Associated Press
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS— Tony Snell scored 15 points and No. 15 New Mexico led from start to finish, beating Wyoming 59-46 on Wednesday night in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals.
Cameron Bairstow added 14 and eight rebounds for top-seeded New Mexico (27-5), which will play either Boise State or San Diego State in the semifinals Friday.
Derrious Gilmore hit four 3-pointers and had 14 points, and Larry Nance Jr. also scored 14 for No. 8 seed Wyoming (19-13). Josh Adams added 12 points for the Cowboys.
New Mexico led 34-24 at halftime before Wyoming opened the second half on a 9-2 run, but the Cowboys came no closer.
Wyoming held Kendall Williams, the conference player of the year, to six points but the Lobos’ reserves picked up the slack, outscoring the Cowboys’ bench 12-0.
BIG EAST
TOURNAMENT
NO. 19 SYRACUSE 75
SETON HALL 63
NEW YORK — James Southerland hit five 3s in the first half and Brandon Triche keyed a big second-half run to lead Syracuse over Seton Hall in the second round of the Big East tournament.
The fifth-seeded Orange (24-8) extended their Big East tenure with the win and will play fourth-seeded and 17th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals Thursday. Both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference after this season.
Southerland scored all but three of his 20 points in the first half and Triche finished with 17 for Syracuse, which had lost four of its last five games.
Aaron Cosby had 22 points for the 12th-seeded Pirates (15-18).
NO. 24 N. DAME 69
RUTGERS 61
NEW YORK — Pat Connaughton scored a season-high 21 points and Notre Dame beat Rutgers in the second round of the Big East tournament.
Tom Knight had a career-high 18 points for sixth-seeded Notre Dame (24-8), which will face third-seeded and 12th-ranked Marquette in the quarterfinals Thursday night.
The Irish have reached the semifinals in each of the last three years but haven’t been able to get that first tournament title — and this is the Fighting Irish’s last chance since they are leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.
Senior forward Austin Johnson had a career-high 18 points for the Scarlet Knights (15-16).
Wednesday’s college
men’s scores
TOURNAMENT
Big 12 Conference
First Round
Texas Tech 71, West Virginia 69
Big East Conference
Second Round
Cincinnati 61, Providence 44
Syracuse 75, Seton Hall 63
Villanova 66, St. John’s 53
Conference USA
First Round
Houston 72, Rice 67
UAB 53, SMU 52
Mid-American Conference
Second Round
Buffalo 76, Ball St. 61
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals
Bethune-Cookman 70, Norfolk St. 68, OT
NC A&T 55, NC Central 42
Mountain West Conference
Quarterfinals
Colorado St. 67, Fresno St. 61
UNLV 72, Air Force 56
Pacific-12 Conference
First Round
Arizona St. 89, Stanford 88, OT
Colorado 74, Oregon St. 68
Utah 69, Southern Cal 66
Patriot League
Championship
Bucknell 64, Lafayette 56
Southeastern Conference
First Round
Mississippi St. 70, South Carolina 59
Southland Conference
First Round
McNeese St. 62, Nicholls St. 59
Sam Houston St. 69, Cent. Arkansas 63
Southwestern Athletic Conference
First Round
Alabama A&M 59, Grambling St. 51