College Basketball: Syracuse falls from third to ninth in AP poll

After Temple handed Syracuse its first loss, the Orange dropped from third to ninth in the Associated Press' college basketball poll.

Duke and Michigan remained the top two teams.

Local awards. Villanova's Megan Pearson was named the Big Five women's player of the week.

The New Jersey Athletic Conference honored Rowan's Jason Rosenberg and Rutgers-Camden's Lillian Chukwueze, a Cherry Hill East graduate.