WASHINGTON — Jeremiah Rivers spent the final seconds of overtime with a hand in Jonny Flynn's face.

No surprise there. After all, Rivers had been making life rough for the Syracuse freshman for the last 15 minutes of the game.

Flynn had been on a roll, poised to lead the Orange (13-7, 3-4 Big East) to another upset win over No. 9 Georgetown (15-2, 5-1), until he found himself unable to shake the Hoyas backup guard down the stretch.

A seven-point lead evaporated, and Rivers made the final big play when he forced Flynn to miss a tough 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer of the Hoyas' 64-62 victory last night.

"We wanted to see if Jeremiah could do what he had done the whole second part of the game, stay in front of him, make him take a tough shot," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "You can't stop him from getting shots off, you just have to make it a tough shot, and we made it a tough shot."

Rivers and Patrick Ewing Jr. — defensive substitutes off the bench when the clock stopped at a change of possession — helped Georgetown rally from a seven-point deficit in the final 5 minutes of regulation. The Hoyas didn't allow a field goal in the final 2 minutes of the second half or in overtime as they improved to 10-0 at home.

"Those two, just the effort and the work was terrific," Thompson said. "'Spark' would be an understatement."

Roy Hibbert scored 15 points for Georgetown, including the only field goal of overtime. The 7-foot-2 center, who has made the first two 3-pointers of his college career in recent games, was left open for a 13-footer that gave the Hoyas a 64-60 lead with a minute remaining.

Donte Greene then made two of three free throws — he was fouled attempting a 3-pointer — to cut the Orange's deficit to two with 44 seconds left. But Flynn, who missed his last eight shots and went 0 for 3 in overtime, missed the chance to win while shadowed by Rivers. Flynn finished with 24 points on 9-for-23 shooting and played all 45 minutes.

"I tried to put my hand up and make the shot as difficult as could be," Rivers said.

NO. 12 TEXAS 63, OKLAHOMA ST. 61

STILLWATER, Okla. — D.J. Augustin scored 26 points and Damion James added 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Longhorns (15-3, 2-1 Big 12) over the Cowboys (10-8, 1-3).

Augustin scored six straight points as the Longhorns held Oklahoma State scoreless for a 6-minute span for the second time in the game and took the lead, then hit all four of his free throws in the final minute to keep the Cowboys at bay.

Oklahoma State had a final chance to tie, but James Anderson's 3-pointer from the left side rimmed out with 11 seconds left. Marcus Dove's putback attempt also missed, and Augustin corralled the rebound and got another trip to the free-throw line with 5.7 seconds left.

WOMEN

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 82, NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 71

STORRS, Conn. — Renee Montgomery scored 26 points as the Huskies (18-0) stayed unbeaten by rallying past the Tar Heels (17-2).

Maya Moore added 19 points and Tina Charles had 15 points and matched her career-high with 19 rebounds for Connecticut.