Gillespie’s 17 lead Villanova

Collin Gillespie had 17 points, including two key late free throws, and Villanova won the AdvoCare Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., yesterday by beating No. 14 Florida State, 66-60.

Gillespie made it 64-60 by hitting a pair of free throws with 11.2 seconds left in a tight second half.

“He loves the competition,” Villanova coach Jay Wright said. “I’m just glad he’s on our side.”

Eric Paschall had 15 points and Phil Booth chipped in 12 for the defending national champion Wildcats (5-2).

FSU (5-1) got 11 points from Mfiondu Kabengele and Trent Forrest.

“They did a much better job of playing to their strengths than we did ours,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “I thought our guys gave good effort. I think that we’re a team that has a chance to develop into a pretty good basketball team.”

The Seminoles’ next game is Wednesday night against No. 24 Purdue.

Villanova droped from No. 8 out of the Top 25 — the first time since December 2013 — in last week’s poll after losing to Michigan 73-46 in a rematch of last season’s title game and losing 7668 in overtime to Furman.

Oklahoma State 90, No. 19 LSU 77 — Cameron McGriff had 28 points, Lindy Waters added 16, and the Cowboys (4-2) defeated the No. 19 Tigers (5-2) in the third-place game of the AdvoCare Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

The Cowboys were 6-6 against ranked teams last season. Skylar Mays scored 20 points for the Tigers , who were coming off a 79-76 overtime loss to No. 14 Florida State.

McGriff hit a 3 and Waters made three free throws during a secondhalf opening 15-2 run that put Oklahoma State ahead 57-39 with 13 minutes left.

Michael Weathers’ layup extended the Cowboys lead to 68-48 midway through the second half.

LSU missed 12-of-13 shots during the surge.

McGriff had 13 points as Oklahoma State grabbed a 42-37 halftime advantage. In New England games: Brown 84, Bryant 60 — Desmond Cambridge scored 19 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots as the Bears (5-2) breezed past the Bulldogs (1-4) in Providence.

Fairfield 86, Denver 85 — Landon Taliaferro scored 21 points including the goahead layup with 1:41 left as the Stags (2-5) edged the Pioneers (2-4) in an Elgin Baylor Classic game in Seattle.

Quinnipiac 58, Maine 50 — Tyrese Williams made four 3-pointers for a career-high 19 points with seven rebounds, Aaron Robinson hit big shots in the second half and the Bobcats (2-2) rallied to beat the Black Bears (0-6) in Hamden, Conn.

Bucknell 69, Vermont 61 — Nate Sestina scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Kimbal Mackenzie (13 points) made a go-ahead jumper, and the Bison (2-2) rallied from 13 down to beat the Catamounts (3-3) in Burlington, Vt.

Duquesne 83, UMass-Lowell 71 — Eric Williams Jr. finished with 22 points and four steals and Michael Hughes scored a careerhigh 19 to power the Dukes (4-1) past the River Hawks (4-4) in Pittsburgh.

Alex Rivera, who averages 13.8 points per game off the bench, scored 19 to lead UMass-Lowell.

Central Connecticut 88, Pine Manor 59 — Tyler Kohl poured in 29 points and added eight rebounds and three assists to send Central Connecticut as the Blue Devils (4-3) cruised past the Divsion 3 Gators (1-5) in New Britain, Conn.