VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Ryan Arcidiacono had 18 points and six assists, Dylan Ennis finished with 17 points and six rebounds, and No. 5 Villanova made a season-high 15 3-pointers to beat Xavier 88-75 on Wednesday night.
Josh Hart added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats (16-1 overall, 4-1 Big East), who have won three straight conference games by an average of nearly 15 points since their only loss of the season.
Center Matt Stainbrook scored 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting to lead Xavier (11-6, 2-3), which outscored Villanova 46-18 in the paint.
NO. 22 BAYLOR 74, NO. 11 IOWA ST. 73
WACO, Texas (AP) - Kenny Chery made a jumper with 4.7 seconds left and No. 22 Baylor pulled out a win over No. 11 Iowa State after blowing a 14-point lead.
Rico Gathers had 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Bears (13-3, 2-2 Big 12), who had led throughout until Georges Niang made a jumper with 1:54 left for a 68-67 lead.
Baylor had started the game with a 16-1 run, and was up 62-48 on a layup by Gathers with 8:40 left before the big closing surge by Iowa State (12-3, 2-1) that included the back-and-forth finish.
Naz Long had 19 points for Iowa State, making all five of his 3-pointers.
NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 62, GEORGIA TECH 59
ATLANTA (AP) - Jerian Grant scored 12 points, Steve Vasturia added 11 points and No. 12 Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech.
Despite the absence of starting forward Zach Auguste, the Fighting Irish (16-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) secured their best start to a season since 1978-79.
Pat Connaughton, V.J. Beachem and Bonzie Colson each finished with 10 points, and Demetrius Jackson had nine for Notre Dame, which has won 12 of 13.
Irish coach Mike Brey said Auguste missed the game because of an academic matter, but Brey would not speculate on a timetable for his return.
Demarco Cox scored 17 points and Chris Bolden added 13 for Georgia Tech (9-7, 0-4).
NO. 13 WICHITA STATE 67, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 55
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Darius Carter scored a career-high 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting, leading No. 13 Wichita State past Southern Illinois.
Ron Baker had 11 points and Tekele Cotton added 10 as the Shockers (15-2, 5-0 Missouri Valley) won their 23rd straight conference game.
Deion Lavender scored 15 points, Bola Olaniyan had 12 and Anthony Beane 10 as Southern Illinois (7-11, 0-5) lost its seventh straight.
NO. 14 MARYLAND 73, RUTGERS 65
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Dez Wells scored 17 points, Jake Layman had a career-high 13 rebounds and No. 14 Maryland used a late surge to beat Rutgers.
Layman and Jared Nickens each scored 12 points for the Terrapins (16-2, 4-1 Big Ten), who finished with an 18-6 run to avert an upset.
Coming off a 67-62 win over then-No. 4 Wisconsin, Rutgers (10-8, 2-3) appeared poised for an encore after taking a 57-51 lead with 7:27 left.
Myles Mack scored 19 points for Rutgers, and Bishop Daniels and Mike Williams each had 12.
NO. 15 NORTH CAROLINA 81, N.C. STATE 79
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Marcus Paige scored 23 points and No. 15 North Carolina barely held off a late comeback to beat rival North Carolina State.
Kennedy Meeks added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels (13-4, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They led by 12 in the second half and by double figures near the 4-minute mark before watching N.C. State (12-6, 3-2) twice claw within a point in the final seconds.
Ralston Turner scored 20 points to lead N.C. State, including a couple of big 3-pointers late in the Wolfpack's comeback.
SAN DIEGO STATE 60, WYOMING 52
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Aqeel Quinn scored 14 points and Winston Shepard 10 as San Diego State snapped No. 25 Wyoming's 13-game home winning streak.
In a game featuring two of the top four defensive teams in the NCAA, San Diego State (13-4, 3-1 Mountain West) relied on strong play from its bench, which outscored the Cowboys' reserves 24-0.
Wyoming (15-2, 4-1) lost just three days after the Cowboys broke into the AP Top 25 for the first time since 1988.
Larry Nance Jr. led the Cowboys with 19 points and eight rebounds. Josh Adams contributed 14 points.