No. 4 Pittsburgh 71, Cincinnati 59

Ashton Gibbs tied a career-high with 25 points and Pittsburgh took advantage of the fact Cincinnati was playing without suspended forward Yancy Gates, beating the Bearcats Saturday night.

Gilbert Brown added 11 points for the Panthers (21-2, 9-1), who have built a two-game lead in the Big East standings.

Gates, a senior who leads Cincinnati in rebounds and blocked shots and was second in scoring, is suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. He did not make the trip.

Larry Davis had 13 points to lead Cincinnati (18-5, 5-5), which has lost five of eight after a 15-0 start. The Bearcats have lost 17 consecutive conference road games against ranked opponents.

No. 2 Kansas 86, Nebraska 66

Brady Morningstar scored a season-high 19 points and made five of Kansas' season-best 13 3-pointers in a victory over Nebraska.

The Jayhawks (22-1, 7-1 Big 12) played without Josh Selby, their most accurate 3-point shooter, who sat out with an injured right foot. But it made little difference as Markieff Morris made a career-high three 3s and Tyrel Reed added three more.

Morris had 17 points, Marcus Morris added 16 and Tyrel Reed finished with 14 for Kansas.

No. 5 Duke 76, N.C. State 52

Nolan Smith scored 18 of his 20 points during the decisive first half, Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 12 rebounds and the Blue Devils rolled.

Kyle Singler added 14 points for Duke (21-2, 8-1), as the top team in the ACC had little trouble with one of its worst. The Blue Devils needed fewer than 18 minutes to lead by 30.

Richard Howell had a career-high 18 points for the Wolfpack (12-11, 2-7), who had 16 turnovers and lost their fourth straight.

No. 9 BYU 78, UNLV 64

Jimmer Fredette scored 16 of his game-high 29 points from the free-throw line, and reserve Stephen Rogers added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars.

Fredette's free throw to cap a three-point play with 3:24 remaining made him the career scoring leader in the Mountain West Conference, breaking the record of 2,189 points set by San Diego State's Brandon Heath in 2007.

BYU (22-2, 8-1) halted a three-game winning streak by UNLV (17-6, 5-4), which got 16 points from Anthony Marshall and 15 from Trevon Willis.

No. 12 Villanova 66, No. 25 West Virginia 50

Maalik Wayns scored 17 points, Corey Fisher had 16 and Villanova used a 19-3 run to pull away from the Mountaineers in the closing minutes.

Wayns, Fisher and Corey Stokes all hit 3s during the spurt and the Wildcats (19-4, 7-3 Big East). Fisher and Wayns shot a combined 12 of 19 out of the backcourt and had nine assists.

Kevin Jones scored 16 points and John Flowers had 15 for the Mountaineers (15-7, 6-4).

No. 13 Georgetown 83, Providence 81

Georgetown nearly blew an 18-point second-half lead and overcame a 43-point performance by Marshon Brooks to win their sixth straight game.

Brooks' career-high game was the most points scored by a Big East player this season and the fifth highest total ever in a Big East game. But his chance to tie or win it ended when he was stripped by Chris Wright at midcourt just before the final horn.

Austin Freeman scored 23 points, Jason Clark had 18, Wright added 16 and Julian Vaughn put in 14 for the Hoyas (18-5, 7-4 Big East). Brooks added 10 rebounds for Providence (14-10, 3-8).

No. 14 Missouri 89, Colorado 73

Kim English came off the bench to score 21 points, and the Tigers rattled Colorado into a season-worst 23 turnovers.

Alec Burks had 21 points for Colorado (15-9, 4-5 Big 12), which has lost five of six but had been coming off a 26-point victory over Iowa State on Tuesday. Burks had a career-best 36 points in the Buffaloes' 13-point victory over then-No. 9 Jan. 8 in Boulder, Colo.

No. 15 Louisville 61, DePaul 57

Kyle Kuric scored 19 points, including the game-clinching 3-pointer with just over 2 minutes remaining as Louisville held off DePaul.

Chris Smith and Terrence Jennings added 10 points each for the Cardinals (18-5, 7-3 Big East), who bounced back from a tough loss at No. 13 Georgetown on Monday despite playing without leading scorer Preston Knowles.

The senior guard watched from the bench in a sweatshirt and jeans after injuring his hamstring against the Hoyas. Kuric filled in capably, making several big shots, including a 3-pointer from the corner that put Louisville up 60-54 with 2:05 to go.

Baylor 76, No. 16 Texas A&M 74

Anthony Jones scored on a layup with 3.1 seconds left in overtime, and A.J. Walton stole the ball from Khris Middleton to preserve the win for Baylor.

Perry Jones, who led the Bears (15-7, 5-4 Big 12) with a season-high 27 points, gave them a 74-73 lead with his 3-point play with just over a minute left in overtime. B.J. Holmes made one of two free throw attempts to tie it at 74.

No. 17 Syracuse 72, South Florida 49

Rick Jackson scored a season-high 21 points with 12 rebounds for his 16th double-double, and Kris Joseph added 14 points to lead the Orange.

Syracuse (20-4, 7-4 Big East) has now won at least 20 games in 33 of 35 seasons under Jim Boeheim, whose 849 victories rank second among active Division I coaches.

The Orange built on momentum from a victory over No. 6 Connecticut that stopped a four-game losing streak, limiting cold-shooting USF (8-16, 2-9) to 35 percent from the field.

Oregon 81, No. 20 Washington 76

Joevan Catron had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Ducks handed the Huskies their third consecutive loss this week.

No. 24 Vanderbilt 78, South Carolina 60

John Jenkins scored 18 points, Jeffery Taylor and Festus Ezeli added 17 apiece and the Commodores stayed in the SEC East chase with a much-needed win.

UCLA 66, St. John's 59

Joshua Smith scored 19 points off the bench and Reeves Nelson grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds to lead UCLA's inside game in a messy victory over St. John's and former Bruins coach Steve Lavin.

It was Lavin's first visit to Pauley Pavilion as an opposing coach, coming nearly eight years after he was fired. Malcolm Lee added 15 points, Nelson had 12 points, and Malcolm Lee 15 for the senior-less Bruins (16-7), who have won three in a row and seven of their last eight.