Wright's late 3 helps St. John's upset Irish

Illinois handed No. 23 Indians it's second loss in the Big Ten.
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NEW YORK -- Larry Wright hit a 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds to play to give St. John's a 71-68 victory over No. 22 Notre Dame on Tuesday night, the Red Storm's second straight last-minute win at Madison Square Garden.
Lamont Hamilton scored all of his 23 points in the first half for St. John's (12-8, 3-4 Big East), which beat Syracuse 64-60 on Sunday on two late 3-pointers by Avery Patterson.
Notre Dame (16-4, 4-3) tied the game at 68 with 40 seconds to go on the second of two free throws by Colin Falls. The Red Storm called a timeout with 36 seconds left, and they ran the shot clock down just under 10 seconds before passing the ball to Wright in the right corner. The 6-foot-2 freshman reserve buried his third 3 of the game in four attempts.
Notre Dame rushed the ball down court and Russell Carter's 3-point attempt from about 28 feet bounced off the rim and the Fighting Irish dropped to 0-3 on the road in the conference.
Carter finished with a career-high 32 points for Notre Dame.
Illinois 51, No. 23 Indiana 43
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Rich McBride scored 15 points to lead Illinois to over Indiana for the Illini's first win against a ranked opponent in five tries this season.
D.J. White scored 12 points for Indiana (14-5, 4-2 Big Ten), which had a five-game winning streak snapped.
Both teams had horrific shooting nights as Indiana was just 17-for-44 (39 percent) and Illinois was 17-for-42 (40 percent).
The Illini (15-7, 3-4) held the Hoosiers without a field goal for almost 9 minutes -- from the 12:21 mark in the first half until the 39 seconds remained. After Earl Calloway hit a 3-pointer to give Indiana an 18-11 lead, the Hoosiers went cold from the field missing their next nine shots.
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