Ewing has Hoyas back in Big East title game
NEW YORK » Jamorko Pickett scored 19 points, Chudier Bile made big plays on both ends down the stretch and Georgetown reached its first Big East championship game in 11 years with a 66-58 victory over Seton Hall on Friday night.
Dante Harris added 15 points for the eighth-seeded Hoyas (12-12), who are making a surprising March run with three straight wins at Madison Square Garden — where coach Patrick Ewing’s retired No. 33 New York Knicks jersey hangs in the rafters.
Georgetown will try to win its first Big East Tournament title since 2007 on Saturday night. The resurgent Hoyas will face the winner of the second semifinal between second-seeded Creighton, ranked No. 17 in the nation, and No. 3 seed Connecticut.
Ewing proclaimed “This is my house” after the Hoyas upset top-seeded Villanova 72-71 in the quarterfinals Thursday. Then he complained about the frequent stops to check his credentials, saying he would have to ask Knicks owner James Dolan about it.
“Everybody in this building should know who the hell I am,” Ewing said.
Sandro Mamukelashvili managed only eight points on 3-of-16 shooting for Seton Hall (14-13), only the third time he failed to reach double digits this season.
(12) OKLAHOMA STATE 83 (2) BAYLOR 74 » Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, Avery Anderson III added 20 and Oklahoma State (20-7) was nearly perfect from the foul line down the stretch in beating Baylor (22-2) in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals.
(3) ILLINOIS 90, RUTGERS 68 » Ayo Dosunmu scored 23 points and Illinois easily (21-6) beat Rutgers (15-11) in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
(4) MICHIGAN 79, MARYLAND 66 » Michigan coach Juwan Howard was ejected midway through the second half after getting into a shouting match with the Maryland bench, and the Wolverines (20-3) beat the Terrapins (16-13) to reach the Big Ten semifinals.
(6) ALABAMA 85, MISSISSIPPI STATE
48 » Jahvon Quinerly scored 14 points off the bench, Jaden Shackelford had
13 points and Alabama (22-6) blew out Mississippi State (15-14) in an SEC quarterfinal.
(7) HOUSTON 77, TULANE 52 » DeJon Jarreau had his first career triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, helping Houston (22-3) beat Tulane (10-13) in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference.
(8) ARKANSAS 70, MISSOURI 64 » Reserve JD Notae scored a season-high 27 points, and Arkansas (22-5) overcame a 10-point deficit to beat Missouri (169) and advance to the SEC semifinals.
(9) OHIO STATE 87, NO. 21 PURDUE 78 » Seth Towns scored six of his seasonhigh 12 points in overtime, and Ohio State (20-8) beat Purdue (18-9) in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
Women
(6) BAYLOR 92, TCU 55 » NaLyssa Smith scored 26 points, Dijonai Carrington had 17 and Baylor (23-2) beat TCU (1015) to advance to the Big 12 semifinals.