Four games were played on Friday in the East Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as second-round action continued.
At Raleigh, North Carolina:
In the opening game of two played at PNC Arena, Michael Dixon, Jr. scored 19 points (four of them on as many free throws in the final ten seconds) as the #8-seeded Memphis Tigers (24-9) held off the ninth-seeded George Washington Colonials (24-9) 71-66, despite 21 points from GW's Isaiah Armwood.
In the nightcap, Anthony Gill scored 17 points as the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (29-6) survived a scare from #16-seeded Coastal Carolina (21-13) 70-59. The Cavaliers overcame a five-point halftime lead for the Chanticleers, outscoring the Big South champions who were playing their first NCAA Tournament match since 1993 40-24 in the second half. Virginia will take on Memphis in Raleigh on Sunday.
At San Antonio:
In the first of two East Regional contests played at the AT&T Center, Marcus Paige scored 19 points while James Michael McAdoo added 16 (to go with his ten rebounds), hitting two free throws in the final 3.5 seconds as the #6-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (24-9) narrowly avoided the upset bug that knocked out arch-rival Duke by holding off #11-seeded Providence (23-12) 79-77. Had the Tar Heels lost, it would have been the first time since 1979 that UNC and the Blue Devils lost in the NCAA Tournament on the same day. Bryce Cotton paced the Friars with 38 points.
In the nightcap, the #3-seeded Iowa State Cyclones (27-7) ultimately ran away from #14-seeded North Carolina Central (28-6) 93-75. Unfortunately for the Cyclones, Georges Niang, who scored 24 points, will miss the rest of the tournament with a broken bone in his right foot. Jeremy Ingram paced the Eagles (who made their NCAA Tournament debut) with 28 points as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champs saw their 20-game winning streak snapped. The Cyclones will get their shot at North Carolina in San Antonio on Sunday.
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