no 1 syracuse edges nc state 5655 to remain unbeaten mens roundupfeb 15 2014rakeem christmass steal set up c j fairs winning layup with 67 seconds left helping no 1 syracuse edge north carolina state 5655 on saturday to remain unbeatenchristmas had 14 points 12 rebounds and 7 blocks as syracuse 250 120 atlantic coast conference earned its 10th singledigit victory despite shooting 352 percent jerami grant had 12 points and 14 rebounds and fair added 11 pointsthe start of the game was pushed back four hours because of a snowstorm and nc state did not land in syracuse until saturday afternoon the teams twitter account announced the wolfpacks arrival at 307 pm seven minutes later than the originally scheduled tipoffthe game turned out to be worth the wait with a frantic finish full of missed opportunitiesafter a timeout with 183 seconds to go christmas stole the ball and fair put the orange in front when nc state was whistled for goaltending on his layup attemptt j warren who had 23 points missed from the top of the key on one last try for nc state syracuse is clinging to a halfgame lead over virginia in the acc the oranges start is the third best in acc history behind only north carolina state 270 in 1973 and north carolina 320 in 1957duke 69 maryland 67 jabari parker scored 23 points and no 8 duke held on to beat visiting marylandrodney hood and rasheed sulaimon added 11 points each for the blue devils 205 93 acc they started a run of four games in eight nights by giving the terrapins 1412 67 a hardtoswallow loss in their last scheduled visit to cameron indoor stadiumduke the accs top 3point shooting team was just 5 of 24 from long range and shot 23 percent in the second half but found a way to reach the 20win mark for the 18th straight yearconnecticut 86 memphis 81 shabazz napier scored a careerhigh 34 points and no 24 connecticut beat no 20 memphis in overtime in hartford to sweep the season series from the tigersryan boatright added 21 points for uconn 205 84 american athletic conference including 8 in overtime joe jackson had 24 points to lead the tigers 196 84 san diego st 64 air force 56 winston shepard scored 14 of his 16 points in the final 714 and the no 5 san diego state aztecs bounced back from their first loss since midnovember to beat air forceafter the falcons 1014 49 mountain west closed to 5450 with 228 to go shepard converted a 3point play and hit two more free throws to give sdsu 222 111 some breathing roomkansas 95 tcu 65 perry ellis scored a careerhigh 32 points and no 7 kansas overcame a sluggish start and a 25point performance by texas christians kyan anderson to win at homeellis also had eight rebounds and five assists and andrew wiggins added 17 points for the jayhawks 196 102 big 12 who actually trailed