Thursday, March 17, 2011

NCAA Southeast: Pittsburgh, Florida, Butler, UCLA, Wisconsin, K-State, Zags, BYU Advance

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament began Southeast Region play with eight games on Thursday.

At Washington, DC:


Matt Howard, who scored 15 points, connected on the game-winning basket at the buzzer as eight-seeded Butler, last year's runners-up, nipped ninth-seeded Old Dominion 60-58 in the first of two Southeast Region contests played at the Verizon Center.

Ashton Gibbs scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half as top-seeded Pittsburgh wore down 16th-seeded North Carolina Asheville 71-54 in the second contest.


At Tampa:


In the first of two Southeast Region games played at the St. Petersburg Times Forum, a 10 point, 10 assist, 7 rebound night for Chandler Parsons, to go with Erving Walker's 18 points, helped #2 Florida dominate #15 UC-Santa Barbara 79-51.


In the nightcap, #7 UCLA blew a 23-point lead, but managed to hold off #10 Michigan State 78-76.  Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee each scored 16 points for the Bruins, offsetting Draymond Green's triple-double (23 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists) for the Spartans.


At Tucson, Arizona:


Jon Leuer scored 17 of his 22 points following the intermission as #4 Wisconsin had their way with #13 Wofford 72-58.  Jordan Taylor added 21 for the Badgers in the first of two Southeast Region contests at Tucson.


In the nightcap, #12 Utah State took on #5 Kansas State and lost 73-68 as Jacob Pullen tallied 22 points for the victorious Wildcats.


At Denver:


In the opening Southeast Region game from the Pepsi Center, Jimmer Fredette scored 32 points as #3 BYU held off #14 Wofford, 74-66.


In the nightcap, #11 Gonzaga knocked off #6 St. John's 86-71 as the Bulldogs' Marquise Carter scored a career-high 24 points.







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