Thursday, March 15, 2018

NCAA Midwest: Rams, Blue Devils, Jayhawks, Pirates Advance

16 games were on tap for Thursday as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament opened its' Round of 64, with four games contested in the Midwest Regional.


At Pittsburgh (PPG Paints Arena):

Game #1

E.C. Matthews scored 16 points while Fatts Russell came off the bench to add 15 (making three three-pointers in the process) as the #7-seeded Rhode Island  Rams (26-7) defeated tenth-seeded Oklahoma (18-14) 83-78 in overtime.

Trae Young topped the Sooners with 28 points.



In the second game, second-seeded Duke  (27-7) outdistanced #15-seeded Iona (20-14) 89-67.

Marvin Bagley topped the Blue Devils with 22 points.

Roland Griffin paced the Gaels with 21 points of his own.






At Wichita, Kansas (Intrust Bank Arena):

Devonte` Graham scored 29 points as the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks (28-7)  proved too much for the 16th-seeded Pennsylvania Quakers (24-9) 76-60 in the opening game.

In the second contest, Khadeen Carrington scored 26 points as the eighth-seeded Seton Hall Pirates (21-11) held off the ninth-seeded North Carolina Wolfpack (21-11) 94-83.

Al Freeman topped NC State with 36 points.

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