NCAA Tournament Highlights: Day 2

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Mar 21, 2009

NCAA Tournament Highlights: Day 2

Siena 74, Ohio State 72, 2OT

This Ronald Moore 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left in the second overtime lifted Siena into a second-round matchup with top-seeded Louisville.

Wisconsin 61, Florida State 59, OT

Wisconsin's Trevon Hughes scored 10 points, including a decisive bank shot with :02 left in overtime, as the Badgers knocked off the fifth-seeded Seminoles.

Oklahoma State 77, Tennessee 75

The outcome of the Cowboys-Volunteers game was up in the air until Byron Eaton made a three-point play with 7.2 seconds left and Tyler Smith missed a game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

Oklahoma State 77, Tennessee 75

Oklahoma State's victory, aided by Anthony Brown, gave the Big 12 a 5-0 record in the tournament. (Missouri's win later in the day pushed the mark to 6-0.)

Oklahoma State 77, Tennessee 75

Terrel Harris had 15 points as all of Oklahoma State's starters scored in double digits.

Kansas 84, North Dakota State 74

Sherron Collins scored a season-high 32 points in a back-and-forth shooting battle with Ben Woodside, who poured in 37 for the Bisons.

Kansas 84, North Dakota State 74

Cole Aldrich had 23 points and 13 rebounds as the defending national champions won their first game.

Marquette 58, Utah State 57

Jerel McNeal and his teammates blew a 14-point lead before rallying from six points down to win.

Marquette 58, Utah State 57

Utah State lost its fourth straight first-round game.

Syracuse 59, Stephen F. Austin 44

The Orange jumped to a 20-4 lead and never looked back.

Syracuse 59, Stephen F. Austin 44

Eric Devendorf was one of four Syracuse players to score in double digits.

Arizona State 66, Temple 57

Derek Glasser finished with a career-high 22 points as the Sun Devils advanced to play Syracuse on Sunday.

Arizona State 66, Temple 57

Temple was eliminated in the opening round for the second year in a row and hasn't won a tournament game since 2001.

Dayton 68, West Virginia 60

Chris Wright's career-high 27 points helped the Flyers defeat sixth-seeded West Virginia. It was Dayton's first victory in the NCAA tournament in 19 years.

Pittsburgh 72, East Tennessee State 62

Pitt's massive center DeJuan Blair bullied his way inside for 27 points and 16 rebounds as the Panthers, playing their first game as a top seed in the NCAA tournament, survived a frightful 40 minutes from No. 16 seed East Tennessee State.

Pittsburgh 72, East Tennessee State 62

Pittsburgh (29-4) will play eighth-seeded Oklahoma State, a 75-77 winner over ninth-seeded Tennessee, in Sunday's second round.

Pittsburgh 72, East Tennessee State 62

The Panthers had better improve if they want go much further. They made 18 turnovers, struggled with ETSU's end-to-end press and hardly looked like potential national champions.

Missouri 79, Cornell 59

Leo Lyons (5) finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers, the Big 12 tournament champions who returned to the NCAAs for the first time in six years and will face Marquette in the second round of the West Regional on Sunday.

Arizona 84, Utah 71

Jordan Hill's 17 points and 13 rebounds helped the 12th-seeded Wildcats -- one of the last teams into the field of 65 -- knock off fifth-seeded Utah.

Louisville 74, Morehead State 54

The NCAA tournament's top team had a few early missteps Friday, but uncoiled its full-court press in the second half and rolled to a victory over Morehead State that completed 25 years of perfection by No. 1 seeds.

Xavier 77, Portland State 59

C.J. Anderson scored 14 points and Xavier shot 54 percent from the field to beat Portland State.

USC 69, Boston College 55

Taj Gibson was a perfect 10 for Southern California; he had 24 points on 10-for-10 shooting from the field, sending the 10th-seeded Trojans to a win over Boston College.

Michigan State 77, Robert Morris 62

Raymar Morgan and Draymond Green finished with 16 points as the Spartans bullied No. 15 seed Robert Morris. "We played one of our better games," Spartan coach Tom Izzo said.