Second-round play in the South Region in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament commenced on Thursday with four games.
At Louisville, Kentucky:
In the opener, Robert Brown scored 21 points while William Lee added 14 (to go with his 12 rebounds) including his team's last four points as the fourteenth-seeded UAB Blazers (20-15) knocked off the third-seeded Iowa State Cyclones (25-9) 60-59.
Bryce Alford, who scored 27 points, made four three-pointers in the final 3:40, including the last one on a rare goaltending call with 13 seconds left as the #11-seeded UCLA Bruins (21-13) defeated the #6-seeded Southern Methodist Mustangs (27-7) 60-59, overcoming a 19-0 Mustangs run in the second half, not to mention 24 points from SMU's Nic Moore.
At Portland, Oregon:
Jakob Poeltl scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the fifth-seeded Utah Runnin' Utes (25-8) outlasted the #12-seeded Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (29-5) 57-50.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 25 points as the #4-seeded Georgetown Hoyas (22-10) raced to a 23-point second-half lead before coasting to a 84-74 victory over the #13-seeded Eastern Washington Eagles (26-9), despite 27 points from the nation's leading scorer, the Eagles' Tyler Harvey.
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