Noah Thomasson scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket, and No. 4 seed Georgia downed No. 2 Ohio State 79-77 in the quarterfinals of the NIT on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.

Robbie Avila broke a tie with a deep 3-pointer with 59.7 seconds remaining and finished with 22 points to rally top-seeded Indiana State to an 85-81 win over second-seeded Cincinnati in the NIT quarterfinals on Tuesday in Terre Haute, Ind.