PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Jackson scored a career-high 28 points, 17 in the second half, and No. 4 Syracuse recovered from an eight-point deficit to beat Providence 99-85 on Tuesday night.

Andy Rautins scored a season-high 28 points, Jackson added nine rebounds and Arinze Onuaku had 12 points and nine boards for the Orange (26-2, 13-2), who clinched a double-bye into the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

After Jamine Peterson hit a 3-pointer to open the second half and give the Friars a 55-47 lead, Syracuse scored the next 14 points. Marshon Brooks made a basket for Providence (12-15, 4-11) with 13:29 left to cut the deficit to four points, but the Orange scored the next 12 to put it away.

Brooks and Peterson each scored 23 points for Providence, which has lost seven straight since beating then-No. 19 Connecticut on Jan. 27.

No. 6 Kansas St. 83, Texas Tech 64

At Lubbock, Texas, Jacob Pullen scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half to lead Kansas State to its sixth straight win.

The Wildcats (23-4, 10-3) remained alive for a possible tie for the Big 12 championship with No. 1 Kansas.

John Roberson scored 15 points for Texas Tech (16-11, 4-9), which lost its fourth straight, three of them to Top 25 teams in the past week.

Denis Clemente scored 14 points for the Wildcats, ending a run that had seen him score at least 21 points in four of the last five games.

Kansas State, which won in Lubbock for the first time since 1986, could still share the Big 12 title with the Jayhawks. Kansas would have to lose its three remaining games and the Wildcats would have to win their final three. They play March 3 at Kansas.

No. 10 New Mexico 72, Colorado St. 66

At Fort Collins, Colo., Dairese Gary scored 23 points and Roman Martinez had 17 to lead New Mexico to its 12th consecutive victory.

Darington Hobson had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Lobos (26-3, 12-2 Mountain West), who matched a conference record for longest winning streak. Utah won 12 straight in 2004-05.

Adam Nigon scored a career-high 23 points for Colorado State (15-12, 6-7) but the Rams couldn't avoid their third straight loss overall and seventh in a row to New Mexico.

No. 11 Georgetown 70, Louisville 60

At LOUISVILLE, Ky., Austin Freeman scored 24 of his 29 points in the second half and Georgetown bounced back from consecutive losses.

The Hoyas (19-7, 9-6 Big East) trailed the entire first half but took control after that behind Freeman and an extended scoring drought by the Cardinals (18-10, 9-6).

Freeman scored the first eight points of the second half, including two 3-pointers, the second of which gave the Hoyas their first lead, 37-35.

The Cardinals tied the game at 37 on a driving layup by Edgar Sosa, who finished with 24 points and eight assists. That was the only field goal Louisville managed in more than 15 minutes.

Florida 75, No. 19 Tennessee 62

At Gainesville, Fla., Chandler Parsons scored 19 points, Erving Walker broke out of a shooting slump to also get 19 for Florida.

Vernon Macklin added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Gators, (20-8, 9-4 Southeastern Conference) who have won three in a row.

The victory snapped Tennessee's six-game winning streak in the series and gave Florida's NCAA tournament resume a much-needed boost.

Scotty Hopson led Tennessee with 20 points.

Evansville 55, No. 25 Northern Iowa 54

At Evansville, Ind., James Haarsma had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead Evansville, which had lost 17 of 18 before pulling off the upset and beating a ranked team for the first time since 2003.

Kavon Lacey scored 11 points and Colt Ryan added 10 for Evansville (8-20, 2-15 Missouri Valley).

Jake Koch scored 22 points and Adam Koch added 14 for Northern Iowa (24-4, 14-3), which had already clinched the conference title outright.