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2B Daily News – Friday, March 22, 2013 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CAPSULES No. 14 Harvard upsets No. 3 New Mexico EAST REGIONAL LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Vander Blue's layup with one second left capped Marquette's rally from a nine-point deficit and gave the third-seeded Golden Eagles a 59-58 victory over Davidson Thursday in the NCAA tournament. Blue and Jamil Wilson made consecutive 3-pointers to bring Marquette within 58-57 with 11 seconds left. The Golden Eagles then caught a huge break when De'Mon Brooks' long inbounds pass went out of bounds at midcourt with 5.5 seconds left, providing another opportunity. BUTLER 68, BUCKNELL 56 Andrew Smith had a double-double including a career-high 16 rebounds, Roosevelt Jones added 14 points and Butler made its free throws down the stretch to hold off upset-minded Bucknell. After trailing for most of the game, 11thseeded Bucknell got back into it with a 19-2 second-half run. But after Joe Willman's jumper cut Butler's lead to 43-42 with 6:56 left, the Bison (28-6) went almost five minutes without scoring. Butler went 18-of-20 at the line in the last 4:43. Willman scored a career-high 20 points for Bucknell, but the Bison couldn't overcome an off day by two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Mike Muscala. Bucknell's all-time leading scorer had nine points, only the second time this season he'd failed to reach double figures. CALIFORNIA 64, UNLV 61 SAN JOSE (AP) — Allen Crabbe had 19 points and nine rebounds, reserve Robert Thurman scored all 12 of his points on dunks and 12th-seeded California held off UNLV. Buoyed by the crowd support of a strong contingent so close to Berkeley, the Golden Bears (21-11) held the Runnin' Rebels (2510) without a basket for more than 11 minutes in the second half. Cal turned a tie game into a nine-point lead during that stretch and withstood a late UNLV push for its first tournament win since 2010. The fifth-seeded Rebels rallied to within a point in the final seconds before missed free throws and a costly inbounds pass sealed the loss. A'S (Continued from page 1B) said. Norris added a single to increase his spring average to .379. Josh Reddick and Chris Young hit doubles in the A's fiverun second inning. Jed Lowrie had two hits for Oakland. Mark Prior, trying to make another comeback, pitched a scoreless inning for the Reds. He struck out one and hit a batter. ''It was good to be out there. It was fun,'' Prior said. ''I was trying to DUCKS (Continued from page 1B) Saturday for a spot in the Midwest regional in Indianapolis next week. The Billikens beat New Mexico State 64-44. The selection committee raised some eyebrows when Oregon was given a 12 seed despite tying for second place in the Pac-12 in the regular season, winning the conference tournament and going 21-4 with Artis in the lineup. ''I never felt like we needed to make a statement,'' forward E.J. Singler said. ''We knew we had a good team. It was about getting the win and feeling good about ourselves.'' Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said before the game that the Ducks looked nothing like a 12 seed and that was proven true in their tournament opener with the way they shut down Smart and hit their outside shots. Oregon's eight 3-pointers were their most since having nine in December against Houston Baptist. ''We ran into a very hot team, a very hot team,'' Ford said. ''I've watched a lot of games on these guys and how they've played the last three games compared to how they were playing two or three weeks ago, this was a hot basketball team. I was impressed SYRACUSE 81, MONTANA 34 ——— MIDWEST REGIONAL LOUISVILLE 79, NORTH CAROLINA A&T 48 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Pay attention, No. 1s. This is how it's done. Russ Smith scored 23 points and set a Louisville NCAA tournament record with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North Carolina A&T. Louisville finished with a season-high 20 steals as it forced the Aggies (20-17) into 27 turnovers. It was the 11th straight win for the Cardinals (30-5), who will play Colorado State or Missouri on Saturday. MICHIGAN STATE 65, VALPARAISO 54 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Derrick Nix had 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to help power third-seeded Michigan State past the 14th-seeded Crusaders in the Midwest Regional. The Spartans went on a 26-5 run in the first half to take control, and cruised to an easy victory. Michigan State (26-8) will play Memphis on Saturday when coach Tom Izzo's Spartans will be shooting for a spot in the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years. MEMPHIS 54, ST. MARY'S 52 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Matthew Dellavedova's 3-pointer from the right wing missed everything as time expired, allowing sixth-seeded Memphis to hold on for a win over 11th-seeded Saint Mary's. The Tigers (31-4) led by 15 in the first half but nearly gave the game away in the final seconds. With Memphis ahead 54-49, Eividas Petrulis banked in a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds to play. The Tigers then lost the ball when the Gaels' Jordan Giusti deflected the inbound pass off Joe Jackson of Memphis and out of bounds. Saint Mary's (28-7) was out of timeouts but had a chance to regroup while officials reviewed the previous sequence. It didn't matter. Dellavedova, the career leader in scoring for Saint Mary's, was able to get a throw strikes. I was a little up, a little rushed.'' ''It was the first time doing it in a big league environment in a couple years. It was good. Two years ago when I was in camp with the Yankees, I got to face hitters in spring, nine outings that went pretty good. It was a good test for me to see if I could get big league hitters out,'' he said. Prior starred in Chicago a decade ago when Dusty Baker was the manager. Now managing the Reds, Baker helped Prior get this chance. A's starter Brett Anderson pitched for the first time in a game since March 10. He had been out with a strained right trapezius. The left-hander missed most of last season while recovering from elbow surgery. Anderson gave up six runs on eight hits and two walks in 4 2-3 innings. He struck out five. ''The results weren't awesome but I threw some good pitches,'' Anderson said. ''I threw some not good pitches. I threw a lot of pitches I wouldn't throw in a regular season game. A lot of changeups that got hit. I got some strikeouts on my slider that was good.'' with Oregon, really impressed and they came in here playing extremely well.'' Smart came into the game with the hype of a top NBA prospect but was held to 14 points on 5 for 13 shooting a disappointing finish to a stellar season for the Cowboys (24-9). ''I definitely wish I could have done more for my team,'' Smart said. ''I feel like I let my team down. I didn't contribute to my team the way that I usually do. And it hurt us a little bit.'' Smart hurt his right hand in the second half and was scheduled to have tests to determine the extent of the injury. His future is also in question and Ford said he would talk with his star player soon about whether to enter the NBA draft. It was the Ducks' freshmen backcourt that shined on this night with Dotson hitting three 3pointers in the first half to help build the lead and Artis shining on both ends. Artis frustrated Smart and also hit a 3-pointer that gave the Ducks a 5438 lead midway through the second half in his best performance since missing nine games with a foot injury during the conference season. ''I made some shots that I usually hit, so that got me going,'' Artis said. ''And then focusing on defense really helped the team.'' His return late in the year helped pave the way to the Pac-12 tournament title for Oregon and has the Ducks playing their best at the most important time of year. Smart picked a bad time for one of his worst performances. He turned the ball over five times, missed four of eight free throws and was unable to exploit his decided size advantage against Artis and Johnathan Loyd on the offensive end. He didn't get much help either outside of 16 points from Markel Brown. ''It's frustrating,'' said Le'Bryan Nash, who was held to 10 points. ''Winning 24 games, that's still a remarkable season but being a fifth seed, it hurts a lot. I want to cry right now but I can't. I'm really hurt right now.'' The Ducks had a decided crowd advantage for the game played on the West Coast with even former UCLA star Bill Walton decked out in a tie-dyed Oregon outfit. There was plenty to cheer about in the first half for the Oregon fans after a sloppy start to the game that featured 10 turnovers in the opening 9 minutes. Artis picked Smart twice to lead to fastbreak baskets for the Ducks. Kazemi's slam on a putback gave Oregon a 19- 3:45 left. WICHITA STATE 73, PITTSBURGH 55 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points, Cleanthony Early added 21 and ninth-seeded Wichita State ousted Pittsburgh. Freshman Steven Adams led Pitt (24-9) with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Call Hall added 11 points for the Shockers (27-8). The Shockers forced Pitt into 15 turnovers and held the Panthers to 35 percent shooting, including 1 of 17 from 3-point range. ARIZONA 81, BELMONT 64 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mark Lyons scored 23 points and sixth-seeded Arizona rolled past Belmont. The Wildcats (26-7) used their huge size advantage to shut down the Bruins (26-7), who are 0-6 in tourney games. Arizona held a 44-18 edge on the boards, outscored Belmont 36-18 in the paint, blocked five shots and outshot the Bruins from 3-point range. The Wildcats made 9 of 17 3-pointers, including a critical one from Solomon Hill with 4:40 remaining to stop an 11-2 Belmont run, and shot 57 percent overall. HARVARD 68, NEW MEXICO 62 ——— SOUTH REGIONAL MICHIGAN 71, SOUTH DAKOTA 56 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Glenn Robinson III scored 21 points and Mitch McGary added 13 points and nine rebounds, helping fourth-seeded Michigan overcome a rough night for star Trey Burke. Burke made only two field goals and left the game briefly in the second half after a hard fall under the basket. The star point guard came back after that, but he finished with only six points. Michigan (27-7) advanced anyway behind Robinson, McGary and Tim Hardaway Jr., who scored 21 points. South Dakota State (25-10), the 13th seed, trailed by only four at halftime but couldn't keep up. High-scoring guard Nate Wolters was held to only 10 points. shot off, but it didn't come close to going in. It was the first win in the NCAA tournament for Memphis since 2009, when John Calipari was still coach. SAINT LOUIS 64, NEW MEXICO STATE 44 SAN JOSE (AP) — Dwayne Evans scored 24 points, Cody Ellis added 12 points and fourth-seeded Saint Louis overwhelmed New Mexico State in the Midwest Regional. Playing through the death of Rick Majerus in December, Saint Louis reached another mark for its late coach. The Billikens (28-6) eclipsed the 1988-89 team's school record of 27 victories. Evans shot 11 of 16 and finished a point shy of his career best to propel Saint Louis past 7-foot-5 New Mexico State freshman Sim Bhullar. The Billikens held Bhullar to four points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. Saint Louis plays Oregon on Saturday. OREGON 68, OKLAHOMA STATE 55 SAN JOSE (AP) — Damyean Dotson scored 17 points and Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points and 17 rebounds to help 12thseeded Oregon extend a run that began in the Pac-12 tournament by beating fifth-seeded Oklahoma. Dominic Artis scored 13 points and helped frustrate Oklahoma State star freshman Marcus Smart on the defensive end to give the Ducks (27-8) their first tournament win in six years. ——— WEST REGIONAL GONZAGA 64, SOUTHERN 58 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A March Madness warm-up turned into a great escape for Gonzaga. The Zags got pushed to the limit by Southern, pulling out a victory in the closing minutes to avoid becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 in the NCAA tournament. Kelly Olynyk led the Zags (32-2) with 21 points. They play No. 9 Wichita State on Saturday. But it was a pair of 3-pointers — one by Gary Bell Jr., the next by Kevin Pangos — that staked the Bulldogs to a 62-58 lead only moments after the game was tied at 56 with ''The results weren't very good from the outside looking in, but I gave up eight hits, four or five were on pitches I wouldn't throw in the regular season,'' he said. 49ERS SPRING (Continued from page 1B) Grant Balfour made his first appearance of the spring for Oakland and pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. The A's closer had surgery on his right knee on Feb. 14. the void left when Dashon Goldson received a five-year deal from Tampa Bay last week. They also brought in veteran Charles Woodson for a meeting last week. The 27-year-old McBath spent the 2012 season with the 49ers after signing just before training camp on July 20. He appeared in all 19 games, finishing with eight special-teams tackles in the regular season and one in the playoffs. NHL NBA Todd Frazier and Derrick Robinson homered off Anderson. It was the third of the spring for Frazier. WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific GP W Anaheim 29 22 Los Angeles29 17 San Jose 29 13 Phoenix 30 13 Dallas 29 13 Northwest GP W Minnesota 29 17 Vancouver 29 14 Edmonton 29 11 Calgary 28 11 Colorado 29 11 Central GP W Chicago 30 24 St. Louis 29 16 Detroit 30 14 Columbus 30 12 Nashville 31 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific L OT Pts 3 4 48 10 2 36 10 6 32 13 4 30 13 3 29 GF 99 88 71 79 76 GA 71 73 77 85 88 L OT Pts 10 2 36 9 6 34 11 7 29 13 4 26 14 4 26 GF 77 81 72 81 75 GA 71 82 85 96 92 L OT Pts 3 3 51 11 2 34 11 5 33 12 6 30 13 6 30 GF 102 87 80 68 75 GA 66 83 79 79 84 L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix Southwest x-San Antonio Memphis Houston Dallas New Orleans Northwest x-Thunder Denver Utah Portland Minnesota W 47 39 36 24 23 L 22 31 33 44 46 Pct GB .681 — .557 8.5 .522 11 .353 22.5 .333 24 W 52 46 37 32 23 L 16 21 31 36 46 Pct GB .765 — .687 5.5 .544 15 .471 20 .333 29.5 W 50 48 34 32 23 L 19 22 34 36 42 Pct GB .725 — .686 2.5 .500 15.5 .471 17.5 .354 25 EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 31 23 8 0 46 110 81 New Jersey 31 14 11 6 34 78 85 Rangers 30 15 13 2 32 71 73 Islanders 30 13 14 3 29 88 101 Philadelphia30 13 16 1 27 81 92 Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75 Boston 29 20 6 3 43 84 61 Ottawa 31 16 9 6 38 78 67 Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 94 90 Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99 Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 31 16 13 2 34 80 90 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Washington 30 13 16 1 27 83 87 Florida 31 9 16 6 24 77 111 —————————————————— Thursday's Results Buffalo 5, Toronto 4, SO Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 New Jersey 4, Carolina 1 Boston 2, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 0 Nashville 5, Calgary 3 Vancouver at Phoenix, late Dallas at Los Angeles, late Today's Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Saturday's Games Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 11 a.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 4 p.m. Florida at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Columbus at Nashville, 5 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 7 p.m. New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Toronto Central x-Indiana Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland Southeast W 40 40 36 26 26 L 26 28 31 42 42 Pct .606 .588 .537 .382 .382 GB — 1 4.5 15 15 W 42 36 34 23 22 L 26 31 33 46 46 Pct GB .618 — .537 5.5 .507 7.5 .333 19.5 .324 20 W L Pct GB y-Miami 53 14 .791 — Atlanta 38 30 .559 15.5 Washington 24 43 .358 29 Orlando 18 51 .261 36 Charlotte 16 52 .235 37.5 —————————————————— Thursday's Games Portland 99, Chicago 89 Denver 101, Philadelphia 100 Minnesota at Sacramento, late Today's Games New York at Toronto, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Indiana, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Orlando, 4 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 5 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's Games Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Toronto at New York, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. Boston at Memphis, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 6 p.m. Washington at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City Baltimore Seattle Cleveland Tampa Bay Detroit Boston Chicago Minnesota Texas ATHLETICS Houston Toronto New York Los Angeles W 18 15 17 15 14 14 14 11 12 12 10 10 10 10 6 L 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 10 12 12 12 13 14 16 13 Pct .750 .714 .708 .625 .583 .560 .538 .524 .500 .500 .455 .435 .417 .385 .316 NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta Colorado St. Louis San Diego Arizona Washington GIANTS Philadelphia Miami New York Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati W 16 11 12 13 12 11 10 11 10 9 12 10 10 9 8 L 11 10 11 14 13 12 11 13 12 11 15 14 14 13 15 Pct .593 .524 .522 .481 .480 .478 .476 .458 .455 .450 .444 .417 .417 .409 .348 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. —————————————————— Thursday's Results Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 10, Cincinnati 9 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs (ss) 4 Cleveland 5, Arizona 4 Houston 7, Detroit 2 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Boston 6, Philadelphia 1 Baltimore 0, Pittsburgh 0, tie, 10 innings Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 L.A. Angels vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., late Colorado vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., late Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., late Today's Games Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Boston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Atlanta vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Detroit vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Colorado (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 7:05 p.m.