At Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri:
Both games were contested in the semifinal round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Midwest Regional on Friday.
Semifinal #1:
Before suffering a knee injury, Chuma Okele scored 20 points and grabbed eleven rebounds as the fifth-seeded Auburn Tigers (29-9) knocked off the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (29-7) 97-80 to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1986.
Semifinal #2:
Tyler Herro scored 19 points, three of them on a key basket with 25.8 seconds remaining, as the second-seeded Kentucky Wildcats (30-6) held off the third-seeded Houston Cougars (33-4) 62-58.
Amoni Brooks topped the Cougars with 20 points.
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