Bearcats to victory over Pirates, who never have won C-USA road game since joining league 3 years ago.
Tennessee 60 at #11 Miss. State 82
Lawrence Roberts scored 20 points and Timmy Bowers had 18 to lead Bulldogs (17-1, 6-1) to 4th straight double-digit victory and 2 1/2-game lead in SEC West.
N.C. State 66 at #12 No. Carolina 68
Raymond Felton scored 14 points and Rashad McCants added 13 to lift Tar Heels (13-4, 3-3 ACC), who snapped 4-game losing streak in series with Wolfpack (11-5, 4-2).
#15 Kansas 78 at Kansas State 70
Keith Langford scored 19 points and Aaron Miles matched season-high 12 assists to lead Jayhawks (13-3, 5-0 Big 12) to 28th straight victory over Wildcats (9-7, 1-4).
#24 So. Carolina 57 at Vanderbilt 55
Kerbrell Brown tapped in Josh Gonner’s miss with :01.9 left and lifted Gamecocks (18-2, 5-1 SEC) to 5th straight win, handing Commodores (13-4, 2-4) 1st home loss this season.
#25 Oklahoma 78 at Baylor 67
Jason Detrick’s 15 points and a decisive 14-2 run early in 2nd half helped surging Sooners (12-4, 2-3 Big 12) beat Bears (6-12, 1-4) for 19th straight time.
Drake 62 at Bradley 57
Joshua Robinson had 12 points and Bulldogs scored all points in OT (5) to beat Braves. Marcellus Sommerville led Braves with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Illinois State 84 at Northern Iowa 79
Trey Guidry scored 17 points off bench and Redbirds made 7 of 8 FTs in final minute for 1st road win of season. Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson led all scorers with 21 points.
