Hoyas hold off ’Cuse in classic Big East matchup

Aminu Mohammed had career highs of 23 points and 13 rebounds and Georgetown overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Syracuse 79-75 on Saturday in Washington.

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Mohammed, a freshman who also had a personal-best five assists, led an early second-half rally that gave the Hoyas (5-4) a lead and put the game away with two free throws with nine seconds left.

Buddy Boeheim had 17 points, Joe Girard 15, and Jimmy Boeheim 10 for the Orange (5-5).

UCLA 67, Marquette 56

In Milwaukee, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 24 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 4 UCLA (8-1) defeat Marquette (8-3) in a game that was pushed back several hours due to the Bruins’ flight problems.

Notre Dame 66, Kentucky 62

In South Bend, Ind., freshman and hometown star Blake Wesley hit a go-ahead, pull-up jumper in the lane with 11.7 seconds left to give Notre Dame (4-4) the win over No. 10 Kentucky (7-2).

Kansas 102, Missouri 65

In Lawrence, Kan., Ochai Agbaji scored 21 points, Christian Braun and Dajuan Harris had 13 apiece, and No. 8 Kansas (8-1) roared to past Missouri (5-5) in the first meeting of the longtime Big 12 rivals as nonconference foes.

Arizona 82, Illinois 76

In Champaign, Ill., Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points to power No. 11 Arizona (9-0) over Illinois (7-3).

UConn 74, St. Bonaventure 64

R.J. Cole scored 15 points and No. 15 Connecticut surged midway through the second half to beat St. Bonaventure at Prudential Center.

Akok Akok added 12 points and Jordan Hawkins had 11 for UConn (9-2). The Bonnies (8-2) took a 39-36 lead on Jalen Adaway’s two free throws before the Huskies scored 13 straight points to take control.

Utah 96, Manhattan 62

In Salt Lake City, Lahat Thioune scored a career-high 16 points off the bench and Utah (7-3) rolled past Manhattan (6-3) in the first meeting between the two schools.

St. Francis (B’klyn) 75, Delaware St. 61

In Dover, Del., Rob Higgins had 17 points as St. Francis (B’klyn) (2-8) topped Delaware State (2-8).