Recap Roundups
March 13, 2024
Florida State 86, Virginia Tech 76
Jamir Watkins scored a career-high 34 points as Florida State surged to an 86-76 victory over Virginia Tech in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Brigham Young 87, Central Florida 73
Fousseyni Traore tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 20 BYU to an 87-73 victory over UCF in the second round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
Wake Forest 72, Notre Dame 59
Kevin Miller scored 17 points and Wake Forest was in control for most of the game in defeating Notre Dame 72-59 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's second round Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
Texas Christian 77, Oklahoma 70
Emanuel Miller racked up 26 points and added eight rebounds to help TCU post a 77-70 win over short-handed Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon in a second-round game in the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
Southern California 80, Washington 74
Boogie Ellis scored 25 points to lead ninth-seeded Southern Cal to an 80-74 win over No. 8 seed Washington on Wednesday afternoon in the opening game of the final Pac-12 tournament perhaps ever.
Xavier 76, Butler 72
NEW YORK --- Desmond Claude scored 26 points and ninth-seeded Xavier earned a 76-72 victory over Butler in the opening round of the Big East tournament on Wednesday.
UCLA 67, Oregon St. 57
Dylan Andrews went 7-for-9 from 3-point range on his way to a career-high 31 points and No. 5 seed UCLA dispatched 12th-seeded Oregon State 67-57 in the opening round of the Pac-12 tournament on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Providence 74, Georgetown 56
Josh Oduro posted 20 points and nine rebounds as seventh-seeded Providence defeated 10th-seeded Georgetown 74-56 in the first round of the Big East tournament on Wednesday.
Maryland 65, Rutgers 51
Donta Scott scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds, and No. 12 seed Maryland cruised to a 65-51 win over No. 13 seed Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament Wednesday evening in Minneapolis.
Arkansas 90, Vanderbilt 85
Khalif Battle scored 24 points. including seven in overtime, as Arkansas rallied from a 15-point, second-half deficit to stop Vanderbilt 90-85 in overtime in the Southeastern Conference tournament opener Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.
Kansas State 78, Texas 74
Tylor Perry was 10-for-10 from the free-throw line on his way to 21 points as 10th-seeded Kansas State knocked off seventh-seeded Texas 78-74 Wednesday night in the second round of the Big 12 Championship.
NC State 83, Syracuse 65
Jayden Taylor had 18 points and nine rebounds as 10-seed North Carolina State won its second game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, beating 7-seed Syracuse 83-65 on Wednesday night.
Villanova 58, DePaul 57
Justin Moore hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.8 seconds remaining to lift sixth-seeded Villanova past 11th-seeded DePaul 58-57 in the opening round of the Big East tournament Wednesday in New York City.
Stanford 87, California 76
Stanford overcame an 18-point deficit in the second half to force overtime and beat Cal 87-76 on Wednesday night in an opening-round game of the Pac-12 tournament.
Penn St. 66, Michigan 57
Zach Hicks led all scorers with a season-high 20 points and Ace Baldwin Jr. added 17 points to boost Penn State to a 66-57 win against Michigan in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Georgia 64, Missouri 59
Blue Cain scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half as Georgia defeated Missouri 64-59 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn.
Cincinnati 72, Kansas 52
Dan Skillings Jr. scored a game-high 25 points as Cincinnati defeated Kansas 72-52 in the final game of the Big 12 Championship second round Wednesday night.
Boston College 76, Clemson 55
Claudell Harris Jr. scored 27 points for Boston College, which pulled away in the first half and controlled the rest of the game to beat Clemson 76-55 in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on Wednesday.
Utah 90, Arizona State 57
Sixth-seeded Utah had no problem with Arizona State in the final game of Day 1 of the Pac-12 men's basketball tournament, blowing out the 11-seed Sun Devils 90-57.