Seminoles nip Demon Deacons

Todd Galloway scored nine straight points in overtime and finished with a career-high 21 to help Florida State snap No. 3 Wake Forest’s 10-game winning streak with a 91-83 victory Tuesday night at Tallahassee, Fla.

Wake Forest (15-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a chance for a win at the end of regulation when Taron Downey was fouled while making a desperation 3-pointer that tied it at 76.

But Downey missed the free throw, the Demon Deacons’ first miss from the line after hitting an NCAA-record 50 straight.

Wake Forest made 32 straight in Saturday in a 95-82 win over North Carolina and its first 18 against FSU before Downey’s miss.

Von Wafer scored 25 of his career-high 30 points in the first half as the Seminoles (10-8, 2-3) twice opened 19-point leads on its way to a 46-32 lead at halftime.

(7) Syracuse 78, Georgetown 73 (OT): Hakim Warrick had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Gerry McNamara added 17 points and Syracuse held off Georgetown at Syracuse, N.Y.

The victory was the 11th straight for the Orange (18-1, 5-0 Big East), which remained atop the Big East. But the Hoyas (11-5, 3-2) gave Syracuse their toughest game of the season despite serious foul trouble for its top three scorers.

(22) Alabama 98, (17) Mississippi St. 49: Earnest Shelton scored a career-high 34 points and the Crimson Tide (14-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) held the Bulldogs (15-4, 3-2) without a field goal for nearly 15 minutes of the first half in a victory at Tuscaloosa, Ala., the Bulldogs’ worst loss in 50 years.

(18) Oklahoma 70, Texas A&M 54: Drew Lavender scored a season-high 23 points and the Sooners (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) snapped the Aggies’ (12-3, 1-3) 11-game home winning streak with a victory at College Station, Texas.

(19) Michigan St. 71, Purdue 64: Maurice Ager scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to help the Spartans (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) get past the Boilermakers at East Lansing, Mich.

Carl Landry scored a career-high 31 points for Purdue (4-11, 0-5). Purdue is 0-5 in the Big Ten for the first time since the 1962-63 season.

St. John’s 65, (21) Pittsburgh 62: Daryll Hill scored 26 points, including three free throws in the final 25 seconds, and the Red Storm (7-7, 1-3 Big East) ended a three-game losing streak with a victory over the Panthers (12-3, 3-2) at New York.