Notre Dame Stops No. 15 Syracuse

Keith Friel looked around every time he hit a shot Wednesday night, and every time, the Syracuse players had that same stunned look on their faces.

“Miss already,” they seemed to be saying.

He didn’t often in scoring 30 points, 24 of them on a Notre Dame-record eight three-point baskets in the Irish’s 83-63 upset of No. 15 Syracuse (15-3, 5-2 in the Big East) at South Bend, Ind.

Friel only missed two shots from beyond the arc and was nine of 13 from the field.

“The basket seemed like an ocean when I was putting it up,” he said. “I had no idea what the record was. When you’re in the zone, you try not to count. You’re oblivious to everything. You just want the ball.”

Michigan St. 78, No. 10 Iowa 57--Reserve Morris Peterson scored 20 points and helped the Spartans (12-4, 5-1 in the Big Ten) survive Mateen Cleaves’ subpar shooting in an upset at Iowa City.

Michigan State moved into a tie for the conference lead by shutting down an Iowa (15-3, 4-2) team that had been averaging 85 points and was second in the league in field-goal percentage.

No. 2 North Carolina 74, N.C. State 60--Antawn Jamison scored 36 points and the Tar Heels (19-1, 5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) held off depleted North Carolina State (10-7, 1-5) at Raleigh, N.C.

No. 7 Kentucky 70, Alabama 67--Scott Padgett scored 24 points and Nazr Mohammed added 22 for the Wildcats (17-2, 6-0 in the Southeastern Conference), who beat Alabama (9-10, 1-5) at Louisville.

No. 12 Purdue 82, Ohio St. 71--Jaraan Cornell tied an arena record with seven three-point baskets and scored 23 points for the Boilermakers (16-4, 4-2 in the Big Ten), who took an 18-point first-half lead and coasted past Ohio State (7-11, 0-5) at West Lafayette, Ind.

No. 13 Mississippi 80, Louisiana State 58--Ansu Sesay scored 25 points for the Rebels (13-2, 4-1 in the SEC), who made LSU (9-7, 2-4) their 15th consecutive home-court victim.

No. 14 South Carolina 81, Tennessee 51--LeRon Williams had 13 of his 25 points in the first half for the Gamecocks (12-3, 4-2 in the SEC), who hammered Tennessee (11-4, 1-4) at Columbia, S.C.

No. 18 Arkansas 79, Auburn 65--Pat Bradley triggered two 10-0 second-half runs for the Razorbacks (15-3, 4-1 in the SEC), who got 17 points each from Bradley and Landis Williams and 17 rebounds from Nick Davis in a win at Auburn (11-5, 3-2).