College Basketball: Va. Tech upsets Duke

Terrell Bell scored 12 points, including five straight to give Virginia Tech the lead for good, and the Hokies went on to beat No. 1 Duke, 64-60, in Blacksburg, Va. on Saturday night.

Tech (19-8, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) was badly in need of a signature victory to enhance its NCAA tournament credentials, and got it thanks to a 12-4 run over a span of 41/2 minutes that turned a 53-47 deficit into a 62-57 lead with 2 minutes remaining.

The Blue Devils (26-3, 12-2) had chances in the closing minute to pull even when Virginia Tech struggled at the free throw line, but couldn't capitalize. Kyle Singler led Duke with 22 points and Nolan Smith had 18.

Jeff Allen led the Hokies with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Bell and Erick Green each scored 12 as the Hokies improved to 4-7 in their history against teams ranked No. 1.

BYU 80, San Diego State 67 - Jimmer Fredette scored 25 points and Charles Abouo added 18 as the No. 7 Cougarts (27-2, 13-1 Mountain West) ran away from the No. 6 Aztecs (27-2, 12-2) in San Diego. The Aztecs rotated three players on him defensively but Fredette added nine assists to his 25 points.

"I told our team, 'BYU is Final Four good,'" SDSU coach Steve Fisher said. "And I don't know that our guys liked to hear that. And then I said, 'We are, too.'

"Today, they were the better team. No excuses. They made plays. They made shots."

Noah Hartsock had 15 points for BYU and Jackson Emery added 13. San Diego's Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and 13 rebounds for his 20th double-double this season.

Syracuse 58, Georgetown 51 - Scoop Jardine had 17 points and seven assists to lead the No. 17 Orange (24-6, 11-6 Big East) past No. 11 Georgetown in Washington. Austin Freeman scored 16 points for the Hoyas (21-8, 10-7), who were playing their first game since point guard Chris Wright underwent surgery on his left (nonshooting) hand.

Colorado 91, Texas 89 - The No. 5 Longhorns (24-5, 12-2 Big 12) frittered away a 22-point first-half lead and fell at Colorado (18-11, 7-7). Alec Burks scored 33 for the Buffaloes and Texas got 21 from both Jordan Hamilton and J'Covan Brown.

Kentucky 76, Florida 68 - Darius Miller scored a career-high 24 points and the 22nd-ranked Wildcats (20-8, 8-6 SEC) surged past No. 13 Florida (22-6, 11-3) in Lexington to give coach John Calipari his 500th career victory.

Kansas 82, Oklahoma 70 - Marcus Morris (Prep Charter) scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds, twin brother Markieff added 19 points and 10 boards, and the No. 3 Jayhawks (27-2, 12-2) moved into a tie for first place in the Big Twelve by winning at slumping Oklahoma (12-16, 4-10).

Notre Dame 60, Seton Hall 48 - Tim Abromaitis scored 22 points and Ben Hansbrough added 21 to lead No. 9 Notre Dame (23-5, 12-4 Big East) to a 60-48 victory over visiting Seton Hall (11-17, 5-11).

Iowa State 83, Nebraska 82 - Diante Garrett scored 17 points, including a key layup in overtime, and the Cyclones (15-14, 2-12 Big Twelve ) beat the visiting Cornhuskers (18-10, 6-8) in the final game of a century-old rivalry. This was the 234th and final scheduled meeting between the teams in a series that began in 1909. The Huskers will join the Big Ten on July 1.

Pauley closes. The great-grandson of the late John Wooden scored the UCLA Bruins' final basket in a 71-49 upset of No. 10 Arizona, in the last men's game to be played at historic Pauley Pavilion before it closes for renovation.

Tyler Trapani, a junior walk-on who seldom sees playing time, made a layup from the left side with 25 seconds left. Wooden died last June at 99.

Elsewhere: Jeremiah Kreisberg hit a layup with 41 seconds remaining to give Yale (14-12, 7-5 Ivy League) a 70-69 victory over Harvard (21-5, 10-2). . . . Jeffery Taylor scored 20 points as No. 18 Vanderbilt (21-7, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) beat host LSU (11-18, 3-11), 90-69. . . . Jacob Pullen scored 24 points and joined Mike Evans as the only players in Kansas State history to top the 2,000-point mark as the Wildcats (20-9, 8-6) beat visiting and 20th-ranked Missouri (22-7, 8-6), 80-70. . . . LaceDarius Dunn and Perry Jones scored 16 points each and host Baylor (18-10, 7-7 Big 12) beat No. 21 Texas A&M (22-6, 9-5), 58-51.

Delaware Valley 79, DeSales 58 - Behind 32 points from James Jones (Bok Tech), Delaware Valley captured its first-ever Freedom Conference championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament as the top-seeded Aggies topped two-time defending champion DeSales.

Delaware Valley (17-10) will find out its seeding and opponent Sunday at 1 p.m. DeSales, in its fifth consecutive Freedom final, finished 19-11.

Cheyney 76, Mansfield 67 - Sharif Bray scored 32 points to lead the host Wolves (18-8, 8-6 PSAC) past Mansfield (18-8, 10-4). The two will meet again on Tuesday in the PSAC quarterfinals.

Bloomsburg 61, West Chester 58 - Eli Daniel scored 13 points to lead the Golden Rams (14-12, 5-9 PSAC), but West Chester lost the season final to visiting Bloomsburg (11-15, 7-7).

Post 50, University of the Sciences 47 - The Devils (12-12, 7-10 CACC) got 15 points from Myer Messinger and 11 from Adewale Adefemi but fell to the host Eagles (16-10, 14-4) in Waterbury, Conn.

Franklin and Marshall 71, Haverford 62 - The Diplomats (21-5) beat the visiting Fords (14-12) to advance to their third straight Centennial Conference final. They will host Dickinson at 3 p.m Sunday after the Devils defeated Gettysburg, 71-62.