GAME RECAPS: No. 7 'Nova shocked, 78-73, by Pirates

The loss was the second in three games for the Wildcats (13-3, 5-2 Big East), and it was the best for Seton Hall (8-6, 4-3) since beating No. 6 Ohio State on Jan. 26, 1992. Danny Hurley had 18 points and Jacky Kaba 14 for the Pirates, who opened a 69-58 lead with 5:03 to play on two free throws by Griffin and then held off a late charge by Villanova. The Wildcats scored eight of the next nine points, closing to 70-66 on a three-point play by Alvin Williams with 2:05 to go. After each team missed a shot, Hurley let the shot clock run down and made a 25-foot, 3-pointer for a 73-66 lead with 46.9 seconds to play. Eric Eberz led Villanova with 17 points. Kerry Kittles, who didn't start because of a groin injury, added 15 points and Jason Lawson had 14 on a night the Wildcats didn't shoot or rebound well. Villanova shot 41 percent from the field and was outrebounded 48-30 by a Seton Hall team that has been outrebounded an average of seven in conference games. Villanova had outrebounded its last nine opponents. Kittles, who only played a minute in a 69-67 win over West Virginia on Saturday, came in five minutes after the start and scored four quick points as the Wildcats bounced back from a six-point deficit to take a 27-20 lead with 7:13 left in the half. Seton Hall, however, finished the half with a 17-6 spurt, scoring the final six points to take a 37-33 lead. Griffin, whose previous high was 26, had 17 at the break. The Pirates never lost the lead after halftime as Villanova never got closer than four points. No. 10 North Carolina 67, Virginia 53 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Freshman sensation Antawn Jamison had 20 rebounds and 16 points Wednesday night and No. 10 North Carolina dominated Virginia on the backboards and the scoreboard, winning 67-53. Jamison, from Charlotte, N.C., became the first North Carolinaa player since Mike O'Koren in 1979 to grab 20 rebounds in a game. North Carolina (13-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 39-28 at the half and coasted. A 9-0 run by the Tar Heels four minutes into the second half took Virginia's first sellout crowd -- and the Cavaliers -- out of the game. Virginia (7-6, 2-3 ACC), which came into the game as the ACC's worst- shooting team with a .368 percentage, was even worse than that against the taller Tar Heels. Virginia was 19 of 59 from the field, a .322 percentage. Serge Zwikker had 14 points, Jeff McInnis 13 and Dante Calabria 11 for North Carolina. The Cavaliers were led by Curtis Staples with 17 points and Harold Deane with 10. No. 13 Duke 78, Georgia Tech 66 DURHAM, N.C. -- Ty Hall made 14 of 15 shots and scored a career-high 30 points Wednesday night, leading No. 13 Duke to a 78-66 victory over Georgia Tech. Hall hit her first 13 baskets and was heading for the fourth perfect night of her career until she missed a layup with 2:58 to play. She got her last basket with 46.7 seconds left. Hall holds the school record for field-goal accuracy with a 9-for-9 performance against Oklahoma State in the 1995 NCAA tournament. The 6-foot-3 forward has gone 8-for-8 on two occasions. Hall tied the score at 27 with a jumper at the 5:15 mark, and Jennifer Scanlon broke the tie with a 3-pointer at 4:48 to put the Blue Devils (15-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) ahead for good. Duke expanded its 38-33 halftime lead to 63-47 following Windsor Coggeshall's jumper with 8:46 left. The Yellow Jackets (8-5, 0-5 ACC) charged back with a 11-2 run, but got no closer than 65-58 after Kisha Ford's layup with 5:13 to go. Ali Day had 23 points on a 10-for-17 performance. Duke hit 63 percent of its shots in the second half. Carla Munnion's 18 points paced Georgia Tech, which has lost its last five games. Bucks 111, 76ers 100 PHILADELPHIA -- Glenn Robinson scored 37 points and Milwaukee overcame Philadelphia's 81 percent first-quarter shooting Wednesday night to hand the 76ers their third straight loss, 111-100. The Bucks took their first lead, 91-89, with 5:41 to play on Robinson's 3-pointer, but Vernon Maxwell converted a 3-point play at the other end and the Sixers went back up 92-91. Two free throws by Robinson and a jumper by Vin Baker, who scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half, gave Milwaukee the lead for good at 95-92 with 4:20 to play. Milwaukee, which has won four straight at the Spectrum and two in a row overall, also got 19 points from Benoit Benjamin. Baker had 10 rebounds. Maxwell led the Sixers with 20 points and Trevor Ruffin had 12 of his 17 in the first half. Jerry Stackhouse added 16.