Georgetown, Ewing knock off Villanova

Jessie Govan had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Mac McClung scored 21 points and Georgetown beat No. 17 Villanova 85-73 on Wednesday night in Washington, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Wildcats.

Georgetown (16-10, 6-7 Big East) beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2017, and second-year coach Patrick Ewing earned his first win against a top-25 foe in eight tries.

Villanova (20-7, 11-3) lost consecutive conference games for the first time since realignment in 2013 — a span of 104 games.

Phil Booth had 26 points, and Eric Paschall added 16 as Villanova lost for the third time in four conference games after starting 10-0 in Big East play. Colin Gillespie scored 13 points after having a career-high 30 in the teams’ first meeting.

Florida tops LSU: Kevaughn Allen highlighted a 21-point performance with a pair of 3-pointers late in overtime, and Florida beat No. 13 LSU 82-77 in Baton Rouge, La.

Jalen Hudson and Noah Locke each scored 15 for Florida (15-11, 7-6 SEC), which has won three straight on the heels of competitive losses to Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn.

Naz Reid had 16 points and 15 rebounds for LSU (21-5, 11-2), which lost for only the second time in 16 games.

Louisville falls: Elijah Hughes scored 18 points and Oshae Brissett had 16 to lead four players in double figures as Syracuse beat No. 18 Louisville 69-49 in Syracuse, N.Y.

Syracuse (18-8, 9-4 ACC) found the mark from behind the arc against Louisville, hitting 11 3pointers.

The Cardinals (18-9, 9-5) were coming off two tough games. They blew a 23point second-half lead and lost to top-ranked Duke just over a week ago and Saturday barely eked out a 56-55 win over Clemson. The slump continued against the Orange. Jordan Nwora had 11 points on 3-of-13 shooting to lead Louisville.