Syracuse surprises West Virginia

Terrence Roberts broke out of a three-game slump with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Syracuse beat No. 14 West Virginia 60-58 at Morgantown, W.V., on Monday night.

It was the fourth loss in five games for West Virginia (18-8, 9-4 Big East), which won its first eight games in the conference. And it was the first victory over a ranked team this season for Syracuse (19-8, 7-6), which had been reeling with five losses in six games but has won three of its last four.

Eric Devendorf had 17 points for the Orange, who won despite one of the worst shooting games in the Carrier Dome of senior guard Gerry McNamara’s career. He finished with five points on 2-of-14 shooting but had nine assists and his lone 3-pointer gave him 372 for his career, ninth in NCAA history. Darryl Watkins had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Roberts had a total of 10 points and 12 rebounds in the three previous games.

Kevin Pittsnogle led West Virginia with 20 points, and Patrick Beilein had 18, all on 3-pointers, including five in the first half. Mike Gansey, who was 5-of-6 on 3-pointers against Connecticut on Saturday, missed all six of his shots from long range against the Orange and finished with eight points.

The Mountaineers, second in the NCAA with 10 3-pointers per game, finished 12-for-33 from long range.

Both teams were playing on just one day’s rest, the Mountaineers coming off an 81-75 home loss to then-No. 1 Connecticut and the Orange fresh from an important 79-66 home win over Louisville.

(22) Oklahoma 71, Texas Tech 70: At Lubbock, Texas, Kevin Bookout tipped in a rebound with 4.5 seconds left to give the Sooners (18-6, 9-4 Big 12), the victory over the Red Raiders (14-13, 6-7).

It was the only field goal for the Sooners in the final 8 minutes and it came just over a minute after the Red Raiders had closed a 10-2 run to take a 70-68 lead.

Michael Neal had 18 points for Oklahoma, while Jarrius Jackson led Texas Tech with 27.

Jackson’s 3-pointer with 1:30 left wiped out a 10-point deficit and brought the Red Raiders into a tie at 68.

Martin Zeno made two free throws with 1:08 left to give Texas Tech a 70-68 lead.

David Godbold of Oklahoma was fouled going for the rebound of his missed 3-pointer and made the second of two free throws with 55 seconds to play.

Darryl Dora of Texas Tech missed a short jumper and Oklahoma grabbed the rebound and called a timeout with 23 seconds left. Terrell Everett dribbled down the clock before driving for a jumper in the lane that bounced off the rim before Bookout converted the rebound and finished with 12 points.

Jackson missed a final shot for the Red Raiders.

The Sooners finished with a 45-24 rebound advantage.

Women’s

(2) North Carolina 69, (17) Boston College: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Ivory Latta had 23 points and nine steals to lead to lead the second-ranked Tar Heels (25-1, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) past the Eagles (19-8, 6-6).

(6) Ohio St. 69, No. 14 Michigan St. 38: At Columbus, Ohio, Jessica Davenport scored 18 of her 22 points in the first half, leading the Buckeyes (23-2, 13-1 Big Ten) past the Spartans (20-8, 10-5), to give coach Jim Foster his 600th career victory.