Mar 19, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Michigan Wolverines forward Moritz Wagner (13) and forward D.J. Wilson (5) celebrate during the second half in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament against the Louisville Cardinals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Photo Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Sindarius Thornwell scored 24 points and seventh-seeded South Carolina used sudden hot shooting in the second half to knock second-seeded Duke out of the NCAA Tournament, winning 88-81 Sunday night in a charged-up atmosphere for the second-round game at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
Chris Silva and Duane Notice pumped in 17 apiece and Rakym Felder provided 15 points for the Gamecocks (24-10). P.J. Dozier scored 11 points before fouling out following a turnover with 3:25 to play.
Grayson Allen scored 20 points, Jayson Tatum had 15, Frank Jackson added 15 and Amile Jefferson supplied 14 for the Blue Devils (28-9).
No. 7 Michigan 73, No. 2 Louisville 69
INDIANAPOLIS — Moritz Wagner scored a career-high 26 points, and the seventh-seeded Wolverines rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to stun the second-seeded Cardinals in an NCAA Midwest Regional second-round game in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
D.J. Wilson, who scored 17 points, sank four consecutive free throws during the final 17.3 seconds to send the Big Ten tournament champions into a Sweet 16 date Thursday night against Oregon in Kansas City, Mo. The win was a bit of revenge for Michigan (26-11), which was beaten 82-76 by Louisville in the 2013 NCAA Tournament final.
Michigan, which also got 11 points from Zak Irvin and 10 from Derrick Walton Jr., shot 63 percent from the field (17 of 27) in the second half.
No. 2 Kentucky 65, No. 10 Wichita State 62
INDIANAPOLIS — SEC Player of the Year Malik Monk blocked Markis McDuffie’s potential game-winning shot and then sank two free throws with 10.6 seconds left to send the second-seeded Wildcats past the 10th-seeded Shockers in an NCAA South Regional game in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Kentucky (31-5) led 58-51 with 4:06 left when De’Aaron Fox made a steal near midcourt and drove for a dunk, but Wichita State (31-5) rallied, pulling within one on Landry Shamet’s 3-pointer with 55.7 seconds left.
Kentucky advances to play No. 3 UCLA in the Sweet 16 in Memphis, Tenn.
No. 1 Kansas 90, No. 9 Michigan State 70
TULSA, Okla. — The top-seeded Jayhawks gained an edge late in the first half against the ninth-seeded Spartans.
Kansas had plenty of support from its fans, and now it will move closer to home to face Purdue in a regional semifinal on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.
Josh Jackson led the Jayhawks (30-4) with 23 points. Frank Mason III added 20 points and Devonte’ Graham had 18.
Miles Bridges led Michigan State (20-15) with 22 points, and Nick Ward had 13.
No. 1 North Carolina 72, No, 8 Arkansas 65
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Tar Heels scored the final 12 points to avoid a second-round upset at the hands of the Razorbacks at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
Isaiah Hicks scored six points in the winning spurt, sending North Carolina to the Sweet 16 for the 22nd time since 1985. North Carolina (29-7), the top seed in the South Region, will play fourth-seeded Butler on Friday night in Memphis, Tenn.
Kennedy Meeks scored 16 points and Justin Jackson added 15 for North Carolina. Daryl Macon’s 19 points led eighth-seeded Arkansas (26-10).
No. 3 Oregon 75, No. 11 Rhode Island 72
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tyler Dorsey drained a 3-pointer with 11 seconds remaining to help the third-seeded Ducks advance to the Sweet 16 with a dramatic victory over the 11th-seeded Rams in a Midwest Regional game at the Golden 1 Center.
Dorsey scored 27 points for Oregon (31-5), which will face seventh-seeded Michigan on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. Dillon Brooks had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Ducks.
Stanford Robinson came off the bench to score 21 points for Rhode Island (25-10), which was making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. Jared Terrell had 15 points, and E.C. Matthews added 13.
No. 3 Baylor 82, No. 11 USC 78
TULSA, Okla. — The third-seeded Bears overcame a four-point deficit late in the second half and ousted the 11th-seeded Trojans at the BOK Center.
Manu Lecomte scored eight straight points to take Baylor from a two-point hole to a six-point lead with 3:55 left. Johnathan Motley and Terry Maston each scored 19 points to lead Baylor. Lecomte scored all 12 of his points in the last five minutes.
The Bears (27-7) advance to the Sweet 16 to face No. 7 South Carolina in a regional semifinal on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
USC (26-10) got 28 points from Chimezie Metu. Bennie Boatwright added 16 and Elijah Stewart had 12.
No. 3 UCLA 79, No. 6 Cincinnati 67
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lonzo Ball posted 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds to help the third-seeded Bruins advance to the Sweet 16 with a victory over the sixth-seeded Bearcats in a South Regional game at the Golden 1 Center.
The Bruins will face second-seeded Kentucky in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Memphis, Tenn. UCLA, which beat the Wildcats earlier this season at Rupp Arena, could face North Carolina in the Elite Eight and Kansas in the Final Four.
Bryce Alford broke out of his shooting slump to score 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting with four 3-pointers for UCLA (31-4). Alford was 10 of 40 from the field in the team’s last four games. TJ Leaf and Thomas Welsh posted 11 points and seven rebounds apiece and Isaac Hamilton added 10 points
