Dion Waiters had 18 points and James Southerland scored all 10 of his points in the final 8 minutes to lead No. 2 Syracuse to a 58-55 victory over Connecticut Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, snapping the Huskies' 13-game postseason winning streak. The top-seeded Orange (31-1) won their 11th straight game overall and advanced to face Cincinnati in the semifinals Friday night at Madison Square Garden. But not before these rivals added another chapter to their Big East tournament history. Shabazz Napier had 15 points and Andre Drummond added 14 for the ninth-seeded Huskies (20-13), who were trying to duplicate last year's first-ever five-game run to the Big East tournament title that was followed by a six-game streak that brought the school its third national championship. In the semifinals last year, Connecticut beat the Orange 76-71 in overtime. In the previous meeting in the tournament in 2009, Syracuse won 127-117 in a six-overtime quarterfinal. Cincinnati 72, No. 13 Georgetown 70, 2OT: Cashmere Wright banked in a runner with 7.6 seconds left, and Cincinnati beat Georgetown in another multiple-OT classic at the Big East tournament. The fourth-seeded Bearcats (23-9) trailed by 11 points midway through the second half of the quarterfinal but rallied behind Yancy Gates, who scored 23 points in his back-and-forth, big-man duel with Henry Sims. Gates scored twice in the last 2 minutes of regulation to give the Bearcats their first lead since midway through the first half. The Hoyas' Otto Porter sent the game to overtime when his jumper bounced in with 3.6 seconds remaining. Sims, who had 22 points and 15 rebounds, hit a layup at the buzzer to force a second OT for the Hoyas (23-8). Louisville 84, No. 9 Marquette 71: Kyle Kuric scored 20 points, Peyton Siva added 18 and Louisville forced Marquette into a season-high 26 turnovers, advancing to the Big East tournament semifinals. No. 3 Kansas 83, Texas A&M 66: Elijah Johnson scored a career-high 26 points, and Kansas began pursuit of its third straight Big 12 tournament title with a victory over Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. Thomas Robinson, the conference player of the year, finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and All-Big 12 guard Tyshawn Taylor added 16 points for the Jayhawks (27-5). No. 12 Baylor 82, Kansas State 74: Perry Jones III scored a career-high 31 points, hitting 11 of 14 shots, to help Baylor beat Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament. Elsewhere it was: Oklahoma St. 70 Missouri 88; Penn St. 58 Indiana 75; Boise St. 62 San Diego St. 65; Wyoming 48 UNLV 56; South Florida 53 Notre Dame 57; Texas 71 Iowa St. 65.
