College Basketball: South Florida rallies past No. 24 Seton Hall

Ron Anderson scored 14 points and helped South Florida come back to beat No. 24 Seton Hall, 56-55, in Tampa, Fla., on Friday night.

Anderson had six points in a game-ending, 14-3 run; Jawanza Poland made a long three-pointer to tie it at 53; and Toaryln Fitzpatrick's three-point play put the Bulls (10-8, 3-2 Big East) ahead for good with just under a minute to go.

Seton Hall, ranked for the first time in 11 years, trimmed its deficit to one on its only field goal in the final six minutes. Jordan Theodore led the Pirates (15-3, 4-2) with 16 points but missed the front end of a 1-and-1 opportunity with a chance to put his team ahead with 3.8 seconds remaining.

Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis is closing in on the school's all-time single-season blocking record - with nearly half this season to play.

The 6-foot-10 forward leads the nation with 78 blocks for the second-ranked Wildcats and needs five more to match the school record of 83. Melvin Turpin had 83 blocks during the 1982-83 season and Andre Riddick matched the mark in 1993-94.

"I think 100 percent of it is just instinct. It's all about timing," said Davis, who can also set the school's freshman record with two blocks to pass Jamaal Magloire's mark set in 1996-97. "You never know when a guy is going to shoot so you have to time it and use your instincts to go up and block it."

Davis' defensive abilities are part of the reason Kentucky (16-1, 2-0 SEC) leads the nation in blocked shots (156) and is second in the nation in field-goal defense (35.3 percent) behind Wisconsin. He's also averaging 12.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

It took Turpin 31 games to reach 83 blocks and Riddick 34. Davis is averaging 4.6 blocks per game, meaning he's on pace to block 156 shots if the Wildcats play 34 games.

Davis' first chance at the school record comes Saturday at Tennessee (8-8, 1-1).