Six games were played in the West Region of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as second-round action commenced on Thursday.
At Jacksonville, Florida:
In the opening contest, R.J. Hunter, who scored 16 points, converted the game-winning three-point shot with 2.7 seconds remaining as the #14-seeded Georgia State Panthers (25-9) shocked the third-seeded Baylor Bears (24-10) 57-56, despite 18 points and 15 rebounds from the Bears' Taurean Prince.
Matt Stainbrook scored 20 points while Dee Davis added 17 as the sixth-seeded Xavier Musketeers (22-13) defeated the eleventh-seeded Ole Miss Rebels (21-13) 76-57.
Justin Jackson, who scored 14 points, delivered a game-tying jump shot in the final minute, then delivered a decisive fast-break dunk as the third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (25-11) outslugged fourteenth-seeded Harvard (22-8) 67-65, offsetting a 26-point performance from the Crimson's Wesley Saunders.
Michael Qualls scored 20 points as the fifth-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks (27-8) escaped with a 56-53 victory over the 12th-seeded Wofford Terriers (28-7).
At Portland, Oregon:
In the opening contest at the Moda Center, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 23 points and grabbed ten rebounds while Stanley Johnson added 22 points as the second-seeded Arizona Wildcats (32-3) cruised to a 93-72 victory over the #15-seeded Texas Southern Tigers (22-13).
In the second game, tenth seeded Ohio State (24-10) defeated seventh-seeded Virginia Commonwealth (26-10) 75-72 in overtime. D'Angelo Russell paced the Buckeyes with 28 points.
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