JT Toppin produced 26 issues and 10 rebounds as No. 9 Texas Tech did simply sufficient to carry on for a 76-74 win over Baylor within the quarterfinals of the Giant 12 Convention event on Thursday in Kansas Town, Mo.
The Purple Raiders (25-7) neglected their ultimate 10 photographs from the ground and 13 in their closing 14, going the overall 7:26 with no box objective. Texas Tech shot simply 19.4 % from the ground after halftime, leaving the door open for seventh-seeded Baylor (19-14).
Texas Tech neglected two unfastened throws with 5.8 seconds last, however Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe had his working 3-point strive on the buzzer clang off the rim and away. In consequence, the Purple Raiders earned a semifinal matchup with Arizona.
Darrion Williams added 14 issues for Texas Tech. Norchad Omier paced Baylor with 29 issues and 15 forums, and Edgecombe scored 11 issues.
No. 2 Houston 77, Colorado 68
Emanuel Sharp had 19 issues, Milos Uzan and LJ Cryer each and every added 14, and the top-seeded Cougars complex to the Friday semifinals with the win over the Sixteenth-seeded Buffaloes.
Joseph Tugler scored 10 issues for Houston (28-4), which can face fourth-seeded BYU within the semis.
Andrej Jakimovski led Colorado (14-20) with 25 issues and 8 rebounds, whilst Bangot Dak contributed 10 issues.
No. 17 BYU 96, No. 12 Iowa State 92
Richie Saunders recorded 23 issues and 5 assists and Fousseyni Traore added 15 issues to assist the Cougars beat the Cyclones to succeed in the semifinals of the Giant 12 event.
Trevin Knell made all 4 of his 3-point makes an attempt whilst scoring 14 issues as fourth-seeded BYU (24-8) received its 9th directly recreation.
Curtis Jones sank a career-best seven treys and scored 31 issues for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (24-9). Milan Momcilovic added 18 issues for Iowa State, which misplaced to the Cougars for the second one time in 10 days.
Arizona 88, Kansas 77
Henri Veesaar and KJ Lewis had 19 issues apiece off the bench because the third-seeded Wildcats put away the sixth-seeded Jayhawks to transport directly to the Giant 12 semifinals.
Trey Townsend added 16 and Caleb Love had 11 for Arizona (21-11), which shot 53.4 % from the ground and collected a 46-20 edge on issues within the paint.
Zeke Mayo had 20 issues to guide Kansas (21-12). Hunter Dickinson and Dajuan Harris chipped in with 19 and 16 issues, respectively.
–Box Stage Media