College Basketball: Hoyas survive 43-point onslaught

Georgetown overcame a 43-point performance by Providence's Marshon Brooks to win its sixth straight game, 83-81, in Washington.

Brooks' career high was the most points scored by a Big East player this season and the fifth highest total ever in a Big East game.

Austin Freeman scored 23 points, Jason Clark had 18, Wright added 16, and Julian Vaughn put in 14 for the No. 13 Hoyas (18-5, 7-4 Big East).

Brooks added 10 rebounds for Providence (14-10, 3-8).

Pittsburgh 71, Cincinnati 59 - Ashton Gibbs tied a career-high with 25 points and the No. 4 Panthers (21-2) took advantage of the visiting Bobcats (18-5, 5-5), who were without suspended forward Yancy Gates. Gilbert Brown added 11 points for the Panthers, who lead the Big East.

Syracuse 72, South Florida 49 - Rick Jackson scored 21 points with 12 rebounds and Kris Joseph added 14 points to lead the No. 17 Orange (20-4, 7-4 Big East).

Syracuse has now won at least 20 games in 33 of 35 seasons under Jim Boeheim, whose 849 victories rank second among active Division I coaches. Cold-shooting USF fell to 8-16, 2-9.

Louisville 61, DePaul 57 - Kyle Kuric scored 19 points, including the game-clinching three-pointer with two minutes left, as the No. 15 Cardinals (18-5, 7-3 Big East), held off visiting DePaul (6-16, 0-10).

Kansas 86, Nebraska 66 - Brady Morningstar scored a season-high 19 points as the second-ranked Jayhawks (22-1, 7-1 Big 12) won at Nebraska (15-7, 3-5).

Duke 76, N.C. State 52 - Nolan Smith scored 18 of his 20 points during the decisive first half, Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 12 rebounds and the No. 5 Blue Devils (21-2, 8-1) rolled past the visiting Wolfpack (12-11, 2-7).

Connecticut 61, Seton Hall 59 - Kemba Walker scored 19 points and the No. 6 Huskies (18-4, 6-4) beat the Pirates (10-14, 4-8) in Newark.

BYU 78, UNLV 64 - Jimmer Fredette scored 16 of his game-high 29 points from the free-throw line as the No. 7 Cougars (22-2, 8-1) beat visiting UNLV (17-6, 5-4).

Missouri 89, Colorado 73 - Kim English came off the bench to score 21 points, and the No. 24 Tigers (18-5, 4-4 Big East) rattled visiting Colorado (15-9, 4-5) into a season-worst 23 turnovers.

Baylor 76, Texas A&M 74 - Anthony Jones scored on a layup with 3.1 seconds left in overtime, and A.J. Walton stole the ball from Khris Middleton to preserve the upset for the visiting Bears (15-7, 5-4 Big 12). B.J. Holmes finished with 19 points to lead No. 16 Texas A&M (17-5, 4-4).

Oregon 81, Washington 76 - Joevan Catron had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Ducks (12-11, 5-6 Pac-10), handed the No. 20 Huskies (15-7, 7-4) their third consecutive loss.

St. Bonaventure 64, Duquesne 62 - Michael Davenport hit a three-pointer with 3 seconds left and the host Bonnies (12-10, 4-5 Atlantic 10) ended the Dukes' (16-6, 8-1) winning steak at 11, in Olean, N.Y.

In the region

Tim Smith (Cardinal Dougherty) scored 15 points to lead Holy Family (5-16, 3-8 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) to an 87-74 win over visiting Bloomfield (12-7, 9-2). . . . Temi Adebayo had 18 points and blocked six shots to lead Philadelphia University (11-8, 6-4 CACC) past visiting Caldwell (7-12, 4-7), 72-65, in overtime. . . . Adewale Adefemi had 25 points and 11 rebounds, but the University of the Sciences (9-9, 5-7) fell to visiting Concordia, 76-73. . . . Carl Johnson scored 15 points to lead West Chester (12-8, 3-5 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) to a 64-51 win over visiting Mansfield (13-7, 5-3). . . . Sharif Bray went past 1,000 points for his career, but Cheyney (13-7, 3-5 PSAC) took a 75-72 loss at East Stroudsburg (11-9, 4-4). . . . Ian Goldberg scored 26 points as Haverford (11-9, 8-6 Centennial Conference) took a 77-68 win over host McDaniel (11-10, 8-6) in Westminster, Md. . . . Will Gates had 21 points and a game-saving steal as Swarthmore (12-9, 8-8 CC) hung on for a 53-50 victory over Johns Hopkins (17-4, 14-3) in Baltimore. . . . Jon Ward had 19 points to lead Ursinus (9-12, 6-8 CC) to a 64-59 win at Gettysburg (11-10, 8-6).

Sean Hughes had 27 points and 12 rebounds as Rowan (9-11, 3-6 New Jersey Athletic Conference) took a 78-70 win at Kean (15-7, 7-3). . . . Eric Goode made a layup at the buzzer to give Rutgers-Camden (5-15, 3-8 NJAC) a 60-59 win over visiting College of New Jersey (3-18, 0-10). . . . A last- second jumper by Darnell Malabet led Immaculata (9-11, 7-6 Colonial States Athletic Conference) to a 72-70 win over visiting Rosemont (6-13, 4-8). . . . Bob Makor (North Catholic) scored 17 points but Widener (9-12, 4-6 Commonwealth Conference) fell, 91-77, at Lebanon Valley (15-6, 6-4).

 Misericordia topped host Eastern, 59-56. . . . Azeez Ellegood scored 23 points and went past 1,000 for his career to lead Goldey-Beacom past visiting Post, 68-60. . . . Cabrini won its 10th straight, 92-81, at Baptist Bible in Clark's Summit, Pa. . . . Brandon Williams scored 14 points but Chestnut Hill lost to visiting Felician, 60-56.