UNDATED (AP) β It was one-and-done for a couple of big-name Ohio schools in their first action in the NCAA tournament. No. 12 seed Harvard took out Cincinnati 61-59 in the East region and upstart Dayton, the 11th seed in the South region, knocked off sixth-seed Ohio State 60-59.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)β Unheralded North Dakota State beat Oklahoma 80-75 in overtime in another 12-over-5 seed upset. Lawrence Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and finished with a career-high 28 in the first-ever NCAA tournament victory for the Bison from Fargo.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) β Florida, the top overall seed, got a tougher-than-expected test from 16th seed Albany before getting by the pesky Great Danes 67-55 in the South region. Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points as the Gators ran their winning streak to 27.
CLEVELAND (AP) β Kevin Durant scored 35 points and Serge Ibaka (ih-BAH’-kah) had 16 as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a furious Cleveland comeback for a 102-95 win over the Cavaliers. Durant, the NBA’s top scorer, scored 25 or more in 33 straight games — seven shy of Michael Jordan’s record of 40 straight games of scoring 25 or more.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) β Masters champion Adam Scott made five putts from about 20 feet or longer, two of them for eagle and one of them from off the green for birdie, and matched the course record with a 10-under 62 to build a three-shot lead after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Ryo Ishikawa (REE’-oh ish-ih-KOW’-uh) and John Merrick are tied for second.
