No. 5 Duke bests No. 1 Syracuse after a controversial charge call

DURHAM, N.C. — Rodney Hood scored 13 points and drew the game-changing charging call that helped No. 5 Duke beat No. 1 Syracuse 66-60 on Saturday night.

Freshman Jabari Parker had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (22-6, 11-4 ACC). Jerami Grant had17 points and C.J. Fair finished with13 for the Orange (25-2, 12-2).

Syracuse had the ball down 60-58 in the final seconds when Fair drove past Tyler Thornton along the baseline for an apparent tying layup. But official Tony Greene whistled Fair for charging — and when Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim shot onto the court to argue, Greene slapped him with two technical fouls and ejected him.

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Scottie Wilbekin scored 18 points and No. 2 Florida (25-2, 14-0 SEC) rallied to beat host Mississippi (16-11, 7-7) 75-71 in Oxford. ... Tekele Cotton had 21 points and host No. 3 Wichita State (29-0, 16-0 Missouri Valley) pounded Drake (14-14, 5-11) 83-54 in Kansas. ... Cameron Bairstow scored 26 points, including 10 during a second-half run that led New Mexico (21-5, 12-2 Mountain West) to a 58-44 victory over No. 6 San Diego State (23-3, 12-2). ... Russ Smith’s 18-foot jumper with 2.2 seconds left gave No. 11 Louisville (23-4, 12-2 American) a 58-57 victory win over host No. 7 Cincinnati (24-4, 13-2). ... Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points and host No. 8 Kansas (21-6, 12-2) trounced No. 19 Texas (20-7, 9-5) 85-54 in Lawrence. ... Darrun Hilliard scored18 points, Ryan Arcidiacono had 12 and No. 9 Villanova (24-3, 12-2 Big East) beat St. John’s (18-10, 8-7) 57-54 in Philadelphia. ... Jodair Jett scored 16 points to lead host No. 10 Saint Louis (25-2, 12-0 Atlantic 10) to a 66-59 win over George Washington (20-7, 8-5). ... Akil Mitchell and Anthony Gill both scored 15 points and No. 14 Virginia (23-5, 14-1 ACC) beat Notre Dame (14-14, 5-10) 70-49 in Charlottesville, Va. ... DeAndre Kane scored 20 points, Georges Niang had19 points and eight rebounds and No.17 Iowa State (21-5, 9-5 Big 12) kept TCU (9-17, 0-14) winless in the Big 12 with a 71-60 victory in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Akil Mitchell and Anthony Gill both scored 15 points and No. 14 Virginia (23-5, 14-1 ACC) used a 30-5 secondhalf run to blow open a close game and beat Notre Dame (14-14, 5-10) 70-49 in Charlottesville, Va., the Cavaliers’ 11th consecutive victory. ... Julius Randle scored in the lane with 3.9 seconds remaining in overtime gave No.18 Kentucky (21-6, 11-3 SEC) a hard-earned 77-76 victory over LSU (16-10, 7-7) on Saturday. ... Frank Kaminsky had 21points and a crucial late steal as No.16 Wisconsin (22-5, 9-5 Big Ten) beat host No. 15 Iowa (19-7, 8-5) 79-74 in Iowa City for its fifth straight win. ... Austin Nichols had17 points,12 rebounds and seven blocks on Saturday night as host No. 22 Memphis ( 21-6,10-4 American) beat Temple (7-19, 2-12) 82-79 in overtime. ... Sam Thompson scored16 of his19 points in the second half, leading host No. 24 Ohio State (22-6, 9-6 Big Ten) back from a 12point deficit to a 64-46 victory over Minnesota (17-11, 6-9) in Columbus.

Top10 women

Bria Hartley and Stefanie Dolson scored 24 points apiece and No.1Connecticut (28-0,15-0 American) beat host Houston (5-22, 1-15 92-41, extending the Huskies’ winning streak to 34 games. ... Odyssey Sims matched her season low with 17 points, and No. 6 Baylor (24-3, 14-1 Big 12) overcame a sluggish showing in a rare morning start for its10th straight win, beating TCU (1512, 6-9) 69-46 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pac-12 men

Chasson Randle made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 26 points to help host Stanford ( 18-8, 9-5) boost their case for an at-large NCAAtournament berth with an 83-74 victory over No. 23 UCLA (21-6, 10-4) in California. ... C.J. Wilcox had 23 points and Washington (15-13, 7-8) snapped a seven-game losing streak on the road with an 86-62 victory over host Oregon State (1412, 6-8) in Corvallis.

GCU men

Stephen Madison scored 34 points and host Idaho (13-12, 8-4) avenged a loss to the Antelopes (13-12, 8-4) earlier this season with an 83-77 win in Moscow.

GCU women

The Antelopes (17-8, 6-6) lost to Idaho (19-8, 12-1) 6854 at GCU Arena. Grand Canyon had won 10 straight in the building and were 9-0 this season prior to losing to the Western Athletic Conference leaders.

NAU men

Troy Huff scored 28 points to lead North Dakota ( 1214, 9-7 Big Sky) to a 75-63 victory over the Lumberjacks (11-16, 8-8) in Flagstaff.

NAU women

The Lumberjacks shot 62.5 percent from the field, the second-best single-game field goal percentage in school history, and NAU ( 9-16, 6-10 Big Sky) went on to a 86-70 win over host Northern Colorado (14-12, 8-9) in Greeley.