A Look At Thursday’s Action In the NCAA Tournament – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 14, 2002
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%^$By The Associated Press%^$
%^$STARS
%^$- Mo Williams, Alabama, scored a career-high 33 points, grabbed 10 rebounds%^$and had six assists to lead Alabama to an 86-78 victory over Florida%^$Atlantic in the South Regional.%^$
%^$- Brian Brown, Ohio State, scored a career-high 33 points and the Buckeyes%^$held off Davidson 69-64 in the West Regional.%^$
%^$SHOT OF THE DAY
%^$Greg Harrington made a runner in the lane with 14.6 seconds left to lift%^$12th-seeded Tulsa past No. 5 Marquette 71-69 in the East Regional.%^$
%^$LUCKY 12s
%^$Missouri and Tulsa, both seeded No. 12, pulled off upset victories over No.%^$5-seeded teams in the first round. The Tigers beat Miami 93-80 in the West%^$Regional, and the Golden Hurricane edged Marquette 71-69 in the East%^$Regional.%^$
%^$CLOSE CALLS
%^$Florida Atlantic, trying to become just the fifth 15th-seeded team to knock%^$off a No. 2, matched heavily favored Alabama for nearly 33 minutes before%^$the Crimson Tide pulled away for an 86-78 victory in the South Regional. …%^$Davidson, seeded 13th and going for its first NCAA win since Lefty Driesell%^$was its coach in 1969, led Ohio State 59-58 with 4{ minutes left before%^$losing 69-64 in the West Regional.%^$
%^$STREAKS
%^$Kent State, seeded No. 10, won its 19th straight game by surprising No. 7%^$Oklahoma State 69-61 in the South Regional. … Kentucky, which beat%^$Valparaiso 83-68 in the East Regional, hasn’t lost a first-round NCAA%^$tournament game since dropping a 91-77 decision to Ohio State in 1987.%^$
%^$SLUMPS
%^$Pepperdine fell to 0-12 against ACC teams, including four first-round%^$tournament losses, after falling 83-74 to Wake Forest in the Midwest%^$Regional.%^$
%^$THE WAIT IS OVER
%^$Oregon’s 81-62 victory over Montana in the Midwest Regional was the Ducks’%^$first NCAA tournament win since 1960, when they won two games before losing%^$to California in a regional final.%^$
%^$BOARDS
%^$Missouri had 45 rebounds, led by Travon Bryant’s 11, in a 93-80 upset of%^$Miami in the West Regional.%^$
%^$SHARPSHOOTING
%^$Wake Forest made 50.8 percent from the field (30-of-59) – including 8-of-16%^$from 3-point range – in an 83-74 victory over Pepperdine in the Midwest%^$Regional.%^$
%^$QUOTE OF THE DAY
%^$”I don’t think anyone actually believed we were going to do it, except us.%^$We’re a special team.” – Kent State’s Trevor Huffman, after the 10th-seeded%^$Golden Flashes upset Oklahoma State 69-61 in the South Regional.
