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Scott Nicholson's 12th-minute goal put Down 1-2 to 0-2 ahead and Aidan Clarke's 25th-minute three pointer extended the lead to 2-6 to 0-8.
Hodgson, who had earlier booted a penalty, added the conversion and his second three pointer to push the Sharks 20-11 ahead at half-time.
Three Yachvili penalties edged the French side in front before Barkley sent over another three-pointer.
Sparta Rotterdam also earned their first three-pointer, winning 2-1 at home to Willem II.
Hit a clutch three-pointer in the final minutes of the game to seal it for the Aggies.
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Sale stand-off Luke McAlister reduced the deficit to four points just before the break with a three-pointer.
But he went to the bench only after sinking a momentum-changing three-pointer to put the Heat up 97-94.
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Another reserve, Luke Hancock, made two layups and gave Louisville the lead with 6:06 left by drilling a three-pointer.
And after Duke forward Ryan Kelly missed a three-pointer, Dieng drilled a jumper from the top of the key.
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Marquette narrowed Syracuse's lead to 21-18 before Southerland hit a three-pointer to give the Orange a 24-18 halftime lead.
The Nets, meanwhile, hit all four shots they took from the floor, including a three-pointer, plus eight free throws.
Leven reduced the lead to five points with a pair of free throws and a three-pointer with 3:23 remaining.
Israel's Derrick Sharp hit a three-pointer midway through the last quarter to cut Spain's lead to four points at 61-57.
Liatroim led 1-6 to 1-3 at half-time with Tommy Armstrong's goal cancelling out an earlier three-pointer by Clonduff's Arthur McConville.
Ireland had an opportunity to restore parity but O'Gara was off-target with a three-pointer of his own four minutes later.
O'Gara duly responded with another three-pointer but a pedestrian 15 minutes followed as neither side summoned up an attack of note.
The next year, Illinois's first loss came on a last-second three-pointer by Ohio State in the Fighting Illini's final regular-season game.
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After a Megan Deines layup off a baseline inbounds play, Sims answered with a three-pointer to cut it to one with 35.8 seconds left.
After Syracuse trailed much of the game, James Southerland hit a three-pointer to pull the Orange to within one point with 41 seconds to go.
Trailing 60-56, Dimosthenis Ntikoudis gave Greece hope when he hit a three-pointer with less than seven seconds left but Soragna then made two free throws.
The margin grew to 29 after Smith got an easy dunk, then 30, at 69-39, after Shumpert hit yet another corner three-pointer just before the break.
Pienaar missed a penalty on 49 minutes, and Jones made him pay on 61 when he converted a three-pointer after South Africa captain John Smith was penalized.
Duke had tied the game at 42 on a Seth Curry three-pointer and Mason Plumlee dunk when Pitino called timeout with 16:18 left in the second half.
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In that game they secured overtime on Mario Chalmers' three-pointer at the buzzer and cruised to a 75-68 victory over Memphis, at the time coached by Calipari.
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Leeds' defence struggled to cope with a string of Saints attacks and, inevitably, conceded a penalty 14 minutes from time when fly-half Myler slotted over his third three-pointer.
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