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By Travis Souders tsouders@chicoer.com @travissouders on Twitter EvanSvillE, ind. » Size, and the ability to overcome it, is what made the David-Goliath story a legend. It's also what helped the Uni - versity of South Carolina-Aiken men's basketball team avoid the more-famous shock defeat that goes with it. Ronald Zimmerman had a game-high 33 points, including six 3-pointers, and 6-foot-10 Al - vin Brown blocked eight shots with 11 points as Chico State's deepest journey into the NCAA Division II tournament came to an end Wednesday night at the Ford Center in an 85-70 win for the top-seeded Pacers. Jordan Semple scored 22 points with 15 rebounds for the Wildcats and Amir Carraway added 18 points, but Chico State simply couldn't keep up in the second half. "It's surreal right now, think - ing that I'm finally done playing as a Chico State athlete," Car- raway said. "All credit to (Ai- ken) tonight. It will hurt right now, but in a week or two I'll realize how good this team was and all the things we accom - plished this year." Why wait? The Wildcats (25-8) made their first-ever Sweet Sixteen appearance, then topped it off with a win for the ages just to get to the Elite Eight. No team in program history had won more than one NCAA tournament game. These Wildcats won three, and showed they belonged on the floor in their fourth. Semple scored 11 of the Wild - cats' first 13 points, helping to keep Chico State in the early running with Aiken, which dem- onstrated its substantial size nCaa diviSion ii EliTE EighT Wildcats fall to S.C.- Aiken in NCAA tourney Chico State's best season falls short in Evansville, Ind., denied Final Four Jason Halley — enterprise-record file pHoto chico state's amir carraway (right) takes a shot against cal state san Bernardino's Jordan Burris in a feb. 8 game at chico state's acker Gym on feb. 8. the Wildcats reached the ncaa division ii elite eight, where they lost to south carolina-aiken on Wednesday in evansville, ind. Jason Halley — enterprise-record file pHoto chico state coach Greg clink guided the Wildcats to the ncaa division ii elite eight. By david Brandt The Associated Press MEMPhiS, TEnn. » Jordan Si- bert scored 18 points, Kendall Pollard added a season-high 12 and Dayton rolled past Stanford 82-72 on Thursday to make the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight for the first time since 1984. No. 11 Dayton (26-10) contin - ued its underdog run and this one wasn't particularly close. The 6-foot-4 Sibert was spec- tacular, slashing to the basket and draining 3-pointers, to help the Flyers lead for almost the entire night. Dayton showed its depth early, using 12 players in the first half to slowly wear Stan - ford down. No. 10 Stanford (23-13) had the superior post play, but it wasn't enough. Chasson Randle led the Cardinal with 21 points, but shot 5 of 21 from the field. Dwight Powell added 17 and Stefan Nastic — who fouled out with more than five minutes left — had 15. Sibert finished 7 of 12 from the field, including 4 of 9 from 3-point range. He had plenty of help. nCaa TournaMEnT Dayton rolls past Stanford in Sweet 16 No. 10 seed Cardinal's Cinderella season comes to end against 11th-seeded Flyers Mark HuMpHrey — tHe associated press dayton's devon scott (40) shoots against stanford forward Josh Huestis (24) during the second half in a regional semifinal game thursday at the ncaa tournament in Memphis, tenn. dayton 82, stanford 72 More inside: for more infor- mation on the ncaa tourna- ment, see page B3. frank kaminsky scored 19 points and blocked six shots, and second-seeded Wiscon- sin romped into the West regional final with a dominant 69-52 victory over Baylor on thursday night in anaheim. nCaa TournaMEnT Wisconsin romps into West Regional final fULL story on PaGE b2 sign-ups for red Bluff Jr. spartan open football players will be held from noon to 4 p.m. sunday at red Bluff High school's field house. around ToWn Red Bluff Jr. Spartan open football sign-ups red Bluff High school's base- ball team will host West Valley at 7 p.m. today. corning hosts orland at 3 p.m., and Mercy hosts liberty christian at 6 p.m. at diamond park in red Bluff. PrEP BaSEBall Red Bluff, Corning, Mercy play host today Get your puzzles fix with the nea crossword, 7 little Words and celebrity cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice dolled out by carolyn Hax. Your dailY BrEak Fun and games inside today PaGE b3 Staff reports Mercy High School's baseball team fell to visiting University Prep 13-1 on Wednesday. Mercy's Koleby Potter notched a hit and three steals on the day, and gave his team its sole run by stealing home. Bryce Baer tallied a hit and a steal, and Tommy Gar - cia pitched a complete five innings, giving up six hits. The Warriors (1-7) host Liberty Christian at 6 p.m. today at Dia - mond Park in Red Bluff. Soball MErCY 12, univErSiTY PrEP 10 » Mercy (2-4, 2-0 Five Star League) beat visiting University Prep on Wednesday. The Lady Warriors' Jessica Curl went 3 for 5 batting, tallied five RBIs and three runs scored. Chey - anne Johnson had three RBIs on three hits and scored three runs. Tasha Pimentel was 1 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Julia Misslin scored two runs and went 2 for 3 batting, Mahalee Gaumer scored three runs and went 1 for 3 batting, and Gillian Coelho and Mahlon Owens both notched a run scored. Mercy is next scheduled to host Liberty Christan at 4 p.m. today at Diamond Park in Red Bluff. loCal rounduP Mercy wins in soball; baseball team falls Lady Warriors' Curl tallies 5 RBIs on the day The Associated Press PhoEniX » Jason Bourgeois had a double and a home run and drove in two runs as the Cincinnati Reds split squad beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 on Thursday. Former Hamilton High and Butte College standout Kyle Lohse tuned up for his start against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, allow - ing five hits and two runs in five in- nings for the Brewers. Michael Lorenzen pitched four scoreless innings after three Reds pitchers threw an inning each to begin the game. Juan Duran added a two-run homer for Cincinnati. Ryan Braun had an RBI dou - ble in the first and Hunter Morris added a solo homer in the eighth, his first of the spring. "Hunter needed that and we needed to see that from him," Mil - waukee manager Ron Roenicke said of Morris, who had three hits in 18 at-bats in the spring. Milwaukee will play two exhi - bition games against the Kansas City Royals at Miller Park today and Saturday. Yovanni Gallardo will make his fifth opening-day start for the Brewers against the Braves on Monday. Only Ben Sheets had made more (six) in franchise his - tory, and Gallardo will set a fran- chise mark with his fifth straight start on opening day. "It's getting to the point where the guys want to go and get this going," Roenicke said. "I think the two (exhibition) games at home be - fore we start are important." STarTing TiME — BrEWErS » Lohse, who is 41-21 with a 3.19 ERA over the last three seasons, was very happy with his results this spring and struck out four in his last outing. "I felt really good, executed most of the pitches I wanted to and left here on a good note," he said. "I had a good feel for the breaking ball, spotted the fastball pretty good." SPring BaSEBall Area product Lohse gives up two runs in Brewers' loss WildCaTS » PagE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, March 28, 2014 » More at faCEbooK.CoM/rbdaILynEWs and tWIttEr.CoM/rEdbLUffnEWs B1