Rivers' buzzer-beater stuns Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Freshman Austin Rivers buried a three-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night.
Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six 3s, though the last will certainly live on in the lore on the fierce rivalry.
With the Blue Devils (20-4 overall, 7-2 Atlantic Coas Conference) trailing by two, Rivers launched a 3 over 7-footer Tyler Zeller from the right wing. The ball swished through the net, sending Rivers running down the court in celebration while the rest of his teammates gave chase before mobbing him in front of a stunned UNC crowd.
No. 2 Syracuse 64, No. 12 Georgetown 61: At Syracuse, N.Y., Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, hitting a go-ahead three-pointer in the final minute of overtime, and Syracuse beat Georgetown to give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win.
Boeheim took sole possession of third place all-time in Division I, one more than North Carolina’s Dean Smith.
No. 7 Kansas 68, NO. 6 Baylor 54: At Waco, Texas, Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points and Kansas went ahead to stay during a stretch without Thomas Robinson as the seventh-ranked Jayhawks had another convincing victory over sixth-ranked Baylor.
No. 11 Michigan St. 77, Penn St. 57: At East Lansing, Mich., Draymond Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds and made some timely shots.
The Spartans (19-5, 8-3 Big Ten) are a game behind conference-leading and third-ranked Ohio State, setting up a big game Saturday on the road against the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio.
Boston College 64, No. 15 Florida St. 60: At Boston, Jordan Daniels scored a career-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, to help the Eagles snap the Atlantic Coast Conference-leading Seminoles’ win streak at seven games.
No. 19 Virginia 68, Wake Forest 44: At Charlottesville, Va., Mike Scott made all nine of his shots and scored 19 points.
Joe Harris added 11 points and three other players were in double figures for the Cavaliers (19-4, 6-3 ACC), who ended a six-game losing skid at the hands of the Demon Deacons.
No. 22 Michigan 62, Nebraska 46: At Lincoln, Neb., Zack Novak scored 14 points to go over 1,000 for his career.
The Wolverines (18-7, 8-4 Big Ten) outscored Nebraska 15-4 to start the second half and went on to only their second win in six Big Ten road games.
STATE Roundup
Bradley 68, Indiana St. 60: At Peoria, Walt Lemon Jr. scored 26 points and Jordan Prosser had 11 points and nine rebounds to lead Bradley to a victory against Indiana State.
Northern Illinois 62, Miami Ohio 59: At DeKalb, Tyler Storm scored 17 points off the bench and Northern Illinois won for only the third time this season.
Missouri State 56, Southern Illinois 54: At Carbondale, Caleb Patterson scored 18 points off the bench, Kyle Weems added 14 – including a tip-in with 42 seconds left that proved to be the game-winning score – and Missouri State held on to beat Southern Illinois.
Illinois State 64, Drake 53: At Normal, Tyler Brown scored a career-high 26 points and Jackie Carmichael added 18 points and nearly matched Drake’s total with 20 rebounds, leading Illinois State past Drake.
Carmichael nearly matched Drake’s rebounding total
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