College Basketball Roundup: Rice leads BC past Virginia

Published 12:00 am Thursday, February 5, 2009

Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ó Tyrese Rice and Rakim Sanders scored 20 points each as Boston College beat Virginia 80-70 on Wednesday night.
The Eagles (18-6, 6-3 ACC) led 42-22 at halftime. Virginia (7-11, 1-6) lost its sixth straight despite a career-high 32 points by freshman Sylven Landesberg.
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NORMAN, Okla. ó Taylor Griffin hit a tiebreaking layup with 46.4 seconds left and followed it with two clutch free throws as No. 2 Oklahoma rallied from a late nine-point deficit to beat Texas A&M 77-71 on Wednesday night.
No. 13 Michigan St. 76, No. 19 Minnesota 47
EAST LANSING, Mich. ó Durrell Summers opened the game with two 3-pointers and finished with 21 points as the 13th-ranked Spartans beat the 19th-ranked Golden Gophers 76-47 to snap a two-game home losing streak.
No. 17 Villanova 94, Providence 91
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ó Scottie Reynolds scored 31 points and Dwayne Anderson had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 20 Syracuse 74, West Virginia 61
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ó Eric Devendorf and Jonny Flynn both scored 22 points to lead Syracuse, which ended a three-game losing streak.