NCAA Basketball

Syracuse held on to beat Pittsburgh in the Big East quarterfinals yesterday 62-59. The Orange will face Georgetown today for a third time after losing the first 2 meetings.

Syracuse rallied to overturn a 7 point deficit with just over 5 minutes left against Cincinnati. Michael Carter-Williams tied the game with a huge 3-pointer with just over a minute to go and Jerami Grant gave Syracuse the lead with a game winning drive.

Jim Boeheim moved past Bobby Knight on the men's Division I all-time wins list with number 903 as the Syracuse Orange blew away Rutgers 78-53 at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday night with each team opening conference play.

Jack Taylor, a guard for Grinnell, scored 138 points Tuesday night shattering the NCAA record for points scored in a game.