Rivers’ 3 sinks Heels

Austin Rivers never looked like a freshman in his first Duke-North Carolina rivalry game – including when he buried a shot that will live on in the lore of this fierce rivalry.

Rivers hit a 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C., snapping the Tar Heels’ school-record 31-game home winning streak.

Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six 3s, the last over 7-footer Tyler Zeller with the Blue Devils (20-4, 7-2) trailing by two in the final
seconds.

Harrison Barnes scored 25 points for the Tar Heels (20-4, 7-2), while Zeller finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 2 Syracuse 64, No. 12 Georgetown 61, OT: Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute of overtime, to lift the Orange at the Carrier Dome and give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win.

Boeheim took sole possession of third place all-time in Division I, one more than North Carolina’s Dean Smith, but it wasn’t easy against the Orange’s rival.

No. 7 Kansas 68, No. 6 Baylor 54: Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points and Kansas went ahead to stay during a stretch without Thomas Robinson as the seventh-ranked Jayhawks had another convincing victory over sixth-ranked Baylor, in Waco, Texas.

No. 11 Michigan St. 77, Penn St. 57: Draymond Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds and made some timely shots in East Lansing, Mich.

The Spartans (19-5, 8-3 Big Ten) are a game behind conference-leading and third-ranked Ohio State, setting up a big game Saturday on the road against the Buckeyes.

No. 22 Michigan 62, Nebraska 46: Zack Novak scored 14 points to go over 1,000 for his career and lead Michigan to a win in Lincoln, Neb.

The Wolverines (18-7, 8-4) outscored Nebraska 15-4 to start the second half and went on to only their second win in six Big Ten road games. The Cornhuskers (11-12, 3-9) lost their third straight.