ATLANTA - Will Bynum scored 21 to ease B.J. Elder's absence, and No.9 Georgia Tech ruined Miami's Atlantic Coast Conference debut with an 80-69 victory Thursday night.
The Yellow Jackets built a 14-point halftime lead and held off Miami's surge in the first five minutes of the second half.
Georgia Tech bounced back from an overtime loss at No.2 Kansas, also getting 15 points from Luke Schenscher.
The Hurricanes moved from the Big East this season, a football power that hopes to make a mark in a league known for basketball. They went in with an eight-game winning streak but couldn't keep it going.
C-USA
NO.15 TEXAS 74, MEMPHIS 67: P.J. Tucker scored four in the final 42 seconds, including a fastbreak dunk after a turnover, to lead the host Longhorns.
NO.23 UC 83, DePAUL 54: Jason Maxiell scored 19, and the host Bearcats rattled the Blue Demons with their intense man-to-man defense.
Top 25
NO.12 WASH. 84, SOUTHERN CAL 59: Tre Simmons scored 22 and the visiting Huskies won their ninth in a row.
NO.13 ARIZONA 87, CAL 67: Channing Frye had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Wildcats to their ninth straight win in their first road game in 19 days.
NO.10 UCONN: Freshman guard A.J. Price will miss the rest of the season with a blood vessel abnormality in his brain.
State
B-CC 77, FAMU 64: Diondre Larmond scored 18 and Michael Williams 15 with 13 rebounds for the visiting Wildcats.
ARK.-LITTLE ROCK 67, FIU 57: Zack Wright and Zack Graber scored 15 each for the host Trojans.
Nation
HENSON AILING: New Mexico State coach Lou Henson was hospitalized with pneumonia and won't return to the sideline Saturday in a wheelchair as planned. Henson was stricken in September with viral encephalitis.
PURDUE: Former Connecticut forward Marcus White has transferred and will be eligible to play for the Boilermakers starting the second semester next season.
WISCONSIN: Boo Wade left the program for personal reasons and won't return.
