College

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman Austin Rivers buried a three-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night, snapping the Tar Heels' school-record 31-game home winning streak.

Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six threes, though the last will certainly live on in the lore of the fierce rivalry.

With the Blue Devils (20-4, 7-2 ACC) trailing by two, Rivers launched a three over 7-footer Tyler Zeller from the right wing. The ball swished through the net, sending Rivers running down the court in celebration.

"Obviously this is my favorite win I've ever had in my entire life," Rivers said. "And it's because we were down the whole game. The whole game, we were down. ... To get a W, it's amazing."

A teary-eyed North Carolina coach Roy Williams simply said: "This one hurts."

Rivers' three capped a wild rally for the Blue Devils, who trailed by 10 points with about 2 ½ minutes left.

Harrison Barnes scored 25 points for the Tar Heels (20-4, 7-2), while Zeller finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds. But Zeller missed a free throw with 13.9 seconds left, setting up Rivers' winning shot.

Boeheim passes Smith

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, hitting a go-ahead three-pointer in the final minute of overtime, and No. 2 Syracuse beat 12th-ranked Georgetown 64-61 to give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win. Boeheim took sole possession of third place in Division I, one more than North Carolina's Dean Smith.

The win allowed Syracuse (24-1, 11-1 Big East) to remain unbeaten at home at 16-0. Georgetown (18-5, 8-4) had won five of six entering the game.

Other Top 10 men's game

No. 7 Kansas 68, at No. 6 Baylor 54

Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points and Kansas went ahead to stay during a stretch without Thomas Robinson as the Jayhawks had another convincing victory over Baylor.

Kansas (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) scored 14 consecutive points early in the second half to take control of the game. The Jayhawks, coming off a 74-71 loss at fourth-ranked Missouri on Saturday, grabbed a share of the Big 12 lead with the Tigers.

Baylor (21-3, 8-3) was 17-0 with the longest winning streak in school history before a 92-74 loss at Kansas just three weeks ago.

Notes

• Air Force fired men's coach Jeff Reynolds after five seasons and a 63-82 record. Assistant coach Dave Pilipovich will step in as the interim coach.

• Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's NCAA tournament. The school currently is barred, a penalty for years of below-standard academic results.