Villanova routs UCLA
Published 12:29 am Sunday, March 22, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dante Cunningham scored 18 points Saturday, helping Villanova reach the round of 16 for the fourth time in five years with an 89-69 victory over UCLA that ended the Bruins’ bid for a fourth straight Final Four appearance.
Corey Fisher and Reggie Redding each had 13 points for the third-seeded Wildcats (28-7), who advanced to the round of 16 in the East Region.
Josh Shipp led UCLA with 18 points and Darren Collison had 15. It’s the earliest exit for the sixth-seeded Bruins (26-9) since a first-round loss in the 2005 NCAA tournament.
West Regional
Memphis 89, Maryland 70
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyreke Evans scored 19 points and the Tigers shot a sizzling 70 percent in the first half, awakening from their first-round slumber to belt the Terps.
Roburt Sallie, the surprise hero of Thursday’s hard-fought victory over No. 15 seed Cal State Northridge, came off the bench and kept up his 3-point onslaught by hitting his first three, making him 13-for-19 for the tourney. He finished with 13 points.
The second-seeded Tigers (33-3) knocked the Terps (21-14) on the ropes with a 9-0 run in the opening minutes and led by as many as 23 while mounting a 53-33 halftime lead. Shawn Taggart had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Greivis Vasquez had 18 points to lead Maryland.
Connecticut 92, Texas A&M 66
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A.J. Price scored 27 points, Jeff Adrien had 23 and UConn dominated Texas A&M from the opening tip with Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun back on the bench.
After getting treatment for dehydration and missing Connecticut’s first-round game, Calhoun came back and never had to worry. The Huskies scored the first 10 points and kept pulling away.
Stanley Robinson had 12 points for the top-seeded Huskies (29-4), who will play the Washington-Purdue winner in the West Region semifinals in Glendale, Ariz.
Bryan Davis and Donald Sloan led overmatched Texas A&M with 12 points. The No. 9 seed Aggies (24-10) were knocked out by the top seed in the second round for the second straight year.