Milan Momcilovic scored 21 points and Joshua Jefferson added 20 points and 12 rebounds as No. 7 Iowa State walloped Arizona State 91-42 on Wednesday in a Big 12 Conference tournament second-round game in Kansas City, Mo.
The fifth-seeded Cyclones (26-6) advance to play fourth-seeded Texas Tech, No. 16 in the latest AP poll, in the quarterfinal round on Thursday afternoon.
Iowa State led by as many as 33 points in the first half and by 29 at halftime as it held the 12th-seeded Sun Devils to 31.8% shooting from the floor while forcing 15 turnovers that led to 18 points for the Cyclones. The second half was not much better for Arizona State, as Iowa State eventually expanded the margin to 49 points, with the margin of victory the largest in Big 12 tournament history.
Blake Buchanan added 17 points for the Cyclones, while Tamin Lipsey scored 11. Santiago Trouet led Arizona State (17-16) with 13 points and was the only Sun Devil in double figures.
TCU 95, Oklahoma State 88
David Punch scored 26 points, Tanner Toolson hit a clutch 3-pointer and the Horned Frogs stormed back from a 10-point deficit for a victory over the Cowboys.
The sixth-seeded Frogs (22-10) advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday to face No. 14 Kansas, the 3-seed. TCU has won at least one game in the tournament in four of the last five seasons. Toolson scored 19 off the bench and Jayden Pierre added 13 points and five assists. Xavier Edmonds posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds for TCU, which won all three of its games against Oklahoma State this season.
The 14th-seeded Cowboys (19-14) were leading 67-57 with less than 14 minutes left, courtesy of an 8-0 spurt that featured two 3-pointers by Anthony Roy, who finished with 25 points and nine rebounds. Christian Coleman had 15 points and Kanye Clary added 14 points and dished out five assists.
BYU 68, West Virginia 48
AJ Dybantsa continued his impressive showing early on at the Big 12 tournament, scoring a game-high 27 points to lift the Cougars over the Mountaineers.
BYU (23-10), the 10th seed in the tournament, advanced to the quarterfinals where it will face second seed Houston, ranked No. 5 in the country, on Thursday night. Dybantsa, one of the top NBA draft prospects who set a freshman tournament record with 40 points in the Cougars’ opening-round victory over Kansas State on Tuesday, finished 11-of-24 from the field with seven rebounds and three assists.
The Mountaineers (18-14) were led by Honor Huff’s 17 points. Brenen Lorient added 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
UCF 66, Cincinnati 65
Riley Kugel scored 15 points that included two baskets that helped send the game into overtime and John Bol added four huge free throws in the extra period as the Knights outlasted the Bearcats.
The eighth-seeded Knights (21-10) advanced to the quarterfinals and a matchup with top-seeded Arizona on Thursday afternoon. Cincinnati (18-15), which took an 8-point lead with 2:17 left in regulation, suffered a crushing blow to its NCAA Tournament hopes.
Jamichael Stillwell led the Knights with 17 points and 15 rebounds while Bol added 13 points. Moustapha Thiam paced Cincinnati with 18 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.
–Field Level Media
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