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No. 3 Kansas 67, Oklahoma 65
NORMAN, Okla. -- Julian Wright and Mario Chalmers each scored 18 points, and Kansas bounced back after blowing a 14-point lead. The Jayhawks (26-4, 12-2 Big 12) committed 12 second-half turnovers against Oklahoma's pressing defense, but rebounded with a late 11-4 run to win their seventh straight game.
Syracuse, 72, No. 9 Georgetown 58
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Demetris Nichols and Andy Rautins each hit a pair 3-pointers to key a 14-0 second-half spurt as Syracuse beat Georgetown. The victory snapped the Hoyas' 11-game winning streak and gave the Orange a strong claim for the postseason. Georgetown (22-6, 12-3 Big East) had won 11 straight conference games for the first time in school history and had defeated Pittsburgh 61-53 Saturday to avenge a road loss to the Panthers in January and take sole possession of first place in the Big East. Syracuse (21-8, 10-5 Big East) has won five straight since dropping four of five. Nichols, the Big East's leading scorer, struggled before getting hot midway through the second half and finished with 22 points. Eric Devendorf had 11 points and 11 assists, Rautins had 13 points, and Paul Harris had 11 points. Jeff Green, Georgetown's leading scorer, finished with nine points on 3-of-13 shooting, the first time he failed to crack double figures in 10 games. Center Roy Hibbert, who has never had much success against Syracuse, continued that trend with just six points and only two rebounds. Starters Jessie Sapp, Jon Wallace and DaJuan Summers scored a combined 25 points on 4-for-29 shooting. Georgetown, first in the Big East and fifth nationally in scoring defense, allowing 56.1 points per game, got a taste of its own medicine. The Hoyas shot 29.8 percent for the game, just 20 percent in the decisive second half against Syracuse's 2-3 zone.
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No. 3 Connecticut 70, No. 18 Rutgers 44
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Renee Montgomery scored 21 points to help Connecticut complete a perfect season in the Big East. The Huskies (27-2, 16-0 Big East) have won 13 straight games and finished with an undefeated conference record for the sixth time in school history -- the first since 2002-03. It was Connecticut's first Big East title since the 2004 season. Rutgers had won the last two regular-season conference championships. The Scarlet Knights (19-8, 12-4) had won five straight games and nine of their last 10 with the only loss coming against UConn. The Huskies had already clinched the top seed in the Big East tournament that will start Saturday in Hartford. Rutgers will be the No. 2 seed. Both schools have first-round byes and won't play until Sunday. Essence Carson scored 17 points to lead the Scarlet Knights. She had little help as no other Rutgers player scored in double figures. Leading scorer Epiphanny Prince finished with six points. She missed her first nine shots and hit her only basket with 3:30 remaining in the game and UConn up 19 points. Rutgers shot 29.4 percent from the field in its lowest scoring total of the season. Mel Thomas added 16 points for Connecticut.
West Virginia 76, No. 20 Louisville 71, OT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- LaQuita Owens scored a career-high 30 points, including seven in overtime, and West Virginia rallied to beat Louisville in both teams' regular-season finale. Olayinka Sanni added 21 points for the Mountaineers (20-9, 11-5 Big East), who trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half and 30-18 at halftime. Their win stopped Louisville's home winning streak at 21. Angel McCoughtry scored 33 points on 9-of-18 shooting to lead the Cardinals (24-6, 10-6), and Jazz Covington added 17 points.
No. 23 Marquette 69, St. John's 60
NEW YORK -- Krystal Ellis scored 19 points to lead Marquette over St. Johns. Christina Quay added 14 points for the Golden Eagles (24-5, 12-4 Big East), who led 31-17 at the half. Kia Wright scored 23 points for the Red Storm (8-19, 4-12), who lost their third straight. Monique McLean had 14.
-- Associated Press
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