Gary Trent Jr. hit three foul shots with 1:31 left to put No. 12 Duke ahead for good, and the Blue Devils, again playing without injured star Marvin Bagley III, beat No. 11 Clemson 66-57 Sunday.
The visiting Blue Devils had given up all of their 10-point lead over a six-minute stretch as the Tigers tied it at 57 on David Skara’s jumper. That’s when Trent was off the mark on his 3-pointer from the right corner but got fouled by Clemson reserve Scott Spencer.
Trent’s first shot rattled around before falling through and he swished the next two. Duke (22-5, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its third straight game without Bagley, its leading scorer and rebounder, who’s sidelined because of a strained right knee.
Wendell Carter Jr. followed Trent’s foul shots with an inside bucket, and the Tigers (20-6, 9-5) could not respond in losing for the first time at home this season.
Grayson Allen had 19 points for Duke, all but two in the opening half. Carter had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Trevon Duval had 12 points and Trent 11.
Marcquise Reed and Elijah Thomas led Clemson with 13 points apiece. Thomas also had 15 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the year.
Clemson played without point guard Shelton Mitchell, out with a concussion suffered in a loss to Florida State Wednesday night. It was the first time this season the Tigers had lost consecutive games.
Gabe DeVoe, averaging 13 points for Clemson this year, was held to 3 points on 1 of 10 shooting.
Radford 74, Presbyterian 68, OT: Donald Hicks scored 15 points on a career-high-tying five 3-pointers and Christian Bradford had 13 points for the Highlanders.
Carlik Jones added 12 points, Randy Phillips had nine points, 11 rebounds and two blocks, and Ed Polite Jr. scored eight with 10 rebounds for Radford (17-12, 10-6 Big South).
Presbyterian’s Armel TeTe made a layup to open the scoring in overtime, but the Blue Hose (11-18, 4-12) went 0 for 6 from the field, missed their only free-throw attempt from there and Radford closed on an 8-0 run.
Davon Bell hit a 3-pointer to give Presbyterian a 66-65 lead with 13 seconds left in regulation, but Phillips hit 1 of 2 free throws with a second left to force overtime.
Senior Ruben Arroyo, who came in averaging 3.4 points per game, hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points — both career highs — for the Blue Hose. Bell added 16 points and six assists.
Campbell 79, Liberty 69: Chris Clemons scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half for the Camels in Buies Creek, N.C.
Marcus Burk added 19 points for Campbell, and he and Clemons each made four of Campbell’s 15 3-pointers.
Clemons, the nation’s fourth-leading scorer at 24.6 points per game, missed his first four shots and didn’t score from the field until early in the second half. He made 8 of his last 11 shots, though, including 4 of 5 3-pointers to extend his NCAA Division I-leading streak to 76 consecutive double-figure games.
Damontez Oliver came off the bench to score a career-high 12 points on four 3-pointers for Campbell (15-13, 9-7 Big South), which swept the season series.
Campbell shot 63 percent in the second half and committed a season-low five turnovers.
Ryan Kemrite scored 14 points for Liberty (17-12, 8-8), which lost for just the second time in its last seven games.
Winthrop 79, Longwood 64: Josh Ferguson had 13 points and 13 rebounds to lead a balanced attack in Rock Hill, S.C., as the Eagles set up a Big South showdown with UNC Asheville next week.
Ferguson had a dunk to cap an 11-0 run early in the second half that put the Eagles ahead 43-30.
Winthrop (18-9, 12-4) and UNCA are tied for first place in the conference. They play in Rock Hill on Thursday.
Anders Broman led the Eagles with 16 points.
B.K. Ashe had 21 points for the Lancers (6-23, 3-13), who lost their 10th straight.
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Miami 77, Virginia 62: The Hurricanes (19-8, 9-5 ACC) built a 20-point lead by the 3:47 mark of the second quarter in John Paul Jones Arena and held off the Cavaliers (16-11, 9-5).
U.Va. led 9-2 before yielding a 20-1 run, and Miami rarely was threatened after that.
Virginia sophomore guard Dominique Toussaint scored a team-high 18 points and had nine rebounds, seven assists four steals. Freshman guard Brianna Tinsley scored a season-high 13 points, going 4 of 4 from 3-point range.
Miami’s Erykah Davenport had 19 points and 14 rebounds, while teammate Emese Hof had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Virginia Tech 53, Clemson 45: Rachel Camp hit a crucial 3-pointer to put the Hokies (17-10, 6-8 ACC) ahead by five at Cassell Coliseum, and they held on to beat the Tigers (11-17, 1-14).
Camp finished with 18 points for Tech, which trailed 19-9 after one quarter.
Drexel 54, William and Mary 34: The second-place Dragons (20-6, 12-2 Colonial Athletic Association) won their 11th straight home game as they suffocated the Tribe’s offense in Philadelphia, keeping W&M from reaching double figures in any quarter.
The win completed a season sweep of the Tribe (16-10, 7-8), who scored fewer points than any other Drexel foe this season. Bianca Boggs scored 12 for W&M.
Bailey Greenberg scored 12 points to lead Drexel, going 6 for 11 inside the arc. The Dragons’ Kelsi Lidge had 10 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.
James Madison 65, UNC Wilmington 48: Newport News native Karen Barefoot’s Seahawks (9-17, 2-13 CAA) threatened for their second consecutive upset, going ahead 35-34 in the third quarter, but the first-place Dukes (18-8, 14-1) closed the period on a 10-0 run and pulled away in Harrisonburg.
Aneah Young’s three-point play put JMU ahead to stay. Kamiah Smalls had 17 points and Lexie Barrier 13 for the Dukes. JMU was 7 for 7 at the free-throw line and blocked 10 shots.
Madison Raque scored 13 points and Jenny DeGraaf 12 for UNCW, which was coming off Friday’s victory at William and Mary.
George Mason 78, St. Bonaventure 63: The host Patriots (21-7, 10-4 Atlantic 10) tied the school record for wins in a season with their 21st. This was the fifth time the Patriots have won 21 games, the last time coming in 2000-01.
Graduate student Natalie Butler led the way with her nation-leading 27th straight double-double, scoring 23 points and grabbing 24 rebounds. Freshman point guard Nicole Cardano-Hillary scored 17 of her 19 points in the second half.
Richmond 59, VCU 54: The Spiders (12-15, 7-7 Atlantic 10) won their Senior Day game at Robins Center to complete a season sweep of the Rams (6-20, 3-11).
Micaela Parson and Jaide Hinds-Clarke paced UR with 12 points apiece.
For VCU, Tera Reed had 12 points and 16 rebounds, while Taya Robinson had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 1 Connecticut 106, Temple 45: Katie Lou Samuelson scored 27 points in Hartford as UConn continued to roll through its American Athletic Conference schedule.
Kia Nurse added 16 points for the Huskies (26-0, 13-0).
UConn has never lost an AAC regular-season or tournament game (95-0) and holds a two-game lead over South Florida (11-2) with three games to play this season.
Emani Mayo had 17 points for Temple (10-16, 2-11). Hampton High graduate Khadijah Berger had three points in five minutes for the Owls.
No. 4 Louisville 67, North Carolina 57: Asia Durr scored 19 points to help Louisville rally in Chapel Hill.
Arica Carter added 14 points to help the Cardinals (27-2, 13-1 ACC) finish 8-0 on the road in conference play for the second time in four years.
Janelle Bailey had 20 points for North Carolina (14-13, 4-10). The Tar Heels have lost seven in a row.
No. 8 South Carolina 81, Kentucky 63: A’ja Wilson scored 29 points as South Carolina had assists on 21 of 26 baskets.
Wilson shot 9 of 16 from the field, made 11 of 12 free throws and had nine rebounds and five assists in just 26 minutes for the host Gamecocks (22-5, 11-3 Southeastern Conference).
Maci Morris had a career-high 35 points for Kentucky (13-15, 5-9).
Minnesota 93, No. 10 Maryland 74: Freshman Destiny Pitts scored 20 points, hitting 6 of 11 from 3-point territory, and sophomore Gadiva Hubbard — a former Princess Anne High star — had 22 points to help Minnesota beat Maryland.
Kenisha Bell added 21 points, and the Gophers (21-6, 10-4 Big Ten) shot 14 of 24 on 3s en route to their seventh victory in eight games under former VCU coach Marlene Stollings and her top assistant coach, former ODU aide Nikita Lowry Dawkins.
Kaila Charles had 16 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for Maryland (22-5, 11-3) in its second straight loss. The Terrapins dropped into a tie for the Big Ten lead with No. 16 Ohio State.
No. 13 Missouri 77, No. 11 Tennessee 73: Sophie Cunningham scored 12 of her 32 points in the fourth quarter for the Tigers in Columbia, Mo.
Jordan Frericks added 16 points for the Tigers (22-5, 10-4 SEC). Jaime Nared led Tennessee (21-6, 9-5) with 25 points.
No. 25 N.C. State 74, Wake Forest 61: Aislinn Konig made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, Akela Maize added 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting and the Wolfpack won in Raleigh.
Chelsea Nelson had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolfpack (21-6, 10-4 ACC).
Elisa Penna was 9 of 13 from 3-point range and had a career-high 34 points for Wake Forest (12-15, 4-10).
