European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 182007 stars an d stripes Page 47 Memphis 73 North Texas 58 with the shooting of Chris Douglas Roberts and the inside presence of Joey Dorsey and Rob Ert Dozier the tigers made it 23 straight victories on Friday Douglas Roberts had 16 Points Dozier had 11 and seven re Bounds and Dorsey had nine Points and 15 rebounds Andre Allen added 14 Points As Mem Phis 313 overcame a slow Start to grab control late in the first half and hardly let up against North Texas Memphis will be at it again Sun Day playing a second round game against Nevada Nevada 77 Creighton 71 at new Orleans Marcelus Kemp saved the Wolf pack from another Early exit in the Mcaa tournament with Nevada Star Nick Fazekas off his game Kemp capped a 27point performance with nine Points in overtime to lift Nevada Over Creighton on Friday Nevada which was bounced by Montana in last years first round got a big game from Kemp to move into a Sec Ond round matchup against Sec on seeded Memphis on sunday Nate Funk led Creighton with 23 Points but he began to lose his Range late in the game Nick por Ter and Anthony Tolliver each added 15 for the Blue jays Ohio state 78 cent connect Cut 57 at Lexington by Greg Oden had 19 Points and 10 re Bounds in his first Mcaa tournament game and Janifar Butler scored 17 for the buckeyes Oden earned his 12th Dou ble double of the season Ron Lewis added 13 As Ohio state 313 quickly dispatched the game but ultimately Over matched the Blue devils Xavier 79 Brigham Young 77 Drew Lavender a 5foot7 trans Fer from Oklahoma made two floaters in the Lane then grabbed a crucial rebound and Sank two free throws with 11 seconds left to help the ninth seeded Muske Teers 258 beat eight seeded Brigham Young the associated press score for Tennessee Tennessee puts up 121 Points in first round win by Rusty Miller the associated press Columbus Ohio coach Bruce Pearl figured his Tennessee volunteers would have to score a lot of Points to beat Long Beach state boy did they with Chris Lofton leading the Way with 25 Points the volunteers set off some offensive fireworks to beat the 49ers 12186 Friday in an Mcaa first round shootout the Point total matched the most in a first round game set by univ in 1977 against san Francisco both teams came in averaging 80 Points putting them among the top 11 in the so it want a shocker that baskets came in Bunches it was the most Points Ever scored in the tournament by Tennessee and its most in 18 seasons in any game the volunteers topped 100 on a Dunk by Duke Crews with More than minutes left it was also the most lopsided Mcaa Victory for the volunteers Jajuan Smith added 24 Points Ramar Smith 22 Crews 12 and Wayne Chism 10 Points Dane Bradshaw had 11 assists the volunteers improved to 293 in pearls two years when scoring 80 or More Points a threshold they reached with 13 minutes remaining  face Virginia in the second round of the South regional on sunday Kejuan Johnson scored 24 Points Aaron Nixon 23 and Kevin Houston 17 for the 12thseeded 49ers regular season and tournament champs of the big West who were making their first Mcaa appearance in a dozen years Lofton the Southeastern conference player of the year led the Way As the volunteers shot 59 percent from the Field and made 14 of 27 three pointers he hit half of his eight shots be Hind the arc and Jajuan Smith hit four of six each team hit seven three pointers in a wild opening half that featured the volunteers racing to a 2912 Lead in the opening min utes they did it with precision shooting their full court press and trapping pressure Lofton keyed the defense with two steals leading to a pair of layups in a 5second Span the 49ers got As close As 4135 thanks to their own Long Range marksmanship with Nixon hitting four shots behind the arc and Johnson three each of which were arching rainbows that barely rustled the net ahead 5745 at the break however the volunteers ran off 12 of the first 14 Points in the second half seven by Lofton to build the Lead to 6947 from then on when they we rent flexing their Muscles inside they were hitting wide open threes off kick out passes from their big men Tennessee guard Ramar Smith 12 dunks during the volunteers Victory on Friday Reynolds Virginia pounce on Albany by Joe Kay the associated press Columbus Ohio the next time or Reynolds insists Hes feeling Fine believe him the High scoring guard with a Balky hip regained his shooting touch Friday leading Virginia to an 8457 Victory Over Albany in the first round of the Mcaa tournament the Cavaliers 2110 advanced in the South regional with their first tournament Victory since 1995 when they reached the final eight they also answered their big Gest question for March could half of a dangerous guard tandem deliver when it matters most Reynolds responded emphatically scoring 28 Points by hitting shots from every spot on the floor behind the arc off the base line Flat on his Back yes even on his Back the senior went Down hard after he was fouled while driving to the Basket with left in the first half and the game already Well in hand about 10 feet from the hoop he decided to let one Fly for fun and banked it in cleanly Albany 2310 had never seen anything like it for the last three games neither had the Cavaliers Reynolds 178 Points per game and Sean Singletary 189 per game form one of the nations most prolific backcourt lately things Haven been so smooth a sore hip knocked Rey nolds out of his shooting rhythm As the season wound Down and threw the Cavaliers for a Loop in his last three games Rey nolds went 3for15 3for14 and 3for15 from the Field no coincidence that Virginia lost two of the three leaving the Cavaliers unsure what to expect in the tournament Reynolds made his first seven shots four of them from behind the arc and went seven of nine Overall in the first half piling up 23 Points in Only 17 minutes he finished nine of 13 from the Field five of seven from behind the arc Mcaa tournament Midwest regional univ holds off Georgia tech for first tourney win since 91 the associated press Chicago shades of the shark maybe if nothing else univ took a big step Back toward the top the Runnin rebels won their first Mcaa tournament game in 16 years beating Georgia tech 6763 Friday behind 19 Points each from Michael Umeh and Wendell White the last time the Runnin rebels won in the Mcaa tournament was under Jerry Tarkanian who led them to the 1991 final four now under coach Lon Kruger univ 296 has an eight game win Streak Overall everybody knows that this was a great win for Las vegas for univ and the Mountain West conference Junior Curtis Terry said but were not done yet Umeh hit two free throws with 235 seconds left to give Sev ent seeded univ a 6561 Lead Joel Anthony then blocked a drive by Javaris Crittenton Umeh hit four of eight three pointers while White hit eight of 12 shots and grabbed eight rebounds he suffered bruised ribs with left in the game but said hell be Fine Anthony Morrow and Alade amino scored 11 each for geor Gia tech univ beat Georgia tech in the 1990 final four on the Way to the championship the Runnin rebels then beat Seton Hall in the 1991 West regional final before the program crumbled under the weight of penalties for Mcaa infractions and they made just two Mcaa appearances Between now and then losing to Tulsa in the first round in 2000 Brian Texas Corpus Christis Kevin Menifee runs into Wisconsin Center Greg Stiemsma 34 during their game in Chicago on Friday Wisconsin won 7663 Wisconsin 76 Texas cd 63 at Chicago Wisconsin looked liked the Mcaa tournament rookies at least at the Start flustered for most of the first half the badgers overcame an 18point deficit to beat Texas Christi on Friday Dammron Taylor scoreless at the break finished with 24 Points Wisconsin also clamped Down its defense on the islanders who began playing Basket Ball in the 19992000 season second seeded Wisconsin 305 advanced to sundays Sec Ond round at the United Center against univ which beat geor Gia tech 6763 in fridays open ing game the islanders came out Strong in their first tournament appear Ance scoring the games first 10 Points and later leading 257 against the stunned badgers Taylor rallied Wisconsin scor ing 14 straight Points at one stretch the badgers did it at the other end too holding pus Christi without a Basket for nearly nine minutes Oregon 58 Miami Ohio 56 at Spokane Wash Aaron Brooks scored 18 Points to help third seeded Oregon hold off Pesky Miami the re Hawks had a Chance to tie it in the final seconds but Michael Bramos three Point attempt bounced off the front of the rim Tim Pollitz swished a Short Baseline jumper with 40 seconds left to get Miami within 5453 Brooks then held the Ball for 15 seconds before slashing Down the right Side of the Lane he was fouled hard but made both free throws for a three Point Oregon advantage with 211 seconds left the re Hawks went to Bra mos who hit three three pointers in the first half he came off a screen but Joe Van Catron stepped out and forced a fallaway attempt from 25 feet it missed and Marty Leunen grabbed the rebound was fouled and hit both free throws Bramos hit a Hal court shot at the Buzzer the associated press