New Orleans ? LSU forward Collis Temple III knew LSU could upend another top-10 team.

Jaime Lloreda scored 21 points and hit a key free throw with 15 seconds remaining as LSU beat No. 7 Florida, 65-61, Friday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

“We’re capable of winning big games right now,” Temple said. “We feel it, we believe it.”

LSU (21-9) has won seven straight, while Florida (24-7) has lost three in a row. The Gators have never won the SEC tournament and have been eliminated in their second game the previous five years.

No. 2 Kentucky 81, Vanderbilt 63

New Orleans — Kentucky cruised in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Kentucky (27-3) extended its winning streak to 21 games after becoming just the second SEC team in 47 years to go through the league schedule with a perfect record (16-0).

No. 5 Pittsburgh 61, BC 48

New York — Pittsburgh scored the game’s first seven points and never trailed against a Boston College team that had its lowest scoring game of the season.

No. 9 Wake Forest 69, Florida State 61

Greensboro, N.C. — Josh Howard struggled but still scored 17 points to lead Wake Forest over Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Wake Forest (24-4) will play North Carolina State in the semifinals. Tim Pickett scored 17 points for Florida State (14-15).

Temple 63, No. 10 Xavier 57

Florida coach Billy Donovan watches the closing seconds of his team's loss. The seventh-ranked Gators were knocked off by LSU, 65-61, in a Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinal game Friday at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Dayton, Ohio — Brian Polk scored 22 points and Temple’s famed matchup zone throttled David West, helping the Owls beat Xavier and reach the Atlantic 10 championship game.

Connecticut 80,No. 11 Syracuse 67

New York — Freshman Rashad Anderson had 21 points to lead Connecticut in the semifinals of the Big East Conference tournament, a game the defending champions had in command the entire second half.

No. 12 Duke 83, Virginia 76

Greensboro, N.C. — Daniel Ewing scored a career-high 32 points as Duke extended its record ACC tournament winning streak to 13 straight.

No. 13 Illinois 94, Northwestern 65

Chicago — Brian Cook had his sixth double-double of the season to lead four players in double figures and Illinois routed Northwestern.

North Carolina 84,No. 14 Maryland 72

Greensboro, N.C. — Jawad Williams scored a career-high 25 points, Raymond Felton had 20 points and 10 assists and Melvin Scott added a career-high 19 points as North Carolina bounced Maryland out of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

No. 20 Louisville 78, No. 16 Memphis 75

Louisville, Ky. — Freshman Taquan Dean rattled in a three-pointer with 11.1 seconds left for his only basket, giving Louisville a victory over Memphis in the Conference USA tournament semifinals.

Ohio State 58,No. 18 Wisconsin 50

Chicago — Sean Connolly scored 21 points, and Brent Darby made four free throws in the last 39 seconds to seal Ohio State’s shocker of Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament.

No. 22 Dayton 76, No. 25 St. Joseph’s 73

Dayton, Ohio — D.J. Stelly converted a three-point play with 48 seconds left, and Dayton withstood St. Joseph’s remarkable second-half comeback.