NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND

EAST REGION Purdue 74, Cal State Fullerton 48

Purdue center Isaac Haas broke his right elbow during a win over Cal State Fullerton and will miss the rest of the NCAA Tournament. The 7-foot-2, 290-pound senior went down while taking a hard foul midway through the second half. Haas, who averaged 14.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, had nine points and 10 rebounds in the first-round victory. The second-seeded Boilermakers (29-6) will play Butler on Sunday. Kyle Allman scored 21 for the Titans (2012).

Marshall 81, Wichita State 75

Jon Elmore scored 27 points and 13th-seeded Marshall toppled fourth-seeded Wichita State for its first NCAA Tournament victory. The Thundering Herd (25-10) had been 0-5 in the tourney, with its last appearance in 1987. Marshall became the second No. 13 seed to win this week. Buffalo did it Thursday night, beating Arizona. Conner Frankamp scored 27 points for Wichita State (25-8).

West Virginia 85, Murray St. 68

Jevon Carter scored 21 points, had eight assists and six steals as No. 5 seed West

Virginia overwhelmed 12th-seeded Murray State.

The Mountaineers (25-10) advanced to the round of 32 for the third time in the past four seasons. Next up for West Virginia is a Mountain State showdown with 13th-seeded Marshall far away from home.

Terrell Miller scored 27 points for Murray State (26-6).

Butler 79, Arkansas 62

Kelan Martin scored 27 points and Kamar Baldwin added 24 to lift 10th-seeded Butler over seventh-seeded Arkansas.

The Bulldogs (21-13) raced to a 21-2 lead in the opening minutes. Although Arkansas wiped out that entire deficit before halftime, Butler took control again early in the second.

The Bulldogs now play an in-state rival, second-seeded Purdue.

Jaylen Barford scored 15 points for Arkansas (23-12).

SOUTH REGION Cincinnati 68, Georgia State 53

Jarron Cumberland set career highs of 27 points and 11 rebounds as Cincinnati recovered after blowing a 10-point lead in the second half.

The second-seeded Bearcats (31-4) advanced to play seventh-seeded Nevada.

After trailing 42-32 early in the second half, 15th-seeded Georgia State (24-11) rallied to take a pair of one-point leads, its last one coming on a driving bank shot from D’Marcus Simonds with 9:30 left.

Nevada 87, Texas 83 (OT)

Caleb Martin scored 18 points and made two huge 3-pointers in overtime as Nevada rallied for its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2007. Nevada (28-7) erased a 14-point, second-half deficit and tied it at 68 when Jordan Caroline hit one of two free throws with 3.8 seconds left in regulation. The Wolf Pack trailed by four early in an overtime period that featured 34 total points. Kerwin Roach II had a career-high 26 points for Texas (19-15).

Kansas State 69, Creighton 59

Barry Brown scored 18 points and ninth-seeded Kansas State posted a wire-to-wire victory over No. 8 Creighton despite playing without leading scorer Dean Wade. Mike McGuirl added 17 points and Kamau Stokes had 11 as the Wildcats won a firstround NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 2012. Wade had been expected to play after suffering a stress fracture in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, but never got on the floor. His teammates picked him up, particularly on defense.

MIDWEST REGION Michigan State 82, Bucknell 78

Miles Bridges outlasted Zach Thomas, scoring 29 points and grabbing nine rebounds to help second-seeded Michigan State hold on. Thomas fouled out on a technical with 6:06 left and finished with 27 points. He put on a

show in the first half, scoring 20 points and making all three of his shots beyond the 3-point arc to keep the Bison close. Leading by 15 points with 2 minutes left, Michigan State won by a slim margin after Bucknell (25-10) made a late flurry of long-range shots.

Auburn 62, Coll. of Charleston 58

Jared Harper made a clutch 3-pointer with 1:17 to go — his only basket of the game — and Auburn held off No. 13 seed College of Charleston in a thriller to avoid becoming the second No. 4 seed upset at Viejas Arena. Mustapha Heron scored 16 points for Auburn (26-7), which shot only 35.6 percent overall (21 of 59) and just 20.8 percent from 3-point range (5 of 24).

WEST REGION North Carolina 84, Lipscomb 66

Kenny Williams scored 18 points and defending national champion North Carolina took its time before opening up to beat Lipscomb. Theo Pinson had 15 points and flirted with a triple-double for the second-seeded Tar Heels (26-10). North Carolina next plays Texas A&M.

Xavier 102, Texas Southern 83

J.P. Macura scored 18 of his career-high 29 points in the first half, and Xavier routed No. 16 seed Texas Southern in their tournament opener in the West Region. Trevon Bluiett added 26 points, and Kerem Kanter had 24 for the Big East’s regular season champs.