Showing posts with label 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (East Regional). Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (East Regional). Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2019

NCAA East: Michigan State, Duke (Who Survives Another Scare) Advance To Regional Final

At the Capital One Arena, Washington:

Both games in the semifinal round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's East Regional were contested on Friday.

Semifinal #1:

Aaron Henry scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out six assists as the second-seeded Michigan State Spartans (31-6) downed the third-seeded LSU Tigers (28-7) 80-63.

Tremont Waters paced the Bayou Bengals with 23 points.

Semifinal #2:

Zion Williamson scored 23 points while Tre Jones added 22 as the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils (32-5) survived another scare, this time holding off the fourth-seeded Virginia Tech Hokies (26-9) 75-73.


Saturday, March 23, 2019

NCAA East: Bayou Bengals, Spartans Advance To Sweet Sixteen

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Round of 32 commenced on Saturday with eight games, two of them in the East Region.

At VyStar Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida:

Skylar Mays scored 16 points while Tremont Waters (who added 12) scored the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds remaining as the third-seeded LSU Tigers (28-6) held off the sixth-seeded Maryland Terrapins (23-11) 69-67.



At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa:

Xavier Tillman scored 14 points as the second-seeded Michigan State Spartans (30-6) spread the scoring abound as they defeated the tenth-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers (22-14) 70-50, despite 27 points from the Gophers' Amir Coffey.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

NCAA East: Gophers, LSU, Spartans, Terps Advance

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Round of 64 commenced on Thursday with 16 games, four of them in the East Region.

At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa:

Game #1:

Gabe Kalscheur scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the tenth-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers (22-13) knocked off the seventh-seeded Louisville Cardinals (20-14) 86-76.

Christen Cunningham paced the Cards with 22 points.

Game #2:

Cassius Winston scored 26 points as the second-seeded Michigan State Spartans (29-6) held off the fifteenth-seeded Bradley Braves (20-15) 76-65.

Elijah Childs paced the Braves with 19 points.



At VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida:

Game #1:

Skylar Mays scored 19 points as the third-seeded LSU Tigers (27-6) held off the #14-seeded Yale Bulldogs (22-8) 79-74.

Alex Copeland topped the Ivy League tournament champs with 24 points.

Game #2:

Jalen Smith scored 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as the sixth-seeded Maryland Terrapins (23-10) survived a scare from the eleventh-seeded Belmont Bruins (27-6) 79-77.

Dylan Windler topped the Bruins with 35 points.