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Western Kentucky (25-10) advances to face
Region 3 top seed Southern California. The Trojans (24-11)
posted a 103-98 win over No. 8 seed UNC Asheville in double
overtime on Tuesday.
It was the 15th double-double of the season for Johnson and the
39th of his career. Taveion Hollingsworth scored 18 points and
Darius Thompson added 17 points, eight assists and six boards
for the Hilltoppers, who shot a blistering 55.4 percent (31 for
56).
Ky Bowman finished with 18 points and seven rebounds and Jerome
Robinson had 17 points for Boston College (19-16). The Eagles
won a pair of ACC tournament games before falling short to
then-No. 19 ranked Clemson in their first tourney quarterfinal
appearance since 2013.
Western Kentucky nearly played its way into the NCAA Tournament
after winning its first two Conference USA tournament games
before a heartbreaking 67-66 loss to fourth-seeded Marshall in
the championship game.
Hollingsworth's 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer put
Western Kentucky up 59-44 entering the fourth.
The Hilltoppers stretched their lead to as many as 17 points
early in the final period before Boston College cut the deficit
to 10 at 70-60 with 3:56 remaining on a pair of Bowman free
throws. The hosts scored the next seven points to seal the
result.
During the third period, Johnson moved past Chris Robinson into
12th place on the Hilltoppers' all-time scoring list, putting
the Hilltoppers up 56-43 at the time.
Western Kentucky led 41-33 at halftime after outscoring the
visitors 22-9 in the second quarter.
Boston College was ahead 24-19 after one.
--Field Level Media
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