Ducks march on to the Elite Eight
Oregon set to face top-seeded Kansas
CITY, MO. Tyler Dorsey scored 20 points and made the go-ahead layup with 1:08 left, and third-seeded Oregon ended No. 7 Michigan’s dramatic post-season run with a 69-68 victory in a Midwest Regional semifinal on Thursday night.
Dorsey, the man the Ducks call “Mr. March,” had his sixth straight game scoring 20 or more points.
The Wolverines (27-11) had one more chance to extend their run after Dylan Ennis missed a free throw with 15 seconds left. But Derrick Walton, who had carried the Wolverines the last three weeks, was off with his long jumper just before the buzzer.
Jordan Bell had a double-double for the Ducks (32-5), with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Dillon Brooks of Mississauga, Ont., the Pac-12 player of the year, added 12 points and Dylan Ennis of Brampton, Ont., had 10.
Oregon will now play Kansas on Saturday in the regional final.
The Ducks are going to the Elite Eight for the second year in a row, and they made it without big man Chris Boucher of Montreal, who went out in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals with a seasonending knee injury.
MIDWEST REGION
Kansas 98, Purdue 66
KANSAS CITY, MO. Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III poured in 26 points, Kansas turned on the jets in the second half and the top-seeded Jayhawks soared to a 98-66 blowout of No. 4 seed Purdue on Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
Devonte Graham also had 26 points and Josh Jackson had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (31-4), who led by 7 at halftime before their up-anddown pace finally wore down the Boilermakers.
WEST REGION
Gonzaga 61, West Virginia 58 SAN JOSE, CALIF. Jordan Mathews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and topseeded Gonzaga survived a rough shooting night for both teams to beat No. 4 seed West Virginia 61-58 Thursday night to advance to the West Regional final.
On a night that featured 51 fouls and only 34 made baskets, Mathews delivered the big shot that sent the Bulldogs (35-1) to their third Elite Eight in school history.