Duke rallies to get by Miami; No. 1 UConn beats Michigan

February 8, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C. — Gerald Henderson scored the go-ahead basket with 3:16 left in overtime, and No. 4 Duke rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Miami 78-75 on Saturday.

Henderson had 18 of his 19 points after halftime for the Blue Devils (20-3, 7-2 ACC), who struggled the entire way in bouncing back from a blowout loss at Clemson.

Jon Scheyer led Duke with 22 points, while Kyle Singler shook off a terrible shooting day to come up with a key overtime basket that helped the Blue Devils stay in front late.

Duke trailed by 13 at halftime and 38-22 early in the second half before rallying.

Jack McClinton scored 34 points to lead Miami (15-8, 4-6), including a 3-pointer to force overtime with 14.8 seconds left. Duke had a chance for the win in regulation, but Scheyer missed a 3 in the final seconds.

No. 1 Connecticut 69, Michigan 61

STORRS, Conn. — Hasheem Thabeet scored 17 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help the top-ranked Huskies win their 11th straight.

Jerome Dyson led UConn (22-1) with 19 points and Jeff Adrien had nine points and 14 rebounds. Adrien’s final rebound, on the last shot of the game, gave him 1,000 for his career, just the sixth player in school history to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds.

Stu Douglas hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead Michigan (15-9), which was coming off a 71-51 victory Thursday over Penn State. Manny Harris added 15 for the Wolverines.

No. 2 Oklahoma 77, Colorado 72

NORMAN, Okla. — Blake Griffin had 26 points and 12 rebounds for his 20th double-double, and Tony Crocker added 24 points with a career-high seven 3-pointers to lead the Sooners.

Colorado rallied within 73-70 on Cory Higgins’ jumper with 12.2 seconds left, but the Sooners (23-1, 9-0 Big 12) sealed it from the foul line for their 12th straight win.

Higgins finished with 20 points to lead the Buffaloes (9-13, 1-7), who lost for the 23rd consecutive time in Norman and the 25th straight time in a Big 12 road game.

No. 3 North Carolina 76, Virginia 61

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Wayne Ellington scored 20 points and the Tar Heels shook off a sluggish start for their seventh straight win. Tyler Hansbrough had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Danny Green added 17 points and Ty Lawson scored all 10 of his points during the game-breaking run for North Carolina (21-2, 7-2 ACC).

No. 6 Pittsburgh 92, DePaul 69

ROSEMONT, Ill. — DeJuan Blair scored a career-high 32 points with 14 rebounds, Levance Fields added a personal-best 16 assists and the Pirates won in a rout.

Florida State 65, No. 10 Clemson 61

CLEMSON, S.C. — Toney Douglas had 23 points and the Seminoles rallied from 19 down in the second half to stun the Tigers three days after their own rout of No. 4 Duke.

No. 13 Michigan St. 75, Indiana 47

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Chris Allen scored 16 points and Draymond Green had season highs with 15 points and 12 rebounds to help the Spartans win without an ill Raymar Morgan.

No. 15 UCLA 89, Notre Dame 63

LOS ANGELES — Alfred Aboya scored 19 points to help the Bruins send Notre Dame to its seventh consecutive loss for the first time since 1992-93.

Nebraska 58, No. 16 Texas 55

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ade Dagunduro made a rare 3-pointer with 50 seconds left and finished with 17 points to help the Huskers overcome a 12-point second-half deficit against Texas.

No. 17 Villanova 102, No. 20 Syracuse 85

PHILADELPHIA — Dante Cunningham matched a career high with 31 points to help the Wildcats roll to their fifth straight win.

No. 21 Kansas 78, Oklahoma St. 67

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Cole Aldrich had 12 points and a career-high 18 rebounds to help the Jayhawks stretch the nation’s best home winning streak to 37.

No. 24 Arizona State 49, Oregon State 38

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Jeff Pendergraph scored 15 points, all in the second half, and the Sun Devils won their fourth consecutive conference road game.