College basketball roundup
Florida St. snaps Wake Forest’s 10-game win streak TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Todd Galloway scored nine straight points in overtime and finished with a career-high 21 to help Florida State snap No. 3 Wake Forest’s 10-game winning streak with a 91-83 victory Tuesday night.
Wake Forest (15-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a chance for a stunning win at the end of regulation when Taron Downey was fouled while making a desperation 3-pointer that tied it at 76. But Downey missed the free throw, the Demon Deacons’ first miss from the line after hitting an NCAA-record 50 straight.
Wake Forest made 32 straight Saturday in a 95-82 win over North Carolina and its first 18 Tuesday night before Downey’s miss.
Von Wafer scored 25 of his career-high 30 points in the first half as Florida State (10-8, 2-3) twice opened 19-point leads on its way to a 46-32 lead at halftime.
No. 7 Syracuse 78, Georgetown 73
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Hakim Warrick had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Gerry McNamara added 17 points and No. 7 Syracuse needed overtime to beat Georgetown.
The victory was the 11th straight for Syracuse (18-1, 5-0 Big East), which remained atop the Big East. But Georgetown (11-5, 3-2) gave the Orange their toughest game of the season despite serious foul trouble for its top three scorers.
Brandon Bowman, who was whistled for his fourth foul with 5:31 left in regulation, led Georgetown with 19 points. Jeff Green, who fouled out with 4:44 left, finished with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Ashanti Cook, who was called for his fourth foul less than 2 minutes into the second half, had only seven points in 18 minutes.
No. 19 Michigan St. 71, Purdue 64
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Maurice Ager scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to help No. 19 Michigan State get past Purdue.
The Spartans (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) looked sluggish early, still reeling from their collapse at Wisconsin on Sunday, before riding Ager’s sharp shooting late in the game.
Carl Landry scored a career-high 31 points for Purdue (4-11, 0-5) and David Teague had 13.
The Boilermakers are 0-5 in the Big Ten for the first time since the 1962-63 season.