NCAA East: Boilermakers, Thundering Herd, Butler, Mountaineers Advance

Action from the East Regional of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament continued on Friday with four games.

At Detroit (Little Caesar's Arena):

Game #1:
Vincent Edwards and Carsen Edwards each scored 15 points as the second-seeded Purdue Boilermakers (29-6) dominated 15th-seeded Cal State Fullerton (20-12) 74-48.

Kyle Allman, Jr. topped the Titans with 21points.

Game #2:

Kelan Martin scored 27 points while Kamar Baldwin added 24 (with each grabbing nine rebounds) as the tenth-seeded Butler Bulldogs (21-13) knocked off the seventh-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks (23-12) 79-62.



At San Diego (Viejas Arena):

Game #1:

Jon Elmore scored 27 points as the fourteenth-seeded Marshall Thundering Herd (25-10) shocked third-seeded Wichita State (25-8) 81-75. 

Conner Frankamp paced the Shockers with 27 points of his own.

Game #2:

Jevon Carter scored 21 points to guide the fifth-seeded West Virginia Mountaineers (25-10) to an 85-68 victory over the twelfth-seeded Murray State Racers (26-6).

Terrell Miller, Jr. paced the racers with 27 points while grabbing 17 rebounds.