Friday, March 18, 2011

March Madness: Day 2 of round of 64 as Washington escapes with a win, Marquette continue another Cinderella story along with Virginia Commonwealth

Georgia Vs Washington

Georgia's Travis Leslie missed a 3 ball at the end of the game which would have sent the game into overtime and kept the Madness keep going into the middle of the night but it did not drop for him and Washington moves on to the round 32 by the skin of their teeth as it was a back and forth affair that was even at halftime. In the second half Washington built up a 61-51 lead and Georgia made a mad dash to the finish with a 14-7 run and last shot. Isaiah Thomas led Washington with 19 points and 7 assists along with 2 steals while Matthew Bryan-Amaning had 8 boards and Georgia were led by Trey Thompkins who had 26 points and 11 boards.

Marquette Vs Xavier

Marquette had a 13-3 run to end the first half and Xavier could not make up the difference as the 6 seed Xavier were beat by the 11 seed Marquette 66-55 and Marquette were led by Darius Johnson-Odom who had 19 points and more importantly Jimmy Butler who had 15 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals while Andrew Taylor had 16 points and 4 boards, Kenny Frease had 12 points and 5 boards along with 2 assists, and Jamel McLean had 9 boards for Xavier.

Florida State Vs Texas A&M

The 10 seeded FSU beat the 7 seeded Texas A&M but in the first half they went back and forth and Texas A&M took 3 point lead into the second half @ 26-23 but a FSU 10-3 run gave them a 8 point lead that they carried to victory and the mild upset. Derwin Kitchen had 15 points for FSU along with 7 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals while Khris Middleton for A&M had 16 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

Illinois Vs UNLV

Illinois had their shoot touch in the first half as they opened a 46-24 lead at half with a 37-16 run and had to hold on as UNLV shot better and had better as they outscored Illinois 38-27 in the second half with a 11-1 run to end the game but still lost 73-62. Illinois was led by Mike Davis who had 22 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists while Demetri McCamey had 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 boards and UNLV was lead by Oscar Bellfield, Anthony Marshall who had 13 points, 4 boards, 3 steals, and Chace Stanback who had 13 points too.

Virginia Commonwealth Vs Georgetown

Virginia Commonwealth had a 6-0 in the middle of the first half and ended the half with scoring the last 5 points of the half and had the first 6 points of the second half which gave them a comfortable lead @ 40-24 and built on it to the end and the win over the 6 seeded Georgetown 74-56. Virginia Commonwealth were led by Brandon Rozzell who had 26 points, Joey Rodriguez who had 17 points and 7 assists, Bradford Burgess who had 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists while Georgetown were led by Hollis Thompson who had 26 points and 7 boards.

Oakland Vs Texas

Texas just controlled the game with their two Canadians Tristan Thompson who had 17 points, 10 boards, and a school record 7 blocks in the game along with Cory Joseph who had 11 points while J'Covan Brown had 21 points and Jordan Hamilton who had 19 points too. Then with 5 minutes left Texas was up 78-63 and 18-7 run to end the game but it was not enough as Texas won 85-81 and Oakland was led by Reggie Hamilton who had 25 points with 6 boards and 5 assists while Keith Benson had 15 points and 11 boards and Will Hudson had 14 points with 10 boards.

Tennessee Vs Michigan

Michigan took control the game from 6 minutes left in the first half till the end of the game and outscored Tennessee 58-22 and beat them down 75-45 as Zack Novak led them with 14 points and 10 boards while Darius Morris had 9 assists. Stu Douglass (5 assists), Matt Vogrich, and Tim Hardaway Jr (5 boards) all had 11 points and Tennessee got one huge performance by Tobias Harris who 19 points but the shake your head stat of the game was that Michigan did not make a free throw.

Akron Vs Notre Dame

The only way that Akron would be beating Notre Dame is if LeBron James was playing for them as Ben Hansbrough had 15 points (6 assists), Tim Abromaitis had 14 points (4 boards), and Carleton Scott had 14 boards led the Notre Dame while Quincy Diggs had 11 points while both Zeke Marshall and Nikola Cvetinovic had 6 boards.

Villanova Vs George Mason

Villanova had a 10 point lead @ 31-21 and held on till 31 seconds leading 57-56 but George Mason scored the last 5 points to win as George Mason won 61-57 as Luke Hancock with 18 points (5 assists and 3 boards), Mike Morrison had 11 boards and 10 points, and Isaiah Tate had 10 points. While Villanova were led by Corey Fisher had 20 points (6 assists), Corey Stokes had 14 points (5 boards), and Mouphtaou Yarou had 13 boards.

Memphis Vs Arizona

Memphis had a 10-3 lead but Arizona fought back to take a 41-38 lead @ halftime and then they fought all the way through the second half but Memphis had Wesley Witherspoon miss a layup with 2 seconds left that would of most likely sent the game to overtime but Arizona held on for a 77-75. Arizona was lead by Derrick Williams who had 22 points and 10 boards while Lamont Jones had 18 points and Memphis were lead by Antonio Barton who had 17 points (4 boards), Will Barton who had 12 points (4 boards and 3 assists), and Will Coleman who had 9 boards.

Hampton Vs Duke

Duke showed Hampton what it is like to be in the Madness as they won 87-45 with Kyrie Irving with 14 points, Andre Dawkins had 13 points, Mason Plumlee had 12 points, Kyle Singler had 11 points, Nolan Smith had 7 assists, and Miles Plumlee had 13 boards.

UTSA VS Ohio State

It took Ohio State a couple of minutes to warm up and get the Madness jitters out of themselves but when they did it was turn the channel this one is over and that is what to expect from the No. 1 overall seed as they sent UTSA home very swiftly 75-46. Ohio State was led by William Buford with 18 points along with 6 boards and 5 assists, Jon Diebler with 14 points along with 5 assists and 4 boards, Deshaun Thomas had 13 points along with 8 boards and 3 assists, and Jared Sullinger had 11 points and 9 boards while UTSA had Devin Gibson with more than half of their points with 24.

Boston U Vs Kansas

Boston U stuck with Kansas into the second half with even being down only 3 seconds into the half @ 35-32 which woke up Kansas who finished the game on a 37-21 and that is with Boston U getting the last basket at the end or at least with a minute left. Kansas was led by Morris boys with Marcus having 16 points and 9 boards while Markieff had 15 points and 8 boards while Tyshawn Taylor had 7 assists and Boston U stayed in the game with help from John Holland with 19 points and D.J. Irving had 11 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.

St. Peter's Vs Purdue

Purdue took control of the hop and St. Peter's really had no answer for them as they won 65-43 with help from E'Twaun Moore with 19 points and JaJuan Johnson who had 16 boards to go with his 16 points while St. Peter's got help from Jeron Belin who 12 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals but also had 5 turnovers in the game.

Long Island Vs North Carolina

It was a very fast paced game with a lot of shots taken and even a huge amount of them being made with North Carolina taken the lead early and just filled up the score sheet with a bit of lack of defensive pressure as they won 102-87. North Carolina were led by Tyler Zeller with 32 points (9 boards and 3 blocks), John Henson with 28 points (11 boards and 6 blocks), and Harrison Barnes with 24 points (16 boards) who almost outscored Long Island by themselves. Long Island were led by Julian Boyd with 18 points (12 boards), C.J. Garner with 16 points (3 assists), and Jamal Olasewere who had 15 points (5 boards and 3 assists).

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