The result was a down-to-the-wire scare and a still-perfect record.

Douglas-Roberts converted a three-point play with 6.5 seconds left, and the Blazers’ final basket was a split-second too late, giving the Tigers a 79-78 victory Saturday night.

Memphis left with its 44-game regular-season and 34-game league winning streaks barely intact, and with Douglas-Roberts’ main focal point: a win.

“The winning streak wasn’t in my mind at all,” said Douglas-Roberts, who scored 32 points. “It was just winning the game. That’s all I was thinking about.”

After Douglas-Roberts made his shot, the Blazers’ Robert Vaden missed badly on an off-balance three-point attempt, and Lawrence Kinnard grabbed the long rebound. He heaved up a shot in the paint that went in, and officials promptly headed to the scorer’s table to watch replays.

They ruled with only a brief double-check that Kinnard didn’t get the shot off in time. He already knew it.

“When I got the rebound, I looked up and saw that the (shot clock) light was red,” Kinnard said. “I was hoping and praying they might give it to us, but I knew it was too late.”

No. 4 Tennessee 74, Georgia 71

Athens, Ga. – Chris Lofton scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half, and Wayne Chism had 16 points for Tennessee, which stretched its winning streak to seven games.

Lofton was 1-of-6 from three-point range before halftime, but the senior hit five threes in the second half, pushing his Southeastern Conference-record total to 398.

Tennessee (23-2, 10-1) has won eight straight in the series.

No. 5 North Carolina 92, Virginia Tech 53

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Tyler Hansbrough had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Wayne Ellington had 19 points for the Tar Heels (24-2, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who dominated the entire way to avenge last season’s sweep by the Hokies.

North Carolina shot 50 percent and held a 54-24 rebounding advantage, while its defense held Virginia Tech to 26 percent shooting.

No. 7 Stanford 67, Arizona 66

Tucson, Ariz. – Brook Lopez had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and his twin brother, Robin, added 14 points to lead Stanford.

Jerryd Bayless had 31 points, his third straight game of at least 30 points for Arizona (16-9, 6-6), which has lost three of four.

Syracuse 77, No. 8 Georgetown 70

Syracuse, N.Y. – Paul Harris scored 22 points, and freshman Donte Greene added 18 to lead Syracuse.

The Orange (17-9, 7-6 Big East), coming off a surprising loss at South Florida, built a 21-point lead in the first half and withstood two late rallies by the Hoyas (20-4, 10-3).

Freshman Jonny Flynn had 17 points and nine assists for the Orange.

No. 9 Butler 51, Cleveland St. 46

Indianapolis – Matt Howard scored 17 points, and Butler avenged one of its two losses this season.

A.J. Graves added 15 points for the Bulldogs (24-2, 13-2 Horizon League), who won their eighth straight.

Cleveland State beat Butler 56-52 on Jan. 17, the Bulldogs’ last loss.

No. 13 Indiana 80, No. 10 Michigan St. 61

Bloomington, Ind. – Eric Gordon scored 28 points and broke Indiana’s freshman scoring record.

With coach Kelvin Sampson’s job status in question after being accused of five major NCAA infractions Wednesday, Indiana (21-4, 10-2) desperately needed a victory to stay in contention for the Big Ten title and to salvage something from one of the bleakest weeks in the program’s history.

No. 14 Drake 65, Northern Iowa 55

Cedar Falls, Iowa – Adam Emmenecker scored 13 points, and Drake clinched its first Missouri Valley Conference title since 1971.

The Bulldogs improved to 6-1 when trailing at halftime on the road.

No. 15 Wisconsin 65, Minnesota 56

Madison, Wis. – Marcus Landry scored 12 points to lead five Wisconsin players in double figures.

The Badgers (21-4, 11-2 Big Ten) were 25-for-33 from the line, including making 15 in two key second-half runs that gave them the lead for good and then put the game away.

No. 17 Connecticut 74, South Florida 73, OT

Tampa, Fla. – Craig Austrie’s 12-foot runner in the lane with less than a second left in overtime gave Connecticut its ninth straight victory.

A.J. Price scored 23 points, including the Huskies’ first five in the overtime.

Dominique Jones converted his own miss with six seconds left to give South Florida (11-15, 2-11 Big East) a 73-72 lead.

Austrie dribbled nearly the length of the court and made the game-winner.

No. 19 Purdue 71, Northwestern 56

Evanston, Ill. – Freshman E’Twaun Moore scored a season-high 28 points for Purdue, which won its 11th straight despite blowing a 10-point lead in the second half.

Keaton Grant added 15 points for the Boilermakers (21-5 12-1 Big Ten), who matched their longest winning streak in 12 years and earned their 14th victory in 15 games.

No. 21 Washington State 62, Oregon 53

Eugene, Ore. – Taylor Rochestie scored 21 points, and Washington State ended a 12-game losing streak at McArthur Court.

Rochestie scored 16 points in the second half, while Derrick Low added 16 points and Aron Baynes scored 12 for the Cougars (20-5, 8-5 Pac-10), who last won in Eugene in 1995.

No. 23 Louisville 80, Providence 72

Providence, R.I. – Earl Clark had 20 points and nine rebounds and made a key three-pointer with 21â2 minutes left for Louisville.

Terrence Williams scored 12 points, and Jerry Smith and David Padgett had 11 apiece to help the Cardinals.

No. 24 Vanderbilt 61, Florida 58

Nashville, Tenn. – Alex Gordon made four free throws over the final 24 seconds, and Vanderbilt held off Florida to remain undefeated at home this season.

Vanderbilt (22-4, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) has won 29 of its last 30 at Memorial Gym dating to last season. The Commodores’ fifth straight victory moved them into third place in the SEC’s Eastern Division.

No. 25 St. Mary’s 80, Loyola Marymount 49

Los Angeles – Patrick Mills scored 22 points to lead St. Mary’s.