Marshall gets first NCAA Tournament win ... ever
SAN DIEGO» The Marshall Thundering Herd celebrated Friday like never before.
For the first time in six tries during 62 years, the Thundering Herd won an NCAA Tournament game.
Jon Elmore scored 27 points and Jarrod West hit a huge 3pointer with three minutes left to help No. 13 seed Marshall (25-10) topple fourth-seeded, 25-8 Wichita State 81-75.
The Thundering Herd made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1956 and made its most recent one in 1987, losing all five games along the way. The 1987 loss was later vacated because of infractions. Its only postseason victories were in the NIT in 1967, when coach Dan D’Antoni played for the team.
(2) Purdue 74, (15) Cal State Fullerton 48. DETROIT»
The Boilermakers cruised to a win, but star center Isaac Haas broke his right elbow and will miss the rest of the NCAA Tournament.
The 7-foot-2, 290-pound senior took a hard foul midway through the second half when Cal State Fullerton (20-12) forward Dominik Heinzl pulled him down, trying to defend him. Haas hurt the same elbow in a win over Louisville in November.
After the game, Purdue (29-6) released a statement from coach Matt Painter saying the big man will need surgery on his arm.
(10) Butler 79, (7) Arkansas 62.
DETROIT» Kelan Martin scored 27 points and Kamar Baldwin added 24 for the Bulldogs (21-13).
Jaylen Barford scored 15 points for the Razorbacks (23-12).
Martin, who surpassed 2,000 points for his career during the game, made two 3-pointers in a 9-2 run that made it 49-38.
(5) West Virginia 85, (12) Murray State 68.
SAN DIEGO»
Jevon Carter scored 21 points, had eight assists and six steals, Teddy Allen added 16 points and the Mountaineers (25-10) pulled away in the second half and advanced to the round of 32 for the third time in the past four seasons.
Carter had 13 points in the second half and was the trigger of a second-half surge after Murray State had trimmed its 14-point deficit down to five.
Terrell Miller led Murray State (26-6) with 27 points.