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Big 12 Tournament Second Round Cincinnati 72, No. 16 Kansas 52
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dan Skillings
Jr. scored 25 points, Cincinnati took advantage of No. 16 Kansas playing without injured stars Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr., and the Bearcats rolled to a victory over the Jayhawks in the Big 12 Tournament.
John Newman III added 12 points and Simas Lukosius had 10 for the No. 11 seed Bearcats (20-13), who knew they had to keep winning to have a shot at the NCAA Tournament. Now, they will get another opportunity to pick up a marquee win on Thursday, when they face No. 14 Baylor — the third seed in the league tourney — in the quarterfinal round.
Dickinson missed the game after dislocating his shoulder in a 30-point loss to Houston last weekend, while McCullar has been dealing with a knee injury. Jayhawks coach Bill Self said earlier Wednesday that he expects the Big 12’s two leading scorers to able to practice Monday, and that bodes well for their NCAA Tournament hopes.
No. 20 BYU 87, UCF 73
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fousseyni Traore had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Richie Saunders scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half and No. 20 BYU squandered a big early lead before pulling away late for a victory over UCF in the second round of the Big 12
Tournament.
Dallin Hall also had 13 points and Trevin Knell scored 12 for the fifth-seeded Cougars (23-9), who hit 14 3-pointers and matched the bigger Knights on the glass to advance to play fourth-seeded and No. 25 Texas Tech in the quarterfinals Thursday.
Darius Johnson did everything he could to keep UCF alive, hitting six 3-pointers and scoring 32 points. But he didn’t have much help in the second half, when the Knights (17-15) briefly trimmed an early 18-point lead to just three midway through.
BYU answered with a 12-0 run that gave it the breathing room it needed to coast into the next round.
Top 25 Women Mountain West Tournament Championship No. 21 UNLV 66, San Diego St. 49
LAS VEGAS — Desi-Rae Young had 18 points, 10 rebounds and six steals to lead No. 21 UNLV to its third consecutive Mountain West Championship, defeating San Diego State.
Top-seeded UNLV becomes the first Mountain West team to win both the regular season and tournament championships three years in a row.
After scoring just 20 points in the first half, UNLV came to life in the third quarter. A 12-0 run highlighted by a couple of strong post moves from Young and finished off by a deep 3-pointer from Ashley Scoggin gave the Rebels a 34-24 lead halfway through the quarter. The Aztecs, however, kept it close and a pair of 3-pointers from Jada Lewis helped close the gap to 42-37 heading to the fourth.
UNLV opened it up in the fourth quarter, making 10 of 15 shots. Young made 4 of 5 shots and Scoggin, Alyssa Brown and Amarachi Kimpson all made 3-pointers in building their 17-point lead.
Young appeared to injure her left ankle on a layup with 49 seconds remaining, but she was able to walk off the court without assistance.
Kiara Jackson had 14 points and seven assists, Scoggin scored 13 points and Brown had 11 points plus nine rebounds for the Lady Rebels (30-2).
Abby Prohaska had 13 points for seventh-seeded San Diego State (22-13).
Metro Atlantic Tournament Quarterfinal
No. 25 Fairfield 57, Rider 51
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Kaety L’Amoreaux scored 19 points, including seven in the last 43 seconds, and Fairfield pulled out a win over eighthseeded Rider in the quarterfinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday, running the Stags’ winning streak to 27.
Fairfield (29-1) matched Marist (2011) for the longest streak in MAAC history and have a chance to break it in the semifinals on Friday morning against the winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal between fourth-seeded Manhattan and fifth-seeded Canisius.