New York ? Marcus Hatten was alone on the court with 19,610 people.

The St. John’s senior was fouled with no time left on the clock, and he stepped to the free-throw line with a chance to give struggling St. John’s a stunning victory over No. 6 Duke.

With the sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden silent, Hatten made the free throw to cap a 12-0 run and give the Red Storm a 72-71 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak.

Hatten had 29 points, including 16 of the last 22 for the Red Storm (13-12), who held the Blue Devils scoreless over the final four minutes.

“Hatten was really good,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He kept making plays and put himself in a position to get fouled.”

When Hatten made the free throw, he jumped into his teammates’ arms and started a celebration, something the Red Storm hadn’t been able to do in a while.

The Red Storm had lost seven of nine overall and were 1-5 in their last six home games. They trailed 71-60 with 4:05 left when Duke’s Dahntay Jones, who had 23 points, made one free throw.

Glover and Cuffe each had 12 points for St. John’s, which lost 97-55 to Duke (20-4) last season.

No. 2 Kentucky 74, No. 21 Georgia 66

Athens, Ga. — Marquis Estill had 16 points for Kentucky, which forced five straight turnovers during a game-deciding run to secure its 18th straight victory. Chuck Hayes added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (24-3, 14-0 Southeastern Conference), who clinched a share of the Eastern Division title. Ezra Williams had 17 for Georgia (17-8, 9-5), which had won four straight.

No. 8 Pittsburgh 71, Connecticut 67

Pittsburgh — Julius Page scored 11 straight Pittsburgh points early in the second half, then sealed the game on a free throw with five seconds left for the Panthers. Pittsburgh (21-4, 11-3), which tied Syracuse for the Big East West Division lead with two games to play, won for the fifth time in six games and stopped a six-game losing streak to the Huskies.

No. 14 Maryland 68, N.C. State 65

Raleigh, N.C. — Drew Nicholas hit a three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to give coach Gary Williams his 500th career win. The Terrapins (19-7, 11-4) moved a half-game behind ACC-leading Wake Forest with a game left. Tahj Holden led Maryland, which has beaten the Wolfpack nine of the last 10 meetings in Raleigh, with 20 points. Scooter Sherrill led N.C. State (15-10, 8-6) with 14 points.

No. 23 California 80, Arizona State 72

Berkeley, Calif. — Joe Shipp scored 21 points and Amit Tamir and Brian Wethers added 20 each to lead Cal (20-6, 13-4).