NEW YORK — Jae Crowder hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 6.3 seconds to play and No. 11 Marquette beat Washington 79-77 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
Darius Johnson-Odom had 23 points to lead the Golden Eagles (8-0) in an up-and-down game that featured 15 lead changes and four ties over the final 12 minutes.
Crowder, who finished with 18 points, hit his only 3-pointer of the game in four attempts nine seconds after Terrence Ross had given the Huskies (4-3) a 77-76 lead with a nice move in the lane when he was closely guarded by two Marquette players.
Washington had a chance to win, but Abdul Gaddy’s long jumper at the buzzer was well off the mark.
No. 3 Syracuse 62, Marshall 56
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dion Waiters had 15 points, Kris Joseph had 11 and eight rebounds and Scoop Jardine had three of Syracuse’s 12 steals as the Orange (9-0) scored 20 points off turnovers by the Thundering Herd (5-2).
No. 4 North Carolina 97, Evansville 48
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Denver Holmes knocked down four 3-pointers, but the rest of the Purple Aces (3-4) shot just 2-for-19 from behind the arc and 21 percent as a team as the Tar Heels (7-2) had an easy time bouncing back from Saturday’s loss at top-ranked Kentucky.
No. 10 Missouri 81, Villanova 71
NEW YORK — Marcus Denmon was 6-of-10 from 3-point range, making all three attempts in the first 7:41 of the second half when the Tigers (8-0) opened a 16-point lead in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.
No. 13 Kansas 88, Long Beach State 80
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Thomas Robinson had a career-high 26 points to go with 11 rebounds, Jeff Withey came within one blocked shot of a triple-double and the Jayhawks (6-2) held off the 49ers (4-4) after blowing all but five points of a 19-point, first-half lead.
WomenNo. 2 Connecticut 81, No. 8 Texas A&M 51
HARTFORD, Conn. — Tiffany Hayes and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each scored 14 points, and Kelly Faris added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Huskies (8-0) recorded their NCAA-record 91st consecutive victory at home.
Sydney Carter followed up Sunday night’s 0-for-12 effort against Purdue with a 1-for-12 performance against the Huskies — both losses — and the Aggies (6-2) turned the ball over 20 times, negating a 43-32 rebounding advantage over the Huskies.
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