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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Devin Tillis had 24 points in UC Irvine’s 82-72 win over Northern Colorado on Wednesday in the NIT.
UC Irvine (28-6) will play Jacksonville State in the second round.
Tillis had seven rebounds for the Anteaters. Bent Leuchten scored 17 points while finishing 8 of 14 from the floor and added 10 rebounds and three blocks. Justin Hohn shot 3 for 12 (3 for 9 from 3-point range) and 6 of 8 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points.
The Bears (25-9) were led in scoring by Brock Wisne, who finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilla each scored 22 points as Mount St. Mary’s defeated American 83-72 in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four on Wednesday night.
The Mountaineers (23-12) earned a date with No. 1 seed Duke on Friday in an East Region game at Raleigh, North Carolina.
Geoff Sprouse led American (22-13) with 18 points on six 3-pointers off the bench.
American leading scorer Matt Rogers injured his right knee four minutes into the game.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Audi Crooks scored 12 of her 27 points in the fourth quarter, Addy Brown added 22 points and Iowa State rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit then held off Princeton 68-63 in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday night.
The First Four victory in the matchup of 11-seeds advances the Cyclones (23-11) to a matchup with sixth-seed Michigan on Friday. The win was No. 800 for coach Bill Fennelly, third-most in women’s basketball among active coaches.

The Oklahoma City Thunder enjoyed a 133-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. The wire-to-wire victory saw OKC led by as many as 41 points. Both teams had lengthy injury reports for different motivations.
Chet Holmgren had 19 points and seven rebounds. Jaylin Williams logged a second career triple-double of 19 points, 17 rebounds and 11 assists. Aaron Wiggins had 26 points and Isaiah Joe had 21 points.
Meanwhile, Quentin Grimes was limited to 28 points on 10-of-21 shooting. Chuma Okeke had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

DAYTON, Ohio — Marcus Foster scored 22 points and Zach Freemantle added 15 while overcoming foul trouble as Xavier rallied past Texas 86-80 in the First Four on Wednesday night.
The Musketeers (22-11) erased a 13-point deficit in their biggest comeback win this season and advanced to play No. 6 seed Illinois on Friday night in a Midwest Region game at Milwaukee.
Tre Johnson led the Longhorns with 23 points in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 11 seeds.
Freemantle made two free throws to give Xavier an 82-79 lead with 1:09 left.

Through two games in the Southeast Shootout, Broken Bow hasn’t been kind to Claremore.
After suffering their first loss of the season Monday, the Zebras couldn’t bounce back Tuesday, falling 8-4 to Community Christian.
The Royals (6-2) took control early, striking first in the bottom of the first inning when Jaden Bowers lined a two-run single to right field for a 2-0 lead.
Claremore (9-2) cut the deficit in half in the third when Dan Harrington drove in Lucas DuPont with an RBI single, but CCS blew the game open with a six-run fifth inning.

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Despite his best efforts to blend in, we saw right through Karl-Anthony Towns’ disguise.
Listed at seven feet and 248 pounds, Karl-Anthony Towns is already one of the largest players in the NBA. But while there may be bigger players than him in the league, his pregame fit on Wednesday night proved that there is no bigger Assassin’s Creed fan in the world.

ST. PAUL – Well, the injuries just keep coming for the Minnesota Wild. They entered Wednesday’s game without Marcus Foligno for the second consecutive game and also did not have Marcus Johansson due to an illness. 
Marco Rossi played three minutes in the first period and left with an injury. The injury happened when he was hit with a Matt Boldy shot to his left knee in front of Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer. 
Rossi, 23, has 21 goals, 32 assists, and 53 points in 69 games this season. He is one of three Wild players to have played in every game this season.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin scored 16 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Indiana Pacers rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final six minutes to beat the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 135-131 on Wednesday night.
The Pacers retook the lead with 14.7 seconds left when Siakam stole the ball and a wide open Andrew Nembhard knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 131-130. Indiana closed it out at the free-throw line.
Nembhard finished with 22 points and eight assists while Tyrese Haliburton sat out with a back injury.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jaylin Williams scored a career-high 19 points and had 17 rebounds and 11 assists for his second career triple-double, and the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised past the injury-depleted Philadelphia 76ers 133-100 on Wednesday night with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and three other starters sidelined.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s top scorer at 33.0 points per game and a leading MVP candidate, sat out for rest, while Lu Dort, Isaiah Hartenstein and Jalen Williams got the night off because of injuries.