Trevon Brazile scored 16 factors Wednesday and Jonas Aidoo added a double-double as No. 9 seed Arkansas constructed a 20-point lead, then barely held on to get rid of Sixteenth-seeded South Carolina 72-68 within the first spherical of the Southeastern Convention event in Nashville.
Aidoo completed with 14 factors and 11 rebounds because the Razorbacks (20-12) superior to a second-round matchup Thursday with No. 8 seed Ole Miss. Johnell Davis added 14 factors, together with two foul pictures with 2.5 seconds left to seal the result, and D.J. Wagner chipped in 13 factors plus six assists.
Collin Murray-Boyles scored a game-high 20 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Gamecocks, who completed their season with a 12-20 document. Jamarii Thomas added 16 factors and Jacobi Wright hit for 13 plus 4 assists.
Texas 79, Vanderbilt 72
Tre Johnson and Tramon Mark scored 19 factors every to assist the Thirteenth-seeded Longhorns maintain off the Twelfth-seeded Commodores in a Southeastern Convention event first-round slugfest.
The Longhorns gained regardless of not making a area aim within the ultimate 6:17. Texas (18-14) — thought-about a bubble group to make the NCAA Match — superior to play rival Texas A&M, the No. 5 seed, within the second spherical on Thursday. Texas and Texas A&M cut up their two video games this season.
Jordan Pope added 14 factors, Arthur Kaluma scored 11 and Jayson Kent took 10 rebounds for Texas. Vanderbilt’s Jason Edwards led all scorers with 20 factors whereas Tyler Nickel had 14. The Commodores now await their destiny for the NCAA Match.
Mississippi State 91, LSU 62
Josh Hubbard scored 26 factors and the No. 10 seed Bulldogs routed the No. 15 seed Tigers in Nashville.
Hubbard made extra 3-pointers (six) than all the Tigers mixed (5), and Mississippi State completed with a 30-point benefit from past the arc. The Bulldogs (21-11) will oppose No. 21 Missouri, the No. 7 seed, within the second spherical.
Jordan Sears scored 20 factors, Robert Miller III had 14 and Cam Carter added 13 for LSU (14-18).
Oklahoma 81, Georgia 75
Freshman Jeremiah Fears scored 29 factors and led a late run that lifted the 14th-seeded Sooners to a win over the Eleventh-seed Bulldogs.
The Sooners (20-12) strengthened their case to make the NCAA Match for the primary time since 2021. Oklahoma will oppose sixth-seeded Kentucky within the second spherical on Thursday. Jalon Moore scored 14 factors, hitting a career-high 4 3-pointers, whereas Fears tied a season excessive with 4 3-pointers.
The Bulldogs (20-12), who determine to be within the NCAAs for the primary time since 2015, now await their event destiny. Silas Demary Jr. led the Bulldogs with 24 factors whereas freshman Asa Newell added 21 and a season-high 17 rebounds.
–Area Degree Media
