Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Louisville wins

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points to lead No. 8 Louisville to a wild 94-90 victory over Virginia Tech.

Ty Outlaw hit a three-pointer with 8 seconds left to cut Louisville’s lead to 91-88, but the Hokies’ Zach LeDay committed an intentiona­l foul on Louisville as the Cardinals (22-5, 10-4) tried to inbound the ball. Jaylen Johnson made one of the two free throws, then Mitchell made two more with 5.6 seconds left to seal the offensive slugfest.

On a day when both teams put on a shooting clinic, a sophomore guard stood out. Mitchell connected on his first six shots, including three three-pointers en route to going 8 for 13 from the field and 5 of 7 from the beyond the arc.

Virginia Tech (18-8, 7-7) managed to shoot 59.2 percent from the field, including 65.4 percent (17 of 26) from beyond the 3-point arc. Seth Allen led the Hokies with 25 points.

In other games involving ACC men’s teams Saturday, Luke Kennard scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum added 19 and No. 12 Duke held on to beat Wake Forest 99-94. Amile Jefferson had 16 points for the Blue Devils (22-5, 104). John Collins had a career-best 31 points and 15 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (15-12, 6-9). … V.J. Beachem scored 27 points and hit a career-high seven three-pointers to help No. 25

Notre Dame beat North Carolina State 81-72. Bonzie Colson added 13 points for the Fighting Irish (21-7, 10-5). Dennis Smith Jr. scored 16 points for N.C. State (14-14, 3-12). … Kamari Murphy scored a career-high 15 points to lead

Miami to a 71-65 victory over Clemson. Ebuka Izundu scored 12 points for Miami (18-8, 8-6). Jaron Blossomgam­e scored a game-high 16 points for the Tigers (14-12, 4-10). … Senior Sheldon Jeter scored a career-high 29 points as

Pittsburgh upset No. 17 Florida State 80-66. Pitt (15-12, 4-10) led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but a 10-0 Florida State run cut the lead to two with 6:19 to play. The Panthers responded by outscoring the Seminoles 16-4 the rest of the way. Xavier RathanMaye­s had 12 points for Florida State (21-6, 9-5). … Justin Jackson scored 20 points to help No. 10 North Carolina beat No. 14 Virginia 65-41, keeping the Tar Heels alone in first in the ACC. Kennedy Meeks had all of his 13 points and seven rebounds after halftime for the Tar Heels (23-5, 11-3). Marial Shayok scored 13 points to lead Virginia (18-8, 8-6).

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