Saturday, March 17, 2012

March Madness Edition: USF dominates Temple, Xavier knocks off Notre Dame, Norfolk State upsets Missouri, Purdue overthrows SaintMarys, and Lehigh shocks Duke.

Friday, The University of South Florida Bulls (#12 seed) who had to play into the NCAA Tournament. USF took on Temple University, a #5 seed. Temple started off great, going into halftime  leading 19-15. The Bulls turned it around in the second half though, defeating Temple.

The freshman Collins lead USF by scoring 17 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He also had a steal. Wyatt lead Temple scoring 19 points and grabbing 2 rebounds.

They will take on #13 seed Ohio on Sunday.



Friday, #10 seed Xavier University took on #7 seed Notre Dame. The play started off even, and Notre Dame went into the half leading barely 33-31. The Fighting Irish slowly fell apart at the end, and Xavier won the second half 36-30. A fadeaway by Tu Holloway gave Xavier the lead, and ended up being the win.

Holloway scored 25 points, had 2 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a block, while Cooley of the Fighting Irish hit 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.


Also on Friday, #15 seed Norfolk State took on #2 seed Missouri. Norfolk State lead most of the game and had the lead late. Kim English hit a three to come within one, but Norfolk State upsets Missouri 86-84.

Another game on Friday, #10 seed Purdue played #7 seed Saint Mary's. Saint Mary's couldn't handle their Big 10 opponent, and Purdue defeated Saint Mary's 72-69.

Friday, #15 seed Lehigh took on threatening #2 seed Duke. Lehigh lead early, but the Blue Devils were not worried. Lehigh kept at it, and was able to upset Duke in the end, 75-70.

Lehigh moves on to face Xavier University and the winner will take on #3 seed Baylor Bears.

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