Maryland upends Tar Heels, 89-87

The Terrapins rallied from a 12-point second half deficit.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- D.J. Strawberry scored a career-high 27 points and Maryland rallied from a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 5 North Carolina 89-87 Sunday.
North Carolina (24-5, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a chance to force overtime with 3.5 seconds left, but Brandan Wright missed the first of two free throws and the Tar Heels failed to control the rebound of his second misfire.
Mike Jones scored 18 points and James Gist had 12 for the Terrapins (22-7, 8-6). Maryland trailed 77-65 with 7:14 left before Jones scored nine points in a 16-3 run to give the Terrapins their first lead.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points and Ellington had 17 for North Carolina, which went 8-for-17 at the foul line. The loss denied coach Roy Williams his 100th victory with the Tar Heels.
No. 7 Memphis 77, Houston 64
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 19 points and the Tigers extended the nation's longest winning streak to 17.
Joey Dorsey added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (25-3, 14-0 Conference USA), who also won their 29th consecutive home game.
Robert McKiver led Houston (15-13, 9-5) with 32 points, hitting 13 of his 28 shots. The Cougars cut the Tigers lead to less than 10 only once in the second half.
No. 17 Vanderbilt 67, Kentucky 65
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Derrick Byars grabbed a rebound off his own missed foul shot and scored to give the Commodores their first lead with 25.5 seconds left, and Vanderbilt held on for the win.
Byars finished with 26 points, and Shan Foster added 21 for the Commodores (19-9, 9-5 Southeastern Conference), who erased a 10-point second-half deficit.
Kentucky (19-9, 8-6) got 18 points from Bobby Perry and Jodie Meeks added 15. The Wildcats outshot Vanderbilt 58 percent (25-of-43) to 41 percent (24-of-58).
No. 18 Duke 67, St. John's 50
NEW YORK -- Greg Paulus scored 19 points, DeMarcus Nelson added 14 points and seven rebounds and the Blue Devils won their fourth straight.
Jon Scheyer had 11 points and David McClure grabbed seven rebounds and Duke (22-7, 8-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) continued to rebound from a four-game losing streak that knocked them out of the Top 25 for a time.
Lamont Hamilton scored 17 points and Anthony Mason Jr. had 13 for St. John's (15-14, 6-9 Big East). The Red Storm shot 34 percent from the field after going 3-for-22 in the first half.
No. 20 Louisville 76,Connecticut 69
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Terrence Williams scored 17 points and freshman Derrick Caracter came off the bench to score 16 as the Cardinals (21-8, 11-4) won their fifth straight game.
Louisville's David Padgett picked up two fouls in the first 4:23, but Caracter replaced him and scored all 16 of his points before intermission.
Jerome Dyson scored 23 points to lead Connecticut (17-11, 6-8).
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