Top 25 roundup: Duke topples top-seeded Miami in ACC semis
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[March 11, 2023]
Kyle Filipowski scored 17 points and had plenty of help as
No. 21 Duke avenged a 22-point loss from last month by defeating No.
14 Miami 85-78 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament
semifinals Friday night at Greensboro, N.C.
Dariq Whitehead scored 16 points off the bench, Tyrese Proctor
supplied 15 points and Mark Mitchell had 14 points as the top four
scorers for the Blue Devils were freshmen. Jeremy Roach had 13
points.
Fourth-seeded Duke (25-8), which has won eight games in a row, faces
second-seeded and 13th-ranked Virginia in the final after the
Cavaliers topped third-seeded Clemson 76-56. The Blue Devils are in
the tournament final for the second year in a row and go for their
first title since 2019.
Isaiah Wong, the ACC Player of the Year, scored 22 points for
top-seeded Miami (25-7), though he sat out stretches because of foul
trouble. Jordan Miller posted 17 points, Nijel Pack had 11 points,
and Wooga Poplar and Bensley Joseph both provided 10 points, but the
Hurricanes missed their final five shots from the field.
No. 1 Houston 60, East Carolina 46
Marcus Sasser scored 24 of his 30 points in the second half to lead
the Cougars past the Pirates in a quarterfinal game of the American
Athletic Conference tournament at Fort Worth, Texas.
Top-seeded Houston (30-2) moves on to play fourth-seeded Cincinnati
(21-11) in the tournament semifinals on Saturday. Jamal Shead added
12 points for the Cougars, who have won 12 straight games, with
J'Wan Roberts grabbing a team-high 12 rebounds.
Ezra Ausar led the Pirates (16-17) with 18 points and 19 rebounds.
East Carolina outshot 31.4 percent to 28.1 percent but turned over
the ball 17 times, leading to 19 points for Houston.
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No. 2 UCLA 75, Oregon 56
Tyger Campbell scored a career-high 28 points and took over during a
key stretch after another starter was injured as the Bruins advanced
to the Pac-12 tournament title game by beating the Ducks in Las
Vegas.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 18 points and 10 rebounds for top-seeded UCLA
(29-4), which played the final 16:16 without shot-blocking big man
Adem Bona, who sustained a left shoulder injury while diving for a
loose ball. The Bruins were already playing without Jaylen Clark,
the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. UCLA will square off with
second-seeded and eighth-ranked Arizona in the final on Saturday.
Will Richardson and Quincy Guerrier each scored 10 points for
fourth-seeded Oregon (19-14). N'Faly Dante posted eight points and
10 rebounds.
No. 3 Kansas 71, Iowa State 58
Jalen Wilson collected 25 points, 10 rebounds and three steals to
lift the top-seeded Jayhawks to a victory over the fifth-seeded
Cyclones in a Big 12 tournament semifinal game in Kansas City, Mo.
Wilson, the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, recorded his 12th
double-double of the season. Gradey Dick scored 15 points and Dajuan
Harris contributed 11 points, six assists and four steals for the
Jayhawks (27-6), who posted their ninth win in 10 games.
Kansas advances to the championship game Saturday to face
second-seeded Texas. The Longhorns beat sixth-seeded TCU 66-60.
Jaren Holmes scored 16 points and Robert Jones added 11 for the
Cyclones (19-13), who committed 22 turnovers.
No. 4 Alabama 72, Mississippi State 49
Brandon Miller scored 18 points as the Crimson Tide rolled to a
victory over the Bulldogs in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament
in Nashville, Tenn.
Miller added nine rebounds and five assists for the SEC
regular-season champion Crimson Tide (27-5), who will face
fourth-seeded Missouri (24-8) in the semifinals on Saturday.
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Noah Gurley had 11 points and Charles Bediako added 11 points, six
rebounds and five blocks for top-seeded Alabama, which is seeking
its second conference tournament title in the past three seasons.
Mississippi State (21-12) was led by Tolu Smith's 17 points and 11
rebounds.
No. 5 Purdue 70, Rutgers 65
Mason Gillis scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help the
Boilermakers hold off the Scarlet Knights in the Big Ten tournament
quarterfinals in Chicago.
The top-seeded Boilermakers (27-5) advanced to the semifinals on
Saturday, where they will face 13th-seeded Ohio State, which beat
Michigan State. Purdue center Zach Edey scored 16 points and grabbed
11 rebounds. David Jenkins Jr. added 12 points off the bench.
Ninth-seeded Rutgers (19-14) will now await its NCAA Tournament
fate. Derek Simpson led the Scarlet Knights with 18 points despite
shooting 5-for-16 from the field. Cam Spencer added 13 points and
Paul Mulcahy and Clifford Omoruyi each had 10.
No. 6 Marquette 70, No. 11 UConn 68
Chase Ross hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 6:14 remaining and the
Golden Eagles dominated defensively in the final minutes to advance
to the Big East tournament championship game with a hard-fought
victory over the Huskies in New York.
The top-seeded Golden Eagles (27-6) won their eighth straight to
earn a matchup with second-seeded Xavier in Saturday's title game.
The Musketeers routed Creighton 82-60 in the other semifinal game.
Tyler Kolek scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half while
battling foul trouble. Key reserve David Joplin also finished with
17 while Kam Jones contributed 14 and Olivier-Maxence Prosper
chipped in 11. Adama Sanogo led the Huskies (25-8) with 19 points
while Alex Karaban and Nahiem Alleyne contributed 10 apiece.
No. 7 Texas 66, No. 22 TCU 60
Christian Bishop recorded 15 points, seven rebounds and three
blocked shots to help the Longhorns post a victory over the Horned
Frogs to advance to the Big 12 championship game in Kansas City, Mo.
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Dylan Disu added 15 points and eight rebounds for the second-seeded
Longhorns (25-8), who never trailed in the semifinal contest. Marcus
Carr was just 3-of-15 shooting while contributing 10 points and five
steals for Texas, which will face No. 3 Kansas in Saturday's title
game.
Mike Miles Jr. scored 15 points and Chuck O'Bannon added 12 for
sixth-seeded TCU (21-12). Damion Baugh collected 10 rebounds for the
Horned Frogs.
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No. 8 Arizona 78, Arizona State 59
Azoulas Tubelis scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring effort
from the Wildcats, who led the Sun Devils almost wire to wire in a
semifinal win at the Pac-12 Conference tournament in Las Vegas.
The result sets up a rematch of last year's Pac-12 championship game
between the Wildcats and top-seeded UCLA, which beat Oregon 75-56 in
the other semifinal. Arizona won last year's final 84-76.
Oumar Ballo and Cedric Henderson Jr. put up 14 points each. Ballo
also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, and Tubelis had nine boards
for Arizona. Frankie Collins and Jamiya Neal paced Arizona State
(22-12) with 11 points each.
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No. 13 Virginia 76, Clemson 56
Jayden Gardner recorded 23 points and 12 rebounds as the Cavaliers
slammed the Tigers in an ACC semifinal at Greensboro, N.C.
Armaan Franklin added 16 points and Kihei Clark chipped in 13 for
second-seeded Virginia (25-6), which will face fourth-seeded Duke in
the ACC tournament title game.
Hunter Tyson led the Tigers (23-10) with 15 points on 4-of-8 3-point
shooting. PJ Hall contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds, while
Brevin Galloway chipped in with 12 points.
No. 19 Indiana 70, Maryland 60
Trayce Jackson-Davis finished with 24 points, nine rebounds and
seven assists to lead the Hoosiers past the Terrapins in a Big Ten
tournament quarterfinal in Chicago.
The third-seeded Hoosiers (22-10) will next take on 10th-seeded Penn
State, in the semifinals on Saturday. Indiana's Jalen Hood-Schifino
contributed 19 points and six rebounds.
Hakim Hart led Maryland (21-12) with 16 points and four assists.
Jahmir Young scored 12 points, but he shot just 3 of 15 from the
floor.
No. 15 Xavier 82, No. 24 Creighton 60
Souley Boum scored 23 points and added five rebounds and six assists
for the Musketeers, which advanced to the Big East tournament
championship game with a win over the Bluejays in New York.
Xavier, the second seed, advanced to face top-seeded Marquette in
Saturday's championship game. The No. 6 Golden Eagles edged No. 11
Connecticut, 70-68, in Friday's first semifinal. The championship
game appearance is the first for Marquette and the second for
Xavier, which fell to Villanova, 69-52, in 2015.
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Colby Jones (14 points, 10 rebounds) had a double-double for Xavier
(25-8), which has won five straight. Jack Nunge had 17 points and
seven rebounds while Desmond Claude scored 11 points off the bench.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 18 points while Baylor Scheierman had 15
points for Creighton (21-12).
No. 25 Missouri 79, No. 17 Tennessee 71
D'Moi Hodge scored 26 points and Kobe Brown added 24 to lift the
Tigers over the Volunteers in a Southeastern Conference tournament
quarterfinal clash in Nashville, Tenn.
Hodge sank four 3-pointers and Brown contributed three to go along
with nine rebounds for fourth-seeded Missouri (24-8), which won its
fifth straight game to advance to face top-seeded Alabama on
Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Tide (27-5) breezed to a 72-49
victory over Mississippi State on Friday.
DeAndre Gholston, whose deep 3-pointer at the buzzer knocked off
Tennessee earlier this season, had 10 points on Friday. Tennessee's
Santiago Vescovi drained five 3-pointers to highlight his 17-point
performance. Tyreke Key scored 16 points off the bench for the
fifth-seeded Volunteers (23-10).
No. 18 Texas A&M 67, Arkansas 61
Henry Coleman III scored 16 points and led a furious second-half
comeback as the Aggies rallied past the Razorbacks in the
Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn.
The Aggies will play sixth-seeded Vanderbilt in Saturday's second
semifinal after the Commodores beat third-seeded and 23rd-ranked
Kentucky 80-73. Trailing by 13 at halftime, the second-seeded Aggies
(24-8) got 11 points from Coleman, including going 5-of-5 at the
foul line, in the second half's first eight minutes.
Wade Taylor IV had a game-high 18 points while Coleman collected 11
rebounds. Tyrece Radford and Dexter Dennis had 11 points apiece for
the Aggies. The tenth-seeded Razorbacks (20-13) got 16 points from
Nick Smith Jr. and 15 from Makhi Mitchell.
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No. 20 San Diego State 64, San Jose State 49
Darrion Trammell and Keshad Johnson scored 15 points each to lead
the top-seeded Aztecs to a win over the Spartans in the semifinals
of the Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas.
Micah Parrish paced the reserves with nine points for San Diego
State (26-6), which advanced to play third-seeded Utah State in the
final on Saturday. The Aggies defeated second-seeded Boise State
72-62 in the second semifinal.
Omari Moore, who came in averaging 17.8 points for San Jose State
(20-13), was held to seven on 3-for-13 shooting. Tibet Gorener
scored 15 points off the bench as the lone player in double figures
for the Spartans.
Vanderbilt 80, No. 23 Kentucky 73
Ezra Manjon scored 25 points and the Commodores defeated the
Wildcats in the SEC tournament quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn.
Tyrin Lawrence and Jordan Wright added 18 points each for the
sixth-seeded Commodores (20-13), who won for the fifth straight game
and 10th time in 11 games. They will face No. 2 seed Texas A&M in
the semifinals Saturday.
Antonio Reeves scored 22 points before fouling out, Jacob Toppin had
21 points and 11 rebounds and Oscar Tshiebwe added 19 points and 15
rebounds to lead the third-seeded Wildcats (21-11).
--Field Level Media
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