Marquette handed No. 9 Syracuse their fourth straight loss on Saturday afternoon.

Jae Crowder scored 13 of his 25 points in the second half to lead the Golden Eagles to a 76-70 victory.

The Orange have lost four in a row for the first time since Jan. 16-29, 2006.

Syracuse had won five straight over Marquette since it joined the conference in 2005 and held a 7-2 all-time record coming into the game.

Kyle Kuric's layup with four seconds left off a heady assist from Preston Knowles capped a furious rally by No. 18 Louisville, who stunned the Marquette, 71-70.

"They were all concentrating on me, and I made them pay for it," Knowles said of the play.

Marquette dominated the game for long stretches but came undone over the final 5:44, making just two field goals during that span.

"That's one of the top-five comebacks," said Louisville coach Rick Pitino. "They outplayed us for the first 34 minutes. I'm really proud of these guys. I'm shaking. It happened so fast."

Jamal Ferguson has verbally committed to play for Marquette.

Ferguson is the 14th ranked shooting guard in the Class of 2012, according to Rivals.com.

"Marquette and Georgetown, those were his two options," said Jermaine Woods, the assistant coach at Norfolk (Va.) Maury High where Ferguson plays.

"He went there on an unofficial. He was surprised that the area was more city-like."

Dwight Buycks scored a career-high 21 points as Marquette upset No. 9 Notre Dame 79-57 on Monday.

“If it was a good shot, we took the good shot and I think everybody was making shots,” Buycks said.

Buycks went 5 for 5 from 3-point range, part of a 12-for-17 night from behind the arc for Marquette. The Golden Eagles shot 53 percent (26 for 49) overall.

“Offensively, I don’t think we’ve had any issues, any questions,” coach Buzz Williams said. “Sometimes we’re going to shoot it great, sometimes we’re just going to shoot it OK.”