By The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Melvin Scott scored a career-high 20 points and Raymond Felton added 14 assists to lead North Carolina past Wyoming 90-74 in the second round of the NIT Monday night.

The Tar Heels (19-15) can clinch another 20-victory season in the quarterfinals against Georgetown, which beat Providence 67-58. The Hoyas play in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night.

North Carolina is trying to reach 20 wins for the 32nd time in the last 33 years. The Tar Heels went 8-20 last season, the worst record in school history, ending a streak of 27 straight trips to the NCAA tournament.

Thousands of students lined up more than three hours before tipoff to get prime seats inside the Smith Center, which drew a sellout crowd of 20,235.

Rashad McCants added 20 points for the Tar Heels. Felton's assist total broke the freshman school record of 13, set by Jeff Lebo in 1985 against Manhattan.

Donta Richardson scored 20 points to lead Wyoming, which pulled within eight points with 7:48 to go before Scott made a pair of 3-pointers and a layup in a 38-second span to seal it.

Georgetown 67, Providence 58

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Mike Sweetney had 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Georgetown.

Tony Bethel added 18 points for the Hoyas (17-14), who made 26 of 32 free throws. The Friars went just 15-of-26 from the line and missed 17 of their 20 3-pointers.

Ryan Gomes led Providence (18-14) with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

Georgetown's defense shut down the Friars for most of the second half, holding them without a basket for 10 minutes. The Hoyas went up 62-49 on Sweetney's dunk with less than two minutes left.

Georgia Tech 79, Iowa 78

IOWA CITY, Iowa - B.J. Elder's turnaround jumper with three-tenths of a second left gave Georgia Tech the victory.

With 6.2 seconds to go, Elder got the ball near midcourt, dribbled to the key and backed up an Iowa defender into the paint before launching his shot. On its last play, Iowa threw the ball downcourt but couldn't get off a shot before time expired.

Chris Bosh scored 17 points to lead the Yellow Jackets (16-14), who play Texas Tech on Wednesday and need one victory to reach the NIT semifinals for the first time.

Chauncey Leslie scored 27 to lead the Hawkeyes (17-14).

St. John's 73, Virginia 63

NEW YORK - Marcus Hatten scored 30 points to help the Red Storm rally from an eight-point second-half deficit.

St. John's (18-13) will host the winner of Tuesday night's game between UAB and Siena in the quarterfinals.

Devin Smith scored 19 points to lead the Cavaliers (16-16).

Virginia led 42-34 lead with 16:54 to play, but St. John's used a 14-4 run, led by Hatten's nine points, to go ahead 62-56 with 3:46 left.

St. John's is playing in its 27th NIT and has won the tournament a record five times.

Minnesota 84, Hawaii 70

MINNEAPOLIS - Maurice Hargrow scored 22 points and Ben Johnson added a season-high 18 as Minnesota rallied from nine points down in the second half.

Rick Rickert added 16 for the Gophers (18-12), who will play the winner of Tuesday night's game between Temple and Rhode Island.

Hawaii (19-12) got 20 points from Michael Kuebler and 18 from Carl English.

Minnesota went on a 26-6 run, capped by consecutive 3-pointers from Hargrow, to go ahead 67-56 with seven minutes left.

National Invitation Tournament
First Round
Saturday, March 22
Providence 69, College of Charleston 64
Sunday, March 23
Siena 68, Western Michigan 62
Second Round
Friday, March 21
Texas Tech 57, San Diego State 48
Monday
St. John's 73, Virginia 63
Georgetown 67, Providence 58
Minnesota 84, Hawaii 70
North Carolina 90, Wyoming 74
Georgia Tech 79, Iowa 78
Tuesday
Temple (17-15) at Rhode Island (20-10), 7 p.m.
UAB (20-12) at Siena (21-10), 7 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Wednesday
Texas Tech (20-12) vs. Georgia Tech-Iowa winner
Virginia-St. John's winner vs. UAB-Siena winner
Georgetown/Providence vs.Wyoming-N.Carolina
Hawaii-Minnesota winner vs. Temple-Rhode Island winner