Star sophomore point guard Ja Morant had 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds f...
Star sophomore point guard Ja Morant had 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds for the first triple-double in NCAA Tournament play since 2012 to help Murray State roll to a convincing 83-64 victory over Marquette on Thursday in West Regional play at Hartford, Conn.
Junior guard Markus Howard scored 26 points for Marquette, which lost for the sixth time in the past seven games. Junior forward Sam Hauser recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds.Rui Hachimura scored 21 points, Killian Tillie had a season-high 17 and the top-seeded Bulldogs dominated from the start in a beat-down of the Knights at Salt Lake City. Gonzaga set a school record for margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game.
Sayeed Pridgett scored 17 points for the 15th-seeded Grizzlies , and Ahmaad Rorie and Timmy Falls added 10 points apiece.Mfiondu Kabengele recorded 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Seminoles to a first-round victory over the Catamounts at Hartford, Conn. Syracuse saw the end of its streak of first-round victories in its past eight NCAA Tournament appearances. Elijah Hughes scored a career-high 25 points for the Orange, and Tyus Battle had 16.Kevarrius Hayes scored 16 points to help the Gators produce a victory over the Wolf Pack at Des Moines, Iowa.
Elijah Childs scored 19 to lead Bradley , the tournament champions from the Missouri Valley Conference who were back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 13 years. Darrell Brown added 17 points, Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye scored 14 and the Braves made nine 3-pointers to keep the game close.Naz Reid and Kavell Bigby-Williams both had double-doubles as the Tigers used their superior size to hold off the Bulldogs in Jacksonville, Fla.
Dylan Windler had 35 points and 11 rebounds and Kevin McClain scored 19 to lead Belmont , which defeated Temple 81-70 in a play-in game Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. The Bruins fell 10 points short of their scoring average of 87.4, which is second to only Gonzaga in Division I.Gabe Kalscheur scored 24 points to lead the Golden Gophers to a victory over the Cardinals in Des Moines, Iowa. The Gophers won their first tournament game since 2013 when they opened with a victory over UCLA.
Jaren Lewis scored 17 points for Abilene Christian . Lewis shot 7 of 12 from the field, while the rest of his teammates were a combined 10 of 41.Jared Harper scored a game-high 17 points as the Tigers survived potential game-winning free throws by the Aggies to win in Salt Lake City.
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