Duke Clips St. John’s in Overtime

Elton Brand said it was the “greatest game” he ever played in, but he had to watch the last 10 seconds of regulation and all of overtime from the bench.

No. 2--ranked Duke beat No. 8 St. John’s 92-88 Sunday at New York in a game in which seven players fouled out and Bootsy Thornton of the Red Storm (16-4) scored a career-high 40 points.

“That was just unbelievable, said Brand, who had 16 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots for Duke (19-1) before fouling out. “When we went down in overtime I thought we might lose, but we still had guys who came through for us.”

Thornton gave St. John’s an 84-81 lead two minutes into overtime. Duke scored only one basket the rest of the way but made nine of 11 free throws--the last three by Chris Carrawell over the final 18 seconds after Thornton had pulled St. John’s within 89-88 with his seventh three-point basket.

St. John’s Ron Artest forced the overtime when he made a three-point basket with 1.1 seconds left.

No. 4 Maryland 81, Clemson 79--Terence Morris made a baseline jump shot with 14.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the Terrapins (18-2, 6-1) over the Tigers (12-8, 1-6) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Clemson, S.C.

No. 11 Michigan State 73, No. 18 Indiana 59--Mateen Cleaves had 16 points and 13 assists as the Spartans (16-4, 5-1) defeated the Hoosiers (16-6, 3-4) in a Big Ten game at Bloomington, Ind.

Missouri 71, No. 19 Kansas 63--Brian Grawer scored 16 points and Albert White had 15 as the Tigers (13-4, 4-2 in the Big 12 Conference) became the first conference team to win on the Jayhawks’ court at Lawrence, Kan., since 1994.

No. 20 Syracuse 84, South Carolina 37--Jason Hart scored 15 points as the Orangemen (14-5) defeated the Gamecocks (5-13) at Syracuse, N.Y.

No. 25 Miami 75, Boston College 67--Johnny Hemsley scored 21 points to lead the Hurricanes (12-4, 6-2) over the Eagles (3-14, 0-9) in a Big East game at Boston.

WOMEN

No. 3 Purdue (16-1, 8-0) extended its winning streak to 14 games with a 76-56 Big Ten victory over Wisconsin (9-10, 4-5) at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . No. 5 Georgia (18-1, 6-1) held Mississippi (12-6, 3-4) without a field goal for 11:36 in an 81-43 Southeastern Conference victory at Athens, Ga. . . . Georgia Tech (11-8, 4-5) ended a 13-game ACC losing streak against No. 7 North Carolina with a 91-84 victory at Atlanta. . . . Lucienne Berthieu scored 20 points as No. 12 Old Dominion (13-3, 7-0) cruised to a 94-53 Colonial Athletic Assn. victory over Richmond (7-10, 4-3) at Richmond, Va. . . . Michelle Houseright scored 24 points for No. 13 Virginia Tech (18-0) in a 89-69 victory over Temple (7-11) at Blacksburg, Va. . . . No. 16 Clemson (16-3) was an 81-72 winner over No. 14 Iowa State (13-3) at Clemson, S.C. . . . No. 15 Rutgers (17-3, 9-0) defeated Providence (3-14, 2-8), 99-52, in a Big East game at Providence, R.I.. . . . Maren Walseth scored 18 points for No 17 Penn State (13-5, 5-3) in a 95-48 Big Ten victory over Indiana (13-10, 2-7) at State College, Pa. . . . Erica Jackson scored 20 points for Kentucky (13-6, 3-4) in a 76-72 SEC victory over No. 18 Alabama (12-6, 2-4) at Lexington, Ky. . . . No. 19 Virginia (13-5) defeated Baylor (10-8) 80-51 at Charlottesville, Va. . . . No. 20 Auburn (15-3, 5-2) was a 57-46 SEC winner over Mississippi State (10-7, 2-5) at Auburn, Ala. . . . Latasha Dorsey scored 19 points for Louisiana State (14-4, 6-2) in an 80-71 SEC upset of No. 21 Florida (14-8, 3-4) at Gainesville, Fla. . . . No. 22 Ohio State (13-4, 6-1) was a 68-42 Big Ten winner over Minnesota (7-12, 2-7) at Columbus, Ohio. . . . No. 24 Tulane (17-2, 8-1) never trailed in a 73-52 Conference USA victory over St. Louis (11-8, 2-7) at St. Louis.