West Virginia Falls at Pittsburgh, 57-53

He didn’t make a shot from beyond the three-point line, or inside it, either. A year after Pittsburgh had no answer for Kevin Pittsnogle, he had no points and not much impact in a rivalry he decided last season.

Ronald Ramon and Aaron Gray scored 16 points each, and No. 14 Pittsburgh clamped down on No. 9 West Virginia with its man-to-man defense, winning, 57-53, Thursday night at Pittsburgh to end a two-game losing streak.

West Virginia, 17-5 overall, 8-1 in the Big East Conference, shot miserably -- 34% overall and 22% (six for 27) from three-point range -- in losing its first conference game, yet was within three points in the final minute.

“Two more shots and we might have won this game,” said Coach John Beilein, as surprised as anyone that the Mountaineers were that close in a game they played so badly.

But Pittsburgh standout Carl Krauser, held to three points until then, made a driving layup with 39 seconds remaining and Pittsburgh (18-3, 7-3) held on to avoid its first three-game losing streak since late in the 2000-01 season. Krauser scored five of his eight points in the final minute.

Mike Gansey had 12 and Patrick Beilein 11 for West Virginia, which had won 15 of its previous 16.

“They played tremendous defense on us,” John Beilein said. “They frustrate you. They’re very good defenders, and we as a team have to learn how to handle it when that happens.... I don’t like the way we handled a lot of things, but we are going to learn from this game.”

Gansey could sense that frustration from his teammates, but he said the Mountaineers can’t get down after losing for only the second time since late November.

“Nobody is going to be unbeaten the way the Big East is now,” Gansey said.

Remarkably, it was the first time in the neighboring schools’ 169-game and 100-year Backyard Brawl rivalry that both were nationally ranked when they met -- though both teams spent most of the game playing as if they weren’t.

Pittsnogle, a 6-foot-10 senior, fouled out with 6:42 remaining after missing all 12 of his shots from the field.

No. 15 Georgetown 64, St. John’s 41 -- Brandon Bowman scored 16 points, Roy Hibbert had 14 and the Hoya defense throttled the Red Storm attack from the opening whistle at Washington.

Bowman and Hibbert were a combined 12 for 16 from the field, a one-two punch that accounted for 30 of Georgetown’s first 50 points. The Hoyas (17-4, 8-2 Big East) have won seven in a row.

Daryl Hill scored seven points -- all in one second-half stretch after the outcome was decided -- to lead the Red Storm (10-11, 3-7), which shot 33% and had as many turnovers as field goals (16). St. John’s has lost five in a row.

No. 19 Ohio State 94, No. 22 Michigan 85 -- Jamar Butler scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Buckeyes to their first win at Ann Arbor, Mich., since 2002.

The victory moved Ohio State (17-3, 6-3 Big Ten) into a three-way tie with Michigan State and Illinois for second place in the Big Ten. The three teams trail Iowa by half a game.

Courtney Sims had 26 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Wolverines (16-5, 6-4), who lost consecutive games for the first time this season.