No. 2 Virginia rallies to win; Nebraska upsets Maryland

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Guy scored 29 points, including seven 3-pointers, and No. 2 Virginia rallied to beat North Carolina State 76-56 on Thursday in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

Big man Jack Salt provided an unexpected offensive boost with a career-high 18 points for the top-seeded Cavaliers (29-2).

Virginia will play No. 12 Florida State in the semifinals. The Seminoles edged No. 16 Virginia Tech 65-63 when Terance Mann hit a wild off-balance runner with 1.8 seconds left in overtime.

Luke Maye had 19 points and nine rebounds, Coby White added 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists and No. 3 North Carolina beat Louisville 83-70.

BIG TEN

James Palmer scored 24 points and Nebraska shut down No. 21 Maryland 69-61 at Chicago.

The Cornhuskers harassed the Terrapins into 36 percent shooting. Glynn Watson Jr. added 19 points. Keyshawn Woods scored 18, Kaleb Wesson added 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, and Ohio State hung on to beat Indiana 7975.

Minnesota eliminated Penn State 77-72 in overtime.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Jeremiah Martin had 21 points as host Memphis defeated Tulane 83-68 in the first round.

Christian Vital 25 scored points and UConn held on for an 80-73 victory over South Florida. Jahmal McMurray had 27 points as Southern Methodist defeated Tulsa 74-65.

BIG EAST

Eric Paschall had 20 points and No. 25 Villanova beat Providence 73-62 in the quarterfinals at New York.

Zach Hankins scored 22 points, including the goahead tip-in with 21 seconds left, to give Xavier a 63-61 victory. No. 23 Marquette routed St. John’s 86-54.

CONFERENCE USA

Ahmad Caver made a 3pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining to lift Old Dominion past Louisiana Tech 5756 in a quarterfinal at Frisco.

Zack Bryant had 24 points as UAB defeated UTSA 85-76. Western Kentucky beat North Texas 67-51.

MID-AMERICAN

Jeremy Harris scored 23 points and No. 18 Buffalo routed Akron 82-46 in the quarterfinals at Cleveland.

Eugene German scored 27 points and Dante Thorpe made two critical free throws with 4.8 seconds left as Northern Illinois upset Toledo 80-76.

Larry Austin Jr. scored 23 points as Central Michigan posted a 89-81 win over Kent State. Demajeo Wiggins had 22 points and Dylan Frye added 20 as Bowling Green moved into the semifinals by beating Ball State 99-86.

MOUNTAIN WEST

Jazz Johnson scored 20 points, Caleb Martin had 19 and No. 14 Nevada rallied to beat Boise State 77-69 in the quarterfinals at Las Vegas.

Jalen McDaniels had 25 points and 14 rebounds as San Diego State topped UNLV 63-55. Utah State outlasted New Mexico 91-83.

PACIFIC-12

Jaylen Nowell scored 24 points and Washington beat Southern California 7875 in the quarterfinals at Las Vegas.

McKinley Wright IV scored 17 points and Colorado knocked off Oregon State 73-58. Arizona State defeated UCLA 83-72.

SOUTHEASTERN

Bryce Brown scored all 17 of his points in the second half and No. 22 Auburn beat Missouri 81-71 in the second round at Nashville, Tenn.

Keyontae Johnson scored a career-high 20 points as No. 8 seed Florida defeated Arkansas 66-50.

John Petty stuffed in a putback with a minute left to put Alabama ahead for good as the 10th-seeded Crimson Tide kept their postseason hopes alive with a 62-57 victory over Mississippi.

SOUTHLAND

Scott Plaisance Jr. posted 16 points as New Orleans beat Lamar 76-72 in the quarterfinals at Katy.

Southeastern Louisiana downed Central Arkansas 79-65.