(AP) - Cole Aldrich had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and top-ranked Kansas scored 36 straight points in the first half in an embarrassingly easy 98-31 victory over winless Alcorn State on Wednesday night.
Kansas (6-0) made quick work of the Braves, forcing a school record-tying 30 turnovers and dunking its way within one of the NCAA record for consecutive points with its big run.
Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry had 18 points each, and Thomas Robinson had 15 points and 10 rebounds to help Jayhawks stretch the nation's longest home winning streak to 46 games.
Alcorn State (0-10) shot 23 percent for its second loss of at least 60 points this season. JaMarkus Holt led Alcorn State with 10 points.
No. 3 Villanova 77, Drexel 58
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) -- Antonio Pena scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Taylor King added 16 points as Villanova overcame a sluggish start to handily defeat Drexel.
Scottie Reynolds had 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Wildcats (7-0), who improved to 18-1 all-time against the Dragons.
Villanova has won 32 consecutive games at The Pavilion, its 6,500-seat arena. The streak began with a 102-87 win over Notre Dame on Jan. 17, 2007.
Derrick Thomas scored a career-high 23 points while Chris Fouch added a career-high 20 for Drexel (3-5), which shot 31 percent (18 of 58).
Wisconsin 73, No. 6 Duke 69
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Trevon Hughes scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and Wisconsin held on to beat Duke, snapping the Blue Devils' perfect record in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
The Badgers (5-1) never trailed and got a measure of payback against Duke (6-1) after being routed 82-58 two years ago in Durham, N.C., by ending the Blue Devils' 10-game winning streak in the annual event and the ACC's perfect record as well.
When Ohio State beat Florida State 77-64 in the final game, the Big Ten won the series for the first time, 6-5.
Kyle Singler scored 17 of his career-high 28 points in the first half and Andre Dawkins went 4 of 4 from 3-point range in the second half to finish with 12 for Duke.
No. 11 Tennessee 78, ETSU 66
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tyler Smith scored 15 points and Tennessee held off scrappy East Tennessee State.
A steal and a fastbreak layup by ETSU's Justin Tubbs with 15:52 left cut the Vols' lead to 42-39. Tennessee (6-1) answered with an 11-2 run capped by a layup by Wayne Chism that boosted the lead to 53-41.
Tubbs led the Buccaneers (4-4) with 22 points.
No. 14 Connecticut 92, Boston U. 64
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Jerome Dyson scored 22 points and Connecticut bounced back from its first loss of the season with a rout of Boston University.
Kemba Walker had 15 points and 10 assists for the Huskies (5-1), while Stanley Robinson added 16 points and nine rebounds. Gavin Edwards chipped in with 12 points and nine boards.
John Holland led the Terriers (2-6) with 23 points and Jake O'Brien added 18 points and 10 rebounds.
UConn, which was outrebounded by 13 in its loss to No. 6 Duke last Friday, had no problems with the smaller Terriers, outrebounding them 54-29.
No. 15 Ohio St. 77, No. 21 Florida St. 64
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Evan Turner had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Jon Diebler added 22 points to lead Ohio State past Florida State, clinching the Big Ten's first victory in 11 years of its annual series with the ACC.
The conferences came into the night with three wins apiece in head-to-head matchups. Wisconsin's upset of Duke set the stage for the Buckeyes (6-1) to put the Big Ten over the top, ending a decade of frustration against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Reserve Jeremie Simmons added 14 points for the Buckeyes, who improved to 3-5 in the annual series with the ACC, with another win vacated by NCAA violations in 2000.
Solomon Alabi had 21 points for the Seminoles (6-2), perhaps road weary after playing their last six games away from home. Chris Singleton, the MVP of last weekend's Old Spice Classic, fouled out with eight points and eight rebounds.
No. 17 Gonzaga 74, Washington St. 69
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Matt Bouldin scored a career-high 28 points and Gonzaga rallied to beat Washington State.
Elias Harris added 24 points and 12 rebounds for Gonzaga (6-1), which held the Cougars without a field goal for 10 minutes in the late going. The Bulldogs came back from a 13-point second-half deficit to win behind seven 3-pointers by Bouldin.
Klay Thompson scored 15 points to lead Washington State (6-1), but that was 13 points below the season average for the nation's leading scorer.
Illinois 76, No. 18 Clemson 74
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Mike Tisdale hit the go-ahead jumper with 41 seconds left, then blocked David Potter's driving shot on Clemson's next possession as Illinois rallied from 23 points down for a victory.
Down 51-28 early in the second half, Illinois (5-2) finally got going with a 35-10 run to move in front in the school's biggest comeback ever.
Mike Davis had 22 points for Illinois, whose biggest
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