North Carolina stops Wyoming, moves to brink of 20-win season

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Melvin Scott scored a career-high 20 points and Raymond Felton added 14 assists to lead North Carolina past Wyoming 90-74 in the second round of the NIT Monday night.

The Tar Heels (19-15) can clinch another 20-victory season in the quarterfinals against Georgetown, which beat Providence 67-58. The Hoyas play in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night.

North Carolina is trying to reach 20 wins for the 32nd time in the last 33 years. The Tar Heels went 8-20 last season, the worst record in school history, ending a streak of 27 straight trips to the NCAA tournament.

Rashad McCants added 20 points for the Tar Heels.

Georgetown 67, Providence 58

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mike Sweetney had 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Georgetown.

Tony Bethel added 18 points for the Hoyas (17-14), who made 26 of 32 free throws. The Friars went just 15-of-26 from the line and missed 17 of their 20 3-pointers.

Ryan Gomes led Providence (18-14) with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

Georgia Tech 79, Iowa 78

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- B.J. Elder's turnaround jumper with three-tenths of a second left gave Georgia Tech the victory.

With 6.2 seconds to go, Elder got the ball near midcourt, dribbled to the key and backed up an Iowa defender into the paint before launching his shot. On its last play, Iowa threw the ball downcourt but couldn't get off a shot before time expired.

Chris Bosh scored 17 points to lead the Yellow Jackets (16-14), who play Texas Tech on Wednesday and need one victory to reach the NIT semifinals for the first time.

Chauncey Leslie scored 27 to lead the Hawkeyes (17-14).

St. John's 73, Virginia 63

NEW YORK -- Marcus Hatten scored 30 points to help the Red Storm rally from an eight-point second-half deficit.

St. John's (18-13) will host the winner of tonight's game between UAB and Siena in the quarterfinals. Devin Smith scored 19 points to lead the Cavaliers (16-16).

Minnesota 84, Hawaii 70

MINNEAPOLIS -- Maurice Hargrow scored 22 points and Ben Johnson added a season-high 18 as Minnesota rallied from nine points down in the second half.

Rick Rickert added 16 for the Gophers (18-12), who will play the winner of tonight's game between Temple and Rhode Island.

-- From wire reports