FARGO, N.D. — An afternoon of standing ovations began with former North Dakota State coach Tim Miles and ended with a Bison victory over Miles and the Colorado State Rams.

Juniors Brett Winkelman, Ben Woodside and Mike Nelson — the three prized recruits Miles brought to Fargo — scored all but 18 of NDSU's points Saturday in an 83-69 victory before 5,134 fans.

Miles, who left for Colorado State after six years with NDSU, received a warm reception when he took the floor and shook hands with a handful of students before tip-off.

"I almost started bawling at the beginning," Miles said. "The game couldn't start soon enough."

It began with a basket by Willis Gardner, giving the Rams their only lead of the game. The Bison, who led 42-30 at intermission, never let the visitors closer than five points in the second half.

Winkelman, a 6-foot-6 junior from Morris, Minn., scored 26 points and hauled down 11 rebounds for NDSU (6-5).

Stuart Creason, a 7-foot senior, led the Rams with 25 points. He missed only one of 10 field goal attempts and was perfect in seven free throw tries. Gardner added 15 points.

In other games

MEMPHIS 65, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 41 — At Nashville, Tenn., Joey Dorsey, Robert Dozier and Shawn Taggart scored 11 points apiece, and the No. 2 Tigers shook off the rust from an 11-day break by beating Middle Tennessee.

GEORGETOWN 110, RADFORD 51 — At Washington, Freshman Austin Freeman scored a season-high 21 to lead the No. 5 Hoyas, who had a double-digit lead after 3½ minutes against the Highlanders in a first half that featured several scuffles and two double technicals.

UCLA 89, IDAHO ST. 49 — At Los Angeles, Darren Collison scored 20 points and the No. 8 Bruins rolled past the Bengals, the first time in three games that UCLA didn't have to rally to win.

MICHIGAN ST. 79, IPFW 57 — At East Lansing, Mich., Drew Neitzel scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers in the first half, to lead the struggling No. 9 Spartans past IPFW.

MARQUETTE 82, SACRAMENTO ST. 51 — At Milwaukee, Jerel McNeal had 13 points, Lazar Hayward added 12 points and seven rebounds and the No. 10 Golden Eagles showed no letdown from an emotional victory over Wisconsin.

TENNESSEE 88, W. KENTUCKY 82 — At Nashville, Tenn., Freshman Brian Williams scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as No. 12 Tennessee held off Western Kentucky in the second game of the Sun Belt Classic doubleheader.

INDIANA 100, WESTERN CAROLINA 52 — At Bloomington, Ind., Eric Gordon made his first five 3-pointers, finished with 26 points, and D.J. White produced his sixth straight double-double to lead the No. 13 Hoosiers.

ARIZONA ST. 77, XAVIER 55 — At Tempe, Ariz., Ty Abbott scored 19 points and the freshman-dominated Sun Devils routed No. 17 Xavier to win their first home game against a non-conference opponent since Dec. 20, 1980.

BUTLER 79, FLORIDA STATE 68 — At Indianapolis, A.J. Graves scored 25 points and hit several big shots late in the game, helping the No. 18 Bulldogs make up for an upset loss last week to Wright State with a win over the Seminoles.

PURDUE 67, LOUISVILLE 59 — At Indianapolis, Robbie Hummel, one of the Purdue's four freshman starters, scored 15 points, and the Boilermakers beat No. 22 Louisville to deny coach Rick Pitino his 500th win.

BYU 86, PEPPERDINE 67 — At Provo, Utah, Lee Cummard scored 21 points to lead No. 25 Brigham Young to victory over Pepperdine, pushing the Cougars' home winning streak to 37 games.

MONTANA ST. 79, WYOMING 72 — At Casper, Wyo., Divaldo Mbunga scored 23 points and Montana State survived a late Wyoming rally at the Wyoming Shootout.

PENN STATE 60, DENVER 39 — At State College, Pa., Mike Walker scored 14 points and Geary Claxton added 13 points and nine rebounds to lead Penn State past Denver.