Syracuse forward Rick Jackson throws down a dunk against Villanova. Jackson converted two key free throws that sealed a 69-64 victory over Villanova on Monday in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia ? For one night free-throw shooting in the Big East turned upside down.

No. 17 Syracuse, last in the 16-team league in that stat at 65.5 percent, made the foul shots that counted Monday night in a 69-64 victory over No. 15 Villanova, the conference’s best team at 76.8 percent.

Scoop Jardine and Rick Jackson — a couple of Philly kids — combined for 38 points, and freshman Dion Waiters, another Philadelphia product, and Jackson made the final free throws that sealed the win.

“We’ve been pretty good at the end of games,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “We’ve been pretty good when we need them, and tonight we needed them.”

Jardine had 20 points and six assists for the Orange (23-6, 10-6), while Jackson had 18 points, five rebounds and four blocks.

The win was the sixth this season over a ranked team for Syracuse, tying it with Texas for the most in the country. The teams swapped road wins, with Villanova winning, 83-72, at Syracuse on Jan. 22.

“After they beat us like that with all those threes (11), we got them off their spots and our guards did a great job of staying in front of them,” Jackson said.

Corey Stokes returned from missing three games because of a turf-toe injury to lead the Wildcats (21-7, 9-6) with 24 points.

It was at the free-throw line where the teams traded places.

Villanova was 17-of-27 at the line. Stokes, third in the nation at 93.5 percent, went 5-of-8.

Syracuse went 13-of-17 from the line, a performance topped off by Jackson making two with 4.6 seconds to go.