The second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament got under way on Thursday with 16 games being played, including six games played in the Midwest Regioinal.
At Auburn Hills, Michigan:
In the first of two Midwest Regional contests being played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, third-seeded Michigan State (26-8) coasted to a 65-54 victory over #14-seeded Valparaiso (26-8). Derrick Nix scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Spartans.
In the second contest, a three-point bucket from Matthew Dellavedova as time expired carried the sixth-seeded Memphis Tigers (31-4) to a narrow 54-52 win over #11-seeded Saint Mary's (28-7). Joe Jackson tallied 14 points to pace the Tigers.
At San Jose, California:
In the first of two Midwest Regional contests played at the HP Pavillion, Dwayne Evans scored 24 points as #4-seeded Saint Louis (28-6) manhanded thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State (24-11) 64-44. The 28th win this season is a new single-season school record for the Billikens, who held the Aggies to 28% shooting from the field and forced 16 turnovers.
In the second game, Damyean Dotson scored 17 points while Dominic Artis added thirteen and Arsalan Kazemi eleven (to go with his 17 rebounds) as the #12-seeded Oregon Ducks (27-8) racked up their first NCAA Tourney win since 2007 with their 68-55 win over fifth-seeded Oklahoma State (24-9).
At Lexingon, Kentucky:
In the first of two Midwest Regional games as Rupp Arena, Russ Smith scored 23 points as the Louisville Cardinals (30-5) , not only the Midwest Regional's top seed, but the #1 overall seed in the tournament, spanked 16th-seeded North Carolina A&T (20-17) 79-48.
In the second game, Dorian Green scored 26 points as the eighth-seeded Colorado State Rams (26-8) defeated the ninth-seeded Missouri Tigers (23-11) 84-72.
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