After DePaul's Quemont Greer missed a three-pointer from the corner, O'Bannon hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to seal the win. After another miss from three-point range by the Blue Demons, O'Bannon made two more from the line for a seven-point lead.
DePaul, which trailed by two at halftime, tied the game on several occasions, but the Cardinals maintained the lead until a put back by Mejia gave the Blue Demons a 53-51 lead with 6 1/2 minutes to play.
The lead would change hands several times until O'Bannon put the Cardinals ahead for good.
No. 15 Connecticut 88,
No. 13 Syracuse 70
Denham Brown scored 21 points and Rudy Gay added 16 to lead the Connecticut Huskies to at least a share of the Big East title with an 88-70 win over the Syracuse Orange in Storrs, Connecticut.
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