Duke Holds Off North Carolina

J.J. Redick scored 18 points, freshman DeMarcus Nelson added 16 and No. 7 Duke forced 23 turnovers to hold off second-ranked North Carolina, 71-70, Wednesday night at Durham, N.C.

North Carolina squandered a chance to win in the final seconds, never getting a shot off after inbounding with 18 seconds left. David Noel lost the ball out of bounds as the buzzer sounded and the Blue Devils won for the 15th time in the last 18 games in this Tobacco Road rivalry.

“It seemed like a long time, and I was just hoping that that clock went down before they got a shot off,” Nelson said. “We played some great defense, and we made them try to do something that they weren’t ready for.”

Daniel Ewing finished with 15 points and helped the Blue Devils, 18-2 overall and 8-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, move into a first-place tie with North Carolina in the ACC. Sean May had 23 points and 18 rebounds for the Tar Heels (19-3, 8-2).

No. 3 Kansas 74, Kansas State 65 -- Wayne Simien, J.R. Giddens and Keith Langford combined for 65 points and the Jayhawks (19-1, 9-0 Big 12) withstood a late rally at Manhattan to post their 29th consecutive victory over the Wildcats.

Fred Peete had 20 points for Kansas State (13-7, 3-6).

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Memphis 85, No. 9 Louisville 68 -- Freshman point guard Darius Washington scored 25 points at Louisville, Ky., and Memphis Coach John Calipari earned his 300th victory.

Rodney Carney added 24 points for the Tigers (14-10, 7-3 Conference USA), who handed Louisville (20-4, 8-2) its worst home loss in four seasons under Coach Rick Pitino.

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No. 13 Michigan St. 83, Ohio State 69 -- Chris Hill scored 26 points at East Lansing, Mich., in the highest scoring game this season for Michigan State (16-4, 7-2 Big Ten).

Terence Dials had 22 points for the Buckeyes (16-8, 5-5).

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No. 17 Alabama 72, Tennessee 54 -- Kennedy Winston scored 18 points and Alabama (18-4, 7-2 SEC) outrebounded Tennessee by 24 at Knoxville, Tenn. C.J. Watson had 15 points for the Volunteers (11-12, 4-6).

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No. 20 Wisconsin 72, Iowa 69 -- Kammron Taylor and Mike Wilkinson sparked Wisconsin’s comeback from a 13-point second-half deficit at Madison, Wis. The Badgers (16-5, 7-3 Big Ten) trailed, 52-39, with 12:43 remaining. Greg Brunner scored 27 points for the Hawkeyes (15-7, 3-6).

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No. 25 Texas Tech 83, Baylor 67 -- Ronald Ross scored 25 points for the Red Raiders (15-5, 7-2 Big 12), who took control with a 15-0 run in the second half at Lubbock, Texas. Patrick Fields scored 18 points for the Bears (9-11, 1-8).

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WOMEN

No. 6 Notre Dame 75, Providence 57 -- Jacqueline Batteast had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Notre Dame at Providence, R.I.

Notre Dame (21-3, 9-2 Big East) extended its winning streak to nine games, while Providence (1-20, 0-10) lost its 10th in a row.

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No. 7 Baylor 73, Oklahoma 72 -- Sophia Young made a jumper from just inside the three-point line with less than a second remaining to lift Baylor (18-3, 8-2 Big 12) past Oklahoma (12-9, 4-6) at Norman, Okla.

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No. 10 Connecticut 80, No. 22 Boston College 55 -- Barbara Turner had 18 points and Connecticut (16-5, 9-1 Big East) limited Boston College (15-6, 6-4) to a season-low 33% shooting at Storrs, Conn.

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No. 11 Rutgers 67, Seton Hall 40 -- Matee Ajavon had 13 points to lead Rutgers (17-5, 8-2 Big East) past Seton Hall (13-9, 5-6) at South Orange, N.J.

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No. 17 Texas 83, Nebraska 53 -- Tiffany Jackson scored 19 points and Texas (14-7, 7-3) stayed alive in the chase for the Big 12 title with a rout of Nebraska (14-8, 6-4) at Austin, Texas.