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• Elsewhere

  Elsewhere

  At No. 8 Syracuse 84, Providence 59: James Southerland scored 20 points, C.J. Fair had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Michael Carter-Williams had 15 points and 12 assists as the Orange (22-4, 10-3 Big East) beat the Friars (14-12, 6-8) to move into a tie with Marquette and Georgetown atop the conference standings.

• LATE RUN LIFTS VCU TO UPSET OF NO. 19 TIGERS:

  LATE RUN LIFTS VCU TO UPSET OF NO. 19 TIGERS:

  Treveon Graham scored 26 points, and Rob Brandenberg added 15, including two late 3-pointers, and VCU beat No. 19 Memphis, 78-65, on Thursday night in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

• Sun Devils rout Cougs

  Sun Devils rout Cougs

  Carrick Felix had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Jahii Carson scored 21, and Arizona State earned its 20th victory of the season by beating Washington State, 69-57, in Tempe, Ariz.

• Nuggets top woeful Lakers

  Nuggets top woeful Lakers

  Ty Lawson had 21 points and 10 assists, Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points and hit a big 3-pointer with 13.8 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, 112-105, Sunday night for their fifth win in seven games.

• Top 25 highlights

  Top 25 highlights

  At DePaul 86, No. 11 Louisville 80: Anna Martin scored 22 points and DePaul held on to beat Louisville. Brittany Hrynko had 21 points and seven assists for the Blue Demons (12-3), who have won six in a row. Louisville (12-3), which had won its previous three games, trailed 80-70 before Shoni Schimmel hit two 3-pointers. Monique Reid’s layup drew the Cardinals within 80-78, but they came no closer.