West Virginia upsets Villanova

West Virginia couldn’t make Villanova miss shots, so the Mountaineers forced the ball away from them.

Joe Herber scored 23 points and Kevin Pittsnogle had 22, leading No. 24 West Virginia to a 91-87 upset over No. 3 Villanova on Sunday in Villanova, Pa.

Mike Gansey added 21 points as the Mountaineers (10-3, 2-0 Big East) beat their second top-10 opponent this season.

Randy Foye had 24 points and Mike Nardi scored 23 for Villanova (10-1, 1-1). The Wildcats had 22 turnovers to offset a strong shooting performance.

“I’m embarrassed about our defense when you look at the numbers, but the turnovers allowed us to keep people off the offensive boards and from getting putbacks,” West Virginia coach John Beilein said.

The Mountaineers came in as 11 1/2 -point underdogs, but fought back from a 15-point deficit early in the second half.

Villanova shot 58 percent (29 for 50) from the floor, including 57.7 percent from 3-point range (15 for 26), but had trouble once West Virginia started trapping on defense.

“They’re the best in the conference at that,” Wildcats coach Jay Wright said. “Obviously, we’ve got to get better taking care of the ball. There’s two teams that have trapped us – the last two teams – and we’ve turned the ball over.

“Even against Temple, another team that trapped a lot, we turned the ball over. Even when we’re winning, we’ve said we’re a work in progress. We still have to get a lot better. I think that was proven today.”

(1) Duke 82, (23) Wake Forest 64: At Winston-Salem, N.C., J.J. Redick scored 32 points to help the Blue Devils (14-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) hold off the Demon Deacons (11-3, 0-1), leaving Duke one of only three unbeaten teams in Division I.

Lee Melchionni added 17 points for Duke, which played a large part of the game without star center Shelden Williams. He picked up his third foul with about 5 minutes left in the first half, then got his fourth soon after the break.

Duke got a spark from the return of DeMarcus Nelson, who missed the previous nine games with a broken ankle. He had two points in limited playing time.

(4) Memphis 73, Winthrop 63: At Memphis, Tenn., Rodney Carney had 21 points and Darius Washington scored seven of his 14 during a key stretch to help the Tigers (13-2) hold off the Eagles (7-4).

Memphis won its second straight after losing to No. 15 Texas last week. Its only other loss was to No. 1 Duke in the Preseason NIT championship game.

Craig Bradshaw and Phillip Williams led Winthrop with 15 points apiece.

Wisconsin 82, (7) Michigan State 63: At Madison, Wis., Kammron Taylor scored 27 points and the Badgers (12-2, 2-0 Big Ten) beat the Spartans (12-4, 0-2) for the seventh time in eight meetings. Wisconsin is one of only three Big Ten teams to get through the first week of conference play undefeated, joining Indiana and Northwestern.

Georgia Tech 60, (11) Boston College 58: At Atlanta, Zam Fredrick hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 33.5 seconds left and the Yellow Jackets (8-4, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) edged the Eagles (11-3, 0-2), who went more than 11 minutes without a field goal and struggled to make anything outside the lane.