Flavor Flav sees cousin key win against Nebraska

WASHINGTON — Rapper and reality TV personality Flavor Flav stood up from his third-row seat at the Big Ten tournament, raised his arms and yelled, “Make this count!”

He was talking to his cousin, Penn State junior guard Shep Garner, who already had made a 3-pointer that rattled in as the shot-clock buzzer sounded in overtime and now was stepping to the foul line with 80 seconds left.

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Garner made both attempts en route to scoring seven of his 16 points in OT, leading the 13th-seeded Nittany Lions to a 76-67 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday.

“I didn’t know he was coming,” Garner said about his better-known relative, a member of the seminal 1980s rap group Public Enemy. “But he does things like that. He just pops up and makes a scene.”

Penn State (15-17) never trailed and ended a five-game skid, advancing to face Michigan State in the second round.

Evan Taylor led 12th-seeded Nebraska (12-19) with 15 points.

■ Rutgers 66, Ohio State 57 — At Washington, Nigel Johnson was 8-for-8 on free throws and totaled 21 points for the Scarlet Knights (15-17), who overcame 37.1-percent shooting with a 47-31 rebounding edge over the Buckeyes (17-15). ATLANTIC COAST

■ No. 14 Duke 79, Clemson 72 — At New York, Luke Kennard hit two clutch jumpers in the final 2:04 and matched teammates Jayson Tatum and Frank Jackson with 20 points for the Blue Devils (24-8), who held off the Tigers (17-15).

■ No. 21 Virginia 75, Pittsburgh 63 — At New York, Kyle Guy scored 20 points to help the Cavaliers (22-9) handle the Panthers (16-17) and advance to the league quarterfinals for the sixth straight year.

■ Virginia Tech 99, Wake Forest 90 — At New York, Zach LeDay had 31 points and 15 rebounds for the Hokies (22-9), who overcame an 80-foot shot by Greg McClinton to down the Demon Deacons (19-13).

■ Miami 62, Syracuse 57 — At New York, Kamari Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds in his return home to Brooklyn to help the Hurricanes (21-10) top the Orange (18-14). ATLANTIC 10

■ Saint Louis 72, Duquesne 71 — At Pittsburgh, Davell Roby’s tip-in with 1.6 seconds left gave the Billikens (12-20) their lone lead, capping a 6-0 run in the final 24 seconds that sank the Dukes (10-22).

■ Massachusetts 70, Saint Joseph’s 63 — At Pittsburgh, C.J. Anderson scored 17 points for the Minutemen (15-17), who held off the Hawks (1120) to snap a three-game skid. BIG EAST

■ St. John’s 74, Georgetown 73 — At New York, Shamorie Ponds scored 17 points for the Red Storm (14-18), who overcame L.J. Peak’s 24 points to top the Hoyas (14-18) and halt a six-year drought in the league tournament.

■ Xavier 75, DePaul 64 — At New York, Trevon Bluiett scored all 17 of his points in the second half for the Musketeers (20-12), who beat the Blue Demons (9-23) for the second time in five days. BIG 12

■ Texas 61, Texas Tech 52 — At Kansas City, Mo., Andrew Jones scored 15 points for the Longhorns (11-21), who upset the Red Raiders (18-14) to halt a seven-game slide.

■ Texas Christian 82, Oklahoma 63 — At Kansas City, Mo., Vladimir Brodzianskyscored20pointsfortheHorned Frogs (18-14), who halted a seven-game skid by routing the Sooners (11-20). CONFERENCE USA

■ Texas-San Antonio 56, Western Kentucky 52 — At Birmingham, Ala., Byron Frohnen had 11 points and 13 re- bounds for the Roadrunners (14-18), who avenged a 15-point regular-season loss to the Hilltoppers (15-17) with their first C-USA tournament win since joining in 2012.

■ Rice 86, Southern Mississippi 75 — At Birmingham, Ala., Marcus Evans scored 26 points for the Owls (22-10), who made 29 of 32 free throws to hold off the Golden Eagles (9-22).

■ Alabama-Birmingham 74, Charlotte 73 — At Birmingham, Ala., William “HaHa” Lee dunked a teammate’s air ball with six seconds left and totaled 19 points to lift the Blazers (1715) past the 49ers (13-17).

■ Marshall 89, Florida Atlantic 74 — At Birmingham, Ala., Stevie Browning scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half to help the Thundering Herd (18-14) coast past the Owls (10-20). MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC

■ North Carolina Central 95, Bethune-Cookman 60 — At Norfolk, Va., Patrick Cole had 17 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Eagles (23-8), who shot 54 percent in routing the Wildcats (10-22).

■ South Carolina State 82, Florida A&M 78, OT — At Norfolk, Va., Edward Stephens scored 24 points for the Bulldogs (10-19), who went ahead of the Rattlers (7-22) to stay on Ty Solomon’s overtime 3-pointer. PATRIOT LEAGUE

■ Bucknell 81, Lehigh 65 — At Lewisburg, Pa., Kimbal Mackenzie scored 18 points for the Bison (26-8), who opened the second half with a 12-0 run to subdue the Mountain Hawks (20-12) and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. SOUTHEASTERN

■ Mississippi State 79, Louisiana State 52 — At Nashville, Tenn., Quinndary