Top 25: Harangody leads Irish past Orange

Luke Harangody had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 21 Notre Dame beat Syracuse 103-91 Tuesday night in Syracuse, N.Y., behind an impressive display of 3-point shooting.

Notre Dame (18-4, 6-3 Big East) won for the first time in four conference road games and halted a three-game losing streak against the reeling Orange (15-7, 4-4), who lost their third straight game.

The Irish missed their first three 3-pointers, but it didn’t take them long to find the range. Notre Dame went 10 for 14 on 3s for the rest of the opening half, with Russell Carter and Colin Falls each hitting four, and most were wide-open looks against the defenseless Orange.

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(6) Connecticut 70, Cincinnati 60: At Cincinnati, Kalana Greene made three jumpers during an early 19-point run, and the Huskies (19-2, 9-0 Big East) reached another program milestone with a win over the Bearkats (12-9, 3-6).

The five-time national champions became the 18th team to win 700 games in Division I. Connecticut also remained the only unbeaten team in the conference.

(17) Bowling Green 72, Chicago St. 55: At Chicago, Ali Mann scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Falcons (19-2) to a win over the Cougars (8-15).

The Falcons shot better than 48 percent in the first half en route to a 35-26 lead at the break and finished at nearly 51 percent for the game.

(18) Texas A&M 64, Oklahoma St. 63: At College Station, Texas, Danielle Gant hit the game-winning free throw with 1 second left to lift the Aggies (16-4, 6-2 Big 12) to a win over the Cowgirls (15-6, 3-5).

(19) Louisville 64, Villanova 59: At Villanova, Pa., Angel McCoughtry scored 17 points and Jazz Covington added 14 to help the Cardinals (20-2, 6-2 Big East) beat the Wildcats (7-14, 1-7).

Yuliya Tokova had 10 rebounds for the Cardinals, who won their third straight game despite hitting just 1 of 13 3-pointers and committing 15 turnovers.

(23) Rutgers 66, (16) Marquette 56: At Piscataway, N.J., Essence Carson scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Scarlet Knights (13-6, 6-2 Big East) past the Golden Eagles (19-3, 7-2).

Kia Vaughn scored 10 of her 14 points down the stretch for Rutgers, which defeated its second straight ranked opponent while snapping a four-game winning streak by Marquette.