Temple Knocks Off No. 5 Duke The junior guard Khalif Wyatt had 22 points and 5 steals Wednesday night to lead host Temple to a 78-73 victory over fifth-ranked Duke. Limiting Duke's long-range shots with a tight man-to-man defense, the Owls (10-3) grabbed the lead midway through the first half and never let it go. When the Blue Devils (12-2) crept within 3 points in the waning minutes, Wyatt hit consecutive 3-pointers for a 66-57 lead. Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson scored 17 points for Temple. Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils. The Owls had lost nine straight times to Duke and had not beaten the Blue Devils since Jan. 25, 1996. The victory in front of more than 20,000 fans at the Wells Fargo Center gave Temple a win over a top-10 team for the fourth straight season. GEORGETOWN 73, MARQUETTE 70 Hollis Thompson's tiebreaking 3-pointer with 22 seconds left capped a comeback from a 17-point deficit, helping No. 9 Georgetown win at home against No. 20 Marquette. Jason Clark scored 26 points as the Hoyas (13-1, 3-0 Big East) ran their winning streak to 11 games, their longest in five years. Thompson scored 16 points and Henry Sims 13 for Georgetown. Darius Johnson-Odom scored 18 points and Jae Crowder 17 for Marquette (12-3, 1-1), which lost for the third time in five games. LA SALLE 80, XAVIER 70 Earl Pettis scored a season-high 23 points as host La Salle (11-4) beat Xavier in the Atlantic 10 Conference opener for both teams. The Musketeers (9-5) have lost five of six since their brawl with Cincinnati on Dec. 10. DREXEL 60, TOWSON 27 Visiting Towson lost for the 34th time in a row dating to last season, tying the N.C.A.A. Division I record set by Sacramento State from 1997-99. Samme Givens scored 18 points to lead Drexel (9-5, 1-2 Colonial Athletic Association). Towson is 0-15, 0-3. WEST VIRGINIA 85, RUTGERS 64 Darryl Bryant scored 29 points as West Virginia easily defeated host Rutgers for the seventh straight time. Kevin Jones had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Mountaineers (11-4, 2-1 Big East). Eli Carter scored 19 points for the Scarlet Knights (8-7, 0-2), who lost their second straight. 2 Connecticut extended its N.C.A.A.-record home winning streak to 93 games by beating West Virginia in Hartford. Bria Hartley's 18 points led five players in double figures for UConn (12-1, 2-0 Big East). Kelly Faris had 14 points and 6 steals. Asya Bussey had 19 points for West Virginia (10-4, 1-1), which has lost 24 straight games to Connecticut after winning the first contest between the teams in 1982. NOTRE DAME 74, SETON HALL 36 Skylar Diggins scored 14 points as No. 3 Notre Dame rolled to its 11th straight victory, at Seton Hall (7-9, 0-2 Big East). Natalie Novosel finished with 13 points, and Devereaux Peters had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Notre Dame (14-1, 2-0). The Fighting Irish will host Connecticut on Saturday. KANSAS STATE 71, TEXAS A&M 69 Mariah White banked in a short shot with 1.6 seconds left in overtime to lift host Kansas State past No. 8 Texas A&M. Brittany Chambers scored 21 points, Tasha Dickey 17 and Jalana Childs 16 for the Wildcats (10-3, 1-0 Big 12). Tyra White scored 17 points and Sydney Carter added 16 for the Aggies (9-3, 0-1).