TALLAHASSEE, FLA. ? Tim Pickett’s second strong finish made history for Florida State.

The Seminoles, with Pickett again having a big second half, beat No. 10 Wake Forest, 75-70, Sunday, giving them consecutive wins over top 10 teams for the first time in school history.

He scored all of his 18 points after halftime Sunday, and Florida State made six straight free throws in the final 45 seconds to hand the Demon Deacons’ their fourth straight loss.

Thursday, Pickett scored 22 points after halftime to spark the Seminoles to a 90-81 overtime victory over No. 7 North Carolina.

Up next is No. 1 Duke Thursday.

“In all my years of coaching I’ve never been part of a scenario where your team is on the rise, and you play the 10th, the seventh, then have a chance to go play the No. 1-ranked team,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “You have to be realistic where we are. We’re still a team that’s developing, that’s trying to move our program to a program of significance in the ACC as well as on a national basis.”

Wake Forest (11-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), has reached those levels, but the Demon Deacons added a loss to the list that included Texas, Duke and Georgia Tech.

“What we’re doing … works for 39 minutes,” Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser said. “It would be nice if it worked for 40. We’ve had a good two months and a bad two weeks. We can’t languish in it.”

Pickett’s three-pointer with 1:17 left pulled Florida State (14-5, 3-3) within 70-69 and his two free throws with two seconds left clinched it.

“One of our goals was not to let Pickett beat us,” Prosser said. “He obviously made several big shots.”

Todd Galloway’s first points of the game, two free throws with 45 seconds remaining, gave the Seminoles their first lead of the second half at 71-70.

In a game similar to Thursday’s win, the Seminoles scored the final eight points Sunday with Pickett doing much of the damage.

“I don’t get down on myself,” said Pickett, who sat most of the first half after picking up an early second foul. “I just cheered my teammates on.”

Nate Johnson and Adam Waleskowski kept Florida State in the game during the first half, combining for 26 of the team’s 36 points as Pickett went scoreless. Johnson hit all four of his three-point attempts while Waleskowski contributed 12 points and five rebounds.

“Everything was falling,” Waleskowski said. “I was picking up some garbage baskets.”

Johnson led all scorers with 19 points while Waleskowski finished with a career-high 16 points and eight rebounds.

“It was one of those games when the first couple go down and you feel like you can’t miss,” Johnson said.

Freshman Chris Paul led Wake Forest with 17 points, while Eric Williams added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Visser, who fouled out in the final minute with 12 points, scored Wake’s final basket with on a tip-in with 4:23 left.

“We had to put two guys on him to slow him up a little bit,” Hamilton said of Paul. “I’m not real sure any one guy could contain a guy with that kind of speed and quickness.”

No. 5 Louisville 65, Tennessee 62

Knoxville, Tenn. — Francisco Garcia scored 24 points, and Louisville rallied in the second half for its 15th straight victory.

The Cardinals (15-1) took control with a 12-0 run midway through the second half.

It was the third straight heartbreaker in the series for the Volunteers. Tennessee (10-5) blew an 11-point lead last year and lost on a last-second shot the year before.

Luke Whitehead finished with 13 points for Louisville. Brandon Crump led the Vols with 16 points.

No. 9 Kentucky 71, Notre Dame 63

South Bend, Ind. — Chuck Hayes scored 21 points and Gerald Fitch added 15 for Kentucky, which won its 10th straight over the Irish.

The Wildcats (13-2) opened a double-digit lead early and then held on. Notre Dame (9-6), which trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half, used a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 66-63 when Chris Quinn made two free throws with 67 seconds left. But the Irish missed their final two shots.

No. 14 Arizona 90, Oregon 66

Tucson, Ariz. — Hassan Adams scored 20 points, and Channing Frye had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats.

Ivan Radenovic had a season-high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Arizona (13-3, 5-2 Pac-10), which won its third straight since a two-game skid knocked the Wildcats out of the top 10.

Luke Jackson had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists for Oregon (9-5, 4-3), while Ian Crosswhite scored 11 points and Mitch Platt 10.

No. 23 Purdue 76, Michigan St. 70, OT

West Lafayette, Ind. — Brandon McKnight drove the length of the floor for a layup with eight seconds to force overtime, then hit a jumper that gave the Boilermakers the lead for good. The victory moved Purdue (14-4, 4-1) into a three-way tie with Wisconsin and Indiana for first place in the Big Ten. Kenneth Lowe led the Boilermakers with 18 points. Paul Davis had 18 points for the Spartans (8-8, 3-2).