Kemba Walker collected 33 points, 12 rebounds, six steals and five assists as No. 19 Connecticut earned a 76-71 overtime victory over No. 11 Syracuse on Friday in the semifinals of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

Alex Oriakhi added 15 points and 11 boards and Jeremy Lamb scored four of his 11 points in overtime for the ninth-seeded Huskies (25-9), who will be going for their seventh Big East tournament title Saturday against Louisville.

Kris Joseph led the Orange (26-7) with 20 points and nine rebounds.

Connecticut is trying to become the first team to win the tournament by having to play five games in as many days.

The Huskies appeared to have control when Oriakhi split a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left to give them a 68-62 edge. But Scoop Jardine banked in a 3-pointer five seconds later and Shabazz Napier missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving the fourth-seeded Orange a chance to tie.

Syracuse worked it again to Jardine, who buried another 3-pointer to forge a 68-68 tie with 4.6 seconds left. Connecticut failed to get a shot off, sending it to overtime, where Walker and Lamb scored four points apiece to seal it.