Seton Hall finally won its first Big East game of the season, while Louisville still hasn’t found a conference opponent that can give the Cardinals a game.
Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 8.1 seconds left, and Seton Hall upset No. 12 Georgetown 65-60 on Sunday. It was the Hoyas’ third straight loss in a brutal conference that is quickly chewing up some of the nation’s top teams.
“We’re in a rut. We’re in a bad situation right now,” Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. “We have to figure how to get everyone in that locker room out of it. There’s a lot of time left but in this league we have to quickly regroup.”
That’s because teams like Louisville are quickly putting them in the rearview mirror.
Earl Clark silenced a raucous crowd at the Carrier Dome with a 3-pointer with 2:06 remaining Sunday, and the ninth-ranked Cardinals held off No. 8 Syracuse 67-57 to remain unbeaten in the Big East.
West Virginia and – finally – Georgetown, all desperately trying to keep pace.
“You realize you’re going to be in so many close games, so you just say, ‘OK, here we go again,”’ said Cardinals coach Rick Pitino. “We understand.”
In other ranked games Sunday, it was: No. 4 Pitt 79, West Virginia 67; No. 7 Michigan State 78, Ohio State 67; No. 10 Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 59; No. 21 Minnesota 67, Indiana 63; and No. 24 Florida 94, Vanderbilt 69.
Big East coaches may have expected some shuffling as the heavyweights go blow-for-blow, but a perceived lightweight like Seton Hall knocking out Georgetown was unexpected.
In Newark, N.J., the Pirates (10-9, 1-6) went 0-for-13 on 3s, the first time since December 1991 that the team didn’t make a single one – not that it mattered on a day when Seton Hall was celebrating the 1988-89 team that lost to Michigan in the national championship game.
“We scratched and clawed and fought and made it a blood-and-guts possession game. We were desperate for it and pulled it out,” Pirates coach Bobby Gonzalez. “The ’89 team brought some magic to the building and gave us a great atmosphere.”
Freshman Greg Monroe had 17 points to lead Georgetown (12-6, 3-4), which shot a season-low 32.7 percent. Monroe had three of the Hoyas’ four field goals in the final 16:33.
” Thompson said. “The last two minutes all we took were 3s.”
In Syracuse, N.Y., Louisville won its seventh straight just eight days after handing then-No. 1 Pittsburgh its first loss of the season. Syracuse (17-4, 5-3) lost its second in a row after falling to those same Panthers last Monday.
“We just had to dig down and play great defense,” said Clark, who finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. “We came together as a team.”
No. 4 Pittsburgh 79, West Virginia 67
At Morgantown, W.Va., Sam Young scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half as the Panthers won their second straight after surrendering the No. 1 ranking a week ago.
DeJuan Blair had his 13th double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds for Pittsburgh (18-1, 6-1 Big East). LeVance Fields had 13 points and Jermaine Dixon scored 11.
Da’Sean Butler led West Virginia (14-5, 3-3) with 21 points and Alex Ruoff added 16.
No. 7 Michigan St. 78, Ohio St. 67
At Columbus, Ohio, Durrell Summers had 26 points and the Spartans won their first game since a humiliating loss to Northwestern that ended an 11-game winning streak.
Kalin Lucas added 20 points and Goran Suton 13 for the Spartans (16-3, 6-1 Big Ten).
Evan Turner had 19 points, and B.J. Mullens and Jon Diebler had 12 apiece for Ohio State (13-5, 3-4), 4-5 since opening with nine consecutive wins.
n 73, Georgia Tech 59
At Clemson, S.C., Terrence Oglesby hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points, Trevor Booker had 11 points and 11 rebounds and the Tigers broke a two-game losing streak.
Clemson (17-2, 3-2 ACC) opened the season 16-0 before losing a top-10 showdown to Wake Forest and getting thumped by North Carolina – running their all-time mark to 0-54 in Chapel Hill.
The Yellow Jackets (9-10, 0-6) are the ACC’s last winless team in league play.
No. 21 Minnesota 67, Indiana 63
At Bloomington, Ind., Damian Johnson scored 18 points and Ralph Sampson III had 13 to help the Golden Gophers win their first at Indiana since February 2004.
The loss to the Gophers (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten) was the ninth straight overall for Indiana, which has dropped five consecutive home games to match the worst streak ever at Assembly Hall.
Devan Dumes had 19 points but missed a potential tying 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left for the Hoosiers (5-13, 0-6).
No. 24 Florida 94, Vanderbilt 69
At Nashville, Tenn., Chandler Parsons hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 27 points to lead the Gators.
Florida (17-3, 4-1 SEC) won its 11th in 12 games and bounced back from a loss to South Carolina by hitting a season-best 15 3s. Erving Walker also scored a career-high 17 points for Florida. Nick Calathes added 15 and Walter Hodge had 10.
George Drake scored 14 points as Vanderbilt (12-7, 1-4) lost its third straight and fourth in five games.
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