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Little Rock downs Boilermakers in 2OT, 85-83

Little Rock senior guard Josh Hagins made a 3-pointer from the edge of the half-court logo to send the game into overtime, a high looper off glass to send it into double-overtime, and kept right on scoring — 31 points in all — until his team had beaten Purdue 85-83 and grabbed a spot in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Top-seeded Jayhawks have no problem with Austin Peay

Svi Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting and Perry Ellis had 21, leading top-seded Kansas to a 105-79 victory over Austin Peay on Thursday.

Yale bounces Baylor from NCAA Tournament, 79-75

Makai Mason had a career-high 31 points, including six of Yale’s final nine points, and the No. 12 seed Bulldogs held on to upset fifth seed Baylor 79-75 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Iowa State beats Iona, 94-81

Monte Morris showed no lingering effects of his right shoulder injury, scoring 20 points and dishing out eight assists in Iowa State’s 94-81 win over Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Butler beats Texas Tech, advances in NCAA Tourney

Kelan Martin scored all 11 of his points in the final 8 1/2 minutes, including consecutive 3-pointers to break a tie game, helping Butler beat Texas Tech 71-61 in Thursday’s first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Duke tops UNC Wilmington in First Round, 93-85

Marshall Plumlee ditched the mask guarding his broken nose and responded by scoring a career-high 23 points to lead defending national champion Duke past UNC Wilmington 93-85 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.