Cam Reddish made a tying 3-pointer with 1:28 left and the go-ahead free throws with 14 seconds remaining, helping No. 2
Duke overcome a 23-point second-half deficit on the road to beat No. 16
Louisville 71-69 on Tuesday night.
After making 2 of 17 shots to open the second half, the Blue Devils (22-2, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) got hot and shut down the Cardinals over the final 9:54. Zion Williamson (27 points, 12 rebounds) ignored foul trouble and instead drew whistles in his favor, making 8 of 9 from the line before Reddish added a couple of 3s in between free throws — the last two of which followed an official review of a play under Duke’s basket.
Christen Cunningham tried to tie it for Louisville (17-8, 8-4), but his jumper in the lane bounced off the rim. The Blue Devils celebrated as they left the court after completing the second-biggest second-half comeback in program history.
Reddish scored 16 of his 22 points after halftime. Duke won its eighth consecutive game despite shooting a season-low 37 percent from the field.
Jordan Nwora had 23 points and Dwaynme Sutton 15 for Louisville.
No. 19 LSU 73, No. 5 Kentucky 71 • Kavell Bigby-Williams’s tip-in at the buzzer lifted the Tigers to a huge win in Lexington, Ky.
With the game tied after Kentucky’s Keldon Johnson made two free throws with 6 seconds left, LSU’s Skylar Mays drove the length of the court. His shot missed, but Bigby-Williams got the offensive rebound and scored to give the Tigers their first win over the Wildcats since 2009. It was just the sixth time ever that LSU (20-4, 10-1 Southeastern Conference) has beaten Kentucky (20-4, 10-2).
Tremont Waters, who finished with 15 points to lead the Tigers, hit two free throws with 20 seconds left to give LSU a two-point lead before Johnson’s free throws tied it.
Naz Reid and Emmitt Williams scored 12 each and Mays had 11 for the Tigers.
AREADrake 72, SIUC 69 • D.J. Wilkins tied his season high with 20 points as visiting Drake slipped past Southern Illinois.
Brady Ellingson had 17 points for Drake (19-7, 8-5 Missouri Valley Conference). Senior Armon Fletcher (Edwardsville) had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Salukis (13-13, 6-7).