TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Monday’s games

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No. 5 Syracuse 84, Notre Dame 71

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Wesley Johnson scored 22 points and Andy Rautins added 21 on 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point range to lead Syracuse to its third Big East road win in six days. After shooting 54 percent in the first half, the Orange (18-1, 5-1) shot 44 percent in the second half. But the Orange were 20 of 25 from the free-throw line in the second half as they held on. The Irish (14-5, 3-3) used an 8-1 run to close to 55-53 on two free throws by Tory Jackson after Rautins was called for an intentional foul for throwing an elbow. The Orange went on a 6-0 run to go up 65-56. The Irish cut the lead to 67-62 when Tim Abromaitis, who scored 26 points, hit his second straight 3-pointer. But Syracuse put the game away with a 17-7 run. Luke Harangody led the Irish with 31 points and 14 rebounds.

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No. 1 Connecticut 81, No. 6 Duke 48

DURHAM, N.C. — Maya Moore scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half, and top-ranked Connecticut claimed its 57th straight victory. Kalana Greene added 18 points for the Huskies (18-0), who never trailed, shot 53.6 percent, hit 52 percent of their 3-pointers and used a big run early in the second half to snap the Blue Devils’ 23-game winning streak at Cameron Indoor Stadium in decisive fashion. Jasmine Thomas scored 17 points for Duke (15-3).

No. 25 Virginia 70, Virginia Tech 56

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Monica Wright scored 27 points to lead, including Wright had 17 points in the second half for the Cavaliers (12-5, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the Hokies for the seventh straight time.

Associated Press