Top 25

Tony Delk scored 19 points, becoming the 42nd player in University of Kentucky history to collect 1,000 points in a career, and the fifth-ranked Wildcats (9-1 Southeastern Conference, 16-3) overpowered Tennessee’s Volunteers (2-8, 8-11) 68-48 Wednesday night in Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee’s leading scorer and rebounder, 7-foot center Steve Hamer, went out with a knee injury 76 seconds into the game. That left Volunteers coach Kevin O’Neill with six scholarship players.

Florida St. 69, (11) Wake Forest 67

Sophomore James Collins hit a driving jumper on the baseline with 22 seconds left, lifting the Seminoles (4-6 ACC, 11-8) to their victory over the Demon Deacons (5-4, 14-5) at Tallahassee, Fla.

(10) Syracuse 100, Providence 76

Lawrence Moten matched his career high with 32 points, including 22 in the first half, when the Orangemen (10-1 Big East, 17-3) shot 75 percent from the field on the way to their easy victory over the Friars (4-7, 12-7) at Syracuse, N.Y.

Moten was 9 of 12, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, in the first half as he crept within 19 points of Derrick Coleman’s school record of 2,143 points.

(13) Missouri 59, (19) Iowa St. 56

Freshman Kendrick Moore made two free throws with 11 seconds to play at Columbia, Mo., where the Tigers (6-2 Big Eight, 17-3) rallied from a 12-point deficit to deal the Cyclones (3-5, 17-6) their fourth straight loss.

(17) Virginia 65, N. Carolina St. 55

At Charlottesville, Va., Jason Williford powered a second-half run that sent the Cavaliers (7-3 ACC, 14-6) past the Wolf Pack (2-8, 10-10).

Boston College 78, (20) Georgetown 67

Danya Abrams scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half at Newton, Mass., where the Eagles (2-9, 8-11), the Big East cellar-dwellers, sent the Hoyas (7-5, 14-6) to their third straight loss.

(21) Mississippi St. 67, LSU 61

The Bulldogs (7-2 SEC, 15-4) had trouble penetrating the defense of the Tigers (5-4, 11-8) in the second half, so they made 6 of 11 3-pointers to pull out their victory at Baton Rouge, La.