NO. 8 NORTH
CAROLINA 88, NO. 1 DUKE 72
DURHAM, N.C. -- Luke Maye took
full advantage of a freak injury to freshman sensation Zion
Williamson, finishing with 30 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 8
North Carolina past No. 1 Duke 88-72 on Wednesday night.
The ACC's second-leading scorer sprained
his right knee during the Blue Devils' opening possession. Williamson grabbed
his right knee in pain after slipping awkwardly and falling when his left shoe
fell apart as he planted hard while dribbling near the free throw line. The
blue rubber sole ripped loose from the white shoe from the heel to the toes
along the outside edge, with Williamson's foot coming all the way through the
large gap.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski classified
the injury as mild, but said he doesn't know how much time Williamson will
miss.
Cameron
Johnson added 26 points and Garrison
Brooks had 14 to help the Tar Heels (21-5, 11-2 Atlantic Coast
Conference) earn their most lopsided win at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 30 years.
By winning their ninth in 10
games and beating a top-ranked team for the first time since 2013, they pulled
into a first-place tie with the Blue Devils (23-3, 11-2).
RJ Barrett matched
a season best with 33 points and fellow freshman Cameron Reddish added a
season-high 27 for Duke -- but the rest of the team combined to score just 12.
SAN DIEGO STATE 65, NO. 6 NEVADA 57
SAN DIEGO -- Jeremy
Hemsley and Devin Watson scored
15 points apiece for San Diego State, which shut down Jordan
Caroline and beat cold-shooting Nevada for the third straight
time.
Jalen
McDaniels added 10 points for SDSU (17-9, 9-4 Mountain West),
which won for the seventh time in eight games and snapped a 10-game winning
streak by the Wolf Pack (24-2, 11-2), prompting fans to rush the court. It was
the highest ranked team that SDSU had ever beaten.
Caleb Martin had
20 points for Nevada, which was held to its lowest point total this season.
NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 71, RUTGERS 60
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Cassius
Winston scored 28 points and Xavier
Tillman had a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead
Michigan State.
The Spartans (22-5, 13-3 Big Ten)
moved a half-game ahead of No. 7 Michigan and No. 15 Purdue in the Big Ten
standings.
Geo Baker scored
17 points and Ron Harper had 11 points for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights (12-14,
5-11) have lost five of their past six games.
Michigan State missed Nick Ward and Joshua
Langford on offense against defensive-minded Rutgers. Ward had
hand surgery Sunday and Langford had season-ending foot surgery earlier this
month, taking more than 30 points of scoring out of Tom Izzo's lineup.
NO. 11 MARQUETTE 79, BUTLER 69
MILWAUKEE -- Markus Howard scored
28 points and Theo John added
15 points and 11 rebounds as Marquette pulled away in the second half for the
win.
Marquette (22-4, 11-2 Big East)
erased an eight-point deficit early in the second half with a 25-7 run.
With No. 17 Villanova's 85-73
loss at Georgetown on Wednesday, the Golden Eagles moved into the Big East lead
a half-game ahead of the Wildcats.
Howard, the Big East's leading
scorer, made 9 of 20 shots, including 6 of 13 from beyond the arc.
FLORIDA 82, NO. 13 LSU 77, OT
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Kevaughn
Allen highlighted a 21-point performance with a pair of 3-pointers late in
overtime, and Florida beat a ranked team for the first time this season.
Jalen Hudson and Noah Locke each
scored 15 for Florida (15-11, 7-6 SEC), which has won three straight on the
heels of competitive losses to Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn.
Naz Reid had
16 points and 15 rebounds for LSU (21-5, 11-2), which lost for only the second
time in 16 games and saw its four-game winning streak snapped. Skylar Mays scored
18 points for the Tigers.
GEORGETOWN 85, NO. 17 VILLANOVA 73
WASHINGTON -- Jessie Govan had
21 points and 11 rebounds, Mac McClung scored
21 points and Georgetown snapped a nine-game losing streak to Villanova.
Georgetown (16-10, 6-7 Big East)
beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2017, and second-year coach
Patrick Ewing earned his first win against a Top-25 foe in eight tries.
James Akinjo had
10 points and nine assists as the Hoyas ended a two-game slide and beat
Villanova at home for the first time since 2015.
Villanova (20-7, 11-3) lost
consecutive conference games for the first time in 104 games. Phil Booth had
26 points, and Eric Paschall added
16. Colin Gillespie scored 13 points.
SYRACUSE 69, NO. 18 LOUISVILLE 49
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Elijah Hughes scored
18 points and Oshae
Brissett had 16 to lead four players in double figures as
Syracuse topped Louisville.
Syracuse (18-8, 9-4 ACC) found
their mark from behind the arc against Louisville, hitting 11 3-pointers and
holding the Cardinals in check throughout. Buddy Boeheim had
14 points and Tyus Battle 11
for Syracuse.
The Cardinals (18-9, 9-5 Atlantic
Coast Conference) were coming off two tough games. They blew a 23-point
second-half lead and lost to top-ranked Duke just over a week ago, and on
Saturday barely eked out a 56-55 win over Clemson.
Louisville entered the game
shooting 36.3 percent from 3-point range and finished 14 of 54 (25.9 percent),
a season low, and 6 of 28 from 3.
Jordan Nwora had
11 points on 3-of-13 shooting to lead Louisville; Dwayne Sutton was
1 of 10 for five points.
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