Terrence Jones added 15 points and 11 rebounds, including a 9-0 run by himself that gave the Wildcats (31-1) the lead for good as they extended their winning streak to 23 games. Anthony Davis added 12 points and 14 rebounds after a slow start, and Doron Lamb scored 12.

Storm Warren scored 14 for LSU (18-14), which came in as a 17-point underdog after beating Arkansas in Thursday’s opening round. The Tigers led by as much as five points early in the second half before Jones’ surge turned the tide.

Andre Stringer added 11 points for the Tigers.

Kentucky will face Florida in the tournament semifinals on Saturday.

In New York, Sean Kilpatrick keyed Cincinnati’s early 3-point barrage and scored 18 points in the semifinals of the Big East tournament.

The fourth-seeded Bearcats (24-9) will meet Louisville in Saturday night’s championship game at Madison Square Garden.

To get there, they ended the 11-game winning streak of the top-seeded Orange (31-2). They did it with an incredible shooting performance over the opening 14 minutes of the game when they took a 17-point lead, and then by holding on as Syracuse was able to get within one point in the final seconds.

This was Cincinnati’s seventh win over a ranked team this season, the most in the country.

In Kansas City, Missouri,  Baylor sharpshooter Brady Heslip hit a pair of 3-pointers to keep Kansas at bay, and the Bears advanced to the Big 12 tournament title game.

Quincy Miller added 13 points and eight rebounds, and Pierre Jackson had 11 points and seven assists for the Bears (27-6), who will play No. 5 Missouri for the championship.

Baylor lost to the Tigers in its only previous Big 12 title game.

Tyshawn Taylor had 20 points for Kansas (26-6), which used a big second-half charge to briefly take the lead. But the Bears hung tough down the stretch, and Heslip’s two 3-pointers — one with 2:03 remaining, the other with 1:12 left — allowed them to hang on.

In Atlanta, North Carolina shook off an injury to defensive ace John Henson and pulled away from Maryland in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Reggie Bullock hit back-to-back 3-pointers to start the second half, quickly extending a 10-point halftime lead to 42-26. Behind 30 points from Terrell Stoglin, the Terrapins sliced the deficit down to seven points a couple of times before the fourth-ranked Tar Heels pulled away again.

North Carolina (28-4) simply had too many weapons for Maryland (17-15), which was essentially a one-man show.

The Tar Heels will face North Carolina State in the semifinals Saturday.  

In Kansas City, Missouri, Phil Pressey and Kim English each scored 23 points, leading Missouri past Texas in a bruising Big 12 semifinal.

The second-seeded Tigers (29-4) next play No. 12 Baylor, which upset No. 3 Kansas 81-72 in the earlier semifinal, ruining many fans’ dream of a Kansas-Missouri title showdown.

In Atlanta, Tyler Thornton scored a career-high 13 points, Austin Rivers hustled for a clinching three-point play and Duke survived an ugly performance against cold-shooting Virginia Tech.

Seeking their fourth straight ACC tournament title, the Blue Devils (27-5) advanced to the semifinals against No. 17 Florida State.

Duke didn’t put away the 10th-seeded Hokies (16-17) until the closing seconds, even though Virginia Tech went more than 8 minutes without making a field goal in the second half.

In Indianapolis,  Jared Sullinger had a season-high 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help Ohio State get the win in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

Deshaun Thomas had 22 points and seven rebounds, and William Buford scored nine of his 11 points in the second half for the third-seeded Buckeyes (26-6). Ohio State shot 61 percent to post its second-best scoring output of the season and outrebounded Purdue 39-28.

The Buckeyes will play No. 10 Michigan on Saturday.

In Indianapolis, Draymond Green had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Michigan State to the victory in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

Adreian Payne added a career-high 16 points, Keith Appling had 12 points and six assists and Brandon Wood had 10 points for the top-seeded Spartans (25-7). Michigan State will play No. 15 Wisconsin in the semifinals Saturday.

In Indianapolis,  Trey Burke scored seven of his career-high 30 points in overtime, and Michigan used a late flurry of 3-pointers to rally for the victory in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

Next up for the second-seeded Wolverines is a rematch with archrival Ohio State in Saturday’s semifinals. The Boilermakers and Buckeyes were playing in Friday night’s final game.