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The senior standout is closing in on the ACC career points mark.
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ATLANTA -- Shelden Williams had 26 points and 11 rebounds and J.J. Redick overcome a horrid start to score 22 points as No. 1 Duke beat Georgia Tech 73-66 on Wednesday night.
Redick missed 15 of his first 17 shots, but he did hit the go-ahead jumper with 8:51 remaining. He needs nine points to break the Atlantic Coast Conference career mark of 2,587 set by Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric 51 years ago.
No. 6 George Washington 77,La Salle 65
WASHINGTON -- Regis Koundjia scored 13 points to lead five George Washington players in double figures and the Colonials extended the nation's longest winning streak to 15 games.
No. 7 Texas 65, Kansas St. 64
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kenton Paulino went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the final 16 seconds, and Texas narrowly avoided its second straight loss. P.J. Tucker had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Texas (23-4, 11-2 Big 12) and Daniel Gibson added 13 points.
No. 10 Tennessee 76,No. 12 Florida 72
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Dane Bradshaw's layup with 15 seconds to play gave Tennessee the lead for good. Bradshaw had a similar closing-minute layup in Tennessee last month when the Volunteers (20-4, 11-2 Southeastern Conference) handed Florida (22-5, 8-5) its first loss of the season after a 17-0 start.
No. 21 North Carolina 95,No. 15 N.C. State 71
RALEIGH, N.C. -- David Noel had a career-high 25 points and added 11 rebounds and Reyshawn Terry scored 20 points as North Carolina handed the Wolfpack their first home loss in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
No. 23 Georgetown 66, Rutgers 50
WASHINGTON -- Roy Hibbert was 10-for-13 from the field and scored a career-high 25 points as Georgetown snapped a three-game losing streak. Quincy Douby, the Big East's leading scorer, had 29 points on 9-for-20 shooting to lead the Scarlet Knights (15-12, 5-9).
No. 24 LSU 77, Vanderbilt 66
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Darrel Mitchell scored 21 points and LSU clinched a second straight Southeastern Conference Western Division title. The Tigers (19-7, 11-2) gave coach John Brady his first victory in Memorial Gym in five visits and LSU's first here since Jan. 10, 1996.
Bradley 71,No. 25 Northern Iowa 49
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Patrick O'Bryant scored 18 points and Bradley won its fourth straight game. Tony Bennett added 13 points for Bradley (17-9, 10-7 Missouri Valley Conference), which swept the season series with Northern Iowa for the first time in five years and picked up its first win over a ranked opponent this season.