No. 6 Villanova 89, No. 25 Providence 61

Darrun Hilliard scored 19 of his game-high 24 points in the second half, JayVaughn Pinkston had 16 points and eight rebounds, and Villanova clinched at least a share of its second straight Big East regular-season title with a rout of Providence on Tuesday night.

Ryan Arcidiacono added 13 points and four assists for the Wildcats (26-2 overall, 13-2 Big East), who shot 53 percent from the field and 52 percent from 3-point range en route to their ninth straight win.

Tyler Harris led Providence (19-9, 9-6) with 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting.

Before the game, Hilliard and Pinkston were honored for Villanova's senior night ceremony. Tuesday's game was the Wildcats' last of the season at the Pavilion, their on-campus gym where they've won 26 straight dating back to the 2012-13 season.

After Providence pulled within six early in the second half, Hilliard took over. The senior guard scored 14 points in a four-minute stretch, including four 3-pointers, to give Villanova a 54-36 lead with 13 minutes left.

Villanova kept surging, completing a 23-6 run to build a 63-38 advantage midway through the second half before easing home with a dominant win that gave them a three-game lead in the Big East with three to play.

Hilliard is averaging 18.7 points per game during the course of Villanova's nine-game winning streak.

He came out to a standing ovation with 3:28 left.

A day after entering the Top 25 Poll for the first time since the 2003-04 season, Providence sputtered from the opening whistle. The Friars committed five turnovers before making their first shot, falling behind 9-0 four minutes into the contest and then 28-13 with 6:09 left in the first half after Arcidiacono and Josh Hart drilled back-to-back 3-pointers.

Providence closed the first half on a 7-0 run but still trailed 34-25 at the half despite shooting 50 percent from the field before the break.

LaDontae Henton and Kris Dunn, two of the top five scorers in the Big East, combined for just seven points in the first half and 16 for the game.

Dunn, the former New London High School star who entered the contest averaging 15.6 points per game, finished with four points on 2-for-10 shooting and committed six turnovers. He had more assists (7) than the entire Villanova team (6) in the first half. But the sophomore guard didn't have any in the second half.

No. 14 Maryland 59, No. 5 Wisconsin 53

Dez Wells scored 26 points, and Maryland held off Wisconsin, ending the Badgers' 10-game winning streak and ruining their bid to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular-season title.

Melo Trimble added 16 points for the second-place Terrapins (23-5, 11-4 Big Ten), who blew an 11-point halftime lead but finished the game with a 12-6 run.

The victory improved Maryland's home record to 17-1. The Terrapins are 9-0 in games decided by six points or fewer, and they've won their last three by a total of 17 points.

Maryland led 55-52 before Trimble made a driving layup and was fouled. He missed the free throw, but after Wisconsin misfired twice on the other end, Trimble iced it with a pair of foul shots. The Badgers (25-3, 13-2) missed nine of their last 10 shots.

Syracuse 65, No. 9 Notre Dame 60

B.J. Johnson scored 19 points, Rakeem Christmas added 14 despite being in foul trouble and Syracuse held Notre Dame to 35 percent shooting in a victory.

The Irish trailed by 10 in the first half and by seven with less than 2 minutes left, but managed to cut the lead to 59-57 when Jerian Grant sank a pair of free throws with 39 seconds remaining. The Orange put the game away with a fastbreak dunk by Johnson and a free throw when he was fouled.

The Orange (18-10, 9-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Irish for the sixth time in the last seven games. Notre Dame (24-5, 12-4) dropped to third place in league standings.

Bonzie Colson led the Irish with 16 points and Grant and Pat Connaughton added 13 points each, although Jackson finished 2-of-8 from the field.

North Carolina State 58, No. 15 North Carolina 46

Anthony "Cat" Barber scored 15 points and North Carolina State beat North Carolina, earning its first road win in the series in a dozen years.

Trevor Lacey and Ralston Turner each added 14 points for the Wolfpack (17-11, 8-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who earned a second marquee road victory this month in pursuit of a fourth straight NCAA tournament trip. N.C. State didn't shoot particularly well, but it played with toughness and composure while frustrating the Tar Heels (19-9, 9-6) just about all night.

By the end, N.C. State had held UNC to its lowest point total in it's nearly three-decade run in the Smith Center. Not to mention beat a Roy Williams-coached Tar Heels team in Chapel Hill for the first time ever.

Freshman Justin Jackson scored 16 points for the Tar Heels, who shot 35 percent.

No. 18 Arkansas 81, Texas A&M 75

Bobby Portis scored 22 points and Arkansas won its seventh straight game with a victory over Texas A&M.

The win solidifies the Razorbacks (23-5, 12-3 Southeastern Conference) hold on second place in the SEC heading into a showdown with No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday. It also gives Arkansas, which has won 10 of 11 games overall, 12 wins in SEC play for the first time since the 1994-95 season.

Anthlon Bell added 14 points and Alandise Harris and Ky Madden had 11 each for the Razorbacks, who led by as many as 25 points in the first half before holding off a second-half rally by the Aggies (19-8, 10-5).

Danuel House led Texas A&M with 28 points, while Kourtney Roberson had 14 — 12 coming in the second half.

No. 20 West Virginia 71, Texas 64

Devin Williams scored 14 points to lead West Virginia to a win over Texas.

Daxter Miles Jr. and Jonathan Holton added 12 points apiece and Jevon Carter had 10 for West Virginia. Their outside scoring helped the Mountaineers (22-6, 10-5 Big 12) break open a close game in the second half and end a four-game losing streak to the Longhorns (17-11, 6-9).

Demarcus Holland scored 14 points and Isaiah Taylor added 13 for Texas, which couldn't overcome an 18-point first-half deficit and lost its third straight.

West Virginia figured out a way to outfox the bigger, more physical Longhorns. West Virginia scored 28 points in the paint — 14 more than in a 77-50 loss to the Longhorns last month in Austin, Texas.