COLLEGE HOOPS

COLLEGE HOOPS
Top 25 games
Florida State 79, No. 1 Duke 74
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State beat No. 1 Duke for the second time in three years and the latest win had quite an ending. Alexander Johnson's basket with just over a minute left broke the game's final tie and the Seminoles went on to a 79-74 victory over the Blue Devils. The fans stormed the court with the Seminoles leading 77-72 and 1.7 seconds left on the clock. The game was delayed several minutes until the floor could be cleared and Duke was awarded two free throws on a technical foul against Florida State for its players leaving the bench area. J.J. Redick, who led Duke with 30 points, made the foul shots to make it a three-point game, but Al Thornton, who was fouled as the premature celebration began, made two free throws for the final margin. The loss ended the run at an unbeaten Atlantic Coast Conference season for Duke (27-2, 14-1).
No. 2 Connecticut 66, South Florida 53
TAMPA, Fla. -- Josh Boone scored 17 points and Denham Brown added 16, helping Connecticut overcome cold shooting to hold off South Florida for coach Jim Calhoun's 729th career win. UConn (26-2, 13-2 Big East) squandered most of a double-digit lead built by scoring the first 18 points of the game. The Huskies avoided a total collapse with Boone delivering a key basket to help them pull away after South Florida (6-22, 0-15) pulled within 45-42 midway through the second half. The victory moved Calhoun ahead of Norm Stewart into a tie with Jerry Tarkanian for 14th on the career victories list. South Florida has lost a school-record 17 straight game and remained winless in its first season in the Big East.
No. 4 Villanova 65, St. John's 52
VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Randy Foye and Allan Ray put on one final show for the home crowd. Foye scored 14 straight points for Villanova and finished with 21, and Ray shook off a sprained knee to score 15 in the Wildcats' win over St. John's. Two of the most instrumental players in returning the Wildcats (23-3, 13-2 Big East) to the nation's elite, Foye and Ray took turns carrying the scoring load in each half of their final home game.
The Red Storm (12-14, 5-10) hung tight most of the game, still within single digits with 6 1/2 minutes left, but simply didn't have enough to keep pace with the Wildcats. Eugene Lawrence and Lamont Hamilton each scored 15 points for the Red Storm.
Texas A & amp;M 46, No. 6 Texas 43
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Acie Law made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Texas A & amp;M a victory over Texas. The Aggies, who won their sixth straight, got a chance for the upset when Texas' P.J. Tucker, apparently unaware of the time on the shot clock, dribbled around as it expired with 5.9 seconds left. The Longhorns intentionally fouled Law and after a timeout, he got the in-bounds pass and pulled up for a long 3 which swished as the buzzer sounded, sending a number of A & amp;M fans onto the court. It was the second straight year the Aggies (19-7, 9-6) beat the Longhorns (24-5, 12-3) at home. They beat then-No. 9 Texas 74-63 last year.
No. 7 George Washington 89, St. Bonaventure 78
OLEAN, N.Y. -- Danilo Pinnock and Maureece Rice teamed to key a 13-point run that helped George Washington extend the nation's longest winning streak to 17 games. It wasn't easy. The Colonials (25-1, 15-0 Atlantic 10) needed to overcome a resilient Bonnies team which led by as many six points midway through the second half, and didn't relinquish the lead until there was 6:31 left. George Washington needs only to beat Charlotte in its regular-season finale on Saturday to become only the fourth A-10 school -- and first since Saint Joseph's in 2003-04 -- to go undefeated in conference play. Michael Lee had 18 points for St. Bonaventure (8-18, 2-13).
Kentucky 80, No. 11 Tennessee 78
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Randolph Morris scored 22 points and Rajon Rondo added 16 and Kentucky held on to beat Tennessee. The Wildcats (19-10, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) avenged the Volunteers' win in Lexington last month that snapped an eight-game losing streak in the series.
No. 17 Florida 77, Georgia 66
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Joakim Noah had a career-high 37 points and 11 rebounds to help Florida snap a three-game losing streak. Noah scored on lay-ups, dunks, putbacks, even a baseline drive. He was 19-of-22 from the free throw line, breaking Neal Walk's school record for free throws made. Walk made 18 in 1968. Mike Mercer scored 16 points for the Bulldogs, who have lost five of six.
No. 23 Iowa 65, Penn State 38
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Mike Henderson scored 16 points and Erek Hansen added 15 to help Iowa snap a two-game losing streak.
Iowa (21-8, 10-5 Big Ten) took control midway through the first half and led by double digits the rest of the way. With the win, the Hawkeyes clinched a first-round bye for the Big Ten tournament and moved one step closer to its first undefeated season at home since 1965-66. The Hawkeyes, who are 16-0 at home for the first time in school history, finish up the regular season by hosting Wisconsin on Saturday. Iowa buried any hopes the Nittany Lions (14-13, 6-10) had for a comeback by opening the second half with an 11-0 run.
Associated Press