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By Associated Press
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Erving Walker hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 1 minute 56 seconds left and Florida hung on to upset No. 2 Michigan State, 77-74, on Friday night in the Legends Classic in Atlantic City.

Walker finished with 12 points to help the Gators (5-0) remain undefeated.

Durrell Summers missed two last-gasp three-point attempts in the final minute.

The Spartans (4-1) missed their chance to give Coach Tom Izzo a record 341 victories at the school. Izzo will get another chance Saturday.

Chandler Parsons scored 14 points to lead the Gators. Walker hit his three-pointer from beyond NBA range in front of Florida's bench for a 72-71 lead.

Kalin Lucas scored 20 points for the Spartans.

The Gators will play Rutgers in the championship game.

Michigan State was knocked off because of some incredibly sloppy play. They hacked the Gators with bad fouls down the stretch and committed a whopping 23 turnovers. The Spartans also missed eight of 10 three-point attempts.

-- DUKE 68, CONNECTICUT 59: The winningest matchup of Division I coaches was definitely one-sided.

The seventh-ranked Blue Devils and Mike Krzyzewski won another NIT Season Tip-Off with a victory over the No. 13 Huskies and Jim Calhoun.

The Hall of Fame coaches set the record for total career wins in a game: Krzyzewski now has 839, fourth on the all-time list, and Calhoun has 809, good for sixth place.

The Blue Devils (6-0) dominated the Huskies (4-1) in every category in extending their winning streak in the tournament to 12 games with three titles (2000, 2005) in their past three appearances and their fourth overall (1985).


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