Arizona beats UCLA to clinch Pac-12 title
LAS VEGAS — Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points and No. 2 Arizona used a massive second-half run to beat No. 13 UCLA 84-76 on Saturday night, winning the Pac-12 Tournament in coach Tommy Lloyd’s first season.
Jules Bernard scored 19 points and Jaime Jaquez Jr. 18 to lead the Bruins.
ACC
In New York, Hunter Cattoor scored a careerhigh 31 points and seventhseeded Virginia Tech beat Duke 82-67 to deny Mike Krzyzewski a league title in his final season.
BIG TEN
In Indianapolis, Jordan Bohannon banked in a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left, lifting No. 24 Iowa over ninth-seeded Indiana 80-77 in the semifinals. The Hawkeyes will face Purdue, which beat Michigan State 75-70, for the championship.
AMERICA EAST
In Burlington, Vt., Ryan Davis scored 20 points, Ben Shungu added 19 and Vermont routed MarylandBaltimore County, 82-43.
ATLANTIC 10
In Washington, Foster Loyer had 21 points as Davidson defeated Saint Louis 84-69 in a semifinal. The Wildcats will face Richmond, a 68-64 winner over Dayton, for the championship.
BIG EAST
In New York, Collin Gillespie buried consecutive 3-pointers late in the game that put No. 8 Villanova ahead for good to beat Creighton, 54-48, for the championship.
BIG SKY
In Boise, Idaho, Xavier Bishop scored 19 points to help Montana State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 26 years in an 87-66 rout of Northern Colorado.
BIG WEST
In Henderson, Nev., forward E.J. Anosike scored
22 points to lead Cal StateFullerton past Long Beach State, 72-71, in the title game.
C-USA
In Frisco, Jordan “Jelly” Walker made 11 of 11 from the free-throw line and finished with 27 points to help UAB beat Louisiana Tech, 82-73, for the title.
IVY LEAGUE
In Boston, Azar Swain had 25 points as Yale topped Penn 67-61 in a semifinal. The Bulldogs will face Princeton, which beat Cornell 77-73, for the championship.
MAAC
In Atlantic City, N.J., junior guard Doug Edert scored a game-high 20 points as Saint Peter’s beat Monmouth 60-54 to clinch its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011.
MAC
In Cleveland, Enrique Freeman scored a gamehigh 23 points as Akron beat Kent State 75-55 for the championship.
MEAC
In Norfolk, Va., Conference player of the year Joe Bryant Jr. scored 23 points, and top-seeded Norfolk State beat Coppin State 72-57 to win the championship.
MOUNTAIN WEST
In Las Vegas, Tyson Degenhart scored 13 points and Boise State defeated San Diego State 53-52 to earn the conference’s automatic berth.
SOUTHLAND
Terrion Murdix and Jalen Jackson each had 13 points and five assists, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years with a 73-65 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
WAC
In Las Vegas, Clayton Henry had 15 points and eight rebounds to help New Mexico State beat Abilene Christian 66-52 in the championship game.