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No. 10 Seton Hall 73, Providence 64

There is more to No. 10 Seton Hall than Myles Powell — a lot more.

Romaro Gill had 17 points, eight blocks and six rebound in making up for a rare sub-par game by Powell and the Pirates outlasted Providence on Wednesday night for their ninth straight victory.

Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said his team his team has grown since seeing Powell sustain a concussion in a loss to Rutgers on Dec. 14, the last time it lost.

“Ï think all these guys understood they just can't depend on him," Willard said about the preseason All-America pick who was limited to six shots from the field. "That's been our biggest growth. We are still going to roll with the little man, but I think the biggest thing is we realized when he went down was we have to step up and do something good rather than just depend on him.

Since then, the Pirates (15-4, 7-0 Big East) have gotten contributions from many players. Gill was one of the many Wednesday.

Jared Rhoden added 15 points and eight rebounds in helping Seton Hall to improve its best start in the league. Powell, who was averaging 22.4 points, finished with 14, and Quincy McKnight had 11.

“I just feel like I have found a rhythm," said Gill, who has scored in double figures in six straight games. “I am just trying to embrace that to the best of my ability and to have fun. That's what basketball is all about.”

Seton Hall shot 58% from the field in matching its longest winning streak since 2002-03.

Alpha Diallo had 13 points and eight rebounds for Providence (11-9, 4-3), which was limited to 36% shooting from the field. Nate Watson added 10 points.

“We missed 41 shots and for the second game in a row our defense is letting us down," Providence coach Ed Cooley said.

The 7-foot-2 Gill kept Seton Hall in the game in the first half, hitting 6 of 7 from the field. The shots were either dunks or shots within reach of the basket.

“He was great today,” Cooley said about Gill. “He's an option. When you have a guy like Powell on that floor that demands so much attention and McKnight is a silent assassin ..."

Cooley could have gone on and on talking about the Pirates.

“They're a really, really good team," he said.

Seton Hall, which is closing in on its fifth straight NCAA Tournament berth, never trailed after using a 12-2 spurt bridging the end of the first half and the start of the second to open a 42-34 lead.

Providence cut the deficit to three points several times, but it could never get any closer.

Friars sophomore G A.J. Reeves returned to the lineup after missing two games with a concussion and scored six points.

Willard said Pirates starting PF Sandro Mamukelashvili probably won't return to lineup until next month. He has been out since Nov. 29 with a broken wrist.

This was not one of the Pirates' better performances. Still they found a way to win the opener of a three-game homestand. Gill's recent emergence is making this team dangerous.

Providence has lost consecutive games to ranked teams and now faces another this weekend. Needs to win one of these games to make an impression

No. 6 Louisville 68, Georgia Tech 64

Malik Williams had 13 points and grabbed two late rebounds leading to three free throws in the final 23 seconds, helping Louisville hold off Georgia Tech.

Steven Enoch also had 13 points while Jordan Nwora and David Johnson each scored 10 for Louisville (16-3, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which won its fifth in a row. The Cardinals held Tech (8-11, 3-6) to 33% shooting in the second half after the Yellow Jackets made 62% before halftime.

The Cardinals trailed 43-32 early in the second half before outscoring the Yellow Jackets 22-9 over 10 1/2 minutes to take the lead.

Michael Devoe had 21 points and Alvarado scored 13 for the Yellow Jackets, who lost their third straight and fourth of five.

No. 7 Dayton 86, St. Bonaventure 60

Jalen Crutcher matched his career high with 23 points, Obi Toppin had four dunks, and Dayton — playing with its highest ranking in 52 years — showed off its versatility while pulling away from St. Bonaventure.

Crutcher's 3 started a 22-5 run that closed the first half and put Dayton (17-2, 6-0 Atlantic 10) up 47-29.

Toppin provided the most crowd-pleasing moments, repeatedly getting open for alley-oop dunks. He had 18 points and nine rebounds.

Jaren English led the Bonnies (12-7, 4-2) with 17 points.

No. 16 Auburn 80, South Carolina 67

Devan Cambridge scored 26 points, J’Von McCormick added 13 and Auburn beat South Carolina to stop a two-game skid.

The Tigers (16-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) started off sluggish but ran away with it down the stretch due in large part to hot shooting off the bench.

South Carolina (10-8, 2-3) played without starting forward Keyshawn Bryant. Jermaine Cousinard led the Gamecocks with 16 points and Justin Minaya added 10.

No. 19 Iowa 85, No. 24 Rutgers 80

Luka Garza had 28 points and 13 rebounds as Iowa held on in the closing seconds to beat Rutgers.

Connor McCaffery hit four free throws in the final 16 seconds, his only points of the night, to close out the win for the Hawkeyes (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten), who led by nine points three times in the second half before Rutgers (14-5, 5-3) rallied.

Garza, the Big Ten's leading scorer, had his 11th double-double of the season.

Wieskamp had 18 points, Joe Toussaint scored 14 and Ryan Kriener had 11 for the Hawkeyes.

Ron Harper Jr. had a career-high 29 points for Rutgers.

Tulsa 80, No. 20 Memphis 40

Jeriah Horne scored 21 points to help lead Tulsa to a surprisingly dominant win over Memphis.

The 40-point margin of victory is the largest-ever for Tulsa against a ranked opponent.

Martins Igbanu had 11 points and Brandon Rachal, the reigning American Athletic Conference’s Player of the Week, also had 11 for Tulsa (13-6, 5-1 American). The Golden Hurricane has now won four straight games following a stretch where they went 1-3.

Precious Achiuwa scored 10 points for Memphis (14-4, 3-2), which shot a season-low 28.8% from the floor.

Women

Oklahoma State 57, No. 25 West Virginia 55

Vivian Gray scored 22 points and assisted Clitan de Sousa on the winning basket with 20 seconds left as Oklahoma State handed West Virginia its third-straight loss.

Kysre Gondrezick missed a tying shot in the final seconds for the Mountaineers.

Ja'Mee Asberry added 16 points for the Cowgirls (12-6, 3-3 Big 12 Conference) and de Sousa had nine. Gray was only 9-of-30 shooting by had eight rebounds and five assists.

Gray wasn't the only player who couldn't find their shooting range. OSU was 7 of 18 from 3-point range (39%) but only shot 33% overall (22 of 67). West Virginia shot 40% (22 of 55) but was only 3 of 19 behind the arc.

Gondrezick led the Mountaineers (13-4, 3-3) with 11 points.