Jonathan Mitchell’s four-point play with less than a second remaining capped a career-high 25-point performance and gave Rutgers a 77-76 victory against No. 9 Villanova on Wednesday night.
Mitchell, who was coming off a career-best 24 points in a loss to Notre Dame, hit a 3-point shot from about
Fisher had 23 points, went 5 of 7 from 3-point range and had 10 assists and five steals, but he had a miserable final 7 seconds.
He made one of two free throws with 6.3 seconds left, leaving Villanova (19-5, 7-4 Big East) with only a three-point lead. He hit Mitchell as he shot with .8 seconds to go, giving the Scarlet Knights (13-11, 4-8) a chance at the win.
No. 3
Jordan Hamilton scored 20 points, Gary Johnson added 14 and No. 3 Texas continued its perfect run through Big 12 play by beating
No. 5 Duke 79, No. 20 North Carolina 73
Nolan Smith scored 22 of his career-high 34 points in the second half, and No. 5 Duke rallied from 16 points down to beat No. 20 North Carolina 79-73 on Wednesday night.
No. 7 BYU 90, Air Force 52
Jimmer Fredette scored 25 points and No. 7 BYU used runs of 16-0 and 14-0 to cruise past Air Force 90-52 Wednesday night.
No. 8 Notre Dame 89, No. 16 Louisville 79
Ben Hansbrough scored 25 points and Carleton Scott had nine of his 16 points in overtime for the Fighting Irish.
No. 11 Georgetown 64, No. 12 Syracuse 56
Austin Freeman had 14 points to lead four Georgetown players in double figures, and the Hoyas won their seventh consecutive game.
No. 13
Jon Leuer scored 19 points, Jordan Taylor added 16 to help
No. 17
Erving Walker scored a season-high 25 points and No. 17 Florida used a quick start and some hot shooting to put away
No. 22 Texas A&M 73, Colorado 70 (OT)
Nathan Walkup scored 18 points and B.J. Holmes added 13, including a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, as No. 22 Texas A&M rallied for a 73-70 victory against
No. 24 Temple 77, Fordham 66
Ramon Moore scored 22 points to lead Temple to its fifth consecutive win.