Syracuse rallies vs. Georgetown
Kris Joseph scored 15 points, Wes Johnson added 14 and No. 4 Syracuse beat seventh-ranked Georgetown, 73-56. Host Syracuse (20-1, 7-1 Big East) has won seven straight.
Kris Joseph scored 15 points, Wes Johnson added 14 and No. 4 Syracuse beat seventh-ranked Georgetown, 73-56.
Host Syracuse (20-1, 7-1 Big East) has won seven straight.
It was the 819th career win for Orange coach Jim Boeheim, breaking a tie with UConn's Jim Calhoun for sixth in Division I.
Austin Freeman led Georgetown (15-4, 6-3) with 23 points.
Syracuse trailed by 14 3 minutes into the game and began the second half with an 18-8 surge.
In other games:
* At Western Carolina, Richie Gordon has 19 points as the Catamounts (16-4, 6-2 Southern Conference) beat College of Charleston, 100-90.
* At Kansas, Prep Charter's Marcus Morris' 17 points led the No. 2 Jayhawks (19-1, 5-0 Big 12) over Missouri, 84-65.
* At Coppin State, Frisco Sandidge scored 17 points and Delaware State (9-8, 4-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) defeated the Eagles, 63-59.
In women's games:
* At North Carolina State, Italee Lucas scored 28 of her career-high 33 points in the second half and No. 12 North Carolina (16-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rallied to beat the Wolfpack, 81-69.
* At Purdue, freshman guard K.K. Houser scored a career-high 18 points, and the Boilermakers (10-10, 5-4 Big Ten) beat No. 4 Ohio State, 63-61. Jantel Lavender led the Buckeyes (20-2, 8-1) with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Noteworthy
* Michigan coach John Beilein reinstated guard Manny Harris after a weekend suspension for an undisclosed incident at practice. The Wolverines host No. 5 Michigan State tonight.
* Connecticut is No. 1 in the Associated Press women's poll for the 36th straight week, matching Louisiana Tech (1980-82) for the longest run atop the Top 25.
* Creighton coach Dan Altman indefinitely suspended guard P'Allen Stinnett, the team's second-leading scorer, for unspecified "conduct not acceptable to the team." *