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January 26, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

No. 9 Louisville 67, No. 8 Syracuse 57

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Earl Clark scored five of his 16 points in the final two minutes and Louisville held off Syracuse. After Eric Devendorf gave Syracuse a 55-54 lead with 2:55 left, Clark hit a 3-pointer from right wing to put the Cardinals ahead to stay as the Orange misfired repeatedly in the closing minutes. Syracuse, averaging 80.4 points a game, had only two field goals in the last seven minutes in being held to a season-low in points. It was the seventh straight win for Louisville (15-3, 6-0 Big East).

No. 4 Pittsburgh 79, West Virginia 67

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sam Young scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half to lead Pittsburgh to its second easy win since surrendering its top ranking a week ago. DeJuan Blair had his 13th double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds for Pittsburgh (18-1, 6-1 Big East). LeVance Fields had 13 points and Jermaine Dixon scored 11. Young, who had gone to the bench with his third foul seconds into the second half, took over upon returning. He scored 12 points during a decisive 18-5 run, capping it with a layup with 8:06 remaining that gave Pittsburgh a 68-53 lead. Da’Sean Butler led West Virginia (14-5, 3-3) with 21 points and Alex Ruoff added 16.

Seton Hall 65, No. 12 Georgetown 60

NEWARK, N.J. — Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 8.1 seconds left that helped Seton Hall get its first Big East win of the season. The Pirates (10-9, 1-6) won by holding the Hoyas (12-6, 3-4) to their worst shooting game of the season and despite not hitting a 3-pointer in a game for the first time in more than 17 years. Seton Hall had lost six straight and eight of nine and four of the losses were to ranked teams. Freshman Greg Monroe had 17 points to lead Georgetown, which lost its third straight. The Hoyas entered the game third-best in the Big East in shooting at 48.2 percent but they shot 32 percent (17-for-52), including going 3-for-22 from 3-point range.

No. 21 Minnesota 67, Indiana 63

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Damian Johnson had 18 points and six rebounds, and Ralph Sampson III finished with 13 points to help the Golden Gophers snap a two-game skid. The Gophers (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten) won for the first time in Bloomington since February 2004. The Hoosiers (5-13, 0-6) were led by Devan Dumes with 19 points and Malik Story with 14, but Dumes missed a potential tying 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left.

No. 24 Florida 94, Vanderbilt 69

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chandler Parsons hit seven 3-pointers, including his first five, and finished with a career-high 27 points to lead the Gators. Florida (17-3, 4-1 SEC) won for the 11th time in 12 games and bounced back from a loss to South Carolina by hitting a season-best 15 3-pointers. Erving Walker also scored a career-high 17 points for Florida. Nick Calathes added 15 and Hodge had 10. Vanderbilt (12-7, 1-4) lost its third straight and fourth in five games after failing to hold onto a six-point margin in the opening minutes.

No. 10 Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 59

CLEMSON, S.C. — Terrence Oglesby hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points, Trevor Booker had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Clemson broke a two-game losing streak. The Tigers (17-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened the season 16-0. But after losing a top-10 showdown to Wake Forest eight days ago, the Tigers were thumped by North Carolina — running their all-time mark to 0-54 in Chapel Hill. The Yellow Jackets (9-10, 0-6), the ACC’s last winless team in league play, proved the perfect bounce-back opponent for the Tigers.

Associated Press