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January 3, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

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South Carolina 85, No. 19 Baylor 84

WACO, Texas — Zam Fredrick hit a go-ahead layup with 5.1 seconds left to lift South Carolina. Devan Downey led the Gamecocks (10-2) with 23 points. Fredrick scored 19, Mike Holmes had 11 points and Dominique Archie and Brandis Raley-Ross scored 10 each. Curtis Jerrells scored 22 for Baylor (12-2). Baylor cut the lead to one on Kevin Rogers’ tip-in with 32.5 seconds to play. After a Bears timeout, South Carolina’s Evaldas Baniulis was called for traveling on the inbounds play. On Baylor’s next possession, Dunn rebounded Tweety Carter’s missed jumper and was fouled by Holmes. Dunn made both free throws for an 84-83 Baylor lead with 12.9 seconds left. After a South Carolina timeout with 8.6 seconds remaining, Fredrick got free inside for a layup to put the Gamecocks up for good.

No. 13 Syracuse 59, South Florida 54

TAMPA, Fla. — Jonny Flynn made a key jumper with 2 minutes to go and Eric Devendorf hit two free throws in the closing seconds, lifting Syracuse. Andy Rautins scored 14 points and Arinze Onuaku added 13 for the Orange (14-1, 2-0 Big East), who led by 16 at halftime but struggled to put the game away, in part because of poor free-throw shooting until Devendorf stepped to the line and calmly sank both ends of a 1-and-1 with 19.2 seconds remaining.

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No. 16 Virginia 62, Georgia 60

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Lyndra Littles scored 14 of her 23 points in the final seven minutes to help Virginia. Georgia led 58-57 with just over one minute remaining, but Littles’ three-point play with 50 seconds left and Enong Stovall’s two free throws 30 seconds later made up a 5-2 Virginia run in the final minute to seal the win.

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