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The Associated Press

Published: January 12, 2009

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Jeff Teague scored a career-high 34 points and No. 4 Wake Forest held on to beat third-ranked North Carolina 92-89 on Sunday night.
Chas McFarland matched a season high with 20 points for the Demon Deacons (14-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who remained one of three unbeatens in Division I and matched the 1980-81 team that also won its first 14 games.
Danny Green scored 22 points and Tyler Hansbrough added 17 on 3-for-12 shooting - he went without a field goal in the second half for the Tar Heels (14-2, 0-2).

In a span of eight days, the once-unanimous No. 1 team in the nation has lost two of three and shares last place in the ACC with Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels have lost its first two league games for the first time since 1996-97, when they started 0-3.

NO. 1 PITTSBURGH 90,

ST. JOHN'S 67

PITTSBURGH - DeJuan Blair scored 23 points and cleaned up inside with 15 rebounds as Pittsburgh, playing its first game as the nation's top-ranked hoop team, pulled away in the second half for a win over St. John's, one of the few Big East Conference members not among the Top 25.

Leading by just five points at halftime, Pitt (15-0, 3-0 Big East) clamped down on defense and found its shooting range, knocking down three 3-pointers in a 17-6 spurt in the first seven minutes of the second half.

By the time Blair was taken out with 8:47 left, the Panthers were up by 23 and putting on a show.

D.J. Kennedy, who won a Pennsylvania state high school title as Blair's teammate, scored 18 for the Red Storm (10-5, 1-2).

NO. 14 PURDUE 65,

WISCONSIN 52

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - JaJuan Johnson had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Robbie Hummel scored 16 in his return from a back injury and No. 14 Purdue beat Wisconsin.
Joe Krabbenhoft had 13 points and seven rebounds for Wisconsin (12-4, 3-1 Big Ten), which had won three straight. Marcus Landry, Wisconsin's leading scorer, finished with nine points on 3-for-15 shooting.

It was the first conference win for the Boilermakers (12-4, 1-2) after losses to Illinois and Penn State.

NO. 16 XAVIER 86,

FORDHAM 60

NEW YORK - B.J. Raymond scored 18 points to lead six Xavier (13-2, 2-0 Atlantic 10) players in double figures and the 16th-ranked Musketeers beat Fordham (2-12, 0-2).

It was the fourth straight victory for Xavier, which shot a season-best 53.8 percent from the field (28-for-52) and finished with a 45-29 rebound advantage.

NO. 22 MINNESOTA 79,

PENN STATE 59

MINNEAPOLIS - Reserve Devron Bostick scored 19 points to lead 22nd-ranked Minnesota (15-1, 3-1 Big Ten) to a victory over Penn State (13-4, 2-2).

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