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College Basketball: Delaware Valley beats Misericordia, 65-49, to advance to the Freedom Conference title game

Jeremy Beckett scored 20 points while Daulton Derr had 19 points and 15 rebounds on Wednesday night as Delaware Valley thumped Misericordia, 65-49, in Doylestown to advance to the Freedom Conference title game.

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Jeremy Beckett scored 20 points while Daulton Derr had 19 points and 15 rebounds on Wednesday night as Delaware Valley thumped Misericordia, 65-49, in Doylestown to advance to the Freedom Conference title game.

Steve Ware had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars (13-13).

The Aggies (18-8) will travel to Center Valley, Pa., on Saturday to face DeSales (21-5) after the Bulldogs grabbed a 59-57 win over FDU-Florham.

Kansas 68, Oklahoma State 67 - Naadir Tharpe hit a jumper with 20 seconds left in double overtime, and Travis Releford stole the ball with three ticks left on the clock to preserve the win for the No. 9 Jayhawks (22-4, 10-3 Big 12) over the No. 14 Cowboys (19-6, 9-4) in Stillwater, Okla.

Syracuse 84, Providence 59 - C.J. Fair had 20 points and 10 rebounds as the No. 8 Orange (22-4, 10-3 Big East) walloped the Friars (14-12, 6-8) in Syracuse, N.Y.

Georgetown 90, DePaul 66 - D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 33 points and the No. 11 Hoyas (20-4, 10-3) beat the Blue Demons (11-15, 2-11) in Washington.

Tigers roar. Laurence Bowers may have missed Missouri's ugliest loss of the season, a 31-point blowout at Florida last month, but he made his presence known in Tuesday night's rematch.

He had 17 points and 10 rebounds, plus the go-ahead shot with 1 minute, 15 seconds left as the Tigers rallied past No. 5 Florida, 63-60, in Columbia.

It was the first win for the Tigers (19-7, 8-5 SEC) over a ranked opponent while out of the top 25 since knocking off No. 15 Texas in 2010.

Don't say it. North Dakota suspended play-by-play radio announcer Paul Ralston for two games after he used the phrase "choke job" during an interview following a 74-72 loss in overtime to visiting Northern Arizona on Saturday.

Honors. Rutgers-Camden's Teon Russell (Woodrow Wilson) was named New Jersey Athletic Conference player of the year as NJAC coleader in scoring (15.9 points per game) and leader in rebounding (10.1).