Minutemen, Gators advance

Dante Milligan slammed a two-handed dunk off a feed from Chris Lowe with 28 seconds left to give Massachusetts the lead as the Minutemen rallied from 17 points down in the final 8 minutes and stunned the Syracuse Orange 81-77 on Tuesday night in the NIT quarterfinals in Syracuse, N.Y.

Massachusetts (24-10) advances to the semifinals against Florida on Tuesday.

No team had beaten Syracuse (21-14) twice in the Carrier Dome in the same season until the Minutemen made their late rally.

Florida 70, Arizona State 57: Walter Hodge scored 18 points and Chandler Parsons added 15, and the Gators defeated the Sun Devils in the quarterfinals in Tempe, Ariz.

The Gators, two-time defending NCAA champions, watched an early 17-3 lead evaporate, falling behind on Jerren Shipp’s 3-pointer with 13:30 to go. But Florida (24-11) responded with a 15-6 run and put the game away on Parsons’ 3-pointer with 2:32 to play.

James Harden scored 18 points for ASU (21-13).