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(12) LOUISVILLE 67, (8) SYRACUSE 57

SYRACUSE, New York Earl Clark and Louisville continued their recent hot stretch with an unprecedented win in the Carrier Dome.

Clark scored five pivotal late points and finished with 16, leading 12th-ranked Louisville to a 67-57 victory over No. 8 Syracuse.

It was the seventh consecutive win for the Cardinals (15-3, 6-0 Big East), who remained tied with Marquette atop the conference standings.

Louisville has beaten four ranked teams, including then-No. 1 Pittsburgh, over its seven-game winning streak. But Sundays victory was historic for the Cardinals, who had lost their first three trips to the raucous Carrier Dome.

Syracuse (17-4, 5-3) appeared primed to extend its home dominance against Louisville when Eric Devendorf sank a 3-pointer to give the Orange a 55-54 lead with just under three minutes remaining.

But Clark responded on the ensuing possession, grabbing an offensive rebound before draining a shot from beyond the arc to give Louisville the lead for good at 57-55.

After hauling in a defensive rebound and getting fouled 30 seconds later, Clark calmly made two free throws to give the Cardinals some breathing room at 59-55.

Terrence Williams scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Edgar Sosa chipped in 13 points for Louisville, which limited Syracuse to just 35 percent (18-of-51) shooting.

Devendorf scored 20 points to pace Syracuse, which concluded a string of four straight games against ranked teams. The Orange went 1-3 in that span.

SETON HALL 65, (14) GEORGETOWN 60

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey Perhaps some of the success of Seton Halls 1989 Final Four team rubbed off on the current squad.

Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points despite missing all 10 of his 3-point attempts as the Pirates earned their first Big East Conference win of the season with a 65-60 upset of 14th-ranked Georgetown.

The victory came on the same day Seton Hall honored its Final Four club of 20 years ago. At halftime, P.J. Carlesimo, the coach of the 1989 team, addressed the crowd at the Prudential Center.

Hazell finished just 5-of-20 from the field, but was 13-of-17 from the free-throw line, including two clinching free throws that made it 65-60 with nine seconds remaining.

Robert Mitchell added 20 points for the Pirates (10-9, 1-6 Big East), who prevailed despite missing all 13 of their 3-point attempts.

The loss extended Georgetowns slide to three games, as the Hoyas could not overcome their own continued poor marksmanship.

Freshman Greg Monroe scored 17 points for the Hoyas (12-6, 3-4), who finished just 3-of-22 from 3-point range, including three misses in the final minute.

Sundays dismal shooting came on the heels of a 2-for-16 effort from beyond the arc in Thursdays 75-58 loss at West Virginia.

(4) PITTSBURGH 79, WEST VIRGINIA 67

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia Sam Young scored 22 points as fourth-ranked Pittsburgh used a second-half run to claim a 79-67 victory over West Virginia in a Big East contest.

DeJuan Blair had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Levance Fields scored 13 and handed out five assists for the Panthers (18-1, 6-1 Big East), who recorded their second straight win following a 69-63 loss at Louisville on January 17.

Although the matchup with the Mountaineers was expected to be a tough one, the Panthers ended up winning for the fifth time in the last six games of this series.

West Virginia (14-5, 3-3) did hold a 45-43 edge after DaSean Butler hit his second 3-pointer of the second half with 16:34 remaining.

Pittsburgh responded with a 16-5 run, pulling ahead 59-50 on Brad Wanamakers offensive rebound and layup off a missed fast-break layup by Fields with 11:01 left.

Young had six points during the run and finished 9-of-14 from the field en route to his second straight 22-point effort.

The Panthers led by as many as 16 points in improving to 3-1 in conference road games.

Butler finished with 21 points for the Mountaineers, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.

(7) MICHIGAN ST 78, OHIO ST 67

COLUMBUS, Ohio Durrell Summers poured in 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting to lead seventh-ranked Michigan State to a 78-67 victory over Ohio State.

Kalin Lucas scored all 20 of his points in the second half and Goran Suton chipped in 13 and nine rebounds for the Spartans (16-3, 6-1 Big Ten), who bounced back from an embarrassing home loss against Northwestern on Wednesday.

Summers carried Michigan State in the first half, scoring 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting while the rest of the team managed 10 on 5-of-19. Lucas took over after the break, giving the Spartans their first tie of the second half with a free throw at 12:57 and scoring 13 points in the final 10 minutes to help the team run away.

Evan Turner scored 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting to lead the Buckeyes (13-5, 3-4), who shot 55 percent but managed only 42 field-goal attempts.

(9) CLEMSON 73, GEORGIA TECH 59

CLEMSON, South Carolina Terrence Oglesby scored 18 points and Trevor Booker had 11 and 11 rebounds as ninth-ranked Clemson bounced back with a 73-59 victory over Georgia Tech

Raymond Sykes and Jerai Grant each added 10 points for the Tigers (17-2, 3-2 ACC), who were coming off consecutive losses to Wake Forest and North Carolina following a 16-0 start.

After leading by three points at the break, Clemson opened the second half with a 19-4 run to take a 56-38 bulge with 11:47 to play. Oglesby connected on a pair of 3-pointers during the run. Georgia Tech never got closer than 13 the rest of the way.

Gani Lawal had 14 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Yellow Jackets (9-10, 0-6), who have lost eight of their past 10 and remain the lone winless team in the conference.

(20) MINNESOTA 67, INDIANA 63

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana Damian Johnson scored 18 points as 20th-ranked Minnesota held off upset-minded Indiana, 67-63, to snap a two-game slide.

Consecutive layups by Johnson and Ralph Sampson staked the Golden Gophers (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten) to a 64-59 lead with 1:54 remaining.

Indiana (5-13, 0-5) had a chance to tie in the final seconds, but Devon Dumas, who paced the Hoosiers with 19 points, missed a 3-pointer off the front of the rim with three seconds remaining.

Minnesotas Paul Carter grabbed the rebound and made a free throw with 2.3 seconds left to clinch the victory.

The Hoosiers, who suffered their ninth straight loss, got a boost from a six-point swing in the final minute of the first half as Minnesotas Blake Hoffarber missed all three free throws after getting fouled while attempting a 3-pointer.

Verdell Jones then drilled a 3-pointer from just beyond midcourt at the buzzer, pulling the Hoosiers within 31-30 at the half. Indiana coach Tom Crean high-fived fans at Assembly Hall as he jogged off the court.

Minnesota started with a quick burst following the intermission, opening a 38-32 lead on Al Nolens steal and breakaway dunk just 59 seconds into the second half.

But the Golden Gophers couldnt shake the freshmen-laden Hoosiers, who trailed by no more than seven points throughout the second half.