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Texas Tech Stumbles Into 2nd Round, 74-73

East Region

Texas Tech made only six field goals outside the lane and had just two baskets over the final 6 minutes, 47 seconds, but managed to hold off Northern Illinois 74-73 Friday.

Jason Sasser had 21 points and seven rebounds as the third-seeded Red Raiders won their 22nd straight game, their first in the NCAA tournament in 20 years.

“I don’t think we played particularly bad; we just didn’t shoot well,” Texas Tech coach James Dickey said.

Chris Coleman scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half to lead a furious late charge by Northern Illinois. But the rally slowed when he was called for a charge when the Huskies had the ball trailing by four with :47.2 left.

“Losing by one point is devastating,” Coleman said. “We’d rather Texas Tech blow us out by 30 than beat us by one point. We came so close, but yet still our season’s over.”

Cory Carr, Texas Tech’s sixth man, made 3s to start a 16-6 run in the first half and an 11-2 spurt in the second.

Texas Tech 74, N. Illinois 73

Northern Illinois (20-10) - Coleman 12-24 1-3 28, Hartke 7-8 2-3 16, Lux 4-13 2-2 10, Minter 4-8 2-4 10, V.Patterson 4-12 0-0 9, Simms 0-1 0-0 0, J.Patterson 0-2 0-0 0, Rohlwing 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-70 7-12 73.

Texas Tech (29-1) - Ham 5-9 2-4 12, Sasser 7-14 7-9 21, Battie 5-10 2-4 12, Smith 4-10 2-4 12, Martin 1-5 0-0 2, Bonewitz 0-3 0-0 0, Carr 4-14 0-0 11, Cooper 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 28-67 13-21 74.

Halftime-Texas Tech 36, N.Illinois 27. 3-Point goals- Northern Illinois 4-15 (Coleman 3-6, V.Patterson 1-6, Simms 0-1, Lux 0-2), Texas Tech 5-22 (Carr 3-10, Smith 2-5, Bonewitz 0-3, Sasser 0-4). Fouled out-Hartke. Rebounds-Northern Illinois 45 (Coleman 10), Texas Tech 40 (Sasser 8). Assists- Northern Illinois 10 (Minter, V.Patterson 3), Texas Tech 19 (Martin 5). Total fouls-Northern Illinois 18, Texas Tech 13. A-11,859.

New Mexico 69, Kansas State 48

Clayton Shields scored 25 and the Lobos held the Wildcats to 29 percent shooting and earned their first NCAA tournament win.

“It feels good to accomplish that, but we can only enjoy this for a little because we’ve got (Georgetown) coming up,” said Charles Smith, who scored 15.

New Mexico had lost in the first round in 1978, 1991, 1993 and 1994.

The seventh-seeded Lobos, the Western Athletic Conference champions, advanced despite shooting 41 percent from the field.

The Lobos are riding an 11-game win streak, their longest in 18 years.

Elliott Hatcher scored 14 for Kansas State, which finished the season by losing seven of 10.

“It’s not very complicated - we stunk in the last 10 minutes,” Kansas State coach Tom Asbury said.

Kansas State (17-12) - Young 1-6 2-2 4, Davis 3-10 1-3 7, Eaker 3-6 0-2 6, Hatcher 2-14 8-10 14, May 3-6 1-1 7, Griffin 0-0 0-0 0, Swartzendruber 0-1 0-0 0, Gavin 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Marsh 0-0 0-0 0, Rhodes 0-0 0-0 0, Dies 3-9 3-4 9, Williams 0-0 1-4 1. Totals 15-52 16-26 48.

New Mexico (28-4) - Shields 8-18 6-7 25, Shornstein 5-10 1-2 14, Thomas 2-3 0-0 4, Smith 7-19 0-0 15, Gibson 2-2 0-0 5, Franklin 0-2 0-0 0, White 0-0 0-0 0, Carruthers 0-1 0-0 0, Olney 0-2 0-0 0, Paddock 0-0 0-0 0, Santiago 0-0 2-2 2, Cotwright 1-4 2-2 4. Totals 25-61 11-13 69.

Halftime-UNM 31, K-State 30. 3-Point goals-K-State 2-6 (Hatcher 2-4, Young 0-1, Swartzendruber 0-1), UNM 8-24 (Shields 3-7, Shornstein 3-7, Gibson 1-1, Smith 1-6, Franklin 0-1, Olney 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-K-State 42 (Davis, Dies 8), UNM 35 (Shields 10). Assists-K-State 6 (Davis, Hatcher, Swartzendruber 2), UNM 15 (Smith 4). Total fouls-KState 13, UNM 21. A-11,859.

Georgetown 93, Miss. Valley St. 56

Allen Iverson scored 31 and the Hoyas held the impatient Delta Devils to 24 percent first-half shooting.

“Today, you witnessed a good country whipping,” said Mississippi Valley coach Lafayette Stribling, whose team was attempting to become only the third No. 15 seed to win.

The Delta Devils trailed 12-9 after 5 minutes, before Iverson scored 11 points in a 22-3 Hoyas run. Iverson triggered the run with a 3, followed by a running hook after a turnover to make it 17-9.

Mississippi Valley State (22-7) - Haywood 5-11 0-0 10, Rucker 2-9 1-1 5, Mann 10-25 4-5 24, Davis 1-13 0-0 3, Ross 1-3 0-0 2, Chaples 0-0 0-0 0, Phillips 2-6 0-0 6, C.Smith 0-3 0-0 0, D.Smith 1-2 0-0 3, Parks 0-1 0-0 0, Redmond 0-1 0-0 0, Jennings 1-3 0-2 3, A.Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-78 5-8 56.

Georgetown (27-7) - Aw 1-1 0-0 2, Williams 0-2 2-2 2, Harrington 5-6 5-9 15, Iverson 13-18 2-4 31, Page 5-14 3-5 14, Touomou 1-2 2-2 4, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Gaughan 0-0 0-0 0, Dia 4-5 2-2 10, Nichols 0-0 0-0 0, Owinje 1-2 0-0 2, Reed 0-0 0-0 0, White 5-6 3-6 13. Totals 35-56 19-30 93.

Halftime-Georgetown 48, MVSU 25. 3-Point goals-MVSU 5-18 (Phillips 2-4, D.Smith 1-1, Jennings 1-2, Davis 1-5, Redmond 0-1, C.Smith 0-2, Rucker 0-3), Georgetown 4-7 (Iverson 3-3, Page 1-4). Fouled out-Ross. Rebounds-MVSU 34 (Haywood 9), Georgetown 50 (Harrington, White 8). Assists-MVSU 12 (Davis 7), Georgetown 15 (Aw 4). Total fouls-MVSU 20, Georgetown 12. A-11,859.

North Carolina 83, New Orleans 62

Down by 10 with 4 minutes elapsed, the Tar Heels awoke to win their 16th straight first-round game.

UNC trailed 20-13 with 13:28 left in the first half, then scored 43 of the next 51 points to take a 56-28 lead.

Jeff McInnis had 25 points and 11 assists for the Tar Heels.

The comeback began when Dante Calabria made a layup to bring North Carolina to 15-7. The senior guard followed with a four-point play, and New Orleans lost all the momentum it had built in the opening minutes.

New Orleans (21-9) - Sims 6-14 0-0 15, Douglas 6-11 3-6 15, Garner 0-1 0-0 0, Garris 7-12 1-1 17, Wright 0-3 0-0 0, Johnson 1-4 2-2 4, Chavis 0-1 0-0 0, Spivey 1-4 0-0 2, Long 1-3 0-0 3, Brown 2-4 0-0 4, Seigle 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-60 6-9 62.

UNC (21-10) - Okulaje 4-5 0-0 10, Jamison 4-8 2-5 10, Zwikker 6-15 1-1 13, McInnis 8-15 4-4 25, Calabria 4-9 2-3 12, Williams 0-2 2-2 2, Neal 0-0 0-0 0, Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 3-10 0-0 7, Tindall 0-0 0-0 0, McNairy 1-1 0-0 2, Geth 1-1 0-0 2, Lynn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-66 11-15 83.

Halftime-UNC 38, UNO 25. 3-Point goals-UNO 6-18 (Simms 3-5, Garris 2-3, Long 1-3, Wright 0-2, Spivey 0-2, Brown 0-2, Johnson 0-1), UNC 10-22 (McInnis 5-9, Okulaje 2-2, Calabria 2-6, Carter 1-4, Williams 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-UNO 27 (Sims, Douglas 7), UNC 46 (Jamison 10). Assists-UNO 13 (Garris, Wright 3), UNC 19 (McInnis 11). Total fouls-UNO 17, UNC 9. A-11,859.