Biggs comes up big as Pitt stays perfect

January 15, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

PITTSBURGH — Tyrell Biggs was Pittsburgh’s leading scorer for the first time in his career with 16 points, and the Panthers struggled early for the second time in as many games since reaching No. 1 before pulling away to beat South Florida 75-62 on Wednesday night.

Sam Young scored 14 points, DeJuan Blair had 13 points and 18 rebounds and Levance Fields had 11 points as Pittsburgh (16-0, 4-0 Big East) moved out to the third-best start in school history.

Dominique Jones and Augustus Gilchrist scored 22 points each and Chris Howard had 13 for South Florida (6-10, 1-3).

No. 2 Wake Forest 83, Boston College 63

BOSTON — Jeff Teague scored 29 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 with eight rebounds for Wake Forest (15-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which tied the best start in school history, matching a record set 82 years ago by the 1926-27 team.

Tyrese Rice scored 20 points for Boston College (13-5, 1-2), which has lost three in a row — all at home and one to Harvard — since its shocking defeat of then-No. 1 and unbeaten North Carolina on Jan. 4.

No. 3 Duke 70, Georgia Tech 56

ATLANTA — Gerald Henderson and Kyle Singler scored 19 points each for Duke, which overcame its worst shooting game of the season for its seventh straight victory. The Blue Devils (15-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) were just 23-of-59 from the field (39 percent).

No. 13 Georgetown 88, No. 8 Syracuse 74

WASHINGTON — DaJuan Summers scored 21 points and Georgetown had its best 3-point shooing game of the season. Austin Freeman scored 19 points and was 4-of-5 on 3-pointers as the Hoyas (12-3, 3-2 Big East) went 12-for-21 from behind the arc.

Illinois 66, No. 25 Michigan 51

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois center Mike Tisdale scored 24 points and guard Demetri McCamey added 17. Manny Harris had 20 points for the Wolverines (13-4, 3-2 Big Ten).