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Elmore, Marshall stop Southern Miss 85-75, reach title game | |
FRISCO, Texas (AP) Jon Elmore scored 26 points and drained a timely 3-pointer after a seemingly comfortable lead disappeared to hold off Southern Miss 85-75 in the Conference USA semifinals on Friday and advance to the championship game for the second-straight year. Marshall (23-10), the No. 4 seed, will meet third-seeded Western Kentucky (24-9) in Saturday's championship game. Ninth-seeded Southern Miss (16-18), which toppled two-time defending champion and No. 1-seeded Middle Tennessee, 71-68, in overtime in the quarterfinals, put a scare into Marshall. The Golden Eagles steadily whittled a 24-point gap down to six, 71-65, with three minutes left. Marshall had gone without a field goal for the better part of six minutes and SMU was on an 11-0 run. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | C. Edwards | 16.6 | |||
| Rebounds: | D. Magee | 6.6 | |||
| Assists: | T. Griffin | 5.9 | |||
| FG%: | C. Edwards | 49.2% | |||
| FT%: | C. Edwards | 77.3% | |||
| 3P%: | K. Holland | 41.5% | |||
| Steals: | C. Edwards | 2.1 | |||
| Blocks: | T. Rowe | 0.5 | |||
| AP Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Virginia | 31-3 | |
| 2 | Villanova | 36-4 | |
| 3 | Xavier | 29-6 | |
| 4 | Kansas | 31-8 | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 30-5 | |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 31-5 | |
| 7 | Michigan | 33-8 | |
| 8 | Gonzaga | 32-5 | |
| 9 | Duke | 29-8 | |
| 10 | North Carolina | 26-11 | |
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| Coaches Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Villanova | 36-4 | |
| 2 | Michigan | 33-8 | |
| 3 | Kansas | 31-8 | |
| 4 | Duke | 29-8 | |
| 5 | Virginia | 31-3 | |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 27-10 | |
| 7 | Loyola Chicago | 32-6 | |
| 8 | Xavier | 29-6 | |
| 9 | Purdue | 30-7 | |
| 10 | Gonzaga | 32-5 | |
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| Conference USA Standings | ||
| Conference | Overall | |
| W-L | W-L | |
| Middle Tennessee | 16-2 | 25-8 |
| Old Dominion | 15-3 | 25-7 |
| Western Kentucky | 14-4 | 27-11 |
| Marshall | 12-6 | 25-11 |
| UTSA | 11-7 | 20-15 |
| UAB | 10-8 | 20-13 |
| North Texas | 8-10 | 20-18 |
| FIU | 8-10 | 14-18 |
| Louisiana Tech | 7-11 | 17-16 |
| Southern Miss | 7-11 | 16-18 |
| Florida Atlantic | 6-12 | 12-19 |
| UTEP | 6-12 | 11-20 |
| Rice | 4-14 | 7-24 |
| Charlotte | 2-16 | 6-23 |
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| Offense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 70.6 (256) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 7.5 (330) | ||||
| Assists: | 14.7 (99) | ||||
| FG%: | 44.5% (183) | ||||
| FT%: | 70.3% (223) | ||||
| 3P%: | 33.9% (236) | ||||
| Defense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 72.0 (165) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 23.0 (313) | ||||
| Assists: | 14.1 (239) | ||||
| FG%: | 46.1% (282) | ||||
| FT%: | 70.7% (149) | ||||
| 3P%: | 36.7% (283) | ||||
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