COACH OF ’NOVA SETS WIN RECORD
YORK» Jay Wright became NEW the winningest coach in Villanova history with 414, and the No. 2 Wildcats opened defense of their Big East Tournament championship in a 94-70 win over Marquette on Thursday night.
Wright, who improved to 414-165 since he took the job in 2001, has led the Wildcats to the 2009 Final Four and 2016 national championship. He was tied with Al Severance, who went 413-201 from 19361961.
Mikal Bridges scored 25 points, and Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 21.
In other Big East games, Trevon Bluiett scored 27 points, Kaiser Gates had 16 and No. 3 cruised to an 88-60 win over
HIGHLIGHTS
In the ACC quarterfinals, Kyle Guy and No. 1 beat Louisville 75-58. Marvin Bagley III had 33 points and 17 rebounds, Grayson Allen made his first five 3-pointers and No. 5 Duke rolled to an 88-70 victory over Notre Dame. Theo Pinson scored a career-high 25 points and had 11 rebounds, lifting No. 12 North Carolina to an 82-65 win over No. 24 Miami. Gabe DeVoe scored 25 points and Shelton Mitchell had 21 as No. 19 Clemson beat Boston College 90-82 to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2011 . ... In the Big 12 quarterfinals, Malik Newman scored a career-high 30 points, Svi Mykhailiuk added 13 and ninth-ranked Kansas beat Oklahoma State 82-68. Keenan Evans scored 25 points, including a pretty fadeaway jumper in the closing minutes, and No. 14 Texas Tech held off hot-shooting Jacob Young and Texas 73-69. No. 18 West Virginia beat Baylor 78-65 behind Eas Ahmad’s 21 points. … In the Pac12 quarterfinals, Aaron Holli- day had 34 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, lifting UCLA to an 88-77 victory over Stanford. Chimezie Metu had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Southern California beat Oregon State 6148. … In the Mountain West quarterfinals, Jordan Caroline had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 22 Nevada to a 79-74 victory over UNLV. Sam Merrill scored 28 points as Utah State came back to beat Boise State 78-75. Trey Kell scored 16 points and San Diego State won its seventh straight game with a 64-52 victory over
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