PHILADELPHIA -- Temple's Dionte Christmas scored a season-high 35 points and hit three straight 3-pointers during a game-changing stretch Saturday in the Owls' 88-72 upset victory over No. 8 Tennessee.

Temple students dressed in Santa Claus hats and held signs that read "Merry Christmas!" to cheer on the Owls' best player. Then they stormed the court in a wild celebration for coach Fran Dunphy's biggest win in three seasons.

Christmas hit six of his seven 3-pointers for the Owls (5-3) in the second half.

Tennessee (6-2) never led in the game, but cut the deficit to four midway through the second half. Christmas then hit three 3s that stretched the lead to 15 points.

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No. 1 North Carolina 100, Oral Roberts 84: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and nine rebounds to help top-ranked North Carolina beat Oral Roberts 100-84 on Saturday.

Deon Thompson added 22 points for the Tar Heels (9-0), who had no trouble in their first game following a 10-day exam break. North Carolina shot 59 percent to take a 20-point halftime lead.

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No. 3 Pittsburgh 91, UMBC 56: PITTSBURGH -- Sam Young had 19 points and Pittsburgh improved to 10-0 for the sixth consecutive season.

Gilbert Brown and Ashton Gibbs added 13 points each and DeJuan Blair had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Panthers, who had a season-high in points. They have won their first 10 games during each of Jamie Dixon's six seasons as head coach..

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No. 5 Oklahoma 70, Utah 52: NORMAN, Okla. -- Austin Johnson scored 14 points and Oklahoma overcame Blake Griffin's early foul trouble.

Griffin, who sat much of the first half after picking up two quick fouls, finished with a season-low 11 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma (10-0), which matched its best start since 2003-04.

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No. 9 Louisville 94, Austin Peay 75: LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Preston Knowles scored a career-high 21 points, including 12 during Louisville's decisive run in the second half.

Terrence Williams had 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds and Samardo Samuels had 21 points and 12 boards for the Cardinals (6-1), who used a 17-2 burst midway through the second half to take control.

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No. 10 Xavier 76, Cincinnati 66: CINCINNATI -- Derrick Brown had 20 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out on a technical, and No. 10 Xavier remained unbeaten.

Xavier (9-0) extended the second-best start in its history by maintaining its edge in the edge-of-an-elbow series. The Musketeers have won nine of their last 13 against Cincinnati (6-2).

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No. 12 Notre Dame 74, Boston U. 67: SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Luke Harangody had 23 points and 15 rebounds and Notre Dame finished with a 10-1 run to extend its home winning streak to 41 games.

Boston University (5-4) led most of the game. With the shot clock running out late, Ryan Ayers hit a 3 for Notre Dame. After O'Brien missed a jumper, McAlarney and Tory Jackson both made two free throws down the stretch.

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No. 13 Syracuse 79, Long Beach St. 55: SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Arinze Onuaku had 17 points and Eric Devendorf added 13 points and five assists for Syracuse.

The Orange (9-0) were coming off a 10-day layoff, and it showed in the first half as they shot 40.6 percent. But the Orange scored the final four points of the first half to take a 37-30 lead and started the second with an 18-4 run to take control.

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No. 14 Purdue 76, Indiana St. 62: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Robbie Hummel scored 20 of his career-high 25 points in the second half for Purdue.

JaJuan Johnson scored 12 points and Lewis Jackson added 11 for the Boilermakers (8-2), who won their third straight.

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No. 16 UCLA 72, DePaul 54: ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Josh Shipp and Jrue Holiday scored 14 points each and for UCLA in the John R. Wooden Classic doubleheader, giving coach Ben Howland his 300th career victory.

Darren Collison added 10 points and five assists and Nikola Dragovic had 10 points for the Bruins (6-2).

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No. 18 Michigan St. 118, Alcorn St. 60: EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Chris Allen had 20 points and Kalin Lucas added 16 to lead Michigan State.

The Spartans (6-2) shot 58.7 percent from the field and threatened the school record of 121 points, set against Morehead State on Dec. 1, 1992.

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No. 19 Georgetown 79, No. 17 Memphis 70, OT: WASHINGTON -- DaJuan Summers had 21 points and seven rebounds, Austin Freeman scored 18 points, and Chris Wright had 14 for the Hoyas (7-1), who outscored Memphis 13-4 in the extra period.

Georgetown led 71-70 when Wright made a layup with 1:05 to play. Georgetown finished off the victory with free throws in the final minute and a last-second heave.

Shawn Taggart had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis.

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No. 21 Ohio St. 54, Butler 51: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Evan Turner scored 14 points, including the go-ahead basket, to lead Ohio State in the matchup of unbeatens.

Turner pump faked and hit a 10-footer in the lane to put the Buckeyes ahead 53-51 with 3:08 left.

Hayward lunged from the left wing on a 3-point attempt with one second left that hit the back of the iron.

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No. 22 Baylor 90, Prairie View 63: WACO -- Henry Dugat scored eight consecutive points in just over a minute midway through the first half and Baylor won its first home game in three weeks.

The Bears (8-1) made only three of their first 16 shots and trailed by seven points before Dugat's 3-pointer with 10:36 left in the first half started his 63-second outburst.

Prairie View (3-6) had gone ahead when Michael Griffin scored seven points in a 9-0 run. But the Panthers didn't score again until after four turnovers in a span of five possessions and the run by Dugat, who finished with 17 points.

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No. 23 Davidson 100, Chattanooga 95: DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Stephen Curry, the nation's leading scorer, had 41 points for Davidson in the Southern Conference opener for both teams.

Will Archambault added 20 points, Brendan McKillop 12 and Andrew Lovedale pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds for the Wildcats (8-1, 1-0 Southern).

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No. 24 Marquette 69, IPFW 50: MILWAUKEE -- Lazar Hayward scored 19 points and Jerel McNeal had 16, including eight in a decisive 12-5 run just after halftime, for the Golden Eagles (8-1).

McNeal scored eight points in the first 5 minutes of the second half to put the game away.

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Massachusetts 61, No. 25 Kansas 60: KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ricky Harris had 18 points, Chris Lowe added 12 and Massachusetts used a stingy defense to hold off Kansas.

UMass (3-6) built a 14-point lead in the first half, let Kansas back in it, but held on.

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