(AP) -- Anthony Davis had 22 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks as No. 1 Kentucky wiped away the memories of the last time the top-ranked Wildcats came to South Carolina with an 86-52 victory.
Kentucky is 23-1 overall. It has won 15 straight and moved to
9-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in seven
years. And they'll stay atop the rankings, unlike in 2010 when the
No. 1 Wildcats were stunned 68-62 by the Gamecocks.
This time, Davis and Terrence Jones made sure there wouldn't be
a similar flop. The two combined for 34 points in the first half as
Kentucky took a 52-25 lead at the break and eventually increased
the margin to 41 points.

In other AP Top-25 action:

--Second-ranked Syracuse had an easy time of things with St.
John's, winning 95-70. The win gave the Orange a record of 23-1 on
the season and 10-1 in the Big East. For Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim (BAY'-hym) the victory tied him with Dean Smith for third place on the all-time list with 879 wins. Fab Melo scored a career-high 14 points in his return after a three-game absence for the Orange. The 7-footer had missed the last three games as he resolved an academic issue.

--Ohio State got 24 points and 10 rebounds from Jared Sullinger
and William Buford hit a critical 3-pointer down the stretch as the
third-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 19 Wisconsin 58-52. With the
victory, Ohio State ended a nine-game losing streak to Wisconsin in
Madison.

-- Marcus Denmon hit three 3-pointers in the final 2:05, the last
for the go-ahead points, as No. 4 Missouri fought off No. 8 Kansas
74-71. Denmon finished with 29 points, two off his career high.

-- Tyler Zeller scored 22 points, John Henson had 17 points and
12 rebounds, and No. 5 North Carolina rallied from a nine-point
deficit in the second half to beat Maryland 83-74. The 20-3 Tar
Heels got all they could handle from the upstart Terps, who are
13-9.

-- Sixth-ranked Baylor had a tough time on the road, winning at
Oklahoma State, 64-60. Perry Jones III had 16 points and 11
rebounds for the Bears and Quincy Acy provided the go-ahead basket
and a key offensive rebound down the stretch.

----Tenth-ranked Murray State remained the lone undefeated men's
Division I team by beating Tennessee-Martin 65-58. Isaiah Canaan,
Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points for the 23-0
Racers.

-- Leonard Washington and Francisco Cruz scored 16 points apiece
and Wyoming throttled No. 11 UNLV's high-scoring offense in a
68-66. Luke Martinez added 15 points--all on 3-pointers.

-- Kenny Boynton scored 18 points, Bradley Beal added 16 and No.
12 Florida beat No. 25 Vanderbilt 73-65. The Gators, who are 19-4,
have won seven straight. The Commodores are 16-7.

-- Anthony James buried a 3 at the buzzer as Northern Iowa upset
No. 13 Creighton (KRAY'-tuhn) 65-62, snapping the Bluejays' 11-game winning streak. James scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half.

-- Georgetown, the 14th-ranked team in the AP poll, got 13 points
and nine rebounds from Henry Sims in a 75-45 win over South
Florida. Otto Porter added 12 points, and Jason Clark had 11 for
the Hoyas, while Augustus Gilchrist scored 15 points to lead the
Bulls.

-- Marquette, the 15th-ranked team in the AP poll, was beaten by
Notre Dame, 76-59. Irish freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds in the home win. The loss snapped a seven-game
conference winning streak for Marquette.

-- Jamaal Franklin had 24 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 17
San Diego State to an 83-73 win over TCU. That gives the Aztecs
their seventh straight 20-win season.

-- Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 23 points to help No. 20
Indiana defeat Purdue 78-61 and break a five-game losing streak to
its in-state rival.

-- In a mild upset 21st-ranked Florida State beat No. 16 Virginia
58-55. Reserve Okaro White scored 13 points for the Seminoles and
Xavier Gibson added 10 points as FSU kept a share of first place in
the Atlantic Coast Conference with its seventh straight league
victory. This marks the first time that Florida State has won seven
straight games in ACC play since joining the league in 1991-92.

--Arnett Moultrie scored 21 points, Renardo Sidney added 17 and
No. 22 Mississippi State beat Auburn 91-88.

--Robert Sacre and Kevin Pangos each scored 15 in No. 24
Gonzaga's 72-60 win over Pepperdine.

In a notable non-ranked game, Connecticut played without veteran
Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. He announced yesterday that he is
taking an indefinite medical leave because of severe back pain. The
Huskies, with assistant coach George Blaney in charge, beat Seton
Hall, 69-46 for their 15th win of the season.