Friday, March 16, 2012

NCAA South: Lehigh Mountain Hawks Stun #2-Seeded Duke; Musketeers Take Tight One From Fighting Irish

Action from the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's South Regional continued on Friday with two games, both at the Greensboro (North Carolina) Coliseum.


In the opener, C. J. McCollum scored 30 points as #15-seeded Lehigh (27-7) shocked the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils (27-7) 75-70.  It marked only the second time that a fifteenth-seeded team defeated a #2 seed---the second time it happened on Friday.  It was the Mountain Hawks' first NCAA Tournament win.


In the nightcap, Tu Holloway (who scored the go-ahead basket with 21.3 seconds remaining) scored 25 points as #10-seeded Xavier (22-12) defeated #7-seeded Notre Dame (22-12) 67-63 for the right to take on Lehigh this coming Sunday.

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