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February 4, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

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No. 3 North Carolina 108, Maryland 91

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Wayne Ellington scored a season-high 34 points and North Carolina hit a season-best 16 3-pointers in its sixth straight victory. Tyler Hansbrough had 24 points and Ty Lawson added 21 for the Tar Heels (20-2, 6-2). The Atlantic Coast Conference’s hottest team used some early long-distance touch to clinch their fifth 20-win season under Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams. Danny Green finished with 16 points for North Carolina, which hit 11 of its first 14 attempts from behind the arc and finished one 3-pointer shy of the school record set against Florida State in 1995. Freshman Sean Mosley scored a season-high 19 points, Cliff Tucker added 18 and Greivis Vasquez scored 13 for the Terrapins (14-8, 3-5).

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No. 1 Connecticut 75, Rutgers 56

HARTFORD, Conn. — Maya Moore scored 24 points and Kalana Greene added a season-high 17 to help Connecticut beat Rutgers. Connecticut (22-0, 8-0 Big East) has run over its opponents winning by an average of 33 points. Epiphanny Prince scored 19 points and Khadijah Rushdan added a career-high 18 to lead Rutgers (12-8, 4-5), which has five conference losses for the first time since 2003-04.

No. 5 Louisville 78, Syracuse 57

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Angel McCoughtry had 18 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to lead Louisville. It was the 10th double-double of the season for McCoughtry, while Deseree’ Byrd of the Cardinals (21-2, 8-1 Big East) had 12 points and tied her career-high with 10 assists. Chandrea Jones led the Orange (14-8, 3-6) with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 22 Pittsburgh 82, No. 19 Notre Dame 70

PITTSBURGH — Shavonte Zellous scored 29 points, surpassing 2,000 in her career, and Pittsburgh won its sixth straight. Xenia Stewart and Taneisha Harrison scored 17 points and Shayla Scott added 11 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Panthers (17-4, 7-2 Big East).

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