Wyoming too much for SJSU
Ryan Welage scored 25 points and Jaycee Hillsman added 24, but their efforts were not enough as San Jose State’s season ended with a 74-61 loss to Wyoming on Wednesday in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas.
Justin James scored 24 points for the Cowboys (20-12).
The Spartans (4-26) trailed by four with 2:19 left in the first half, but Wyoming went on a 17-0 run spanning the first half and second half to take control.
“They just hit shots,” Welage said. “Credit them.” ACC: Theo Pinson had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Kenny Williams scored 17 points as No. 12 North Carolina (23-9) rolled to a 78-59 win over Syracuse (20-13) in the conference tournament in New York to earn a quarterfinal matchup with No. 24 Miami on Thursday . ... Matt Farrell scored 22 points and Notre Dame (20-13) advanced to the quarterfinals by erasing a 21-point second-half deficit and winning 71-65 over Virginia Tech (21-11). The Irish next face No. 5 Duke . ... Quentin Snider scored 19 points and Ray Spalding had 18 as bubble team Louisville (20-12) won 82-74 over Florida State (20-11) to earn a quarterfinal meeting with No. 1 Virginia . ... Boston College (19-14) earned a quarterfinal meeting with No. 19 Clemson by winning 91-87 against N.C. State (21-11). Other 22 to the points Patriot games: to lead League Stephen host title Bucknell Brown with an (25-9) scored 83-54 victory over Colgate (19-13) . ... Marquette (19-12), an NCAA bubble team, boosted its hopes for a NCAA tourney berth with a 72-69 win over DePaul (11-20) in the first round of the Big East tournament in New York . ... In a matchup of seeming bubble teams, NCAA scoring leader Trae Young scored 22 points, but Oklahoma (18-13) endured a 71-60 loss to Oklahoma State (19-13) in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma, which reached No. 4 in the Associated Press poll in January, has lost eight of its past 10. Resignation: San Diego head coach Lamont Smith resigned, 10 days after he was arrested for investigation of domestic violence after a game at USF. Smith’s move came a day after the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said he wouldn’t face charges “at this time.”