El Paso, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Aaron Bacote scored 25 points to lead Old Dominion to a 73-58 win over Marshall in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament.<\/p>\n
Dimitri Batten added 13 points for the sixth-seeded Monarchs (16-16), who will face third-seeded Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kareem Canty scored 17 points and Shawn Smith added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the 14th-seeded Thundering Herd (11-22), who beat Florida Atlantic in the first round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Old Dominion, playing its first game of the tournament, opened the second half with an 8-0 run after leading 24-22 at the break and Marshall never got closer than three after that.<\/p>\n
The Monarchs have won two in a row for the first time since a four-game run from Jan. 4-18.<\/p>\n
Final Score: Tulane 66, North Texas 61<\/p>\n
El Paso, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Jonathan Stark had 21 points and seven assists and Tulane rallied to defeat North Texas, 66-61, in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament.<\/p>\n
Tulane trailed by as many as 13 in the second half before storming back with a game-changing 15-3 run. The Green Wave had trailed the entire game until a Kevin Thomas free throw gave them a 52-51 edge with 6:36 left.<\/p>\n
Jay Hook tallied 11 points and eight rebounds, while Tre Drye pulled down 11 boards for the seventh-seeded Green Wave (17-15), who will play second-seeded Tulsa in the quarterfinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Brandan Walton netted 16 points to lead 10th-seeded North Texas (16-16).<\/p>\n
Final Score: Texas-El Paso 77, East Carolina 68<\/p>\n
El Paso, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Julian Washburn paced four teammates in double figures with 20 points, as the Texas-El Paso Miners downed the East Carolina Pirates, 77-68, in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament at the Don Haskins Center.<\/p>\n
Washburn shot 4-of-8 from 3-point range for the fifth-seeded and tournament host Miners (23-9), who will play Southern Miss in the quarterfinals on Thursday. John Bohannon tallied a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Vince Hunter and Matt Willms poured in 12 and 11 points, respectively.<\/p>\n
Prince Williams, Paris Campbell and Akeem Richmond all scored 14 points as 12th-seeded ECU’s (17-16) season came to a close. Caleb White was also a factor with 13 points.<\/p>\n
UTEP created some separation in the first half by outshooting ECU from the field, 50 percent to 33.3 percent, as it led comfortably at intermission, 42-26.<\/p>\n
The Pirates improved their field goal shooting to 51.6 percent in the second stanza but only managed to bring their deficit to single digits in the final minute.<\/p>\n
UTEP overcame a poor free-throw shooting night (12-of-22) by winning both the rebounding (37-30) and turnover (14-11) battles.<\/p>\n
Final Score: Charlotte 80, UAB 70<\/p>\n
El Paso, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Denzel Ingram led five players in double figures with 18 points as the Charlotte 49ers topped the UAB Blazers 80-70 in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament at the Don Haskins Center.<\/p>\n
Terrence Williams added 16 points for the ninth-seeded 49ers (17-13), who will face top-seed Louisiana in the quarterfinals. Shawn Lester chipped in 11 points and Ben Cherry and Marcus Bryan each tallied 10. Willie Clayton cleared 11 boards.<\/p>\n
Chad Frazier finished with a game-high 19 points for the eighth-seeded Blazers (18-13). which also got 11 points from Tyler Madison and 10 from Denzell Watts.<\/p>\n
Both teams shot well to start the game. UAB connected on 48.1 percent from the field, although it only hit 4-of-14 from beyond the arc. Charlotte was that much better, sinking 53.3 percent overall and 7-of-11 from 3-point range. The 49ers led 46-33 at the break.<\/p>\n
In the second half Charlotte cooled to 44 percent shooting, but it hit 11- of-19 at the free-throw line, while the Blazers hit on just 6-of-16 at the charity stripe and connected on 40.6 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n
For the game the 49ers sank 18-of-30 attempts at the free-throw line. UAB netted only 9-of-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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