Thursday, March 15, 2018

NCAA South: Vols, Ramblers, UK, Buffalo Advance

Four games from the South Regional of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Round of 64 were contested on Thursday.


At Dallas (American Airlines Center):


In game one, Lamonte Turner came off the bench to score 19 points as the third-seeded Tennessee Volunteers (26-8) dominated the 14th-seeded Wright State Raiders (25-10) 73-47.


In the second contest, Donte Ingram hit a three-point shot as time expire to lift the eleventh-seeded Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (29-5) past the sixth-seeded Miami Hurricanes (22-10) 64-62.

Clayton Custer scored 14 points to pace the Ramblers.









At Boise, Idaho (Taco Bell Arena):


In the opening contest which was a battle of Wildcats, Kevin Knox scored 25 points as #5-seeded Kentucky (25-10), despite not converting a three-point shot for the first time since November of 1988, defeated 12th-seeded Davidson (21-12) 78-73.

Jon Axel Gudmundsson topped Davidson with 21 points.


In the nightcap, Wes Clark scored 25 points while Jeremy Harris added 23 as the thirteenth-seeded Buffalo Bulls (27-8) garnered their first-ever NCAA Tourney victory by dominating the fourth-seeded Arizona Wildcats (27-8) 89-68, capping off an 0-3 tournament for Pac-12 Conference schools.

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