Gonzaga (6) Vs St. John's (11)
Gonzaga took control of the game after St.John's scored the first 5 points of the game as Gonzaga just dominated the glass and as they outscored St. John's 24-9 to take a 10 point lead and never looked back and even almost doubled the lead in the second half to 18 points. Gonzaga out rebounded St. John's 41-18 so when St. John's missed a shot Gonzaga would get the board and they would run their offense and not miss ofter shooting 57% from the floor led by Marquise Carter who had 24 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists while Steven Gray had 16 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. Elias Harris with 15 points and 8 boards helped Gonzaga too but St. John's also some filling the baskets and it was Dwight Hardy who had 26 points in the game.
Morehead State (13) Vs Louisville (4)
Morehead State came out of fire scoring the first 8 points of the game and tried to hold on and keep Louisville at arms length with the help of a monster first half by Terrance Hill with 10 points and 6 boards and Kenneth Faried who had 7 points and 9 boards and they did until Louisville's last shot of the half. When Kyle Kuric who gave them a 3 point lead with a 3-ball but Terrance Hill hit his own 3 ball to tie the game at 33 @ half and Louisville had balanced attack with Chris Smith with 8 points and Preston Knowles, Kyle Kuric, and Gorgui Dieng all with 6 points in the half. The second have Louisville continue the run and opened up a 8 point lead as they opened up the half with a 14-6 run to take a 47-39 lead but Morehead State did not go away as they went on a 18-5 run to take a 57-52 lead and it just got better as Morehead were down 2 with last shot with Demonte Harper who was 0 for 6 until he hit a 3 with 3.9 left to take a 62-61 and finished with a block to end the game. Terrance Hill had 23 points and Kenneth Faried had 16 boards for Morehead and Chris Smith had 17 points with 5 boards and 4 assists.
Richmond (12) Vs Vanderbilt (5)
Richmond got down 29-18 but fought back to 35-32 with a big run of 14-6 to end the half and Vanderbilt takes a 9 point lead with a 13-6 run to lead 48-39 and Richmond only scored 12 straight points to take a 51-48 lead and then they went back and forth until with Richmond up by a point and Kevin Anderson hit a 11 foot jumper to make it a 3 point lead @ 68-65 with 20 seconds and Vanderbilt missed a game tying game at the buzzer and Richmond wins 69-66. Richmond was led by Kevin Anderson who had 25 points (4 assists) while Justin Harper had 13 and Canadian Francis-Cedric Martel had 12 (5 boards) and Vanderbilt was led by Festus Ezeli and John Jenkins both had 21 points while Festus Ezeli, Lance Goulbourne, and Jeffery Taylor all had 9 boards.
- Jimmer Fredette (BYU) 32 points, 7 assists, and 3 boards is the player of the night;
- Florida schooled UC Santa Barbara in the first half 43-19 and toyed with them in the second half 36-32;
- Belmont forgot how to shoot in the second half as it took them 4 minutes to score a basket to begin the second half and it hard task the rest of the half while Wisconsin were red hot shooting the ball with 5 consecutive baskets and 16 straight free throws made as they outscored Belmont 34-27 in the first half and then 38-31 in the second half;
- A 12-6 run by BYU gave them the breathing room to open the second to coast home for the win but a run of 6 straight points made it into a laugher as they beat Wofford 74-66;
- Connecticut smack Bucknell around in the first half 39-22 and then when Bucknell fell down they just kicked and laughed at them 42-30 in the second half;
- UCLA leaked oil from 8:36 point when they were up 64-41 till the end of the game but hung on for the win against Michigan State 78-76 when Michigan State was called for a back court violation with 4 seconds left;
- Missouri lead 14-7 to start the game but that is where the wheels came off as Cincinnati went on a 19-7 run and later in the half with a 13-4 run to end the half and a 11-4 run in the second half made it a complete laugher;
- Utah State were down 54-41 in the second half and fought back to get it to 73-68 but then the clock hit zero and Kansas State won the game;
Clemson (12) Vs West Virgina (5)
Clemson came out and went inside and got lots of points and were up by 10 early 18-8 as West Virgina were shooting from outside and later in the half West Virgina went inside to chip away at the lead with a 12-6 run to make it 24-20 but then Clemson went back inside going on a 15-9 run to open a 10 point led again 39-29. West Virgina went off and Clemson went cold down the stretch as West Virgina scored the last 9 points of the half and were jumping back to their lock room tied @ 40. The second half was a rollercoaster ride with a huge number of lead charges and like most years this game came down to the last shot and Butler had the ball with Matt Howard hitting a 4 foot jumper to win the game after Old Dominion fighting back down 6 points @ 58-52 and scoring 6 straight points to tie it @ 58. Frank Hassell 20 points and 6 boards (5 offensive) was huge for Old Dominion while Matt Howard (6 boards and 3 assists) and Shelvin Mack (7 assists and 3 boards) both had 15 points for the Butler Bulldogs.
Second Half belonged to West Virgina as they continued their end of first half dominates opening with a 12-5 run to open up a 52-45 lead and got it up to 10 points but Clemson fought back and got it to a 4 point game but then West Virgina went on a 6-0 run and it was good night Clemson.
Old Dominion (9) Vs Butler (8)
The game started with 3 balls flying and being made with both teams making 5 first half 3 balls and Butler went cold first with their first of two 0 for 5 from the floor while Old Dominion scored 18 points in the first 8 minutes and then 3 points in the next 8 minutes but were only able to get a 18-13 lead but then fell behind 22-21. It was a dash to the finish in the last 4 minutes with Butler getting the final bucket of the half to take a 29-27 halftime lead. Darryl Bryant had 19 points and Kevin Jones with 17 points for West Virgina and Andre Young with 22 and Demontez Stitt with 16 points for Clemson.
Penn State (10) VS Temple (7)
Temple has a 35-33 lead @ half led by Juan Fernandez who has 17 points in the first half to go with 3 assists and 2 boards and both Rahlir Jefferson and Lavoy Allen have 4 boards each while Talor Battle has 13 points in the half for Penn State with Andrew Jones with 5 boards. Penn State went on a 6-3 run to take a 41-38 lead and it went back and forth affair with Temple having last shot with the game tied at 64 when Juan Fernandez hit a 13 foot jumper to win the game. Penn State were lead by Talor Battle with 23 points and Andrew Jones with 8 boards and Temple were lead by Ramone Moore and Juan Fernandez with 23 each while Lavoy Allen had 13 boards.
Princeton (13) Vs Kentucky (4)
Kentucky started red hot staring the game with a 13-4 but Princeton came back with a 16-7 run to tie it up @ 20 and Kentucky lead @ half with a 34-33 lead and then in the second half Princeton took a 5 point lead @ 42-37 and then Kentucky with a 16-6 run to take a 5 point lead @ 53-48. Then Princeton fought back and ended up with a 57 all tie with Kentucky having the ball with a tiny shot clock/game clock difference so they burned down the clock to the point where Brandon Knight drove to the basket and throw up a lay-up as he fell out of bounds with 2 seconds left to win the game and it was his only basket of the game. Princeton got a group effort with Dan Mavraides with 14 points (5 boards), Douglas Davis with 13 points, Kareem Maddox with 12 points,Ian Hummer with 11 points (7 boards) while Kentucky were lead by Darius Miller 17 points (4 boards and 3 assists) and Josh Harrellson had 15 points (10 boards with 4 offensive).
UNC Asheville (16) Vs Pittsburgh (1)
UNC Asheville stuck with the No.1 seed for the first half with being only down 5 @ half and then Pittsburgh slowly inched further ahead as they end up winning the game 74-51 and Pittsburgh were led by Ashton Gibbs who had an amazing 26 points (6 for 9 from 3) in the game and Gary McGhee had 11 boards in the game while Nasir Robinson had 12 points and UNC Asheville were led by Matt Dickey with 21 (3 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals) and John Williams had 8 boards.
Northern Colorado (15) Vs San Diego State (2)
With scored tied @ 20 San Diego State scored 10 straight points but Northern Colorado came back with the final 4 points of the half Devon Beitzel leads Northern Colorado with 8 points and Elliott Lloyd had 7 points while Taylor Montgomery had 7 boards and Chris Kaba had 5 (5 points too) and San Diego State were lead by Kawhi Leonard 10 points (6 boards) while Chase Tapley and Billy White both had 8 points. Northern Colorado kept it close as the lead stayed around 3 points for a while in the second half and then San Diego State scored 6 straight points and never looked back winning 68-50 and were led by Kawhi Leonard who 19 points (11 boards) while both Chase Tapley and Billy White (11 boards) had 14 in the game and Northern Colorado were led by Devon Beitzel with 25 points and Taylor Montgomery with 12 boards.
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