Playing with four fouls, Ben Gordon scored eight of his 22 points over the final 4 1/2 minutes Tuesday as top-ranked Connecticut barely hung on to beat Rutgers 75-74.
Emeka Okafor had 21 points, 16 rebounds and six blocked shots as the Huskies (12-1, 1-0 Big East) won their ninth straight game. Charlie Villaneuva added 15 points and 12 rebounds. Herve Lamizana had 20 points and Ricky Shields 19 for Rutgers (7-4, 0-2).
Rutgers, beat Connecticut at the Rutgers Athletic Center in January 2002.
No. 2 Duke 99, Fairfield 58
In Durham, North Carolina, Chris Duhon had 20 points, nine assists and seven steals for Duke, which won beat Fairfield for its 34th straight home game.
Shavlik Randolph added 18 points for the Blue Devils (11-1). J.J. Redick scored 10 points, and hit his 48th consecutive free throw to tie the Atlantic Coast Conference record set by Jeff Lamp during the 1979-80 season.
Sudan-native Deng Gai had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Fairfield (7-4).
No. 5 Wake Forest 86, Brown 47
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Eric Williams scored 14 points and Trent Strickland added 13 to lead Wake Forest past Brown for its 23rd consecutive home victory.
Justin Gray had 12 points, and a career-high six assists. He also tied his career best with seven rebounds for the Demon Deacons.
No. 9 St. Joseph's 71, Richmond 60
In Richmond, Virginia, Jameer Nelson scored 18 of his 32 points in the first half as St. Joseph's made it 12 straight victories to start the season.
Nelson made nine for 14 shots with five 3-pointers for St. Joseph's, 2-0 in the Atlantic 10. Dwayne Jones added 10 points and 15 rebounds.
Richmond (8-6, 1-1) was led by Tony Dobbins led Richmond with 17 points.
Pittsburgh 78, Virginia Tech 59
In Pittsburgh, Julius Page scored 20 points and led a decisive run that helped Pittsburgh beat Virginia Tech in a Big East Conference opener.
Jaron Brown had 21 points and freshman Chris Taft 17 for the Panthers (15-0), who stretched the nation's longest home court winning streak to 35 games.
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