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    Thursday, April 25, 2024

    Big East men's basketball

    Providence's Kris Dunn, the former New London High School star, is fouled by Davante Gardner of Marquette in the second half of Saturday's game at Milwaukee. Dunn scored 10 points.

    Villanova 75, No. 3 Syracuse 71

    Ryan Arcidiacono hit the tying 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left in regulation, and James Bell hit consecutive 3s in overtime to send Villanova to its second win over a Top 5 team this week, beating Syracuse Saturday.

    The Wildcats defeated No. 5 Louisville 73-64 on Tuesday and became the first unranked team to beat two Top 5 teams in the same season since Florida State in 2011-12, according to STATS LLC.

    Arcidiacono's 3-point attempt to tie with about 25 seconds left in regulation was off the mark. Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams missed the front end of a 1-and-1 and JayVaughn Pinkston of the Wildcats grabbed the rebound.

    Bell missed a 3 and Mouphtaou Yarou grabbed the offensive rebound. Syracuse decided not to foul, giving Yarou time to kick it out to Arcidiacono. He let go a leaner from just beyond the 3-point line to tie the game at 61, force overtime and send the crowd into a frenzy.

    With the Orange (18-2, 6-1 Big East) down two points in overtime, Brandon Triche made one free throw with 46.5 seconds left.

    Bell followed with a layup to for a 71-68 lead and the Wildcats (13-7, 4-3) held on from the free throw line.

    Florida State beat No.3 North Carolina and No. 4 Duke in its big week.

    Darrun Hilliard scored 25 points and Yarou had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Wildcats while Bell scored 13 points.

    Triche led the Orange with 23 points and Carter-Williams scored 17 points.

    Marquette 81, Providence 71

    Vander Blue scored 13 points and played suffocating defense on the Big East's leading scorer to lead Marquette to a victory over Providence in a game delayed several times because of a dive-bombing bat.

    Junior Cadougan led Marquette (14-4, 5-1 Big East) with 15 points, and Trent Lockett and Davante Gardner added 13 each as part of a balanced Marquette attack.

    Bryce Cotton, who came in averaging 21.9 points per game, led Providence (10-10, 2-6) with 19 hard-earned points. He attempted just nine shots and made five. New London's Kris Dunn scored 10 for the Friars.

    The game included several delays in the second half due to a bat circling the arena - and occasionally swooping to the floor, sending coaches, players and referees scrambling.

    Georgetown 53, No. 5 Louisville 51

    Otto Porter had 17 points and grabbed the game's decisive rebound with 1.4 seconds to play, leading Georgetown to a win over Louisville, the Cardinals' third straight loss.

    Trailing by one, Louisville had several chances to take the lead in the final 2 minutes. After getting the ball back on a disputed held ball ruling, the Cardinals kept the ball for a final shot. Peyton Siva, who didn't score in the game, missed the jumper, Porter grabbed the rebound and was fouled.

    Porter finished with 12 rebounds for the up-and-down Hoyas (14-4, 4-3 Big East).

    Georgetown has beaten ranked teams Notre Dame and Louisville in consecutive games.

    No. 24 Notre Dame 73, South Florida 65

    Jerian Grant scored 18 points and Tom Knight had 17 as Notre Dame beat South Florida.

    Eric Atkins added 13 points and Pat Connaughton contributed 12 for Notre Dame (16-4, 4-3 Big East), which had lost three of four, including a 63-47 loss to Georgetown last Monday.

    Notre Dame forward Jack Cooley, who entered averaging 14.8 points, finished with six points and 14 rebounds.

    Zach LeDay had 17 points and Anthony Collins added 12 for South Florida (10-9, 1-6).

    Pittsburgh 93, DePaul 55

    Trey Zeigler scored a season-high 18 points and Pittsburgh crushed DePaul for its fourth straight victory.

    Lamar Patterson added 15 points, Steven Adams added nine points and a season-high 14 rebounds for the Panthers (17-4, 5-3 Big East), who climbed into a tie for third in the muddled Big East after dominating the reeling Blue Demons.

    The 38-point margin of victory was the highest ever by Pitt in a Big East game, eclipsing a 36-point romp over West Virginia in 2003.

    Brandon Young led DePaul (10-9, 1-5) with 13 points and Moses Morgan chipped in 11, but the Blue Demons were never in it while losing for the sixth time in seven games.

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