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Malik Reneau scored 24 points, Tre Donaldson had 17 and seventh-seeded Miami pulled away late for a 80-66 victory over No. 10 seed Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The final eight tickets in the NCAA men’s tournament Sweet 16 will be punched on Sunday. No. 1 seeds Arizona and Florida will look to follow up on their dominant wins in the first round. Both teams covered their 30-plus point spreads on Friday and the Gators made some NCAA tournament history in the process.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie hit six 3-pointers and scored 29 points as sixth-seeded Tennessee ended a fabulous season for Miami of Ohio with a 78-56 win on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Dan Gelston | The Associated Press Tennessee’s Ja’kobi Gillespie,
Marcus Allen’s stat line from Miami’s NCAA tournament win over Missouri: zero points, zero rebounds, one sticker. And the Hurricanes couldn’t have enjoyed anything more.
Sydney Shaw had 19 points and nine rebounds, Gia Cooke scored 18 points and West Virginia used an early defensive lockdown to take control in a 82-54 victory over Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.