No. 2 Syracuse surges past No. 19 Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- C.J. Fair scored 13 points, and No. 2 Syracuse finished the game on a 6-0 run to defeat No. 19 Louisville 52-51 on Monday, snapping a seven-game losing streak in the teams' Big East rivalry.
Syracuse (26-1, 13-1) held the Cardinals (20-6, 8-5) without a point over the final 3½ minutes, and Fair made the go-ahead layup with 2:11 left.
Fab Melo scored 11 points, and the best shooting team in the Big East overcame a 34.4 percent effort, including 1 of 15 on 3-pointers, to win for the sixth straight time since losing at Notre Dame.
Freshman Chane Behanan had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals, who had won six straight conference games.
The Orange came in shooting 48.1 percent for the season, while the Cardinals' defensive field-goal percentage was fourth-best in the nation at 37.2.
■ No. 4 Kansas 59, Kansas State 53 -- At Manhattan, Kan., Tyshawn Taylor had 20 points for the Jayhawks, who fended off a stiff test by the Wildcats (17-8, 6-7) for a win that put Kansas (21-5, 11-2) alone in first place in the Big 12.
■ No. 9 Baylor 79, Iowa State 64 -- At Waco, Texas, Perry Jones III scored 18 points, and the Bears (22-4, 9-4 Big 12) rebounded from consecutive losses to beat the Cyclones (18-8, 8-5).
