Robert McCray V scored a game-high 20 points to help visiting Florida State post a wire-to-wire 80-71 victory over Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday in Atlanta.

Thomas Bassong had 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Chauncey Wiggins chipped in 12 points for Florida State (15-14, 8-8 ACC), which won its seventh game in nine tries.

Kowacie Reeves Jr.’s 17 points led Georgia Tech (11-18, 2-14), followed by Jaeden Mustaf’s 16 and 15 points apiece from Akai Fleming and Kam Craft. The Yellow Jackets lost their 10th straight game.

After trailing by 16 points with three minutes left in the first half, Georgia Tech sliced its deficit to 45-43 on Reeves’ 3-pointer with 17:23 left in the second.

Florida State rebuilt its cushion to eight on AJ Swinton’s dunk and Cam Miles’ layup at the 10:54 mark. McCray’s stepback 3-pointer extended the lead to 65-53.

Meanwhile, Georgia Tech went 8:37 without a field goal until Craft’s 3-pointer with 5:52 remaining cut the Yellow Jackets’ deficit to 68-58.

Martin Sommerville was fouled and made an off-balance floater at the 4:13 mark, then completed the three-point play to give the Seminoles a 72-60 lead. Bassong put the finishing touches on the convincing victory with a dunk with 1:36 left.

McCray’s personal 7-0 run gave Florida State an early 9-2 lead. Kobe MaGee and Swinton drilled triples to extend the visitors’ advantage to 18-8 with 13:42 left in the first half.

Fleming’s 3-pointer pulled the Yellow Jackets within six, but Miles’ layup stamped a 6-0 Seminoles run to put them ahead 26-14 at the 8:34 mark. The margin ballooned to 16 on Wiggins’ corner 3-pointer with 4:41 remaining.

After Somerville drilled three free throws, Georgia Tech answered with a 12-1 run, including Craft and Reeves’ consecutive 3-pointers, to trim the halftime deficit to 41-36.

The Yellow Jackets held Florida State without a made field goal for the final 4:40 of the opening half.

–Field Level Media

Alex Karaban made 5 of 6 3-point attempts and scored a game-high 23 points, lifting No. 6 UConn to a 71-67 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday in a Big East matchup played In Storrs, Conn.

Solo Ball added 14 points for UConn (27-3, 17-2 Big East), which trailed by eight points midway through the second half.

Karaban sank two free throws to give UConn a 68-65 lead with 20 seconds to play.

After Seton Hall’s Adam Clark missed a 3-pointer, Ball made two free throws that extended UConn’s lead with eight seconds left. Following Najai Hines’ basket, Ball capped the scoring by making a free throw with three seconds remaining.

Seton Hall (19-10, 9-9) received 20 points from A.J. Staton-McCray, 12 from Elijah Fisher and 11 from Hines. Clark, who entered the game averaging a team-high 12.5 points per game, was held to four points.

The Pirates made 9 of 18 3-point attempts after going 0 for 18 from 3-point range in their last game, a 51-47 victory over Georgetown. Seton Hall was 1 of 16 from beyond the 3-point arc when it dropped a 69-64 decision to UConn on Jan. 13.

Despite 15 first-half points from Karaban, Seton Hall had a 33-32 halftime lead.

UConn took a 43-42 lead on a Jayden Ross layup with 14:57 left in the second half, but Seton Hall had a 54-46 advantage – its largest lead of the game – after a Staton-McCray 3-pointer with 9:33 remaining in regulation.

Braylon Mullins capped a 10-0 run that put UConn in front 58-56 with 5:57 left.

It was 63-63 after a Fisher jump shot with 2:02 to play, but the Huskies took a lead they wouldn’t relinquish when Ball made two free throws that erased a 65-64 deficit.

Mullins (11) and Tarris Reed (10) also scored in double figures for UConn.

–Field Level Media

Cole Certa scored 12 of his 32 points in overtime to lead Notre Dame to a stunning 96-90 win over North Carolina State Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.

It was Certa’s second 30-plus-point performance in the last four games. After the Fighting Irish (13-16, 4-12 Atlantic Coast Conference) never led in regulation, they took their first lead on Certa’s 3-pointer to open OT and took the lead for good on his second perimeter shot on the ensuing possession.

Certa was 9 of 17 from the floor, making 6 of 10 threes. Jalen Haralson scored 25 points — including the team’s other three in overtime — making 8 of 15 field goals and 9 of 10 free throws.

Braeden Shrewsberry chipped in 16 points with five rebounds and three assists, and Sir Mohammed scored all 10 of his points in the first half for Notre Dame, which pulled off the significant upset to boost its hopes of making the ACC Tournament in Charlotte.

Ven-Allen Lubin scored a season-high 24 points with 10 rebounds for NC State (19-10, 10-6), which has lost four of its last five games to inch closer to the postseason bubble.

Quadir Copeland tallied 17 points and nine assists, and Darrion Williams added 17 on 7-of-17 shooting, including 3-of-10 shooting from 3-point range.

Notre Dame held a 40-32 rebounding advantage, a 38-15 edge in bench points and a 16-2 lead in fastbreak points, shooting 52.5% from the field and 48% from 3-point range (12 of 25).

NC State was held scoreless for the final 3:23 of regulation, with Notre Dame ending on a 7-0 run to rally from a nine-point deficit with 4:46 left. Haralson scored six points during that stretch, including the game-tying free throws with 19 seconds left to send it to OT tied at 81.

NC State jumped out to a 11-2 lead and never trailed in the first half. The Fighting Irish, though, battled back to tie the game at 25.

The Wolfpack immediately went on an 8-0 run, but Notre Dame again didn’t let them fully separate, making its final five shots to trail 44-38 at the half.

NC State also led throughout the second half, responding to each Notre Dame surge, but was never able to extend its lead to double figures. The Fighting Irish cut the deficit to one score three times before finally leveling the score on Haralson’s late free throws in his return to action from an ankle injury on Feb. 10.

–Field Level Media