COLLEGE BASKETBALL : Villanova Rains on Connecticut’s Reign

. . . .Connecticut’s two losses have been by an average of 26 points. Kansas beat the Huskies 88-59 in January.

“I guess you have to blow us out to beat us,” Connecticut’s Donny Marshall said. “You can’t let us stay close or we find a way to win. I don’t have any excuses for this. I don’t have an answer.”

OTHER GAMES

Jarvis Lang scored 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for North Carolina-Charlotte (18-5, 8-3) in a Metro Conference vitory over Virginia Commonwealth (15-11, 2-7) at home. . . .Lance Hughes scored 26 points to lead Texas Tech (15-7, 9-2) to an 83-77 Southwest Conference victory at Southern Methodist (5-17, 2-9). . . . Michael Hawkins led a balanced attack with 21 points and Xavier (21-3) used 25-5 run in defeating George Washington (16-10) at Washington, D.C. . . .Florida State (12-10, 5-8) had onl two players in double figures, but it was enough in a 62-57 ACC victory over Clemson (13-9, 3-9) at Tallahassee, Fla. . . .North Cartolina State (12-10, 4-8) guaranteed Duke (11-14, 1-12) its worst ACC season ever with an 84-79 victory at Raleigh, N.C. . . .Virginia Tech’s (18-7, 4-5) David Jackson scored the go-ahead basket with 2:04 left in overtime in a 70-66 victory over Tulane (18-7, 5-4) in the Metro Conference at Blacksburg, Va.