TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Tuesday’s other games
No. 1 North Carolina 90, Florida St. 77
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough had 20 points and Ty Lawson added 10 in his first home game in a month to help the Tar Heels stay in position to play for the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title this weekend at No. 6 Duke. Marcus Ginyard added 13 points for North Carolina (28-2, 13-2), which led by 12 at halftime and maintained a comfortable margin through most of the second half for its seventh straight victory. Jason Rich had 27 points for the Seminoles (17-13, 6-9), who trailed by six points midway through the second half.
No. 9 Texas 70, Nebraska 66
AUSTIN, Texas — D.J. Augustin scored 22 points and No. 9 Texas went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final minute to hold off Nebraska. A.J. Abrams hit a clutch 3-pointer with 41 seconds left for the Longhorns (25-5, 12-3), who moved into a tie for first in the Big 12 with No. 5 Kansas. Nebraska (17-11, 6-9) rallied from a 38-25 halftime deficit to tie the game at 50 with 9:39 left. Augustin then made two 3-pointers to give Texas a six-point lead. Nebraska center Aleks Maric went inside for two layups that tied the game for the last time at 61-61. Abrams, who was 1-for-5 from the field in the first half, scored 11 points in the second half, including going 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the final minute. Maric led the Cornhuskers with 17 points. Ryan Anderson had 14 points on 5-for-9 shooting for Nebraska, while Paul Velander scored his nine points on 3-pointers.
No. 21 Marquette 67, Florida Gulf Coast 37
MILWAUKEE — Lazar Hayward had 18 points and 11 rebounds, his fourth double-double of the season, to lead Marquette. Wesley Matthews scored 12 points and Dominic James added 11 for Marquette (22-7). Adam Liddell, Casey Wohlleb, Terike Barrowes, Rob Quaintance and Roman Narmbaye all scored six points for Gulf Coast (10-21) in the first meeting between the schools. Gulf Coast concluded its first season as a Division I member and the first losing season in school history.
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