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The Associated Press

Published: February 27, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Jack McClinton scored just 11 points, well below his average, but hit a huge 3-pointer with 47 seconds to play Thursday night to give Miami a two-possession cushion and the Hurricanes held on to beat Virginia 62-55.

The Hurricanes (17-10, 6-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) had been in a freefall of late, losing six of their last seven, but got some clutch shooting from McClinton when it mattered most down the stretch. His third 3-pointer gave Miami a 60-55 lead and he added two free throws with 19 seconds left.

Virginia (9-15, 3-10) had won two straight at home, but failed to score after Jeff Jones' 3-pointer produced the eighth tie of the half at 55 with 3:51 remaining.

NO. 5 MEMPHIS 71, UAB 60

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Doneal Mack and Antonio Anderson hit consecutive 3-pointers to help spark a decisive run by Memphis (25-3, 13-0) in a victory over UAB (19-9, 9-4), clinching the Tigers' fourth consecutive Conference USA regular-season title.

The Tigers won their 19th straight overall, the nation's longest winning streak, and 55th in a row in conference.

Memphis trailed by a point before suddenly pulling away from its top league challenger with a 16-2 run. Memphis allowed only two field goals over the final 4 minutes while holding Robert Vaden, UAB's leading scorer, scoreless on 0-for-17 shooting.

NO. 13 WAKE FOREST 85,

N.C. STATE 78

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - James Johnson had career highs with 28 points and 18 rebounds to lead Wake Forest (21-5, 8-5 ACC) past North Carolina State (15-11, 5-8).

MICHIGAN 87,

NO. 16 PURDUE 78

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - DeShawn Sims scored a career-high 29 points and Manny Harris had 27 points and eight rebounds to lead Michigan (18-11, 8-8 Big Ten) to victory over Purdue (21-7, 10-5).

NO. 19 XAVIER 68,

SAINT JOSEPH'S 54

PHILADELPHIA - Derrick Brown had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and B.J Raymond scored 18 points to lead Xavier (23-5, 11-3) past skidding Saint Joseph's (14-13, 7-6).

NO. 20 ILLINOIS 52,

MINNESOTA 41

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Mike Davis scored 14 points and Trent Meacham added 13 to lead Illinois (23-6, 11-5 Big Ten) to victory over Minnesota (20-8, 8-8).

NO. 24 BUTLER 78,

YOUNGSTOWN ST. 57

INDIANAPOLIS - Matt Howard had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Butler (24-4, 14-3) beat Youngstown State (11-17, 7-10), clinching at least a share of its third straight Horizon League regular-season championship.

UNC Cruises Past Miami Women

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 23 points and No. 9 North Carolina beat Miami 90-76.

Rashanda McCants added 21 points and Jessica Breland had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Tar Heels (25-4, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won eight of nine heading into Sunday's ACC regular-season finale at Duke.

Lamese James scored 17 points and Epiphany Woodson added 16 for the Hurricanes (13-15, 2-11), who lost their fourth consecutive game and sixth straight to the Tar Heels. They haven't beaten North Carolina since joining the ACC.

NO. 14 OHIO ST. 75,

WISCONSIN 53

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jantel Lavender had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Samanth Prahalis fueled Ohio State's fast break to lead the Buckeyes (23-5, 14-3) past Wisconsin (16-13, 6-12), clinching at least a share of their fifth Big Ten championship in a row.

LSU 63, NO. 18 TENNESSEE 61

BATON ROUGE, La. - Katherine Graham made two free throws with 7.9 seconds remaining and LSU (19-4, 9-4 SEC) slipped past Tennessee (19-9, 8-5).

NO. 24 ARIZONA STATE 55,

WASHINGTON 32

TEMPE, Ariz. - Danielle Orsillo scored 10 points and had three assists to lead Arizona State (21-6, 13-2 Pac-10) to its 13th straight win, a decision over Washington (6-20, 2-14).

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