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Jamarius Burton and Blake Hinson scored 19 points each, Nike Sibande added 10 in a key stretch of the second half, and Pitt defeated Florida State 83-75 Saturday.
Burton made two jumpers and Sibande added two 3-pointers, giving the Panthers a 64-58 lead with 6:38 left. Sibande added a steal-and-layup and another layup to push the lead to 70-65, then Hinson put the Panthers in control when he made a 3-pointer for a nine-point lead with 2:35 to go.
Pitt made eight consecutive free throws in the final two. The Panthers made 11 of 14 from the line in the second half, 19 of 23 overall.
Sibande finished with 12 points and Greg Elliott hit four 3-pointers and scored 13 points. Federiko Federiko had 13 rebounds and three blocks for Pitt (11-3 ACC, 18-7).
Jalen Warley scored 23 points, Caleb Mills 16, and Cameron Corhen 13 for Florida State (6-9, 8-18).
Texas 94, West Virginia 60: Sir’Jabari Rice kept making shots, and the Texas guard wasn’t shy about celebrating.
“Talks a lot,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said of Rice.
Huggins’ team could do nothing to prevent Rice from scoring or letting the Mountaineers know about it en route to his season-best 24 points in just 17 minutes as No. 5 Texas defeated West Virginia, 94-60.
Thanks largely to him, Texas (20-5) remained in first place in the Big 12 at 9-3, while West Virginia (4-8, 15-10) lost for the sixth time in its last seven games against the Longhorns.
Emmitt Matthews Jr. led West Virginia with 13 points.
Maryland 74, Penn State 68: Hakim Hart scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second half and Maryland pulled away from Penn State late to earn a 74-68 win and remain undefeated at home in Big Ten play.
The Terrapins improved to 13-1 at home, with their lone loss coming Dec. 14 to No. 16 UCLA. For the first time in program history Maryland (8-6, 17-8) has won 10 straight conference home games.
Maryland threatened to run away with the game early, taking a 12-point lead, 21-9 after Don Carey hit a 3-pointer with 7:22 left, but Penn State rallied from deep. Myles Dread, Andrew Funk and Seth Lundy each hit from deep in the final five minutes of the half and the Nittany Lions tied the game at 26-26.
Jalen Pickett hit a jumper and knocked down a 3 to start the second half to put Penn State in front 35-32 less than two minutes in and Dread’s 3-pointer midway through the half tied the game at 47-47. But Hart took charge in the final eight minutes.
Duquesne 56, St. Bonaventure 54: Dae Dae Grant’s 12 points helped Duquesne defeat Saint Bonaventure, 56-54.
Grant added seven rebounds and four steals for the Dukes (7-5 Atlantic 10, 17-8). Jimmy Clark III scored 12 points and added four steals. Kareem Rozier added 11 points.
Daryl Banks III led the way for the Bonnies (7-6, 13-13) with 15 points and three steals.