Top 25 roundup: Tigers get even with Cowboys

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Marcus Denmon scored 17 points to lead five teammates in double figures and No. 3 Missouri avenged an earlier defeat with an 83-65 rout over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

Ricardo Ratliffe and Michael Dixon both had 15 points and Kim English and Phil Pressey scored 13 apiece for Missouri (24-2, 11-2), which is tied with Kansas for first place in the Big 12.

Keiton Page led Oklahoma State (12-14, 5-8) with 23 points.

Missouri held Cowboys freshman Le'Bryan Nash to 11 points after he torched the Tigers for 27 in a seven-point win in Stillwater in January.

A 23-4 run over 9 minutes in the first half helped Missouri put the game away.

The Tigers had an 8-rebound advantage, their first after being outrebounded by an average of more than nine boards the previous five games.

NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 73, MIAMI 64: At Coral Gables, Fla., Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and North Carolina rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to beat Miami.

The Tar Heels, who came in leading the nation with 83.5 points per game, shot only 38 percent and went 5 for 18 from 3-point range. But they forced turnovers on four straight possessions in the second half and held Miami scoreless for nearly five minutes.

North Carolina (22-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) took a half-game lead over Duke and Florida State atop the league standings.

Durand Scott scored 15 points for Miami (15-9, 6-5).

NEW MEXICO 77, NO. 13 SAN DIEGO STATE 67: At San Diego, Kendall Williams scored 21 points and Drew Gordon had 17 points and 17 rebounds as New Mexico stunned the Aztecs to move into first place in the Mountain West Conference.

NO. 16 MURRAY ST. 75, SE MISSOURI ST. 66: At Cape Girardeau, Mo., Donte Poole hit four 3-pointers and scored 25 points as Murray State, despite a poor game from leading scorer Isaiah Canaan, clinched its third straight Ohio Valley Conference with a victory over Southeast Missouri State.

Ivan Aska had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Racers (25-1, 13-1), who have won two straight since getting upset at home by Tennessee State last week to end a 23-0 start.

Canaan, second in the conference with a 19.6 average, was held scoreless for the first 17 minutes and finished with nine points on 2-for-11 shooting.