DUKE 77, UCF 76
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Zion
Williamson hit a layup over 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall in
the closing seconds and RJ Barrett's
put back provided the margin of victory as top-seeded Duke held off UCF 77-76
on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16.
Aubrey
Dawkins finished with 32 points for UCF, but his tip-in try for
the win just missed with less than 2 seconds left.
Williamson also had 32 points, including the layup over Fall
with 14.4 seconds left and his team trailing 76-73. Williamson was fouled on
the play by Fall and missed the free throw. But with Fall out of the game with
his fifth foul, Barrett was able to snare the rebound and scored on the put
back to put the Blue Devils (31-5) ahead.
Ninth-seeded UCF (24-9) had a final chance, but B.J. Taylor missed
a short jumper and then Dawkins' tip attempt rolled around the rim and stayed
out.
Barrett finished with 16 points.
VIRGINIA 63, OKLAHOMA 51
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Surprise starter Mamadi
Diakite scored 14 points and had nine rebounds as No. 1 seed
Virginia beat Oklahoma, leading nearly the entire game.
The Cavaliers (31-3) led for all but three minutes of the
second-round contest and cranked up its trademark, stifling defense. The
Sooners (20-14) hit just four of their last 18 shots in the first half and
trailed 31-22 at the break.
After Kihel Clark's put back on the first possession of the
second half, Virginia's lead never dipped below 10 again as the Cavaliers held
Oklahoma to 36.5 percent shooting.
Ty Jerome added
12 points and Braxton Key had
nine for the Cavaliers.
Brady Manek and
Chistian James each scored 12 for the Sooners.
VIRGINIA TECH 67, LIBERTY 58
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Kerry Blackshear had 19 points and nine
rebounds as fourth-seeded Virginia Tech topped Liberty to advance to the Sweet
16 for the first time in 52 years.
Ahmed Hill added
14 points and Justin
Robinson scored 13 to help the Hokies (25-8) beat their
in-state rivals and advance to a matchup with top-seeded Duke.
Darius McGhee scored
15 points to lead Liberty (29-7), which won its first tournament game ever on
Friday against Mississippi State. Caleb
Homesley was held to eight points on 3-for-11 shooting after
scoring 30 points to key the first-round upset.
OREGON 73, UC IRVINE 54
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Ehab Amin sparked
Oregon out of a long drought to start the second half and the Ducks became the
only double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet 16 by beating UC Irvine.
Payton
Pritchard led 12th-seeded Oregon (25-12) with 18 points, Louis King added
16 and Amin had 12 points and three steals. The Ducks have won 10 straight
after a lackluster start to the season and will play top-seeded Virginia in the
South Regional semifinal on Thursday.
After going more than seven minutes without scoring to start
the second half and squandering all of a 12-point lead, Oregon used a 15-3 run
to take control and end a 17-game winning streak for the 13th-seeded Anteaters
(31-6).
Robert
Cartwright scored 14 points and Evan Leonard added
11 for UC Irvine.
TENNESSEE 83, IOWA 77
COLUMBUS, Ohio (A) -- Two-time SEC player of the year Grant
Williams scored six points in overtime and Tennessee held off
Iowa to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2014.
Williams had a pair of free throws, two jumpers, and a strip
in overtime that helped the Vols (31-5) pull it out and match their school
record for wins in a season. He finished with 19 points and seven
rebounds. Admiral Schofield scored
17 of his 19 points in the Vols' blistering first half.
Tenth-seeded Iowa (23-12) fell behind by 25 points and
nearly pulled off a monumental upset, sending it to overtime tied at 71, the
first overtime game in this year's tournament.
Jordan
Bohannon scored 18 for Iowa, which never led but managed to tie
it twice after falling so far behind.
HOUSTON 74, OHIO STATE 59
TULSA, Okla. -- Corey Davis scored 21 points to help Houston
defeat Ohio State.
It marked the Cougars' 33rd win of the season -- breaking
the record set by the 1983-84 team for the most wins in a season. That squad
was the last to reach the Sweet 16 and advanced to the national final.
Galen Robinson added 13 points for Houston (33-3), which
will face Kentucky.
C.J. Jackson scored
18 points and Kaleb Wesson added
15 for Ohio State (20-15).
A dunk by Chris Harris put the Cougars up 52-44 with just
over 10 minutes remaining. A floater in the lane by Armoni Brooks pushed
Houston's lead to nine. A transition layup by Davis pushed the advantage to 11
and the Cougars maintained control for good.
NORTH CAROLINA 81, WASHINGTON 59
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Luke Maye and Nassir Little each
scored 20 points and top-seeded North Carolina breezed past Washington.
The Tar Heels (29-6) never trailed and moved on to face
fifth-seeded Auburn on Friday in a Midwest Regional semifinal.
Maye added 14 rebounds for North Carolina.
The Tar Heels committed 10 turnovers in the first half and
led by eight points at the break. But they bolted out in the second half, put
together a 13-0 run over five minutes and pulled away.
Pac-12 player of the year Jaylen Nowell paced
Washington (28-8) with 12 points.
TEXAS TECH 78, BUFFALO 58
TULSA, Okla. -- Jarrett
Culver had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in
third-seeded Texas Tech's rout of the Buffalo Bulls in
the West Region.
Norense
Odiase contributed a season-high 14 points and 15 rebounds for
Texas Tech (28-6), which has won 11 of its last 12 contests and reached the
Sweet 16 for the second straight year.
Nick Perkins had
17 points and 10 rebounds for Buffalo (32-4), which had won 13 consecutive
games. Leading scorer C.J. Massinburg, who averaged 18.3 points per game, had
just two in the first half and four after eight minutes of the second before
picking up 10 more down the stretch with the game already decided.
Buffalo entered the day ranked fifth in the nation in
scoring at 85.1 points per game.
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