BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - David Hawkins scored 23, including 17 in the first half, as Temple beat Indiana 59-50 Saturday for its first road victory of the season.
The Owls (4-5) built a 13-point lead in the opening half, held the Hoosiers scoreless more than five minutes at the start of the second half and withstood a late rally that four times brought Indiana (6-5) within five.
Hawkins fouled out with less than a minute to go, and a 3-point basket by Marshall Strickland cut Temple's lead to 55-50 with 26 seconds left. The Owls, whose last 13 points came on free throws, finished the scoring with four free throws by Dustin Salisbury.
Mardy Collins added 14 points and Salisbury and Tyreek Byard added seven apiece. Bracey Wright led the Hoosiers with 15 and Strickland finished with 10.
Hawkins, averaging 22.6 points coming into the game, dominated the first half, when the Owls, who never trailed, controlled rebounding and held the Hoosiers to 21 percent shooting.
MICHIGAN 66, FAIRFIELD 43: The Wolverines had their first easy win away from Crisler Arena, as Bernard Robinson scored 19 and Donald Horton added 17 at Madison Square Garden.
BC 77, ST. BONAVENTURE 70: Uka Agbai and Jared Dudley each scored 18, and Craig Smith had 16 to lead the host Eagles, handing the Bonnies their third straight loss. The Eagles put it away by hitting 8 of 10 free throws to open a 74-65 lead.
GEORGETOWN 63, RUTGERS 57: Brandon Bowman had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead the unbeaten host Hoyas in the teams' Big East Conference opener.
Darrel Owens scored 14 and Courtland Freeman added 11 as the Hoyas improved to 10-0. Bowman also had four blocks and three steals.
ST. JOHN'S 72, NIAGARA 65: Elijah Ingram scored 18 of his 21 in the second half to lead the host Red Storm to its sixth straight over the Purple Eagles.
Kyle Cuffe added 17 points for the Red Storm (4-6), who improved to 2-2 under interim coach Kevin Clark, who replaced the fired Mike Jarvis on Dec. 19.
SETON HALL 86, LA SALLE 74: Andre Barrett had 25 points and 10 assists for his second double double in as many games to lead the host Pirates.
Kelly Whitney also had a career-high 25 points and John Allen added 18 for the Pirates (10-2), who won their seventh straight.
OKLAHOMA ST. 89, SMU 54: Six Cowboys finished in double figures and coach Eddie Sutton used every player on his bench in the All-College Classic.
Joey Graham, Daniel Bobik and Tony Allen each had 14 points for Oklahoma State, which won its fifth straight and snapped a three-game SMU winning streak.
