oss to SMU. Still, the senior is well on pace to break the FBS record

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker didnt mind a bit kicking back and watching the Charlotte reserves play the entire fourth quarter of a blowout win over the Orlando Magic.Especially with an important road game at Cleveland coming up on Saturday night.Its always nice to get a little bit of a break, Walker said. (The starters) played well so we were deserving of it, I thought.Nic Batum and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist each had 16 points, and the Hornets routed the Magic 109-88 on Friday night for their third straight victory. Walker had 15 points in 25 minutes, and the Southeast Division leaders held the Magic to 37 percent shooting while outrebounding them 59-40.Charlottes starters didnt even play in the fourth after the Hornets opened a 21-point lead with a late third-quarter surge.The Hornets (14-9) have won six of eight, but now head out on a five-game road trip beginning in Cleveland.Its good momentum, obviously, coach Steve Clifford said. Whenever you are going to go on an extended trip, its good to win the last home game before you leave. You want to build as much of a cushion as you can.Batum, who has 39 rebounds in his last four games, missed out on a chance at a triple-double because he didnt play in the fourth quarter with the game out of hand. He finished with nine rebounds and seven assists.This could easily have been a classic trap game for Charlotte, but the Hornets took all the drama out of it with a dominant third quarter.They opened a 52-46 lead at halftime behind a late second-quarter push led by Kidd-Gilchrist, who had 14 points at the break on 6-of-8 shooting. Charlotte extended the margin to 21 late in the third period as Walker began to heat up, beating defenders off the dribble with his quickness and knocking down jumpers.Just a lot of breakdowns in the third quarter in particular, on the defensive end with our transition defense, offensive rebounds, Magic coach Frank Vogel said. This is not a great offensive rebounding team, but they burned us tonight and they hit 3s every time they got one, so we didnt match back up. We just had more breakdowns across the board.Evan Fournier had 14 points for the Magic.TIP-INSMagic: Fournier was assessed a technical foul in the first half for arguing a call. ... Nikola Vucevic played despite a right corneal abrasion and had seven points in 22 minutes. ... Orlando went 9 of 34 on 3-point attempts.Hornets: Have beaten the Magic four consecutive times. ... Walker has reached double digits in every game this season. ... Batums streak of double-doubles ended at three games.OFFENSIVE WOESThe Magic have struggled recently on the offensive end.We have a very slim margin for error, Vogel said. We have to get guys to play more the right way, more often.BALL MOVEMENTThe Hornets moved the ball extremely well on offense against a Magic team that looked a step slow.We are a very unselfish team, Batum said. Were going to move the ball and involve everybody. The guys off the bench did a great job to finish the game, they tried to move the ball, play as a team and we did a good job of that.CAVS COMING UPWalker said hes eager to face the Cavaliers, who will also be playing on the tail end of a back-to-back.Its going to be tough playing against the defending champs, of course, in their building, Walker said. We lost there already, but we want to go out and play as hard as possible, same thing as tonight. Play some great defense, offensively make some shots and just play a good game.UP NEXTMagic: Orlando returns home to host the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.Hornets: Charlotte travels to Cleveland on Saturday night. The Hornets lost 100-93 there earlier this season. Custom Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. 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Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Derrius Guice showed Saturday night that LSU is in good hands next season if his star backfield teammate, Leonard Fournette, departs early for the NFL.Well, good feet, actually.The Tigers up-and-coming sophomore rushed for a career-high 252 yards on 21 carries in a 38-10 win over Arkansas. And he capped the remarkable performance with a 96-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, the longest play from scrimmage in school history.The previous long run was 94 yards by both Sal Nicoio in 1952 and Jesse Fatheree in 1935, while the longest pass play was also 94 yards -- from Anthony Jennings to Travin Dural in 2014.Guice only had two carries for eight yards a week earlier in a 10-0 loss to top-ranked Alabama, something Tigers coach Ed Orgeron was intent on changing against the Razorbacks. Orgerons belief in the sophomore paid off, with Guice gaining the second most rushing yards in school history -- behind only Fournettes 284-yard performance against Mississippi earlier this season.Guice even got more carries than Fournette on Saturday, and the shifty 5-foot-11, 212-pound running back is likely to be considered more of co-lead in LSUs backfield from here on out.He clearly has the sense of humor to handle the spotlight.The play before (the 96-yard run), I purposely got a run for a loss to get that run, Guice joked. I set it up.Some other notable performances from across the country as college footballs regular season enters its final weeks:AIR WATSON: Clemsons run of success in close games came to an end in a 43-42 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Despite the setback, Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson added to his record-breaking career by passing for 580 yards --- an Atlantic Coast Conference single-game record.dddddddddddd The junior also set a school record with 52 completions, topping Cullen Harpers total of 38 set in 2007, and became the sixth player in ACC history to top 10,000 career yards of total offense.WILLIMAS DAY: Watson wasnt the only Clemson offensive standout in Saturdays loss. Junior Mike Williams finished with career highs in both catches (15) and receiving yards (202), and the wide receiver now has 67 catches for 956 yards.JONES WATCH: East Carolina wide receiver Zay Jones settled for a marginal game by his 2016 standards on Saturday, catching 12 passes for 173 yards in a 55-31 loss to SMU. Still, the senior is well on pace to break the FBS record for career catches when the Pirates host Navy next week. Jones, who leads the country with 139 receptions this season, currently has 380 catches for his career -- seven away from the record 387 by former teammate Justin Hardy.DIMICKS DAY: Utah defensive end Hunter Dimick took over the national lead with 12 sacks thanks to a school-record five sacks in a 49-26 win over Arizona State on Thursday. The senior also tied the school record for career sacks (27) with his effort, and he had a career-high nine tackles in the win.PICK SEVEN: Florida State defensive back Tarvarus McFadden had his streak of four straight games with an interception snapped in a 45-7 win over Boston College on Friday. That said, the sophomore still leads the country with seven interceptions for the season.---More AP college football at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '