Atlanta ? Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt was a man of his word.

He promised that his trio of talented freshman — Anthony Morrow, Ra’Sean Dickey and Zam Fredrick — would be getting more minutes because of their scoring ability. And they came through.

Morrow scored a career-high 20 points, including 11 in a late 27-3 surge by No. 9 Georgia Tech, leading the Yellow Jackets to a 92-58 victory Tuesday over Lafayette College.

Morrow, who was averaging only 3.5 points and 10 minutes per game, connected on 7-of-10 shots overall and 6-of-9 from three-point range. He played 15 minutes.

Dickey added 15 points in 15 minutes for the Yellow Jackets (9-1), who also got 12 points from Luke Schenscher and 10 each from Jarrett Jack and Will Bynum.

Fredrick scored six points in nine minutes.

Bilal Abdullah led Lafayette (3-7) with 12 points. Sean Knitter added 11.

“Obviously our freshmen, Anthony Morrow and Ra’Sean Dickey, played extremely well,” Hewitt said. “For the last few games, I’ve talked about how all three of those young guys, especially Dickey and Morrow, have been playing better and better in practice.”

Georgia Tech was leading 55-47 when Isma’il Muhammad dunked to begin the 27-3 run with 10:55 left. The lead was 82-50 when the surge ended on a basket by Schenscher with 4:25 left. Morrow had 11 points in the run on three three-pointers and a layup.

“I thought we competed pretty well early, but their athleticism was too much and they kept running very good players at you,” Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon said. “When they started to go on their run, we just lost our poise.”

Georgia Tech forward Isma'il Muhammad, left, goes for a layup past Lafayette forward Andrei Capusan. The Yellow Jackets won, 92-58, Tuesday in Atlanta.

Lafayette surprised Georgia Tech by taking a four-point lead at 11-7 after 4:21 on a basket by Andrei Capusan. The Jackets, however, scored the next eight points, and went up 15-11 on a basket by Schenscher with 7:58 left in the half. Georgia Tech led 37-29 at halftime.

Elder, Tech’s leading scorer, started the game. Hewitt benched Elder for the second half of the Yellow Jackets’ last game for lackluster play. Against the Leopards, he scored only five points in 22 minutes, hitting 2-of-9 from the field, including 1-of-5 from beyond the arc.

Wednesday, in a 90-48 win over Charleston Southern, Elder also scored five points, well below his 15.2-point average.

“He was more aggressive. If he plays with that type of aggressiveness, he’ll be fine,” Hewitt said.

No. 4 North Carolina 96, N.C. Wilmington 75

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Jawad Williams scored a season-high 25 points, and Sean May added 16 for North Carolina.

Raymond Felton finished with 12 points and 10 assists as the Tar Heels (10-1) won their 10th straight game.

Ed Spencer had 19 points for Wilmington (5-4), which was playing without leading scorer John Goldsberry because he injured his right shoulder in the previous game.

No. 7 Syracuse 72, Albany 55

Syracuse, N.Y. — Hakim Warrick had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Demetris Nichols returned to the lineup with 10 points to lead Syracuse.

Nichols, back after missing three games because of a sore back, scored 10 points for the Orange (12-1). He had seven points in a 56-second span to give the Orange a 20-point lead.

Levi Levine scored 15 points for Albany (4-5).

No. 11 Connecticut 73, Sacred Heart 55

Hartford, Conn. — Josh Boone had 20 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season for Connecticut. The 11th-ranked Huskies (7-1) trailed by three points at halftime but put together spurts of 12-1 and 14-0 after the break. UConn outscored Sacred Heart, 40-19, in the second half.

Luke Granato led the Pioneers (1-8) with 19 points.

Iowa center Erek Hansen (34) fights for a rebound with Air Force's Nick Welch (45) and Jacob Burtschi. The Hawkeyes won, 73-63, Tuesday in Iowa City, Iowa.

No. 14 Arizona 79,

E. Washington 45

Tucson, Ariz. — Channing Frye had 16 points, helping Arizona advance to the championship game of the Fiesta Bowl Classic.

The Wildcats will play Richmond, a winner over Butler, for the title Thursday night. Arizona is 38-1 in its holiday tournament. Hassan Adams had 13 points and four steals for the Wildcats (9-2).

Paul Butorac led Eastern Washington (2-9) with 11 points.

No. 16 Iowa 73, Air Force 63

Iowa City, Iowa — Pierre Pierce scored 19 points, but Iowa had to hold on as Air Force rallied from a 61-37 deficit. Greg Brunner added 17 points and Adam Haluska 14 for the Hawkeyes (11-1).

Jacob Burtschi led Air Force (6-5) with 19 points, including five threes.

No. 17 North Carolina St. 84,

Columbia 74

New York — Cameron Bennerman had a career-high 24 points and picked up the slack for foul-plagued Julius Hodge, leading North Carolina State in the Holiday Festival.

Bennerman had seven points in a 14-1 surge that gave the Wolfpack (10-1) a 73-59 lead with 4:17 to play. Hodge scored 22 points despite missing considerable time in the second half.

Jeremiah Boswell hit a career-high 23 points for the Lions (6-3).

No. 24 Maryland 112, Liberty 68

College Park, Md. — John Gilchrist scored a season-high 29 points, and Nik Caner-Medley had 20 as Maryland improved to 106-2 in non-conference home games since 1989-90.

Ekene Ibekwe had 12 rebounds, and freshman James Gist scored 14 points for the Terrapins (8-2).

Larry Blair scored 30 points for Liberty (1-8), which has lost five straight games.