Friday’s results
N. CAROLINA 113 MT. ST. MARY’S 74
Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson each had 21 points to help North Carolina cruise past Mt. St. Mary’s in a crowd-pleasing romp for the blue-clad fans who filled an arena a short drive from the Tar Heels’ Chapel Hill campus. Wayne Ellington added 16 points for the Tar Heels (33-2), who have won 12 straight and improved to 22-1 in NCAA games played in their home state. The Tar Heels led 60-41 at halftime and cracked 100 points with more than 4 1/2 minutes left.
TENNESSEE 72 AMERICAN 57
Outhustled almost the entire game, the second-seeded Volunteers found their touch at the end and broke away from American to avoid a massive upset. Ahead 53-51 with 5:45 left, Tennessee (30-4) escaped from a team making its NCAA tournament debut by holding American to only one basket the rest of the way. JaJuan Smith finished with 19 points, and Wayne Chism added 16 for the Volunteers. Garrison Carr led the Eagles with 24 points.
BUTLER 81 S. ALABAMA 61
Pete Campbell scored 26 points to lead Butler over South Alabama. He hit eight three-pointers, including a last-second shot at the halftime buzzer that sent the Bulldogs sprinting off the court and the Jaguars hanging their heads. Butler (30-3) set a school record with its 30th win. Campbell, a 44 percent three-point shooter, made six threes in the first half. He scored 11 points in a 17-3 run that put the Bulldogs ahead 39-26 with 2:32 left in the first half.
OKLAHOMA 72 ST. JOSEPH’S 64
David Godbold scored a career-high 25 points, including the Sooners’ first 11 of the second half, and Oklahoma survived a late rally by Saint Joseph’s. Godbold, who was averaging just 6.9 points a game, buried three three-pointers in the first three minutes of the second half to push Oklahoma ahead by 19 points. His third punctuated a 25-6 run.
ARKANSAS 86 INDIANA 72
Sonny Weems kept shooting, and that helped Arkansas finally earn a second game in the NCAA tournament while bringing a swift end to Indiana’s tumultuous season. Weems scored a career-high 31 points on 12-of-14 shooting as Arkansas (23-11) snapped a five-game first-round losing streak in the NCAA tournament. Marshall graduate Patrick Beverley added 12 points for the Razorbacks.
LOUISVILLE 79 BOISE STATE 61
A scramble, a steal and suddenly Louisville had a three-on-none break that Derrick Caracter finished off with a vicious dunk. Coach Rick Pitino and his team turned the game into a one-sided affair from the start, overwhelming Boise State 79-61 Friday night in the first round of the East Regional. The third-seeded Cardinals rushed to a 10-1 lead, and Caracter’s slam made it 42-26 late in the first half.
SATURDAY’S MATCHUP
Broadcast on WBBM-Ch. 2
Notre Dame (25-7)
Washington State (25-8)
5:40 p.m.
LINE: Washington State by 2 1/2
Notre Dame’s Ryan Harangody abused George Mason with a double-double (18 points, 14 rebounds) Thursday, turning some people’s upset special into a 68-50 romp. Washington State did the same in its blowout of Winthrop, winning 71-40 after being tied 29-29 at the half. The pressure is on the Cougars’ Aron Baynes to keep Harangody under control. The Cougars aren’t the most athletic team but do play good defense. They allowed only 56 ppg in the regular season, best in the Pac-10.
