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Roundup: Pitt's Dixon out for 2 more weeks
Senior's injury healing slower than expected
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pitt senior guard Jermaine Dixon will be out another two to three weeks while he rehabilitates a slow-to-heal foot injury. Dixon will miss next week's O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in Kansas City as well as the home game against Youngstown State Nov. 28.

Pitt will play Wichita State in a semifinal game at the CBE Classsic Monday night. The winner of that game will play the winner of the No. 3 Texas-Iowa game Tuesday night. The losers will play in a consolation game Tuesday.

Dixon had surgery in September to repair a fractured bone in his foot. Another X-ray taken yesterday revealed that the fracture is healing slower than doctors had originally anticipated.

Pitt won its first three games without Dixon, Pitt's only returning starter.

Last night's Top 25

• Ohio State 76, California 70: Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, as No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 13 California in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic in New York.

• Tennessee 105, East Carolina 66: Scotty Hopson scored 25 points to lead the No. 10 Volunteers to a rout against East Carolina in the opening round of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands.

• Georgia Tech 70, George Mason 62: Teammates Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors each scored 18 points and added three blocks apiece for No. 21 Georgia Tech to lead the Yellow Jackets (2-1) past George Mason in the consolation round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

• Michigan State 75, Toledo 62: Draymond Green had 15 points to lead the No. 2 Spartans to a win against the visiting Rockets. The game was a regional matchup in the Legends Classic.

• Purdue 74, South Dakota State 63: E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points as the No. 7 Boilermakers beat the Jackrabbits in the first round of the Paradise Jam.

• Michigan 77, Houston Baptist 55: Manny Harris scored 25 points, and DeShawn Sims added 22 to help the No. 15 Wolverines beat the visiting Huskies.

• Clemson 89, UNC Greensboro 67: Trevor Booker scored a season-high 17 points, as the No. 22 Tigers routed the host Huskies.

• Maryland 82, New Hampshire 55: Landon Milbourne scored a career-high 24 points, as the host No. 25 Terrapins cruised past New Hampshire.

Other men's games

• Tulane 63, Penn State 60: Kevin Sims made a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 19 seconds to play and the Green Wave held on to beat the Nittany Lions in the second round of the Charleston Classic at Carolina First Arena. Talor Battle led Penn State (2-2) with 17 points.

• Detroit 71, Robert Morris 59: Thomas Kennedy scored 19 points and had four steals in the Titan's win against the Colonials in the 2K Sports Classic in Albany, N.Y. Rob Robinson had 14 points for the Colonials (0-3).

Women's Top 25

• Connecticut 87, Holy Cross 34: Maya Moore scored 21 points, Tina Charles added 18 and the top-ranked Huskies coasted to its 42nd consecutive victory at Holy Cross.

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First published on November 21, 2009 at 12:00 am