PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — C.J. Fair scored a career-high 21 points and Scoop Jardine added 17, including a dagger 3-pointer with 1: 11 to play, as No. 2 Syracuse escaped another close one with a 74-64 victory over Rutgers on Sunday.
The Orange (27-1, 14-1) improved their lead in the Big East standings to 2 1/2 games over No. 12 Marquette and No. 23 Notre Dame. They won two of their last three games by three points or fewer and this one looked to be going the same way.
The Scarlet Knights (12-15, 4-10) beat two Top Ten teams this season at home — Florida and Connecticut — and they were right there with the Orange, who have won 12 straight games in the series.
No. 5 Duke 75,
Boston College 50
BOSTON ( AP) — Seth Curry scored 18 points and Duke didn’t need another late rally as it cruised past Boston College behind a smothering defense.
The Blue Devils had erased a 20- point deficit in the final 11 1/ 2 minutes to beat North Carolina State 78- 73 on Thursday night. Eight days earlier, they had come back from 10 points down with 2 1/2 minutes left to beat North Carolina 85-84.
No. 7 Michigan State 76,
Purdue 62
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Draymond Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Austin Thornton scored a career-high 17 points to lead Michigan State past short-handed Purdue.
By winning their second straight in West Lafayette and sweeping the Boilermakers this season, the Spartans (22-5, 11-3 Big Ten) took a one-game lead in the conference title chase.
No. 15 Wisconsin 65,
Penn State 55
MADISON, Wis. ( AP) — Josh Gasser scored 15 points and Wisconsin held off Penn State to win for the eighth time in 10 games.
Iowa 78, No. 18 Indiana 66
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Matt Gaten scored a career-high 30 points and Iowa snapped Indiana’s threegame winning streak.
Melsahn Basabe had 13 points for the Hawkeyes (14-13, 6-8 Big Ten), who beat the Hoosiers in Iowa City for the seventh time in eight tries.
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