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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Wake Forest coach Danny Manning is ready to face No. 3 Villanova, even if hes fairly certain his Demon Deacons wont have a similar offensive outburst as they did to run past UTEP.John Collins scored a career-high 24 points and Bryant Crawford had 20 in Wake Forests 103-81 victory, the first time in eight years it surpassed the century mark in a game.Shots fell early and often as the Demon Deacons, 3-0 for the first time since 2013-14, took a double-digit lead early and were rarely pressed by UTEP (1-1). Next up, though, are the national champion Wildcats with a spot in the Charleston finals on the line.Were excited, Manning said. Its the chance to play, rightfully so, one of the teams that higher ranked in the country.And one that will do its best to ensure Wake Forest doesnt shoot almost 60 percent from the field as it did against UTEP (35 of 59, 59.3 percent).Its going to be a challenge, but its something we welcome, Manning said. Well see where were at.Wake Forest put things away with a torrid first half where it went 13 of 20 from behind the arc. Dinos Mitgolou had four 3-pointers while Austin Arians, Mitchell Wilbekin, Crawford and Keyshawn Woods each had two the first 20 minutes.I dont think we were close (defensively) on any of those shots, said UTEPs frustrated coach, Tim Floyd.UTEP (1-1) plays Western Michigan, which fell to Villanova in the eight-team tournaments first game, on Friday in the consolation round.The Demon Deacons led 63-44 lead at the break, the first time they had reached 60 points or more in half since the 2008-09 season when it accomplished that against UNC Wilmington. That was also the last game they finished with 100 points or more, defeating the Seahawks 120-88.Wake Forest couldnt quite get that many, but did more than enough to move past UTEP.Collins, at 6-foot-10, made nine of 10 shots -- all in the second half -- including several jams to break his previous high of 19 set last November against Bucknell.Mitgolou finished with 18 points and Keyshawn Woods 16 for Wake Forest. Dominic Artis led UTEP with 24 points.BIG PICTUREWake Forest wants to run and did so at will against the Miners. Things will get considerably tougher against Villanova, the national champions known for its in-your-face defense.UTEP had few answers to slow down the Deacons. Artis did his share, hitting three 3-pointers. The team, though was 5 of 14 from behind the arc with many of the misses triggering the Wake Forest transition game.CHANGING GEARSManning like his teams outside touch early on. But at halftime, he stressed to his players about looking for the Deacons big men, Collins and Mitgolou down low and give them touches. The result was Collins big performance, something the team will look to duplicate against Villanova. Its going to tell us where we are and what we need to do, Crawford said.LACKING DEFENSEUTEP coach Tim Floyd had nothing good to say about his teams defense. He said his team did not rebound well or slow Wake Forests transition game. Evidence? We shot 60 percent (18 of 30) in the first half were down 19, Floyd said.UP NEXTWake Forest will face No. 3 Villanova on Friday with the winner advancing to Sunday nights championship game.UTEP will take on Western Michigan on Friday in the consolation round.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Wholesale Shoes Authentic . Pirlo limped out of Sundays 1-0 win over Udinese after just 13 minutes. 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Manan Vohra scored his first double-century and put on an unbroken stand of 314 runs with Yuvraj Singh to bring Punjab within 77 runs of Barodas first innings total of 529 in Feroz Shah Kotla. They ended the day on 452 for 2.In the morning, Vohra and Uday Kaul (42) added 17 runs to stretch their overnight partnership to 105, before Munaf Patel removed Kaul with the score on 138. That was the last wicket to fall on the day, as Vohra and Yuvraj batted at nearly four-an-over to steer Punjab towards three points, after Deepak Hoodas unbeaten 293 had propelled Baroda to 529.Yuvraj dominated the partnership, scoring 179 at a strike rate of 70.75, while Vohra scored his 201 off 355 balls, with 17 fours and two sixes.Regular strikes on either side of a 160-run fifth-wicket stand helped Tamil Nadu reduce Madhya Pradesh to 261 for 7, needing 145 to avoid the follow-on in Cuttack.Tamil Nadu batted two overs to add eight runs to their overnight score of 547 for 7 before declaring in the morning. In response, MP were reduced to 82 for 4 before their captain Devendra Bundela joined hands with Saurabh Sharma to take them to 242 for 4.However, a late burst from offspinner Washington Sundar to remove Bundela (93) and Shubham Sharma (85) reduced MP to 249 for 6. They were two of the three wickets to fall in the last 15 overs of the day, which fetched only 19 runs. MPs misery was compounded further with Ankit Danes (6) run-out off the last ball of the day. Railways recovered from an early collapse to end the day on 196 for 5 in their chase of 315 against Bengal in Dharamsala.Bengal batted only seven balls in the day, addiing six to their overnight score of 208 for 9, before medium-pacer Karan Thakur removed Pankaj Shaw (25) to finish with 4 for 45.ddddddddddddRailways put on 22 for the opening stand, before losing three wickets in two overs to Amit Kuila (3-42), without adding a run. Former Bengal batsman Arindam Ghosh - who faced the hat-trick ball from Kuila in the tenth over - then joined opener Shivakant Shukla to put on 134 runs before Sayan Ghosh removed Shukla for 83. Sayan then removed Arindam for 51 with the score on 165. He finished the day with figures of 2 for 52.Wicketkeeper Mahesh Rawat (23) and captain Karn Shukla(13) took Railways to stumps without further damage.Hardik Patels 4 for 71 and Rush Kalarias 3 for 40 helped Gujarat take the lead and end the day 293-runs ahead of Uttar Pradesh at Palam grounds in Delhi.UP, who began the day on 147 for 4, lost their overnight batsmen Eklavya Dwivedi(28) and Mohammad Saif (4) in consecutive overs within the opening hour. Saifs four runs came off 77 balls. UP then lost Saurabh Kumar (15) with the score on 173, and it took an eight-wicket partnership of 62 between Kuldeep Yadav (25) and Imtiaz Ahmed (25) to lift them to their eventual total of 241 all-out, 106 behind Gujarats first innings score.In reply, a brisk 86-run opening partnership between Samit Gohel (50) and Priyank Panchal (35), and a third-wicket stand of 53 between Bhargav Merai (36) and Manpreet Juneja (34*) took Gujarat to 187 for 5 at stumps. Kuldeep Yadav took 3 for 69. ' ' '