Kentucky bounces UCLA

nament loss.

The Gamecocks (25-10) were in control from the middle of the first half on, mixing defenses and hustling all over the Madison Square Garden court to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time.

DJ Dozier and Chris Silva had 12 points each and Duane Notice added 11 for the Gamecocks.

Johnathan Motley had 18 points, 12 in the second half, for Baylor (27-8), which just couldn’t get any offense going. The Bears missed 11 of their first 13 shots from the field and it didn’t get a whole lot better as they finished the game 17 for 56 (30.4 percent).

Florida 84, Wisconsin 83, OT NEW YORK – Chris Chiozza went end to end and made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Florida a victory against Wisconsin in the first overtime game of this NCAA Tournament.

Nigel Hayes had given the Badgers (27-10) a 2-point lead with 4 seconds left on two free throws. With no timeouts left, the Gators inbounded to Chiozza and the point guard stopped right the arc and dropped in the winner for Florida (27-8).

Wisconsin’s Zak Showalter forced overtime with a leaning 3-pointer off one leg with 2.1 seconds left in regulation as the Badgers wiped out a 12-point deficit in the last 4:15.

The fourth-seeded Gators (27-8) will play South Carolina on Sunday in an all-Southeastern Conference regional final at Madison Square Garden. Florida is in the Elite Eight for the first time since 2014, and for the first time with second-year coach Mike White – the man who replaced Billy Donovan in Gainesville.

Associated Press photos Kentucky guard De’Aaron Fox drives against UCLA guard Aaron Holiday in the second half of Friday night’s South Regional semifinal game in Memphis, Tenn. Fox scored 39 points and Kentucky won, 86-75, in a showdown between two of college basketball’s most storied programs.

South Carolina players celebrate after beating Baylor, 70-50, in an East Regional semifinal game on Friday in New York. The Gamecocks advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history.