Win Twice as Nice for Georgia’s Hayes

Late in the second overtime, with Georgia holding a slim lead, Jonas Hayes looked over at his twin brother, Jarvis, who was sitting in the stands at Athens, Ga., for the first time this season.

“He asked me if I was tired,” Jonas Hayes said. “I said not really, but, man, I was tired.”

Jonas Hayes had four of his career-high 25 points in the second overtime to help the unranked Bulldogs defeat No. 3 Georgia Tech, 83-80, Saturday at Athens, Ga.

The Yellow Jackets lost for the first time in 13 games, ending a school-record streak to start the season. They haven’t won in Athens since 1976.

Jarvis Hayes, a guard with the Washington Wizards, was honored before the game, part of Georgia’s tradition of bringing back former basketball lettermen.

Jonas Hayes missed two free throws that would have given the Bulldogs (8-3) a four-point lead with 20.7 seconds left in the second overtime, but Jarrett Jack missed a layup on the other end.

Georgia’s Chris Daniels got the rebound and passed to Levi Stukes, who was fouled and made one free throw. Georgia Tech’s B.J. Elder missed a desperation three-point shot just before the buzzer.

Georgia Tech’s Will Bynum forced the second overtime with a three-point basket with 1.5 seconds left.

Jonas Hayes made nine of 17 shots to better his career best by five points. He had 20 twice earlier this season.

The last lead for Georgia Tech in regulation came with 2:06 left on a three-pointer by Elder, who scored 25 points, and Daniels tied it at 68-68 with a putback. Clarence Moore missed a wide-open three-point shot at the end of regulation.

No. 2 Duke 73, Clemson 54 -- Mike Krzyzewski posted his 600th victory as coach of the Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams at Clemson. It also was his 16th win in a row over Clemson (7-5).

Krzyzewski, 600-176 in 24 seasons at Duke (10-1), is the 13th NCAA Division I coach to reach that milestone at one school and the third fastest all-time behind Adolph Rupp of Kentucky and John Wooden of UCLA.

Krzyzewski’s win overshadowed the ACC debut of Clemson’s Oliver Purnell, the first African-American to coach a men’s team at the South Carolina school.

No. 6 Wake Forest 70, New Mexico 61 -- The Demon Deacons (9-0) missed 17 of their first 22 shots but still managed to extend their home winning streak to 22 games. New Mexico (7-4) had its winning streak end at five games, and lost on the road for the 19th time in a row.

No. 7 Oklahoma 58, Princeton 55 -- A desperation three-point attempt by Ed Persia bounced off the rim, and the Sooners (10-0) held off the Tigers (5-5) in the All-College Classic at Oklahoma City to give Coach Kelvin Sampson his 400th victory. He is 224-81 in 10 seasons at Oklahoma, having previously coached at Washington State.

No. 10 St. Joseph’s 90, George Washington 81 -- The Hawks extended their season-opening winning streak to a school-record 11 games, breaking the mark set by Jack Ramsay’s 1964-65 team. That team went on to set the school record for consecutive wins with 16.

Jameer Nelson scored 29 points and Dwayne Jones had his second double-double in a row with 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead St. Joseph’s in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams at Philadelphia.

The Colonials (6-6) lost their fourth in a row and second this week on the road to a top-25 team. They lost Monday at No. 18 Texas.

No. 11 Louisville 91, Murray State 69 -- The Cardinals (9-1) won their 23rd consecutive home game against a nonconference opponent.

Rick Pitino improved to 16-1 -- and 4-0 this season -- against ex-assistants who have become head coaches. First-year Murray State Coach Mick Cronin was Pitino’s top assistant the past two seasons. The Racers are 10-2.

No. 14 Florida 87, Florida State 73 -- Sophomore Anthony Roberson scored 28 points, including seven three-point baskets, at Gainesville to help the Gators (9-2) win for the fourth consecutive time since losing two in a row after rising to No. 1 in the AP poll. Tim Pickett scored 25 points for Florida State (12-2).

No. 15 Pittsburgh 70, William & Mary 55 -- Antonio Graves, starting because of top scorer Carl Krauser’s injury, made three three-point baskets during a 24-5 run over the final 8 1/2 minutes of the first half and the Panthers (14-0) rolled to their 34th consecutive home victory. The 14-0 start is the school’s best since its only undefeated season (21-0) in 1927-28.

Krauser, the point guard who leads Pittsburgh with a 15.6 scoring average, sat out his third consecutive game with a groin injury that also may keep him out of Tuesday’s Big East opener against Virginia Tech.

William & Mary (4-6) was playing its first ranked team since losing to Maryland, 103-75, in December 2001. The Tribe fell to 7-75 against top-25 teams.

No. 17 Syracuse 96, Michigan State 83 -- At Syracuse, N.Y., the Orangemen (9-1) played perhaps their strongest game of the season in extending their winning streak to nine. Josh Pace and Billy Edelin each scored 22 points, and Hakim Warrick had 21 for Syracuse, which shot 60.3% and had only eight turnovers.

Michigan State (5-6) -- ranked No. 3 in the preseason -- lost its fifth game against a ranked nonconference opponent in completing one of the most grueling early-season schedules on record. The Spartans also lost to Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and UCLA.

No. 18 Wisconsin 75, College of Charleston 49 -- The Badgers (9-2) easily extended their home winning streak to 20 games. They ended the first half with a 21-6 run and never led by fewer than 15 points.

Charleston (9-2) shot only 31% in having its winning streak end at nine. The Cougars’ top two scorers, Thomas Mobley and Stanley Jackson, shot a combined six for 24 and each scored seven points.

No. 20 Illinois 80, Illinois State 73 -- Deron Williams, playing for the first time in three games after breaking his jaw in a collision with a Maryland Eastern Shore player on Dec. 11, scored 20 points to help the Illini (9-2) bounce back from an 11-point, second-half deficit to an overtime win over Redbirds (4-6) at Champaign, Ill.

No. 21 Purdue 76, Baylor 65 -- The Bears (5-7), with only 10 players in uniform after senior starters Terrance Thomas and R.T. Guinn were ruled academically ineligible, stayed close until the Boilermakers (10-3) went on a 14-5 run in the final 5:14 of the first half at Waco, Texas.

No. 22 Vanderbilt 95, Texas Christian 60 -- Playing outside of Nashville for the first time this season, the Commodores (11-0) had an easy time against the Horned Frogs (4-7) at Fort Worth. Their only other game away from campus was a 74-59 win at cross-town Belmont in the season opener.

No. 23 Missouri 76, Iowa 56 -- Linas Kleiza scored seven points during a 2 1/2-minute stretch of the second half to help the Tigers (5-4) pull away from the Hawkeyes (7-3) at Columbia, Mo. Iowa went 6 1/2 minutes between baskets in the first half, and nearly 5 1/2 minutes without one in the second half.

No. 24 Mississippi State 68, Arkansas Little Rock 58 -- Lawrence Roberts scored 11 points during a 23-6 run at North Little Rock that enabled the Bulldogs (11-0) to match their best start. They were 11-0 two seasons ago and in 1957-58.

OTHER GAMES

Georgetown 63, Rutgers 57 -- Ashanti Cook and Brandon Bowman each made two free throws in the final 17 seconds at Washington to give the Hoyas (10-0) the victory over the Scarlet Knights (7-3) in the Big East opener for both teams.

Utah 70, Weber State 60 -- Guard Nick Jacobson scored a career-high 28 points at Ogden to lead the Utes (10-3) to their third consecutive victory over the Wildcats (7-6).

Wyoming 61, Dayton 59 -- David Adams made a 16-foot shot at the final buzzer to give the Cowboys (7-4) the victory over the Flyers (10-3) at Laramie, Wyo. It was their only basket in the final 9 minutes 24 seconds.