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The Associated Press

Published: January 8, 2009

BOSTON - Boston College coach Al Skinner had been warning his players all along. It showed they didn't listen.

Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead Harvard to an 82-70 upset against No. 17 Boston College on Wednesday night, three days after the Eagles upset previously top-ranked North Carolina.

"I tried to pre-warn them," said Skinner after one of the Eagles' more disappointing regular-season losses in many years. "We were capable of being this team and capable of being another team."

The Eagles (13-3), who had their 10-game winning streak snapped, defeated the unbeaten Tar Heels 85-78 in Chapel Hill for one of the school's biggest regular-season wins to move into the Top 25.

"I told them its a short trip from the main house to the big house to the outhouse," Skinner said.
Corey Raji paced BC with 16 points, Tyrese Rice had 14, and Joe Trapani had 12. Rice was held to three points until the final four minutes.

Oliver McNally had 17 points and Andrew Pusar 13 for the Crimson (8-6), who had never beaten a ranked team before and had lost 15 of their last 16 games against the Eagles. Lin added eight assists before fouling out with about a minutes left.

"Obviously it's a special night for us and for our basketball program," Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. "To be able to come across town and play against an outstanding basketball team, especially after what they experienced in their previous game."

NO. 2 DUKE 79,

DAVIDSON 67

DURHAM, N.C. - Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler scored 22 points apiece and No. 2 Duke held off a late Stephen Curry-led charge to beat Davidson.
Gerald Henderson added 11 points on 3-for-11 shooting for the Blue Devils (13-1). They never trailed, outscored the Wildcats 20-7 to start the second half and withstood their late comeback attempt to win their 67th straight nonconference home game.

Curry, the nation's leading scorer, scored 29 points - the most Duke has allowed any player this season - on 10 of 22 shooting for Davidson (10-3), with 21 of those coming in the second half as he tried to rally his team from a 25-point deficit.

NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 108,

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 70

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Tyler Hansbrough had 24 points and third-ranked North Carolina bounced back from its first loss by beating College of Charleston.

Deon Thompson added 15 points for the Tar Heels (14-1), who used a 19-2 run spanning halftime to turn the game into a rout.

Tony White Jr. had 16 points to lead the Cougars (10-3).

NO. 11 SYRACUSE 85,

DEPAUL 68

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Andy Rautins scored 17 points and Paul Harris added 14 to lead six Syracuse players in double figures in the No. 11 Orange's win against DePaul.

It was the sixth straight victory for Syracuse (15-1, 3-0 Big East) and the third consecutive loss for DePaul (8-8, 0-3).

NO. 18 MARQUETTE 81,

RUTGERS 76

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Wesley Matthews scored 23 points, hitting all 10 of his shots, to help No. 18 Marquette (14-2, 3-0 Big East) beat Rutgers (9-7, 0-3).

Jerel McNeal added 16 points and Dominic James had 15 for the Golden Eagles, who won their sixth straight in starting 3-0 in the Big East for the first time since joining the conference in 2005.

Mike Rosario scored 22 to lead Rutgers, which dropped its fourth straight.

WOMEN'S GAMES

PROVIDENCE 77,

NO. 19 PITTSBURGH 69

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Emily Cournoyer scored a season-best 19 points with 11 rebounds to propel Providence (7-7, 1-1 Big East) to an upset of No. 19 Pittsburgh (11-3, 1-1).

The Friars' win overshadowed the performance of Shavonte Zellous, who scored 28 points for Pitt. Zellous, the nation's fourth-leading scorer at 23.1 points per game, had 16 in the first half.

ECKERD 73,

TAMPA 67

ST. PETERSBURG - Eckerd scored its first win in seven attempts against Tampa, as Javiera Novion came off the bench to lead the Tritons with 22 points and five assists. The Tritons (7-5, 2-1 SSC) victory snapped a nine-game win streak for No. 19 Tampa (10-2, 1-1), handing the Spartans their first loss in almost two months.

Ashley Lutz added 20 points for Eckerd, while Tiara Cook led Tampa with 22 points. Former Holy Names standout Gianna Messina added 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Spartans.

WOMEN'S GAMES

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