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BOSTON (AP) — Al-Amir Dawes scored a career-high 22 points and hot-shooting Clemson coasted to an 82-64 victory over Boston College Saturday for its ninth consecutive win over the Eagles. The Tigers haven't lost to BC since March 5, 2013. BC was led by Jay Heath's 16 points.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — M.J. Walker scored all 12 of his points after halftime to help eighth-ranked Florida State take control in the second half and beat North Carolina State 67-61. Patrick Williams also scored 12 points for the Seminoles. FSU has won six of seven to stay near the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. Devon Daniels scored 18 points to lead the Wolfpack. N.C. State was trying to follow its lopsided win against No. 6 Duke with another big one to bolster its NCAA Tournament resume. But the Wolfpack shot 40% after halftime as FSU asserted control.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jordan Nwora scored 18 points to lead No. 11 Louisville over North Carolina 72-55. The Cardinals won their second straight game and guaranteed they would stay in first place in the conference ahead of a big Monday night matchup at No. 8 Florida State. Louisville never had a big run in the first half but ended it on a strong note by making seven of its final nine shots. Lamarr Kimble's jumper with 9 seconds left gave the Cardinals their biggest lead of the half at 36-23. Nwora added 11 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. Malik Williams added 17 points and nine rebounds.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Elijah Hughes and Marek Dolezaj each scored 20 points and Syracuse erased a 11-point halftime deficit to defeat Georgia Tech 79-72. Dolezaj scored 16 of his points in the second half, and the Orange outscored the Yellow Jackets 52-34 in the final 20 minutes. Joe Girard chipped in with 15 points, 12 in the second half, and Buddy Boeheim added 13 for the Orange, who snapped a three-game skid. Moses Wright scored a career-high 33 points on 14-of-17 shooting and had 10 rebounds for Georgia Tech. Michael Devoe added 11 points.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kihei Clark scored 17 points as Virginia held off a late charge to top Pittsburgh, 59-56. Trailing by 14 in the second half, Pitt used a 7-0 run to close to with in two points in the final two minutes. But Pitt guard Trey McGowens’ 3-point attempt with under 10 seconds to play went off the rim and Ryan Murphy’s last-dash heave didn’t get off before the buzzer.
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