ROUNDUP

Cardinals nip Wildcats

Published: December 30, 2012 

No. 12 Illinois survives Auburn’s upset bid

— Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20, and No. 4 Louisville ended a four-game skid against rival Kentucky with an up-and-down 80-77 victory on Saturday.

Peyton Siva added 19 points for the Cardinals (12-1).

Archie Goodwin scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half for Kentucky (8-4).

NO. 12 ILLINOIS 81, AUBURN 79

At Chicago, Tracy Abrams scored a career-high 27 points for Illinois (13-1).

Frankie Sullivan led Auburn (5-7) with 21 points

NO. 14 FLORIDA 78, AIR FORCE 61

At Sunrise, Fla., Kenny Boynton snapped a shooting slump with three 3-pointers in the second half when Florida (9-2) pulled away. Florida (9-2) won for the second time in the past four games.

TEXAS A&M 61, ARMY 55

At College Station, Texas, Fabyon Harris scored 12 points, Ray Turner chipped in with 11 and Texas A&M (9-3) mounted a late comeback to avoid its second consecutive upset.

GEORGIA 82, FLORIDA A&M 73

At Athens, Ga., Nemanja Djurisic scored a career-high 21 points, and Georgia (5-7) won its third straight.

TENNESSEE 51, XAVIER 47

At Knoxville, Tenn., Josh Richardson scored 12 points, and Tennessee (8-3) used a 19-3 second-half run to win.

ACC

NO. 1 DUKE 90, SANTA CLARA 77

At Durham, N.C., Seth Curry scored 12 of his season-high 31 points during the late run that helped Duke pull away. Mason Plumlee added 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils (12-0).

NORTH CAROLINA 79, NO. 20 UNLV 73

At Chapel Hill, N.C., P.J. Hairston scored 15 points in his first career start for North Carolina (10-3).

NO. 23 NORTH CAROLINA ST. 84, W. MICHIGAN 68

At Raleigh, C.J. Leslie scored 19 points to lead N.C. State (10-2), which won its sixth consecutive game.

GEORGIA TECH 73, FORDHAM 48

At Atlanta, Daniel Miller and Robert Carter Jr. each scored 14 points, and Georgia Tech (9-2) scored 17 straight points in the second half.

FLORIDA STATE 82, TULSA 63

At Sunrise, Fla., Terrance Shannon scored a career-high 16 points off the bench to help Florida State win at the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic.

Florida State (8-4) extended its winning streak to four games and remained unbeaten in four games against Tulsa (7-6).

BOSTON COLLEGE 70, HOLY CROSS 60

At Boston, Patrick Heckmann connected on five 3-pointers en route to 19 points, and Ryan Anderson scored 18 and grabbed 10 rebounds to pace Boston College (7-5).

BYU 97, VIRGINIA TECH 71

At Salt Lake City, Tyler Haws scored a career-high 42 points, including six 3-pointers, to lift BYU.

Erick Green, the nation’s leading scorer, finished with 12 points for Virginia Tech (9-4).

MARYLAND 79, DELAWARE STATE 50

At College Park, Md., freshman Charles Mitchell came off the bench and scored a season-high 19 points, and Maryland (11-1) extended its winning streak to 11 games.

STATE

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 62, VERMONT 50

At Burlington, Vt., Andrew Lawrence scored 21 points, and Anthony Stitt added 19 as Charleston (8-4) pulled away in the second half.

CHARLESTON SO. 105, VIRGINIA INTERMONT 59

At Charleston, Saah Nimley scored 20 points to lead Charleston Southern (5-6).

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