Friday, March 18, 2011

NCAA West: Horns Hold Off Pesky Golden Grizzlies; Wolverines Devour Vols; Arizona Nudges Past Memphis; Duke Waaaaay Too Much For Hampton

Four games in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's West Region were played on Friday.


At Tulsa, Oklahoma:


#4-seeded Texas held off #13 Oakland 85-81.  Tristan Thompson had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots for the Longhorns, helping to offset Reggie Hamilton's 25-point performance for the Golden Grizzlies.


In the second contest, Derrick Williams scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and blocked a potential game-tying shot in the final seconds as #5 Arizona edged #12 Memphis 77-75.


At Charlotte, North Carolina:


In the first of two games played at the Time Warner Cable Arena, #8 Michigan blew out #9 Tennessee 42-16 in the second half to hammer the Volunteers 75-45. Zack Novak scored 14 minutes, hitting two three-pointers during a second-half spurt that helped turned what had been a hotly-contested game into a rout.  He also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Wolverines.


In the second game, Kyrie Irving, playing his first game since last December, scored 14 points as top-seeded Duke destroyed #16 Hampton 87-45.

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